1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news. Now. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 2: I'm Jennifer Gould, a forty three year old Washington woman 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 2: is behind bars, accused of stabbing her own adult daughter 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 2: and mom in a brutal attack because she says they 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: quote ruined end quote her life, prompting her to quote 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 2: unquote get even through violence. Here's the prosecutor reading a 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: statement about Terry Souter in court. Take a listen. 8 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 3: This is not a sane woman. She has always told 9 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 3: me that she wants me dead. This is not her 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 3: first time being violent, and I want this charge at 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 3: the highest of its ability. She was living with us 12 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 3: at the time and just shows that if she could 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 3: do this to her child and her mother, she could 14 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 3: do this to anyone. There's no telling what she is 15 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 3: capable of. 16 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: The victims, whose identities have not been publicly disclosed, were 17 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 2: stabbed during the altercation at a Spokane Valley residence. The 18 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 2: Spokane County Sheriff's Office arrived at a chaotic scene, finding 19 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: Terry Suiters still there and the two victims suffering from 20 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: multiple stab wounds. Both were rushed to a local hospital, 21 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: where they are receiving treatment for their injuries. She was 22 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 2: taken into custody without incident, and now faces two counts 23 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 2: of first degree assault. Investigators that were still unraveling the 24 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 2: events leading up to the attack. Court documents suggest Suitor's 25 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: actions were premeditated, driven by deep seated resentment, but the 26 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: why remains a mystery. Neighbors described the family as quiet, 27 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,919 Speaker 2: offering no prior clues to the extreme conflict that allegedly 28 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 2: boiled beneath the surface. Authorities have not yet released any 29 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 2: official statements regarding Suitor's mental state at the time of 30 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,639 Speaker 2: the alleged attack, and no word if she will undergo 31 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,839 Speaker 2: a mental evaluation. The judge set bond at one hundred 32 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: thousand dollars and Suitor remains in custody. If convicted, she 33 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 2: could face significant prison time. More crime and Justice news. 34 00:01:52,920 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: After this, a chilling, thirty second voicemail became the soundtrack 35 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 2: to murder, and now justice has been served. In southern California, 36 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 2: Craig Sharon, thirty nine, has been found guilty of the 37 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: first degree murder of his ex girlfriend, twenty five year 38 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 2: old Laura Sardinha, a brutal stabbing captured in her desperate 39 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 2: final moments as she called her mom. The deputy DA 40 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 2: chillingly told the jury quote, if you listen to it carefully, 41 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 2: you can hear a woman narrating her own murder. End quote. 42 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 2: The horrific crime unfolded on September second of twenty twenty, 43 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 2: just as Sardinha had taken out a restraining order against 44 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 2: sheronn and changed the locks on her Huntington Beach apartment. 45 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 2: Returning home that afternoon, while on a three way call 46 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 2: with her mom, Sardinha uttered the terrifying words quote, oh 47 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 2: my god, he's here. End quote. Her quick thinking mom 48 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 2: dialed nine one one, but Sardinha called her back, leaving 49 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 2: a voicemail that would send chills down the spines of jurors. 50 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: On that haunting recording, Sardinha reportedly screams quotquote He's going 51 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 2: to kill me. End quote end quote, Get away from me. 52 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 2: End quote. Prosecutors revealed the brutality of the attack. Sharon 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 2: stabbed Sardinha multiple times with different knives, inflicting wounds so 54 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 2: severe he nearly severed her nose and bent a knife 55 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: on her head. Adding to the disturbing picture, evidence revealed 56 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 2: Sharon had allegedly busted Sardinha's ear drum. Just two weeks earlier, 57 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: three of Sharon's other ex girlfriends testified to his history 58 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 2: of physical abuse and restraining orders against him. Despite his 59 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 2: defense attorney's attempts to paint him as acting in the 60 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: quote unquote heat of passion or self defense, the jury 61 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,119 Speaker 2: saw through the lies. After less than a day of deliberation, 62 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: they delivered a guilty verdict. Sharon now faces a potential 63 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: life sentence. His sentencing date is on Friday, July twenty fifth. 64 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: And finally, Tennessee Highway Patrol just had that you gotta 65 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 2: be kidding me moment. A driver cruising down I forty 66 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 2: decided that, oh yeah, reading prescriptions was a lot more 67 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 2: than important than not hitting a cop car or driving. 68 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 2: Cops say, the patrol vehicle was chilling on the shoulder, 69 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 2: lights flashing, assisting another officer with the traffic stop, and 70 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 2: then this distracted dude allegedly hopped on the highway and 71 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 2: veered onto the shoulder for a quarter mile, rumble strips 72 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: and all before bam right into the cruiser. Good news, 73 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 2: nobody was in the cop car at the time. The 74 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: driver unscathed his excuse again he was distracted because he 75 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 2: was reading a prescription seriously behind the wheel. The Tennessee 76 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 2: Highway Patrol cited him for not paying attention and driving 77 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 2: without insurance. Guess he learned the hard way that some 78 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 2: things have to wait until you pull over. Drive safe people. 79 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 2: For the latest crime and justice news, follow the Crime 80 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 2: Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast. Tap with this 81 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 2: crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Grud. 82 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: How could a beautiful young first grade teacher be stabbed 83 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes, 84 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: that was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed 85 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what 86 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of justice. 87 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: For an in depth look at the facts, see What 88 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen on Amazon. All proceeds to the National 89 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: Center for Missing and Exploited Children.