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Speaker 1: Crime alert. I mean see grace breaking crime news now.

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Speaker 1: Victoria Bincomo invites her family to downtown Albuquerque for her

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Speaker 1: son's high school graduation. The proud mom gives her son

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Speaker 1: a big hug after the ceremony and spots step son,

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Speaker 1: Christian Mancomo arriving. Victoria's sister tries to hug the step nephew,

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Speaker 1: but Christian Mancomo pushes her away, pulls a gun, and

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Speaker 1: shoots his stepmother in the neck. When Victoria Bincomo falls

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Speaker 1: to the ground, her stepson stomps on Victoria's head until

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Speaker 1: bystanders pull him back.

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Speaker 2: Nancye other families of the graduation initially thought a balloon

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Speaker 2: had popped or a firecracker had exploded. Once they realized

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Speaker 2: it was a gun, students and family members hit the ground.

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Speaker 2: The Bencomo family had no idea there was any strain

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Speaker 2: in Victoria Bencomo's relationship with her step son, and his

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Speaker 2: motive has not yet been revealed.

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Speaker 1: Victoria Bencomo in critical but stable condition. Stepson Christian Mancomo,

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Speaker 1: twenty one, now charged with ag battery. Australian authorities alert

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Speaker 1: Thailand police when they intercept a shipment of a food

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Speaker 1: processing machine with over two hundred pounds of meth inside Thailand.

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Speaker 1: Police keep an eye on the smuggler for weeks, noting

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Speaker 1: she intends to deliver life size transformer statues to a

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Speaker 1: movie exhibition in Taiwan, but inside the statues, cops discover

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Speaker 1: seven hundred pounds of katamine. Police believe the drugs originated

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Speaker 1: in Cambodia and are working to track down the buyer.

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Speaker 1: In Taiwan. A smuggler facing numerous charges for her Optimus

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Speaker 1: Prime crime. More crime and justice news after this Now

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Speaker 1: with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime onlinees

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Speaker 1: John Limley.

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Speaker 3: For the shooting and stabbing deaths of her father and

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Speaker 3: his longtime girlfriend in New Jersey two and a half

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Speaker 3: years ago. A Pennsylvania woman has now been handed two

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Speaker 3: life sentences with more here Sidney Sumner with Crime Online.

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Speaker 2: In March, fifty seven year old Sherry Lee Heffernan of Landenburg, Pennsylvania,

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Speaker 2: was found guilty of weapons offenses and murder in the

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Speaker 2: killing of her eighty seven year old father, John Enders

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Speaker 2: and Francois petoy N, her seventy five year old long

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Speaker 2: term living girlfriend. It was in the autumn of twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty one, that both were repeatedly stabbed and shot in

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Speaker 2: enders Long Beach home. Judge Kimbrie Rayhill of the Superior

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Speaker 2: Court ruled that the crime quote was committed with extreme depravity,

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Speaker 2: and sentenced Heffernan to sixty three years and nine months

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Speaker 2: in prison for each murder, without the possibility of parole.

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Speaker 2: Heffernan had sobbed just minutes earlier, pleading her innocence and

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Speaker 2: referring to the victims as priceless people that she would

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Speaker 2: quote forever miss. Officials in New Jersey claimed that Heffernan

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Speaker 2: was angry with her father for allegedly excluding her from

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Speaker 2: his will. Chief trial Attorney Michael Weatherstone of the County

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Speaker 2: Prosecutor's office claimed that the defendant had shot both victims

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Speaker 2: in order to cause more misery, not death. Weatherstone said

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Speaker 2: Heffernan stabbed the two while they slept, put her father

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Speaker 2: in a chair, and continued to stab him while staring

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Speaker 2: him in the eye. The prosecution presented evidence of vehicle tracking,

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Speaker 2: Heffernan's cell phone, and footprints discovered inside the house where

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Speaker 2: the murders took place.

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Speaker 3: There was insufficient proof, say defense counsel Phil Nettle, and

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Speaker 3: Stephen Altman that Heffernan was inside the vehicle at the

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Speaker 3: time of its tracking. Prosecutors in Los Angeles Counties say

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Speaker 3: they believe there was criminal activity during the recording of

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Speaker 3: a racist discussion that led to the resignation of the

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Speaker 3: city council president. However, as Crime Online Sidney Sumner tells us,

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Speaker 3: the prosecution has chosen not to press charges.

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Speaker 2: According to The Los Angeles Times, the District Attorney's office

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Speaker 2: has established that two former employees of the Los Angeles

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Speaker 2: County Federation of Labor resided at a residence link to

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Speaker 2: posts on social media that featured the contentious audio. The

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Speaker 2: people in question had no past criminal history, and prosecutors

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Speaker 2: stated in a memo that they would not press charges

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Speaker 2: because their office has not sought felony charge in cases

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Speaker 2: similar to this one. The City Attorney's office was tasked

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Speaker 2: with reviewing the case in order to decide whether to

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Speaker 2: press misdemeanor charges. The recording was leaked in twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: two in a scandal that rocked city hall and led

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Speaker 2: to the resignation of then City Council President Nuri Martinez.

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Speaker 2: It included Martinez making racist remarks in a conversation with

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Speaker 2: other council members and the head of Los Angeles County

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Speaker 2: Federation of Labor All Latino that was focused on fortifying

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Speaker 2: their influence of power in the realignment of council districts.

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Speaker 2: The audio was recorded in twenty twenty one in a

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Speaker 2: conference room at the federation's headquarters.

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Speaker 3: In January, Los Angeles police filed a case with county prosecutors,

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Speaker 3: but they were unable to ascertain the source of the recording.

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Speaker 1: Thanks John, Amber, Arnette plans to visit parents Lansing, Michigan,

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Speaker 1: from the nearby town of Leslie. Amber's mom stocks up

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Speaker 1: on toilet trees and buys Amber's favorite foods, but Amber

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Speaker 1: never shows up and doesn't answer calls or texts. The

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Speaker 1: friend with whom Amber was staying in Leslie says Amber

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Speaker 1: left on time for the visit home, and she hasn't

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Speaker 1: been heard from since. Surveillance video from a dollar store

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Speaker 1: shows Amber shopping the day of her scheduled arrival. Amber's

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Speaker 1: Facebook messages indicate she met up with a friend that

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Speaker 1: afternoon at an apartment complex not far from her parents.

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Speaker 1: That's the last time anyone hears from or sees Amber.

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Speaker 1: Nearly one year ago. Amber Arnett thirty nine, is five

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Speaker 1: four and weighs about one hundred and fifty pounds, last

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Speaker 1: seen wearing a black tank top with white writing on it,

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Speaker 1: blue jeans, and matching black tennis shoes. A reward is

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Speaker 1: offered by the family for info leading to Amber's whereabouts.

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Speaker 1: Anyone with info regarding Amber Arnette's disappearance please call Lansing

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Speaker 1: PD five one seven four eight three forty six hundred.

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Speaker 1: For the latest crime and justice needs, go to Crime

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Speaker 1: Online with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace