1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace, an Oklahoma woman holding a 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: child sitting on her front porch, fatally shot on Christmas 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:16,240 Speaker 1: by a neighbor whose target practicing in his backyard blocks away, 4 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: Cody Wayne Adams, trying out a new gun he purchased 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: as a Christmas gift. Authorities alleged a stray bullet leaves 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: Adam's yard strikes Sandra Phelps in her right arm while 7 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: she's holding the child with her left arm. Adams, thirty three, 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: arrested on suspicion first degree manslaughter. A real Christmas miracle. 9 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: The baby not hit. Jennifer Gould has the details. 10 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 3: Nancy Sandra Phelps, a five time cancer survivor who spent 11 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 3: years cheating death, was taken out by a single Christmas 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 3: bullet while cradling that infant grandchild. On a holiday afternoon. Sandy, 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 3: or Nanny as she was known, was relaxing on a 14 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 3: covered porch around three point fifteen PM in the Meridian area, 15 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 3: about ninety miles southwest of Oklahoma City, when the crack 16 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 3: of gunfire began echoing from the north. Witnesses say Sandra 17 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 3: remained eerily calm, even joking with her family as the 18 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 3: shots rang out, saying, quote, someone got a new gun 19 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 3: for Christmas end quote, unaware that the weapon was currently 20 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 3: being aimed in her direction. Moments later, the grandmother let 21 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 3: out a simple, heartbreaking ouch and collapsed into the love seat. 22 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 3: First Responders found a scene of absolute horror. Sandra had 23 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 3: been struck by a high caliber round that tore through 24 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 3: her upper right arm and steep downward angles before burying 25 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 3: itself deep into her chest. She was pronounced dead on 26 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 3: the spot, still clutching that infant she'd been protecting just 27 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 3: minutes prior. One of her grand spoke to ABC five 28 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 3: News she was a loving woman. She loved and cared 29 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 3: for everybody. The trail of blood led deputies nearly a 30 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 3: third of a mile away to the backyard of thirty 31 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 3: three year old Cody Adams. He admitted to cops he 32 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 3: got a Glock forty five caliber handgun for Christmas and 33 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 3: was just testing it out by taking potshots at a 34 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 3: red bull can that was on the ground. Investigators found 35 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 3: a graveyard of spent casings on Adam's deck and noted 36 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 3: a terrifying fact from his shooting direction. The emergency lights 37 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 3: flashing at Sandra's home were visible in a direct, unobstructed 38 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 3: line of fire. Adams reportedly broke down in tears, muttering 39 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 3: I'm sorry after a deputy told him his target practice 40 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 3: had claimed a life. With no backstop to catch the 41 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 3: heavy forty five caliber slugs, the bullets were just free 42 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 3: to whistle through the residential neighborhood. Adams is now charged 43 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 3: with first degree manslaughter for his conscious disregard for human life. 44 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 3: Currently out on bond, he is slated to face the 45 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 3: music at a preliminary hearing on February twenty six. 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Nikitha Shada, a twenty seven 56 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 3: year old rising star data analyst, was found brutally murdered 57 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 3: inside the Columbia apartment of our June Sharma twenty six, 58 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 3: just hours after the suspect called police to report her 59 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 3: missing in a diabolical attempt to cover his tracks. Seth 60 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 3: Hoffman with the Howard County Police spoke to Fox five 61 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 3: DC her life was taken before it really even started, 62 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 3: so it's certainly a tragic incense, especially by somebody she 63 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 3: knew and had a relationship with. The carnage unfolded shortly 64 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 3: after seven pm on December thirty first, at Sharma's residence 65 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 3: in the ten thy one hundred block of Twin Rivers Road. 66 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 3: Detectives believe Sharma unleashed a savage knife attack, leaving the 67 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 3: ambitious professional dead from multiple stab wounds. Two days later, 68 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 3: in a move police call purely premeditated, Sharma walked into 69 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,239 Speaker 3: Howard County headquarters to file a bogus missing person report, 70 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 3: claiming he hadn't seen Nikitha since the holiday. While cops 71 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 3: began their search, Sharmah was already racing to Dulles International 72 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 3: Airport boarding a one way flight to India. The charade 73 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 3: collapsed on January third, when officers broke into Sharma's apartment 74 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 3: and discovered Nikitha's hidden mutilated body. An international dragnet involving 75 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 3: the FBI and Interpol was immediately launched, and by January fifth, 76 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 3: Sharma was reportedly cornered and arrested by Indian authorities. The 77 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 3: motive may be as greedy as it was gruesome. Nikkeitha's 78 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 3: devastated dad revealed his daughter had loaned the suspect a 79 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:55,119 Speaker 3: large sum of money and was demanding repayment. Howard County 80 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 3: police are now working the red tape to extradite the 81 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 3: suspect back to Marria to face first degree murder charges 82 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,799 Speaker 3: and finally talk about not being par for the course. 83 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 3: A man hunt took a tearable turn when a wanted 84 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 3: suspect attempted to dodge the law on a set of 85 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 3: wheels better suited for a birdie than a breakout. Officers 86 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 3: tracked the unidentified fugitive to a local golf course, but 87 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 3: instead of surrendering, the suspect hopped into a golf cart 88 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 3: and floored it into the rough. Not to be out driven, 89 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 3: Sandy Springs police swiped their own cards to launch a 90 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 3: high stakes, low speed pursuit across the greens, and it 91 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 3: was caught on body camp stop. 92 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 2: The car stop the cart. 93 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: Stop the cart, Get out of the cart. Sandy swings, get. 94 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 3: Out of the car, hands up, hands up, Yeah, more 95 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 3: for your rest. The twelve mile per hour fast and 96 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 3: furious chase ended with the suspect and cuffs after he 97 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 3: realized he was officially out of bounds. The department has 98 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 3: since unveiled their fairway unit, complete with a spiritually prepared 99 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: pushbumper for future pit maneuvers. It's a stroke of genius 100 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 3: that proves running from the cops is never a hole 101 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 3: in one Nancy. 102 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: For the latest crime injustice news, go to crime online 103 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: dot com and please join us for our daily podcast, 104 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 2: Crime Stories, where we do our best define missing people, 105 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 2: especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert, 106 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 2: I'm Nancy Grace.