1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Grace Breaking Crime Needs naw Ohio. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Cops responding to a home break in find Deborah Fraser 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: suffering from a gunshot wound. Fraser says she walked in 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: on two burglars in her boyfriend's apartment, who shot her 5 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: and left. Cops find Fraser's boyfriend, Thomas Waddell, wrapped in 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: a blanket and a garbage bag, shot dead. Autopsy reveals 7 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: Waddell was dead nearly twelve hours before the girlfriend's nine 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: on one call. Fraser's hair was found stuck to duct 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: tape securing the blanket around his body. 10 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 2: Nancy cop searched Fraser's phone and found Google searches such 11 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: as how to load a Revolver pistol and worse place 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 2: to get hit in the head. CSI's determined Fraser shot 13 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 2: Waddell in the back of the head while he sat 14 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 2: in a recliner in the living room. Fraser then wrapped 15 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: the body in stage the burglary, actually shooting herself while 16 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 2: on the line with nine one one. 17 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: Deborah Fraser, thirty six, pleads guilty to murder, tampering with evidence, 18 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: and abusive a corpse in the death of Thomas Waddell. 19 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: Three Houston children, eleven, twelve, and sixteen make off with 20 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: a bag of cash after passing a threatening note to 21 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: a Wells Fargo teller. It's unclear whether the children were armed, 22 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,479 Speaker 1: but the teller thought they were. After the FBI released 23 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: surveillance photos, the parents of two of the boys turn 24 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: them in. Texas cops recognized a third child while breaking 25 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: up another schoolyard fight. The three boys, dubbed the Little Rascals, 26 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: all face a charge of robbery by threat in gvcourt. 27 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: You know, I don't remember the Little Rascals actually robbing 28 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: a bank. More crime and Justice news after this. Now 29 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: with the latest crime and justice breaking news Crime on Lunch, 30 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: John Limley. 31 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 3: We began in Mississippi as two former deputies weep openly 32 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 3: in court as a federal judge sentences them to years 33 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 3: in prison and denounces their cruelty and storming into a 34 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 3: home with four other white officers and torturing two black men. 35 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 3: For more, we turned to Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. 36 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: Twenty nine year old Christian Deadman was sentenced to four 37 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: years in prison by US District Judge Tom Lee, while 38 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: twenty eight year old Daniel Opdyke received seventeen and a 39 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 2: half years. Judge Lee stated that the two black men, 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 2: Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Tarrell Parker, as well as 41 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,839 Speaker 2: a white man at the traffic stop weeks earlier, were 42 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: the targets of Deadman's most quote shocking, brutal and cruel 43 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 2: attacks imaginable. As Deadman apologized in court, saying he would 44 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: never forgive himself for the suffering he has caused, he 45 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: did not look at Jenkins or Parker in a statement 46 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 2: given by his attorney. Jenkins, who was shot in the 47 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 2: mouth during the attack in January twenty twenty three and 48 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 2: now has difficulties speaking, claimed that Deadman's actions were the 49 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: most heinous of all those who attacked him. Earlier in 50 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 2: the week, Lee sentenced forty six year old Jeffrey Middleton 51 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: to seventeen and a half years behind bars and thirty 52 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 2: one year old Hunter Elward to almost twenty years. Their 53 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 2: behavior was deemed egregious and despicable by the judge. The 54 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 2: two men were ranking county sheriff's officers during the attack, 55 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: as were Opdyke and dead Men. Last August, the four men, 56 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 2: along with two other law enforcement officers, entered a guilty plea, 57 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: acknowledging that they had broken into Jenkins and Parker's house 58 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 2: without a warrant and subjected them to torture after a 59 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 2: neighborhood claimed that the men were staying there with a 60 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 2: white woman. Opdyke sobbed uncontrollably just hours before Deadman's sentencing. 61 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: Turning to face Jenkins and Parker, he said that his 62 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 2: time in isolation while incarcerated had allowed him to consider 63 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: quote how I transformed into the monster I became that night. 64 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 2: Before Opdyke could finished speaking, Parker put his head in 65 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 2: his hands, closed his eyes, got up and left the courtroom. 66 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 2: Jenkins expressed his feelings of being broken and ashamed by 67 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 2: the abuse he received. Some of the former cops who 68 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 2: participated in the attack dubbed themselves the Goon Squad. The 69 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: judge stated that while Opdyke may not have fully understood 70 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 2: what it meant to be a member of the group 71 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: when Middleton urged him to join, he was aware that 72 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: it involved employing excessive force. 73 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 3: Months before federal prosecutors brought charges in August, an investigation 74 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 3: by our friends with the Associated Press in March of 75 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 3: last year connected some of the deputies to at least 76 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 3: four violent interactions with black men since twenty nineteen, incidents 77 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 3: that resulted in two deaths and one lifelong injury. Following 78 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 3: a shooting at a bus stop earlier this month that 79 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 3: left eight high school students in Philadelphia injured, a fifth 80 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 3: suspect has now been charged once again crime Online Sidney Sumner. 81 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 2: According to an announcement from city police, fifteen year old 82 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 2: Jeremiah Jefferson of Philadelphia is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy, 83 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 2: reckless endangerment, and weapons charges. Police say the teenager had 84 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 2: spoken with the gunmen prior to the shooting, had recognized 85 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 2: and supplied details on a few possible targets, and had 86 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 2: even noted what he was wearing to avoid being a 87 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 2: victim himself. Additionally, authority say Jefferson alerted the gunmen when 88 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: the target victims were approaching the bus. The shooting occurred 89 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 2: on March sixth, the students at Northeast High School were 90 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 2: waiting to board the bus. Investigators say that three massed 91 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 2: individuals began shooting, hitting eight teenagers. All were eventually classified 92 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 2: in stable condition, including a sixteen year old who was 93 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 2: initially thought to be gravely injured after being struck by 94 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 2: gunfire nine times. 95 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 3: With more than three thousand students, Northeast High School is 96 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 3: the largest public high school in Philadelphia. 97 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: Thanks John. Lacy Bunch, seventy two, lives with his sister 98 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: in Infield, North Carolina. Early one morning, his sister hears 99 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: the front door shut, and you can't find him. Lacey 100 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: reportedly left without shoes or a coat in the middle 101 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: of a sleet storm. He also left behind his glasses, wallet, 102 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: and keys. Searches of the area turn up no clues. 103 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: Lacy Bunch African American, five five, one hundred and thirty pounds, 104 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: grayish red hair. If you have info on Lacey Bunch, 105 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: now missing three years, call Halifax County, North Carolina Sheriffs 106 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 1: two five two five eight three eight two zero one 107 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: For the latest crime in justicees go to crime online 108 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: dot com with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace.