1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Crime Alard, hourly update, Breaking crime News Now, I'm Drew Nelson. 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Nancy Guthrie remains missing for the twenty fifth day, as 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: her family announces a one million dollar reward for information 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: that leads to her recovery. The eighty four year old 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: mother of NBC Today co anchor Savannah Guthrie, vanished from 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: her home in the Catalina Foothills outside Tucson February first. 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: Investigators believe she was taken from her bed in the 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: middle of the night. Savannah Guthrie released a video Tuesday 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,159 Speaker 1: announcing the expanded reward. The offer is in addition to 10 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: a one hundred thousand dollar FBI reward and a matching 11 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: Tucson Crime Stoppers reward. The family is also donating half 12 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: a million dollars to the National Center for Missing and 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: Exploited Children. Savannah Guthrie, speaking directly to the public, says 14 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: someone knows something that can bring her home. But she 15 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: says her mom might already be reunited with her daddy 16 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: in heaven. 17 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: We also know that she may be lost. She may 18 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 2: already be gone. She may have already gone home to 19 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 2: the Lord that she loves. But we need to know 20 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: where she is. For that reason, we are offering a 21 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 2: family reward of up to one million dollars for any 22 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 2: information that leads us to her recovery. 23 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: At least one ransom note demanding millions of dollars in 24 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: cryptocurrency turned out to be fake, and a California man 25 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: has been charged. CNN reports a group of Mexican volunteer 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: searchers known as Los Mandres buscardorreest Sonora. The searching mothers 27 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: of Sonora, have traveled to Arizona to help, some handing 28 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: out flyers, while others are searching near the border town 29 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: of Nogalis. Mexican authorities say there is no evidence Guthrie 30 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: is in Mexico. Investigators on both sides of the border 31 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: have been alerted to the search as part of routine procedure, 32 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: but investigators have pushed back on growing volunteer search efforts 33 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: around the Catalina Foothills. The Pima County Sheriff's Department asks 34 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: civilians not to conduct independent searches, warning that uncoordinated activity 35 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: could disturb evidence and interfere with the investigation. The share 36 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: of denied a permit for a field search by Los 37 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: Madres authorities also reminded the public that private property laws 38 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: apply and urged anyone with information to submit tips instead 39 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: of searching on their own. Meanwhile, nearly forty thousand tips 40 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: have poured in hundreds of investigators continue to comb the 41 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: desert around Tuson. For more on the case of Nancy 42 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: Guthrie joined Crime Stories with Nancy Grace six pm Eastern 43 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: on Sirius Exam Triumph Channel one to eleven and streaming 44 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: exclusively on Fox one for the first twenty four hours. 45 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: More crime and justice news After this, Corey Richins returns 46 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: to court after jurors watch body camera video and hear 47 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: detailed testimony about her actions in the moments after her 48 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: husband was found unresponsive. Prosecutors say Corey Rinchins fatally poisoned 49 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl in their home in 50 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: Utah in March twenty twenty two, than publicly presented herself 51 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: as a grieving widow, even writing a children's book about it. 52 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: Deputy Vincent Wynn with the Summit County Sheriff's Office described 53 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: arriving at the home and seeing Corey Richards standing near 54 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: the doorway while paramedics worked on Eric Richards. The video 55 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: showed her crying, holding her head, and repeatedly asking if 56 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: he would be okay. When testified that her demeanor struck 57 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: him as unusual compared to other sudden death scenes he 58 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: had handled. 59 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 3: Well, I'm on scene at a death call. Normally you 60 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 3: know the victim. They have tears, They look at me 61 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: when I ask him a question, while they respond, They're 62 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 3: pretty direct when I ask a direct question. It just 63 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 3: every time I spoke to Miss Richins, just seems like 64 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 3: her face was in her hands and I couldn't see 65 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 3: her face. 66 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: Prosecutors used the bodycam footage to argue her responses did 67 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: not someone who had just discovered an unexpected medical emergency. 68 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: Jurors also heard Richard's explanation that her husband complained of 69 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: chest pain the night before and may have eaten a 70 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: THHC gummy. She said she slept in another bedroom and 71 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: heard nothing overnight. She told deputies she discovered him cold 72 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: early the next morning and immediately called for help. Medical 73 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: examiner doctor Pamela Ulmer, testified the autopsy found no traumatic injuries, 74 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: apart from rib fractures caused by CPR. Tests ruled out infection, 75 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: heart attack, and natural disease. She explained lung findings were 76 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: consistent with overdose, and toxicology later showed roughly five times 77 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: the lethal level of fentanyl in his system. Prosecutors alleged 78 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: Richards poisoned her husband for financial gain and to pursue 79 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: a new relationship. They pointed to life insurance benefits and 80 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: real estate transactions they claim followed the death. Defense attorneys 81 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: countered that investigators rushed to judgment and ignored alternative explanations, 82 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: arguing the overdose could have been accidental and that a 83 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: home scene may have not fully been processed before conclusions 84 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: were drawn. The trial unfolding in Utah is expected to 85 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: continue for about a month as jurors here additional forensic 86 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: experts and witnesses who knew the couple. The stepbrother of 87 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: Anna Keepner is now the main suspect, months after the 88 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: teen was found dead during a family cruise. Eighteen year 89 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: old Anna Kaepner was discovered on November seventh that bore 90 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: the Carnival horizon. A housekeeper found her under a bed 91 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: in the cabin she shared with her sixteen year old stepbrother, 92 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: whose name has not been revealed. Investigators later determined she 93 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: died from asphyxiation consistent with an arm placed across the neck. 94 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: The ship returned to Miami the next day, and the 95 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: FBI opened a federal investigation because the death occurred in 96 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: international waters. The teenager was quietly identified as a suspect 97 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: early in the case, but the public has only learned 98 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: of the formal charges through court filings tied to a 99 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: custody dispute inside the family. Documents filed by his biological 100 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: father state the boy was charged fib A third by 101 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: the U. S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida. 102 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: Much of the filing remains redacted, and federal prosecutors have 103 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: not publicly described the exact counts because juvenile cases are sealed. 104 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: The filing also reveals the turmoil inside the household after 105 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: the cruise. According to the document, the boy was expelled 106 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: from the home immediately after the trip, and family social 107 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 1: media posts referenced wanting justice and punishment. His father is 108 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: now seeking sole custody of the suspect's younger sister, arguing 109 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: the situation is unsafe and emotionally damaging for the child. 110 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: Family members have described the moments leading up to the death. 111 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: Relatives say yelling was heard inside the cabin the night 112 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: before Anna was found. The teen's mother later said he 113 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,679 Speaker 1: repeatedly claimed he could not remember what happened. Court records 114 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: also reference possible alcohol consumption aboard the ship and concerns 115 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: about supervision of the miners. Earlier this month, cameras captured 116 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: the step brother entering federal court in Miami, wearing a 117 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: camouflage and keeping his face hidden as attorneys escorted him inside. 118 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: The hearing itself was sealed and reporters were not allowed 119 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: to attend. Anna, who was a high school senior and 120 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: cheerleader with plans to join the Navy, had told relatives 121 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: she felt unwell the night before she died and returned 122 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: to the cabin. Her body was found wrapped in a 123 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: blanket and covered with life jackets. The FBI has declined 124 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: to discuss evidence publicly, and the case remained sealed as 125 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: federal investigators continue building the prosecution. A three year old 126 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: Arizona girl is found safe after a statewide amber alert 127 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: leads police to a Phoenix gas station and the arrest 128 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: of a house guest. Investigators say the child's parents had 129 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: allowed twenty three year old Marina Noriega to stay in 130 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,119 Speaker 1: their Avondale home because she said she needed a place 131 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: to sleep. By morning, both the toddler and the woman 132 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: were gone, triggering an urgent search across the valley. KPHO 133 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: reports a gas station security guard believed he spotted the child. 134 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: Witness Kevin Place, was with a moving crew stopped at 135 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: the station the time. 136 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 4: Overheard the security guard that works there often talking. I'm 137 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 4: assuming to the police about the girl and that he 138 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 4: thinks that he'd just seen her in there. 139 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: Kevin's co worker, Ralph Bolmert, says they then acted to 140 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: stop the suspect from leaving thanks to the third member 141 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: of their crew. 142 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 4: I said, that's the little girls in that truck, and 143 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 4: then Robert came up with the idea, I'm just going 144 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 4: to leave the truck right here then, so he couldn't leave. 145 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: Kevin Place described the moment police arrived and the impact 146 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: of the case. 147 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 4: It was thur real, as you know, you get the 148 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 4: ambulets a lot, and you don't hardly you know that 149 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 4: you never see the people they're asking for. But super 150 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 4: glad that the ambulert worked out this time. 151 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: Court records say the suspect initially claimed to be the 152 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: child's mother and that the child was her long lost daughter, 153 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: before admitting she had made a mistake. Officers also reported 154 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: drug paraphernalia was found. As stated in. 155 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 5: Court, defendant admitted that a glass pipe was located on 156 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 5: her person during the search, and she admitted to you 157 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 5: using smoking methamphetamine the day before and that was during 158 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 5: the time she had control of the child. 159 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: During a virtual court appearance held over Microsoft teams, the 160 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: defendant stood alone at a podium in a quiet courtroom, 161 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: resting her head on her elbow while facing a laptop 162 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: as attorneys and court staff appeared in small boxes on 163 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,079 Speaker 1: the screen. Authorities say the child was not physically harmed 164 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: and has been reunited with her family. Noriega remains jailed 165 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: on a custodial interference charge. For the latest crime and 166 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: justice news, follow crime alert early update on your favorite 167 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: podcast staff with this crime alert, I'm Drew Nelson.