1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Crime a art hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Nicole Parton. In Fairfax County, Virginia, a man in his 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: early fifties tragically took the lives of his adult daughter 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: and his wife, while also critically injuring his son in 5 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: law before being shot by police. On Monday morning. Fairfax 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: County Police Chief Kevin Davis reported that two officers arrived 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: at a garden style apartment located on per Simon Drive 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: near Pickett Road, only to find a horrific scene unfolding. 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: The man welding a ten inch curved knife, was in 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: the act of attacking his son in law. Two others 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: in the home already did behind me. 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 2: In this garden style apartment complex is an apartment. Inside 13 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: that apartment resides a man and his wife in their thirties, 14 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 2: their one year old baby, and the wife's parents in 15 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: their early fifties. At some point this morning, the son 16 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 2: in law was cleaning the snow off of his car 17 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 2: in the parking lot and heard the disturbance coming from 18 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 2: his apartment. The son in law goes back into the apartment, 19 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 2: finds his wife suffering from stab wounds, and sees that 20 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 2: his father in law is armed with a knife that 21 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 2: all described generally as a curved dagger. It's got about 22 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 2: a ten inch blade to it. It resembles, frankly, a 23 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 2: meat cleaver. 24 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: Describing the incident, Davis characterized it as a man butchering 25 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 1: his family and noted there had been no prior domestic 26 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: incidents reported at this home. The daughter was pronounced dead 27 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: at the scene, while the wife succumbed to her injury 28 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: shortly after arriving at the hospital. The son in law 29 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: was also taken to the hospital for treatment. Davis mentioned 30 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: that the couple had a one year old child who 31 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: was present in the apartment during the attack. Fortunately, the 32 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: child was unharmed and now under the care of social services. 33 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: As a standard procedure, the officer involved in the shooting 34 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: has been placed on a modified duty. Davis indicated that 35 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: body camera footage and nine to one one call recordings 36 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 1: are expected to be released within the next thirty days. 37 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this. On Friday, a 38 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: man who admitted to the murder of renowned Detroit neural 39 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,399 Speaker 1: surgeon doctor Devin Hoover, was sentenced to a prison term 40 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: of thirty five to sixty years. Desmond Burkes shot doctor 41 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: Hoover and concealed his body in a cross space of 42 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: the neural surgeon's home in April twenty twenty three. Last month, 43 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: Burkes entered a guilty plea to charges including second degree murder, 44 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: larceny over twenty thousand dollars, using a computer to facilitate 45 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: a crime, and various weapons offenses, while the more serious 46 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: first degree murder charge was dropped as part of his 47 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: plea agreement. Before the sentencing, Burke claimed in court that 48 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: he did not consider himself a murderer despite the guilty plea. 49 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: He is also facing second degree murder charges for the 50 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: death of sixty seven year old Rita Sleigh, which stemmed 51 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: from a road rage incident. That woman's stepdaughter delivered a 52 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: poignant victim impact statement during the sentencing proceedings. Burke's decision 53 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: to plead guilty came just two days into the jury 54 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: selection process of his trial, a somewhat unusual but not 55 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: unprecedented move, as noted by criminal defense attorneys in the case. 56 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: This decision surprised many of doctor Hoover's loved ones. In 57 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: a statement released by Hoover's family, they expressed relief that 58 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: Burke's had pleaded guilty, saying we are thankful that a 59 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: lengthy and challenging trial will not be necessary. Carol Gove, 60 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: a friend of doctor Hoover, shared her reaction to the plea, saying, 61 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: I'm still processing the news. Devin's sister just informed me, 62 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: and I feel a sense of relief. The thought of 63 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: testifying has been extremely anxiety inducing for me, she said. No, 64 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: knowing that the murderer will be imprisoned for the rest 65 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: of his life gives me some sense of relief. Unfortunately, 66 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: nothing can bring Devon back. In August twenty four, Wayne 67 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: County Prosecutor Kim Worthy announced the charges against Burke's revealing 68 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: that the investigations spanned over a year in cross state 69 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: lines involving five states Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, and California, 70 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 1: and three countries the US, England and France. Worthy detailed 71 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: the extensive evidence collected during the investigation, which included more 72 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: than one hundred hours of video interviews, surveillance footage from 73 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: twenty four locations, and three hundred pieces of evidence. Doctor Hoover, 74 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: fifty three, was discovered dead in his home on April 75 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: twenty three, twenty twenty three, after police conducted a wellness 76 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: check prompted by his absence from a planned visit to 77 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: Indiana to see his mother. Officers found the gate to 78 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,599 Speaker 1: his driveway opened and noticed what appeared to be blood 79 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: on the back door. Upon entering his home, police located 80 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: doctor Hoover's body wrapped in a blood soaked carpet within 81 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: the cross space of his attic. The Wayne County Medical 82 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: Examiner determined that he had been shot twice in the 83 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: back of the head. And now an update, a sad 84 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 1: one to a missing person's story we brought to you 85 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: last week. The nineteen year old man with autism who 86 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: went missing last month in Plainfield has been found dead. 87 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: Connor Oldfield was last seen on January twenty four, leaving 88 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: his home. Police say he was found dead in Plainfield's 89 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: Green Brook area near the Roosevelt Avenue. Bridge. Police say 90 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: the investigation remains ongoing. The cause and manner of death 91 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: will be investigated by the local medical examiner. For the 92 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: latest crime injustice news, follow Crime Alert hourly update on 93 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: your favorite podcasting app with this crime Alert. I'm Nicoll Carton.