1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Grace Breaking Crime News Now Travis 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: McDermott forty Grace's Sletto thirty two argue at a North 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: Dakota nightclub. Slutto threatens to fight McDermott, who reaches for 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: his concealed weapon. Sletto pushes McDermott to the ground. McDermott 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: fires two shots, killing Slutto. 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 2: The argument. In subsequent shooting at the original nightclub is 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 2: caught on surveillance video. McDermott claims Slutto reached for his gun, 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 2: prompting McDermott to fire the weapon, but the video does 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: not reflect that. It does show that after the initial shot, 10 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 2: Slutto slumped and began to fall before McDermott shot him again. 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: McDermott now charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment. James Goldston 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: the Third and wife Agnes Golston leave threatening notes for neighbors, 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: the Ridley's, after one of the Ridley dogs wandered into 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: Golston's yard. Weeks later, all three Ridley dogs become extremely ill, 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: two of them die. A vet determines the dogs were 16 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: poisoned with anti freeze. The Golstons admit to South Carolina police. 17 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: They left Poise's squirrels in the Ridley's yard for the 18 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: dogs to find. James Golston, a board member for Saving 19 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:12,639 Speaker 1: Grace Animal Rescue, steps down from his position. The couple 20 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: now charged with animal cruelty. More crime and justice news 21 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: after this Now with the latest criming justice breaking these 22 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: crime onlines. 23 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 3: John Lemley, a Virginia man, has received a lengthy prison 24 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 3: sentence for killing his girlfriend's two year old daughter in 25 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 3: twenty eighteen by delaying medical attention for several hours after 26 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 3: she suffered severe burns. For more, here's Sidney Sumner with 27 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 3: Crime Online. 28 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 2: Thirty eight year old John Tucker Hardy of Norfolk was 29 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 2: sentenced by Norfolk Circuit Judge Jack Doyle for his involvement 30 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 2: in Harley Williams's death. Hardy was found guilty last summer 31 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: of malicious wounding, felony, child neglect, and second degree murder 32 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 2: for her part in the girl's murder. Shelby Loved, the 33 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: girl's mother, entered a guilty plead to felony homicide and 34 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 2: child neglect in twenty twenty. Love sentencing is scheduled for 35 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 2: Jim Hardy received a sentence of forty five years in jail, 36 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 2: ten of which were suspended. Upon release. He will also 37 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 2: be required to complete a decade of supervise probation. At 38 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: Hardy's trial, Love testified that she routinely left her daughter 39 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 2: with Hardy, with whom she had been living for roughly 40 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: two months. When Love returned home on April twenty third, 41 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen, she said that Hardy told her that Harley 42 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 2: had been burned by hot bath water. Love claims she 43 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 2: wanted to call nine one one, but Hardy refused to 44 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: let her do so because he feared going to jail. 45 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: She claimed that she agreed to stay silent out of 46 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 2: concern for her safety, and that they started treating Harley 47 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: with petroleum jelly bandages, cream and medication. Harley began experiencing 48 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 2: respiratory problems, so Hardy ultimately dialed nine one one. She 49 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 2: was declared dead at a hospital in Norfolk. 50 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 3: After doing an autopsy, a doctor ruled at Harley, who 51 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 3: had numerous bruises all over her body and significant head wounds, 52 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 3: had died from scalding related complications. A Montana woman accused 53 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 3: of torturing and killing her twelve year old old grandson 54 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 3: more than three years ago, has entered a plea agreement 55 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 3: with the state in which she agrees to spend the 56 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 3: rest of her life behind bars, while admitting to purposeful 57 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 3: homicide and two other offenses. In West Yellowstone. In February 58 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 3: twenty twenty, Patricia Butts was charged in the death of 59 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 3: James Alex Hurley. Her trial has been postponed until July eleventh. 60 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 3: According to the terms of her agreement, she also admitted 61 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 3: to witness tampering by attempting to persuade family members to 62 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 3: give false statements to authorities, and felony criminal child endangerment 63 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 3: for failing to seek medical attention for him after he 64 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 3: was critically injured. A jury in Los Angeles has convicted 65 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 3: a man of second degree murder in the shooting death 66 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 3: of a father who was camping with his children and 67 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 3: in the attempted deaths of the two young girls, all 68 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 3: of which occurred in a well known park in southern California, 69 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 3: once again crime onlines Sydney Sumner. 70 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: Thirty five year old Tristan Boudette was camping with his 71 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: kids an attent on June eighteenth, twenty eighteen, when Anthony 72 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: Raouda fatally shot him in the head. Verudo was found 73 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 2: guilty of a second degree crime, despite the jury clearing 74 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: him of a first degree murder charge. He'll be sentenced 75 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 2: next month and might receive anywhere from forty years to 76 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 2: life in jail. If the government can demonstrate both intention 77 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 2: and premeditation, the conviction will be for first degree murder. 78 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: Bodette was killed thirty miles or so west of downtown 79 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 2: Los Angeles in Malibu Creek State Park. His daughters, who 80 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 2: were two and four years old at the time, weren't hurt, 81 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 2: but they were thought to be the victims of a 82 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 2: murder attempt. Although the jury found Rauda guilty on the 83 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 2: counts involving the girls, they disregarded his claim that he 84 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 2: intentionally killed the girls or had planned to do so. 85 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 3: Rahuda was not present for the verdict because he had 86 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,239 Speaker 3: waived his right to appear in court. The prosecution chose 87 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 3: not to comment on the verdict. The criminal case that 88 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 3: exposed the blood testing scam at the center of Elizabeth 89 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 3: Holmes Theernose Company is moving toward its conclusion as she 90 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: prepares to report to prison this week. The eleven year 91 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 3: sentence is retribution for the wide eyed woman who overcame 92 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,679 Speaker 3: the tech Bough mentality to become one of Silicon Valley's 93 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 3: most well known business women, only to be discovered as 94 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 3: a phony. Eventually, Holmes came to represent the startup culture's 95 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 3: pension for blatant exaggeration. However, there are still lingering questions 96 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 3: about her motivations, questions so complex that even the federal 97 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 3: judge who oversaw her trial seems perplexed. Meanwhile, holmes supporters 98 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,359 Speaker 3: continue to question whether the sentence is appropriate for the crime. 99 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: Lester L. J. Jones, Junior, a biomedical engineering grad student 100 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: at Mississippi State University, leaves campus to visit friends in Jackson. 101 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: The twenty five year old caught on surveillance video stopping 102 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 1: for gas just fifteen minutes away from his destination. He 103 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: leaves the gas station heads in the direction of his friends, 104 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: but never makes it. Jones's phone found in the gas 105 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: station restroom. His car, a blue two thousand and two 106 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: four expedition with Mississippi tag k T W seven one four, 107 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: has never been recovered. Jones now missing thirteen years. If 108 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: you have information on Lester Jones's disappearance, called Strikeful p 109 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: D sixty sixty two three two three forty one thirty four. 110 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: For the latest crime in justice needs, go to crimeonline 111 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: dot com with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace