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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole Parton.

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Speaker 1: The California Board of Parole Hearing has withdrawn its proposal

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Speaker 1: to grant parole to a man serving twenty five years

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Speaker 1: to life for the brutal murder of his girlfriend, who

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Speaker 1: he also sexually assaulted, post mortem, mutilated, and began to

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Speaker 1: eat her body. Leslie Klosner was sentenced to twenty five

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Speaker 1: years to life after pleading guilty to first degree murder

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Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty eight. According to a statement from the

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Speaker 1: Sutter County District Attorney, Closner will remain incarcerated for life

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Speaker 1: unless mandated by law to have another parole hearing. On

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Speaker 1: October sixteen, nineteen eighty seven, Closner and his girlfriend Jan

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Speaker 1: Ferguson were staying at a hotel for her daughter's wedding.

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Speaker 1: When a dispute escalated. He violently shoved Ferguson to the

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Speaker 1: floor and strangled her to death, as detailed in a

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Speaker 1: parole review document. Following the murder, Closner moved Ferguson's body

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Speaker 1: to a bed, undressed her, and section rually assaulted her corpse.

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Speaker 1: He attempted mouth to mouth resuscitation, but failed fleeing the scene.

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Speaker 1: After that, however, he returned to the motel through a

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Speaker 1: window to retrieve his wallet. During that time, he again

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Speaker 1: violated Ferguson's body, this time biding off her nipples and

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Speaker 1: eating them. After leaving the motel, Closner turned himself into

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Speaker 1: authorities in Oregon two days later. In a twenty eighteen

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Speaker 1: ruling denying him parole, Former California Governor Jerry Brown noted

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Speaker 1: that this was not Closner's first violent offense. Throughout his

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Speaker 1: five year relationship with Ferguson, he reportedly subjected her to

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Speaker 1: ongoing emotional and physical abuse. During a brief separation, he

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Speaker 1: obsessively followed her. When questioned by the board about the actions,

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Speaker 1: Closner admitted to being obsessed, saying I describe it as

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Speaker 1: an obsession as sexual in nature, which led to increasing

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Speaker 1: tensions between them. The parole review also revealed that Cloe

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Speaker 1: had a history of abusive behavior in a previous marriage,

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Speaker 1: including an incident where he attempted to strangle his ex wife,

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Speaker 1: resulting in her following a restraining order. Governor Brown expressed

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Speaker 1: concerns about Klosner's understanding of his violent behavior. When asked

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Speaker 1: to explain his actions, Closner attributed them to unresolved issues

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Speaker 1: stemming from his childhood, including physical abuse and inappropriate experiences

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Speaker 1: with his mother. A psychologist evaluation in twenty fourteen indicated

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Speaker 1: that Closner spoke about his mother with conflicting emotions, sometimes

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Speaker 1: expressing anger and at others displaying a disturbing level of

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Speaker 1: arousal when discussing his mom. Brown concluded that releasing Closner

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Speaker 1: would pose an unreasonable risk to society. A parole board

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Speaker 1: has now determined he will not receive parole, but will

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Speaker 1: remain behind bars. If you are someone you know is

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Speaker 1: experiencing domestic violence, please reach out to the National Domestic

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Speaker 1: Violence Hotline at one eight hundred seven ninety nine seven

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Speaker 1: two three three, or visit the hotline dot org. All

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Speaker 1: calls are confidential, toll free, available twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: and in over one hundred and seventy languages. For crime

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Speaker 1: and justice news after this, in Georgia, the appearance of

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Speaker 1: a one year old were taken into custody after being

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Speaker 1: accused of sneaking beer to their toddler at a local bar.

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Speaker 1: Yes that's what I said. They later described their actions

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Speaker 1: as quote a poor choice. Craig Banks thirty four and

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Speaker 1: Peyton Gregory, thirty were arrested last week and faced charges

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Speaker 1: for contributing to the delinquency of a miner. On the

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Speaker 1: evening of June three, deputies from the Kawata County Sheriff's

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Speaker 1: Office responded to a call from the manager of the

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Speaker 1: Old Chicago Pizza and Bar, located about thirty miles southwest

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Speaker 1: of Atlanta. The manager reported that the couple later identified

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Speaker 1: as Banks and Gregory, was serving alcohol to their one

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Speaker 1: year old this according to the Newman Times Herald, it

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Speaker 1: was noted that the child had just celebrated their first

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Speaker 1: birthday less than two weeks ago. Surveillance footage was mentioned

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Speaker 1: by the manager as evidence of the couple's actions. Upon arrival,

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Speaker 1: deputies were directed to Banks and Gregory, who were now

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Speaker 1: in the parking lot. Officers detected a strong smell of

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Speaker 1: alcohol coming from Banks. When questioned about the allegations of

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Speaker 1: giving their child beer, both parents initially denied the claims

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Speaker 1: my baby is one who the blank would do that,

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Speaker 1: Banks reportedly exclaimed. Gregory, who was holding the child, claimed

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Speaker 1: they hadn't been drinking and that the manager had misinterpreted

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Speaker 1: her giving the child a sip of tea, not beer.

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Speaker 1: This is reported by WSB. However, deputies stated that the

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Speaker 1: video surveillance contradicted their statements. The footage allegedly showed Banks

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Speaker 1: waiting for the bartender to turn a before he began

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Speaker 1: giving the child SIPs of beer while Gregory laughed. This

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Speaker 1: reportedly happened about six times before they placed the toddler

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Speaker 1: in a high chair and continued the same behavior. After

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Speaker 1: viewing the video, both parents were arrested. Gregory later acknowledged

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Speaker 1: their action, saying I wasn't thinking I made a dumb decision.

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Speaker 1: Following his arrest, Banks reportedly became confrontational with law enforcement,

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Speaker 1: claiming he intended to urinate in the police car. After

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Speaker 1: their arrest, the toddler was placed in the care of

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Speaker 1: a grandparent. They are being held and will be charged

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Speaker 1: for giving their baby beer. For the latest crime injustice news,

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