WEBVTT - MANHUNT:  'Chucky' Masked Suspect Terrorizing Philadelphia | Crime Alert 08.21.26

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<v Speaker 1>Crime Alard hourly update, breaking crime news Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Sidney Silvoni. An intense manhunt is underway in Philadelphia

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<v Speaker 2>as authority search for a suspect accused of wearing a

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<v Speaker 2>creepy Chucky style Halloween mask while terrorizing innocent pedestrians across

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<v Speaker 2>Center City. Philadelphia Police announced Thursday that an arrest warrant

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<v Speaker 2>has been issued for twenty two year old Zimer Hughes

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<v Speaker 2>following a series of disturbing early morning encounters near City Hall.

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<v Speaker 2>According to Philadelphia Police Captain Jason Smith, investigators believe Hughes

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<v Speaker 2>ran up at least six victims, attempting to scare, harass,

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<v Speaker 2>and antagonize them while wearing the horror mask. Surveillance video

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<v Speaker 2>captured one chilling incident showing the suspect aggressively chasing a

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<v Speaker 2>female jogger through the streets. Captain Smith revealed that as

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<v Speaker 2>the suspect pursued the woman, he chillingly asked her are

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<v Speaker 2>you ready to die? The terrified jogger ran screaming for

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<v Speaker 2>help and injured her leg during the ordeal. Investigators note

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<v Speaker 2>that throughout these attacks, the suspect held a cell phone

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<v Speaker 2>in his left hand, apparently filming the victim's reactions for

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<v Speaker 2>his own purposes. Another victim, Jamika Wilson, is sharing her

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<v Speaker 2>face to face encounter with the suspect. Early Wednesday morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Wilson was walking to a soul cycle class when she

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<v Speaker 2>spotted the suspect following a woman outside City Hall. Wilson

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<v Speaker 2>managed to wave and get her attention, allowing her to

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<v Speaker 2>sprint away. The attacker then turned his focus toward a

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<v Speaker 2>man carrying a heavy box, chasing him into a business

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<v Speaker 2>and briefly struggling over the front door. That's when the

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<v Speaker 2>masked man set his sights on Wilson. Faced with a

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<v Speaker 2>split second decision, Wilson chose to stand her ground and

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<v Speaker 2>fight back, recounting her thoughts to Fox News Digital.

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<v Speaker 1>That was like, I have long straps, my bags are heavy.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that the wisest thing in this scenario, especially

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<v Speaker 1>from what I have seen so far, is actually to fight. Normally,

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<v Speaker 1>that wouldn't be my first inclination without having more information,

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<v Speaker 1>but because he was so listless, because he didn't really

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<v Speaker 1>seem to have intent or like a true goal, I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, Okay, well I think that my chances are

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<v Speaker 1>better than none.

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<v Speaker 2>Wilson, a former art school student, who had taken a

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<v Speaker 2>stage combat course, relied on her training to confront the attacker.

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<v Speaker 2>After turning around, she assessed that the suspect did not

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<v Speaker 2>appear to be holding any weapons. As she detailed to

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<v Speaker 2>Fox News Digital, he looked.

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<v Speaker 1>Surprised pretty much the entire physical altercation. He seemed surprised

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<v Speaker 1>that I had turned around. Initially. I also was analyzing

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<v Speaker 1>him because again, I'm not going to strike if I

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<v Speaker 1>know that you have a weapon. I'm doing the due

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<v Speaker 1>diligence to make sure that I'm doing the stapest thing.

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<v Speaker 1>But he wasn't doing those same things, and so it

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<v Speaker 1>seemed like he was seeming confused. I saw his head

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<v Speaker 1>like tilt from side to side, like trying to figure

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<v Speaker 1>out what he's supposed to be doing in the scenario.

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<v Speaker 2>Taking advantage of the suspect's monerable stance, Wilson delivered a

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<v Speaker 2>swift kick directly to his chest, causing him to stumble

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<v Speaker 2>backward and flee. During his escape, the suspect pulled the

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<v Speaker 2>mass down, exposing part of his face to a surveillance camera.

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<v Speaker 2>Police quickly released that image, leading to his identified as

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<v Speaker 2>Zimir Hughes. Officials warned that Hughes may have already fled Pennsylvania,

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<v Speaker 2>as he has known ties to California and Nevada. Philadelphia

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<v Speaker 2>Police are currently working alongside the US Marshall Service to

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<v Speaker 2>track him down and take him into custody. Once captured,

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<v Speaker 2>Hughes faces serious charges including terroristic threats, harassment, simple assault,

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<v Speaker 2>and intimidation. Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is urged

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<v Speaker 2>to contact Philadelphia Police at two one five six eight

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<v Speaker 2>six tips. More crime and justice news after this. In

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<v Speaker 2>South Florida, a mother is behind bars facing severe felony

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<v Speaker 2>charges after allegedly setting a fire inside her home while

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<v Speaker 2>her two young daughters were inside, than pouring hot candle

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<v Speaker 2>wax on them. Twenty six year old Melisa Campo Sanchez

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<v Speaker 2>was arrested Monday, August seventeenth by Miami Dade authorities and

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<v Speaker 2>charge with first degree arson, child abuse, and two counts

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<v Speaker 2>of child neglect. The investigation began Sunday after Miami Dade

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<v Speaker 2>Fire Rescue responded to a kitchen fire at the residence.

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<v Speaker 2>An arson investigator determined the blaze was intentionally set using

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<v Speaker 2>an open flame. Authorities subsequently learned Campo Sanchez posted two

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<v Speaker 2>disturbing videos to her Instagram account. In one video, she

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<v Speaker 2>reportedly wears a silver mask while spraying liquid onto clothing

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<v Speaker 2>on the kitchen floor before lighting it with a red lighter.

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<v Speaker 2>In the second video, she uses lit candles to pour

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<v Speaker 2>melted hot wax onto her own leg and onto her

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<v Speaker 2>daughter's hands. Investigators interviewed the eldest daughter, who recounted seeing

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<v Speaker 2>her mother ignite clothing, throw a glass mug, and dance

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<v Speaker 2>before dousing the flames with water. The child confirmed that

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<v Speaker 2>Campo Sanchez then poured hot wax on them. Campos Sanchez

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<v Speaker 2>was sedated at a hospital before being booked into the

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<v Speaker 2>Turner Guildford Knight Correctional Institution. Turning to California, cold case,

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<v Speaker 2>investigators have finally identified human remains found partially buried in

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<v Speaker 2>the desert fifty years ago. According to an August eleventh

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<v Speaker 2>release from the Riverside County District Attorney's Office, the victim

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<v Speaker 2>has been identified as nineteen year old Rebecca Jean McMahon,

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<v Speaker 2>also known as Becky Solis. McMahon was reported missing by

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<v Speaker 2>her family on July third, nineteen seventy three, roughly a

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<v Speaker 2>month after she was last seen in Bell Gardens, California.

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<v Speaker 2>Mentioning a trip to Palm Springs. Her body was found

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<v Speaker 2>in Hot Springs on January nineteenth, nineteen seventy four. For decades,

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<v Speaker 2>fingerprint and dental comparisons failed to produce a match. In

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four, the regional Cold Case Homicide Team re

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<v Speaker 2>examined the evidence using forensic investigative genetic genealogy. Laboratory technicians

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<v Speaker 2>extracted DNA from bone samples and uploaded the profile to

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<v Speaker 2>a consumer ancestry database, finding a potential close relative. McMahon

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<v Speaker 2>was a Caucasian female with long brown hair and hazel eyes,

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<v Speaker 2>standing five foot three to five foot four and weighing

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and twenty two one hundred and forty five pounds,

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<v Speaker 2>with distinct tattoos of an SS on her ankle and

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<v Speaker 2>a butterfly on her chest. Investigators urge anyone with information

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<v Speaker 2>to contact the Cold Case Unit. For more crime and

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<v Speaker 2>justice news, be sure to join us for crime stories

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<v Speaker 2>with Nancy Grace on Fox one YouTube series XM and

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<v Speaker 2>now streaming on twob With this crime alert, I'm Sidney

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<v Speaker 2>Silvanni