1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update, Breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Sumner. 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: An Oregon father allegedly admitted on Sunday to killing his 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: eleven month old son after falsely reporting him missing. Jared Stoller, 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: twenty seven, called Sutherland police, claiming he woke up and 5 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,479 Speaker 1: his baby was missing from a room at the Relax Inn. 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: Stoller said his son had been sleeping in a car 7 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: seat in the room, which had a window pushed in. However, 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: once at the police station, Stoller admitted to lying about 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: the suspected kidnapping. He then confessed to killing his infant 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: son days earlier in dumping his body in the South 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: Umpqua River. While Stoller initially told police that his son 12 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: died during co sleeping, he later confessed to manually strangling 13 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: his son. Stoller also agreed to take police to the river, 14 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: where they eventually located the infant's body. An autopsy is pending. 15 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: Stoller's charged with first degree murder and second degree abuse 16 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: of a corpse. He's due in court later today. The 17 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: suspect in the murder of an eighty seven year old 18 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: Alaska man on Saturday was found dead in the woods 19 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: not far away. A day later, Matthew Thomas Becker, sixty one, 20 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,639 Speaker 1: was the ex son in law of the man he killed, 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: Romayne Clark. Anchorage Police believe he gunned Clark down minutes 22 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: after trying to kill his ex wife as she tried 23 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: to open her Anchorage hair salon. The ex wife told 24 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: police that Becker had been living in Arizona since they divorced, 25 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: and she was unaware he had come back to Alaska. 26 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: She told police she thought someone had tampered with the 27 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: lock to her business Saturday morning because she couldn't fit 28 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,479 Speaker 1: the key inside. Then she saw Becker in a car. 29 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: He got out and started shooting at her, then jumped 30 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 1: back in and sped away. As she fled, The woman 31 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: contacted police and said she was concerned about her elderly father, 32 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: who lived with her. Police say Becker apparently went directly 33 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: to the home after failing to kill his ex wife. 34 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said, based on preliminary evidence, 35 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: it appears the suspect went to the rear of the residence, 36 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: fired a couple of rounds through a plate glass window, 37 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: striking and killing the victim, and then fleeing the scene. 38 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: Friends who had planned an outing with the older man 39 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: found Clark's body minutes before police arrived on the scene. 40 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: Case said officers were hailed by friends who were waiting 41 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: to meet up with the victim, who went inside their 42 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: residence because he hadn't come out yet. They discovered the body, 43 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: and then they notified US. Police launched a man hunt 44 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: for Becker, warning the public he was armed and dangerous. 45 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: His body was found just before ten thirty am on Sunday. 46 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: The medical examiner will determine his cause of death. Becker's 47 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: brother said the divorcee owned a comedy club in Bisbee, Arizona, 48 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: and had recently been diagnosed with cancer. More crime and 49 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: justice news After this, a ninety two year old millionaire 50 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: developer was found dead and decomposing in a swanky beach 51 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: home in California's Hermosa Beach last week, and a suspect 52 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: was arrested after a seven hour standoff. Hermosa Beach police 53 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: said they were asked to conduct a welfare check shortly 54 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 1: after noon on Saturday after a landlord at the home 55 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: reported that they hadn't heard from a tenant there in 56 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: several days. Police said upon arrival, office observed evidence suggesting 57 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: a possible deceased person inside. The property manager allowed officers 58 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: access to the location, where they encountered an individual inside 59 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: who was not the tenant. The individual was uncooperative, made 60 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: statements indicating possibly being armed, and barricaded themselves inside the residence. 61 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: SWAT teams responded to the home, and negotiators eventually persuaded 62 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: the suspect to surrender. Once inside the home, investigators found 63 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: the dead man, later identified as prominent real estate developer 64 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: Demetrius de Culos. The suspect was identified by two names, 65 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: thirty nine year old Robert Phillips Simmons and Eleanor Beaulou. 66 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: During the standoff, residents and taurists were evacuated from the area. 67 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: Simmons Bowlu finally came out of the residence looking like 68 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: a Blues brother, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, dark tie, sunglasses, 69 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: and fedora. On Tuesday, prosecutors charged Simmons Bowlou with a 70 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: single count of murder. The indictment said that investigators believed 71 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: Culos was killed sometime between March seventh and March fourteenth. 72 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: A California woman and her boyfriend have been charged with 73 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: twenty seven counts of torture and child abuse related to 74 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: their treatment of the woman's eleven year old niece that 75 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: included strangulation, dragging her around on a dog leash, and 76 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: forcing her to sleep in an uninsulated garage. The Stanislaus 77 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Office said it was contacted by someone who 78 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,799 Speaker 1: said the little girl was refusing to go home because 79 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: her aunt had been physically abusing her. When the girl 80 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: was interviewed, she disclosed physical abuse spanning an extended period 81 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: of time. A search weren't on the home found surveillance 82 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,559 Speaker 1: footage that corroborated statements made by the victim. They also 83 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: found evidence indicating that the child had been living primarily 84 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: in the garage and the backyard. The Sheriff's office said 85 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: the garage was not a converted living space, lacking heating 86 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: and air conditioning and insulation, leaving the child exposed to 87 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: unsafe temperatures year round. The aunt, thirty seven year old 88 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: Priscilla Misstaz, and thirty six year old Anthony Machuka, told 89 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: detectives they had custody of the girl since twenty twenty four. 90 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: The investigation was launched on January thirty first, and Manchuco 91 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: was arrested when they made initial contact with the couple 92 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: at the home. Miss Dazz's arrest was delayed because she 93 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,799 Speaker 1: was pregnant and near term. She was arrested on March twelfth, 94 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: after the birth of the child. The newborn and a 95 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: four year old child were taken into protective custody by 96 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: Stanislaus County Child Protective Services. The Sheriff's office did not 97 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: reveal the status of the eleven year old girl. The 98 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: Stanislaus County District Attorney's office filed a criminal complaint against 99 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: the pair on Monday, charging them with twenty seven felony 100 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: and misdemeanor counts. The most serious charges include torture, conspiracy 101 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: to commit torture, child endangerment, injury to a child, assault 102 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: with the deadly weapon, and criminal threats. The Sheriff's office said. 103 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: Among the Act's referenced are repeated physical abuse, including strangulation, punching, 104 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: and slapping, with holding adequate nutrition, causing the child to 105 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: become malnourished, forcing the child to perform strenuous physical exercise 106 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: to the point of exhaustion under threat of assault, restraining 107 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: and dragging the child with a dog leash, and subjecting 108 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: the child to sustained verbal abuse and threats of injury. 109 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: Investigators say more charges are possible as they sit through evidence. 110 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: For the latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure 111 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: to follow the Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite 112 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: podcast app with this crime Alert, I'm Sydney Sumner.