1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Crime Alrd hourly update Breaking crime news Now. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Sumner. A former captain with California's Wildfire Management Agency, 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 2: has pleaded guilty to gunning down his girlfriend and her 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: second greater son last year. Darren McFarlane may have changed 5 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 2: his plea to guilty to avoid the death penalty, as 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 2: prosecutors had initially said. He faces death or life without 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: parole because of special circumstances. Those special circumstances were added 8 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: because McFarlane killed twenty nine year old Marissa Herzog and 9 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 2: Josiah devoted Lessa because they were witnesses to a crime. 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 2: Details about that crime have not been released, although the 11 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 2: boy's death may have been because he witnessed his mother's murder. 12 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 2: McFarlane also attempted to kill Herzog's daughter in the home, 13 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: but was unsuccessful. Prosecutors say that McFarlane attacked Herzog inside 14 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: a bedroom before she left the room and used her 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 2: cell phone. McFarlane then obtained a gun and went out 16 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 2: to the dining room to kill her. The arrest affidavit 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 2: says that Herzog's murder was wilful, deliberate, and pre med meditated, 18 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: and that she and her son were killed because they 19 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 2: witnessed a crime. McFarlane then attempted to kill a second child, 20 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 2: identified as Herzog's daughter. The court document say the killer 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 2: did wilfully and unlawfully inflict unjustifiable mental suffering on a 22 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 2: child or permitted child to suffer unjustifiable mental suffering under 23 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 2: circumstances and conditions likely to reduce great bodily harm. El 24 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: Dorado County deputies found Herzog dead at the scene when 25 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 2: they arrived. Josiah was taken to a hospital, where he died. 26 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: McFarlane had fled the scene and was later arrested several 27 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 2: counties away in Mono County. McFarlane was fired shortly after 28 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 2: his arrest. McFarlane pleaded guilty to two counts of first 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 2: degree murder with special circumstances, attempted murder, child abuse, intentional 30 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury, and corporal 31 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 2: injury to a cohabitant. His sentencing is scheduled for April thirteenth. 32 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 2: A thirty seven year old Pennsylvania man was charged with 33 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 2: abuse of a corpse this week, months after his seventy 34 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: year old mother was found dead in the home they 35 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 2: shared in Ben Salem. Police said they were called to 36 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: the home by a neighbor who reported a foul odor 37 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 2: in October. Derek Bouffard answered the door and told an 38 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: officer he was about to call quote, my mom stopped breathing. 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,399 Speaker 2: This morning, officers found Cynthia Buffard in the family room, 40 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 2: emaciated and decomposing. She weighed just sixty pounds, and the 41 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 2: coroner said she'd likely been dead for nearly two weeks. 42 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: Investigators found that Derek Bouffard had been ordering food delivered 43 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 2: to the home multiple times a day, and he had 44 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 2: to walk past his mother's body to get to the 45 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 2: front door to retrieve the food. The Bucks County District 46 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 2: Attorney's office said the medical examiner's report indicates Cynthia Bouffard 47 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 2: died of medical causes and did not appear to have 48 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: been denied food. Her daughter, Carrie Assevedo, said it suspected 49 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 2: her mother had severe dementia but was never diagnosed. She 50 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: said that her brother had been living with her for years. Acevedo, 51 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 2: who lives out of state, said she had begged her 52 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 2: mother to come live with her, but her mom would 53 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 2: not leave her son behind. She commented, I feel super conflicted. 54 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 2: I know my mom loves my brother very much. I 55 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: don't want to feel hate for my brother. It feels 56 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 2: like a movie. It doesn't feel like it's real life. 57 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: I feel regret for not being there, for not doing more. 58 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 2: Derek Bouffard is due in court for a preliminary hearing 59 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 2: next month. More crime and justice news. 60 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 3: After this. 61 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: I'm Nicole Parton. Police in Florida have arrested thirty one 62 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: year old Joseph Garrett Dugger, charging him with lewde and 63 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: lascivious conduct related to the unlawful sexual interaction with a minor. 64 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: The Bay County Sheriff's Office reported that a detective from 65 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: the Tante Town Police Department in Arkansas reached out to 66 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: them on Wednesday regarding allegations of past sexual abuse. During 67 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: a forensic interview, a fourteen year old victim recounted incidents 68 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: involving Dugger that occurred during a family vacation to Panama 69 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: City Beach when she was just nine years old. The 70 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: investigation revealed that these incidents transpired while the family was 71 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: staying at a residence in Penama City. According to the 72 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: Sheriff's office, the victim alleged that Dugger persistently urged her 73 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: to sit on his lap, sit next to him on 74 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: the couch, and then covered himself and her with a blanket. 75 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: Authorities further stated that Dugger allegedly manipulated the girl's underwear, 76 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: made contact with her private areas, and rubbed his hands 77 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: on her thighs. Investigators noted that the victim shared that 78 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: Dugger eventually expressed remorse, saying he was sorry, leading to 79 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: him stopping the actions. Earlier this week, the girl's father 80 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: confronted Dugger regarding the incidents. According to the Sheriff's office, 81 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: Dugger confessed to both the father and the tauntingon detectives. 82 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: Duggar Face's charges that include molestation of a victim under 83 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: the age of twelve. The family member, known for his 84 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: appearances on TLC's Nineteen Kids and Counting, is currently awaiting 85 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: extradition Bay County. 86 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 4: I'm Drew Nelson in Georgia, a longtime grocery store manager, 87 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 4: says he was fired after stepping in to protect an 88 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 4: elderly coworker from shoplifters, suffering a head injury during the attack. 89 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 4: It went down in Decatur, where Michael self says it 90 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 4: happened at the Kroger on Nord Decatur Road. That's Mike Kroger. 91 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 4: Cell phone video shows masked suspects swinging a bag of 92 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 4: paper towels at an elderly employee and shoving her. It 93 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 4: also shows Self on the ground after He says he 94 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 4: was struck in the head. 95 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 3: And as soon as I got away from that out 96 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 3: of that door, someone hit me in the back of 97 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 3: the hell with something. 98 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 4: That's self on WSB. Police responded to the store on 99 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 4: May twenty fourth of twenty twenty five. Around eight twenty 100 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 4: That morning, Self was taken to Emory University Hospital with 101 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 4: a concussion and he had to have staples in his head. 102 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 4: Self says he had managed that location for fourteen years. 103 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 4: He says he went outside to protect a coworker who 104 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 4: had followed the suspects. 105 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 3: I literally just wanted to draw attention away from mass 106 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 3: they were already on their way out there, get them 107 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 3: to stop, and everybody just be done. 108 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 4: Self says he did not chase anyone. He says he 109 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 4: did not throw a punch. He says he was trying 110 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 4: to keep the situation from getting worse. 111 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 3: No tell them what would happen if I wouldn't have 112 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 3: drawn their attention away. 113 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 4: Three days later, Self says he was fired. He says 114 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 4: the company accused him of violating at shoplifting policy and 115 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 4: starting the fight. 116 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 3: I didn't even get to talk to the people that 117 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 3: decided to fire me. 118 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 4: Kroger told WSB it cannot comment on personnel matters. It's 119 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 4: common among many companies to put strict rules in writing, 120 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 4: telling employees not to engage with shoplifters because of the 121 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 4: risk of injury. Self says the outcome has been devastating 122 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 4: for his family. A fundraiser has been created to help 123 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 4: with medical bills, legal costs, and daily needs as he 124 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 4: recovers and tries to rebuild. 125 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 5: I'm Jennifer Gould. A terminal cancer diagnosis allegedly sent an 126 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 5: Arizona stand up comedian on a cross country mission of murder, 127 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 5: ending in a blood soaked final tour through the streets 128 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 5: of Anchorage, Alaska. Matthew Thomas Becker, the sixty one year 129 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 5: old owner of Bisbee's Chuckleheads comedy club in Arizona, traveled 130 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 5: over three thousand miles to hunt down his ex wife 131 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 5: before executing her. Eighty seven year old father Romayne Clark 132 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 5: in cold blood. The nightmare began when Becker's ex wife, 133 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 5: Rebecca Clark, arrived at her midtown hair salon to find 134 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 5: her door locks tampered with. Unaware her terminal ex was 135 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 5: lurking in a Nissan Altima just feet away. As Rebecca 136 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 5: fled from a hail of pistol fire hiding between buildings 137 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 5: to save her life, Becker allegedly pivoted to his next target. 138 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 5: He drove straight to her Airport Heights home and opened 139 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:55,239 Speaker 5: fire on the defenseless eighty seven year old patriarch. Chief 140 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 5: Sean Case with the Anchorage Police Department spoke to KTUU 141 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 5: Alaska News too. 142 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 6: Based on prelamary investigation, appears that the suspect went to 143 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 6: the rear of the victim's residence, fired a couple of 144 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 6: rounds through a glass window, striking and killing the victim, 145 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:12,679 Speaker 6: and then fleeing the scene. 146 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 5: Neighbors and friends found the elderly victim's body after Becker 147 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 5: vanished into the Alaskan wilderness. The Anchorage Police Department swiftly 148 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 5: id'd Becker as the prime suspect, charging him with first 149 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 5: degree murder in the killing of Romayne Clark and attempted 150 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 5: murder in the Salon attack. The Anchorage Police Department launched 151 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 5: a massive manhunt for the armed and dangerous comic, whose 152 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 5: brother confirmed he was recently told his days were numbered 153 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 5: due to terminal cancer. The search ended though the next day, 154 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 5: when search teams discovered Becker's lifeless body in a wooded 155 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 5: area near Eagle River. While the medical examiner is still 156 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 5: finalizing the cause of death, authorities belief the comedian took 157 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 5: his own life. Detectives are still tracing Becker's movements from 158 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 5: Arizona to Alaska to see if anyone helped him obtain 159 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 5: the murder weapon used in the spree, as his twenty 160 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:19,079 Speaker 5: twenty divorce was marked by a domestic violence restraining which 161 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 5: barred him from possessing any firearms under federal law. As 162 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 5: for the motive, Bisbee cops recovered rambling handwritten notes taped 163 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 5: to the Chucklehead's stage shortly after Becker fled for Alaska. 164 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 5: The cryptic messages reportedly detailed his quote unquote final gig 165 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 5: and a desperate desire to quote unquote settle the score 166 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 5: before his terminal clock ran out. Follow the crime Alert 167 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 5: hourly update on your favorite podcast staff with this crime alert, 168 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 5: I'm Jennifer Gould.