1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Crime Alert hourly update. Here now 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: some of the biggest stories of the week. 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 2: I'm Drew Nelson. In Tennessee, a couple is charged with 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 2: the brutal death of a one year old girl, their 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 2: own niece after a tragic incident babysitting. August seventeenth, police 6 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: responded to the local children's hospital where one year old 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 2: Callie Moore had been rushed in cardiac arrest. She was 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: pronounced dead shortly after four am. The child's injuries were severe, 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 2: multiple skull fractures, a brain bleed, a bruised kidney, and 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 2: blood in her lungs. Callie's great grandparents, Margaret and Deacon 11 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 2: James Callicott, are heartbroken and shocked that family members are accused. 12 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: They talk to WLBT, we will always love Callie and 13 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 2: we will always love Tie. The knis I love it. 14 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 3: It's very time. 15 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 2: Callie had been under the care of her aunt, twenty 16 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 2: one year old Kayah Moore, and Moore's boyfriend, thirty four 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 2: year old to Jean Smith, for two days. Both now 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: face charges of first murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated 19 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 2: child neglect. In a disturbing twist, the two gave police 20 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 2: different accounts of what happened. Smith says he heard More 21 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 2: slam Cali into the floor and walls multiple times, but 22 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 2: More insists she came home to find the child unresponsive. 23 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 2: This isn't Moore's first encounter with the law. She's already 24 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: facing aggravated child abuse charges from twenty twenty two. Her 25 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: court date for that case is set for August twenty ninth. 26 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 2: An attorney representing More in that case declined to comment. 27 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 2: No baby food was found in the home, and it's 28 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 2: not clear if the child had a safe place to sleep. 29 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 2: Moore and Smith remain in custody without bond as the 30 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 2: investigation continues to unfold. 31 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 3: I'm Nicole Parton. In Illinois, Mohammed Alamarro, forty two, of 32 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 3: Tinley Park has been found guilty of first degree murder. 33 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 3: This following the beating of his teenage daughter following an 34 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 3: argument over her prom. Seventeen year old Mia Morrow beat 35 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 3: to death inside her home. This according to the Cook 36 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 3: County State's Attorney reporting to Chicago Tribune. Court documents show 37 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 3: Alamorrow says he initially gave his daughter permission to attend 38 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 3: the senior prom but later changed his mind. Saying quote, 39 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 3: I didn't trust her. Prosecutors said it was the father's 40 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 3: sister who found the niece covered in a blanket in 41 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 3: the home on one hundred and sixty seventh Street. Her father, 42 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 3: Alamarrow was sitting on the floor beside the teen with 43 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 3: his arm draped over his daughter's body. According to the 44 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 3: arrest report, Mia suffered extensive hemorrhaging and bleeding to her brain, 45 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 3: was covered in numerous bruises, and it seemed her father 46 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 3: used multiple objects to beat her. Police Chief Matthew Walsh 47 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 3: he had he had superficial cuts to his throat, he 48 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 3: cuts to his wrist, he had taken the doctor said 49 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 3: that when he writes he was under several narcotics. Court 50 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 3: documents show Alamarro sent an apologetic text to one of 51 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 3: his sons following the incident, saying quote, I lost my mind. 52 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 3: I went out of control all over the prom MIA's 53 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 3: family described her as a beautiful soul with huge goals 54 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 3: of being in the dental field. Her father is facing 55 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 3: life in prison. 56 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: I'm Jennifer Gould. Two fourteen year old girls have been 57 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a ninety 58 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: three year old woman. Joanne Johnson in Augusta, Kansas. The girls, 59 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: whose names have not been released due to their age, 60 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: were taken into custody this August, nearly a year after 61 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: Johnson's death. The victim's son, Tim Johnson, spoke to News twelve. 62 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: Because it's not closure, it's not you know, my mom 63 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: was still brutally murdered. The murder occurred on September third, 64 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, and authorities had been investigating the case 65 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: ever since. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the 66 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: girls were arrested for first degree murder and are currently 67 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: being held at separate juvenile detention centers. While the girls 68 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: face serious charges, they will not be tried as adults. 69 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,839 Speaker 1: Kansas law prohibits individuals under the age of fourteen from 70 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: being prosecuted as adults. As a result, the girls will 71 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: be subject to the state's juvenile justice system and could 72 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: potentially go free when they reached the age of twenty 73 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: two and a half years old. The news of the 74 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: arrests has sent shockwaves through the community. Johnson's family has 75 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: expressed their grief and anger and are demanding severe punishment, 76 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: but the father of one of the suspects is painting 77 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 1: a different picture. He spoke to Kake News by phone 78 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,679 Speaker 1: and says his daughter and her friend were coerced into 79 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: entering Johnson's home by another man, who then committed the crime. 80 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: The father alleges that man threatened to kill the girls 81 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: and their families if they told anyone about what happened. 82 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: Authorities have not given any credence to this allegation or 83 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: there being another suspect in the case. The KBI has 84 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: not confirmed if public tips contributed to the arrests, nor 85 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: have they identified any connection between the accused teens and 86 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 1: Johnson either. For the latest crime and justice news, follow 87 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: the Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app 88 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: with this crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Gould.