1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm Jennifer 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: Gould's authorities have stopped an apparent assassination attempt against former 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: President Donald Trump at his Trump International Golf Course in 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: West Palm Beach, Florida. The incident occurred just sixty three 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: days after a similar attack at a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Trump, 6 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,159 Speaker 1: who was on the golf course at the time, is 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: reported to be safe and unharmed. The incident unfolded around 8 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: one thirty pm Eastern time when a Secret Service agent 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: performing a routine security sweep spotted a rifle barrel protruding 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: from a chain link fence surrounding the golf course. The agent, 11 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: realizing the threat, engaged the suspect, firing several shots. The suspect, 12 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: who has been identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, was approximately 13 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 1: four hundred to five hundred yards away from Trump when 14 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: the confrontation occurred. The suspect, who was reportedly seen fleeing 15 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: from nearby bushes and escaping in a black Nissan, quickly 16 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: tracked down with the help of witness descriptions and license 17 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: plate readers. Martin County deputies apprehended him on I ninety five, 18 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: about forty five miles north of the golf course. After 19 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: a brief pursuit, the FBI, which is leading the investigation, 20 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: confirmed that Routh was carrying an AK forty seven style 21 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: rifle with a scope, two backpacks filled with ceramic tiles, 22 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: and a go pro camera. This incident marks the second 23 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: assassination attempt on Trump within two months. The first occurred 24 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: back on July thirteenth in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where gunman 25 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: Thomas Matthew Crook's opened fire at a Trump rally, resulting 26 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: in the death of a retired fire chief and injuring 27 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: two others. Trump himself sustained a minor gray's injury to 28 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: his ear in that attack. Authorities are still investigative the 29 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: motive behind the latest attempt. While these suspects background and 30 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: reasons for targeting Trump remained unclear. The FBI and local 31 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: law enforcement are actively working on the case. Federal charges 32 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 1: may be forthcoming as the investigation continues. In a statement, 33 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: Palm Beach County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw emphasized the efficiency and 34 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: effectiveness of the Secret Services response. The White House has 35 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: also expressed relief at Trump's safety with President Joe Biden 36 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: and Vice President Kamala Harris being briefed on the situation. 37 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: The former president has since returned to his mar Lago 38 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: estate and Palm Beach, where he remains secure. The FBI 39 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: is urging anyone with additional information to contact their tip 40 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: line at one eight hundred call FBI or submit tips 41 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 1: online at tips dot FBI dot gov. 42 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. New details from court documents have emerged 43 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: regarding the tragic deaths of two Kansas mothers, Veronica Butler 44 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: twenty seven and Jillian Kelly thirty nine. The women vanished 45 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 2: in March while on a trip to Oklahoma to pick 46 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 2: up Butler's children. Their bodies were later found in a 47 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: chest freezer abandoning a cow pasture with their car they 48 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: had been driving, located near the border of the state. 49 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 2: Police reports now reveal that Butler was fatally stabbed. The 50 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: cause of Kelly's death remains unclear. In April and May, 51 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 2: five individuals associated with an extremist religious group called God's 52 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 2: Misfits were arrested in connection with the murders. According to 53 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 2: court documents, Tiffany Adams fifty four, the grandmother of the 54 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: children her boyfriend Tad Cullum, Cole and Cora Twombly, and 55 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 2: forty four year old Paul Grice were alleged to participate 56 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 2: in the killings. The records obtained by KSN indicate that 57 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 2: Gryce stabbed Butler to death, injuring himself in the process, 58 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 2: while Cullum is suspected of killing Kelly. The bodies were 59 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: then placed in the freezer and discarded in a field. 60 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 2: Gryce reportedly disposed of incriminating evidence, including clothing with his 61 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 2: and Butler's DNA, a stun gun, and a murder weapon. Coulomb, 62 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 2: on the other hand, is said to have placed his clothing, 63 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 2: which contained Kelly's DNA with the victims inside the freezer. 64 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: Accessories to the murder weapon were allegedly found in Coulm's residence. 65 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 2: The Twomblys are accused of acting as lookouts during the crime, 66 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: while Adams is believed to have purchased the items like 67 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 2: burner phones, stun guns, and straps that were found on 68 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 2: the freezer. The court documents also suggest that Adams was 69 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 2: embroiled in a custody dispute over Butler's children. For more, 70 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: here's Crime Online's Dave Mack. 71 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 3: The custody battle between Veronica Butler, her ex husband, Wrangler Rickman, 72 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 3: and Rickman's mother, Tiffany Adams, has been going on since 73 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 3: twenty nineteen. At one point, Tiffany Adams refused to turn 74 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 3: the children over to her son, Wrangler Rickman, the children's father, 75 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 3: who has legal custody of the children. Wrangler Rickman had 76 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 3: to call police to help settle the matter. Tiffany Adams 77 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: wants to raise her grandchildren, and court records indicate that 78 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 3: was the motivation behind the murders. 79 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: Butler's children were in Adam's home due to the custody battle. 80 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 2: The suspects are facing charges of first degree murder, kidnapping, 81 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 2: and conspiracy to commit murder. The affidavit further reveals that 82 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 2: the twembly's teenage daughter overheard conversations implicating her parents in 83 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 2: the murder and gave investigators key insight to the plot. 84 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 2: Adams was reported to have purchase prepaid phones that were 85 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 2: found near the victim's car, and he had searched online 86 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 2: for ways to remove dead bodies, stun guns, and how 87 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 2: to dispose of weapons. The tragic incident occurred on the 88 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,799 Speaker 2: day Butler's daughter's birthday was to happen, with bloodstains found 89 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 2: near the vehicle. In Oklahoma, Kelly, the wife of pastor 90 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 2: Heath Kelly, was going with Butler to pick up her 91 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 2: children on the Fateful Day. She was designated as a 92 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 2: supervisor appointed by DCF to help with custody visits. 93 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 4: I'm Drew Nelson. In Florida, a granddaughter is arrested for 94 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 4: allegedly conspiring in the murder of her elderly grandparents, who 95 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 4: were shot to death in their home. Jalisa Hill, aged 96 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 4: thirty four, is now facing charges of first degree murder 97 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 4: after police claimed she paid her ex boyfriend Maurice Noos 98 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,679 Speaker 4: in one thousand dollars. Following the murders, Hill's grandparents, Major 99 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 4: and Claudette Melviyn, were found dead in their Fort Lauderdale home. 100 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 4: The suspects uncle Dennis Parker, son of the victims, talked 101 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 4: to WTVJ, you know and God know what you do 102 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 4: and if you was involved in a way, I'll hope you. 103 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 2: Ride in Hill. 104 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 4: Investigators believe Hill worked with Newson, age thirty, to carry 105 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 4: out the killings. Newson had already been charged with the 106 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 4: murderers last month after selling the couple stolen car a 107 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 4: red Ford fusion to a tow yard. Family members had 108 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 4: expressed suspicions about Hill's role early on. New Court documents 109 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 4: revealed that Hill sent the payment to Newson through a 110 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 4: third party. Police say when they questioned Hill, they found 111 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 4: her responses inconsistent. At first, she claimed she was next 112 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 4: in line to inherit her grandparents' home, then she denied that. Later, 113 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 4: a polygraph test indicated she was deceptive about her involvement 114 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 4: in the crime. Hill and Newson are both being held 115 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 4: without bond. The investigation began after a neighbour's camera caught 116 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 4: footage of someone arriving at the Melbourn's home in the 117 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 4: early morning of the murders, and then later their vehicle 118 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 4: was seen being driven away the Melbourn's vehicle. That car 119 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 4: was found two weeks later at the salvage yard, and 120 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 4: newsoon was linked to the sale. The Melbourn's had twenty 121 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 4: eight grandchildren, and while some relatives were shocked by Hill's arrest, 122 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 4: others believed more family members might have been involved. The 123 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 4: uncle Dennis Parker says, quote, there's something more here. It's 124 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 4: only a matter of time before the truth comes out 125 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 4: for the latest crime and justice news. Follow a crime 126 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 4: alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app with his 127 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 4: crime Alert, I'm Drew Nilsen.