1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news. Now, I'm Drew Nelson. 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: That was quick. The prosecution rests, then the defense rests. 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: In the trial of Sean Diddy Comb's on Tuesday in 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: New York, the government ended its case, the defense then 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: resting after just twenty three minutes. No witnesses, only text 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: messages and written evidence were submitted. Combs told the judge 7 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: he would not testify, quote, that is my decision, your honor. 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: It is solely my decision. It's my decision with my lawyers. 9 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: When asked how he was feeling, Combs replied, quote, I'm 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: doing great, your honor. I wanted to tell you you're doing 11 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: an excellent job. After the defense rested, prosecutors said they 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: would not present a rebuttal. The jury was dismissed until 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: the return Thursday for closing arguments. Both sides agreed to 14 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,319 Speaker 1: hold court all day Thursday and Friday. Prosecutors said they 15 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: do not expect deliberations to begin until Monday. Defense attorney 16 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: Alexandra Shapiro argues there was no proof of conspiracy in 17 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: the racketeering charge. She said Combe's employees were not part 18 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: of a criminal enterprise, only helping with travel or errands 19 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: end quote didn't know much, if anything, about what went 20 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: on between mister Combs and his girlfriends in the hotel rooms. 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: She said the sex trafficking charges related to Cassie, Ventura 22 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: and Jane should be dismissed. Quote, there's no evidence he 23 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: used coercion. Domestic violence is not sex trafficking. Shapiro said 24 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: Ventura left when Combs became violent, and that there were 25 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: no texts showing she objected to free coughs. The defense 26 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: focused on showing that Comb's girlfriends were willing in court. 27 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: They read texts from Cassie to Comb's In one exchange, 28 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: Combs asked, quote, you think you can fo without getting high? Lol, 29 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: and she replied quote yeah, I'll just have to be 30 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: at my level and what's good for me. Other messages 31 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: showed Combs and ex girlfriend Jane setting up hotel meetings 32 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: with escorts. In one text, Jane said quote, baby is 33 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: all set. In a stipulation read into the record, The 34 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: defense highlighted that several key witnesses did not initially report 35 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: threats or sexual contact by Shawn Combs during early interviews 36 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: with law enforcement. For example, Mia did not say in 37 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: her first three meetings that Combs initiated sexual contact. Don Richard, 38 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: the Dannity Kine singer, did not tell investigators in four 39 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: of her seven meetings that Combs had threatened her by saying, 40 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: quote where he comes from, people go missing if they 41 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: say things venture as friend Breonna Bongolin did not report 42 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: before trial that Combs said he could kill her at 43 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: a photoshoot. Comb's fate could be decided as early as 44 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: next week in the racketeering and sex trafficking trial. He 45 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: faces life in prison. For more on the trial of 46 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: Sean Diddy Combs. 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A man convicted of 51 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 1: a brutal rape and murder in Florida has been executed, 52 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: ending a case that haunted or Land for over thirty years. 53 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: Thomas Lee Goadinas, age fifty one, was put to death 54 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: by lethal injection on Tuesday at Florida State Prison in Stark. 55 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: He had been on death row since nineteen ninety five 56 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: for the killing of Michelle McGrath, a twenty seven year 57 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: old former homecoming queen. McGrath was attacked in the early 58 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: morning hours of May twenty fourth, nineteen ninety four, after 59 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: leaving a downtown Orlando nightclub called Barbarella. She had spent 60 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: the evening out with a friend. Around two forty five am, 61 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,839 Speaker 1: she walked alone to her car. Goodeenas, who had also 62 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: been in the club that night, followed her into the 63 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: parking lot. He dragged her into an alley, raped her, 64 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: and beat her to death. Her nude body was found 65 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: hours later by a school employee at a private girls' school. 66 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: Witnesses placed Goadinas at the scene. A school worker saw 67 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: him fleeing the alley. A second woman testified that he 68 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: had chased her to her car the same night and 69 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: threatened to attack her for decades. Goodeenas argued that he 70 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: suffered from mental illness and was not fit to be executed. 71 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: He is the seventh person executed in Florida. In twenty 72 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: twenty five, A grieving mother's speaks for the first time 73 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: after the loss of her three young daughters in Washington State, 74 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: where the girl's father remains on the run, charge with 75 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: their murders. In an unplanned moment before a crowd of 76 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: thousands at a memorial at Rocky Reach Park, Whitney Decker 77 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: stepped up to the mic, speaking of Peyton, Evelyn and 78 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: Olivia weeks after their bodies were found. 79 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: Thank you everyone for being here tonight in the outpring 80 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: of love that you have shown me and my family 81 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: over the past few weeks. I truly hope that the 82 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: legacy of the girls lives lives in everyone's heart forever. 83 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: They were incredible. 84 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, the manhunt continues for their father, Travis Decker. He's 85 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: now been charged with their murders, and this is the 86 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: fourth week of the search for the outdoorsmen with Army 87 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: Ranger training. Police have not confirmed any sighting since early 88 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: this month. The girls were found with their hands bound 89 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: and plastic bags over their heads. Laurie Page's dad dies 90 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: in jail before facing trial for the rape and murder 91 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: of his twelve year old daughter, whose body was found 92 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: nearly two years after she went missing. Andrew Wiley, thirty six, 93 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: suffered a medical emergency at the Leon County Jail. Preliminary 94 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: autopsy found he died from a pulmonary embolism. He had 95 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: been behind bars since April, charged with second degree murder 96 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: in the death of his daughter. Prosecutors believe she may 97 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: have been pregnant at the time of her disappearance and 98 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: that Wiley was the father. They said Wiley had bought 99 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: the emergency contraceptive Plan B and was being treated for 100 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: STD around the same time Laurie vanished in June of 101 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. In April, during a prescribed burn in 102 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: the woods and Thomas County, Georgia, sirch cruise were led 103 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: to Lourie's body. Because of the condition of the remains, 104 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: the cause of death could not be determined. Wiley was 105 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: arrested shortly after. At the time Wiley bought Plan B, 106 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: his girlfriend was away for National Guard training. Investigators believed 107 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: the pill and STD treatments he received from his own 108 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: medical appointments were meant for Louri. An Irvine, California dog 109 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: trainer is arrested after at least eleven dogs in his 110 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: care die, many secretly cremated without their owner's consent. Police 111 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: arrested fifty three year old Kwang Chun Sit, who went 112 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: by Tony, and his twenty three year old girlfriend, King Fenglu. 113 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: The case began when a pet owner questioned why their 114 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: dog had been cremated without permission. Detectives soon linked Sit 115 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: to eleven dead dogs. They believed nine of the deaths 116 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: happened on the same day. Some remains were found at 117 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: local crematoriums, others already reduced to ash. In several cases, 118 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: Sit and Lou drop the bodies off while pretending to 119 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: be the owners. Many families received only brief messages letting 120 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: them know like quote, Luna passed away peacefully during the night. 121 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: Luna has been lovingly cremated. Investigators believe cremation was used 122 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: to cover up what really happened. Three netcropsies have been completed. 123 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 1: Two died from heatstroke, one died from blunt force trauma. 124 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: Sit Yes that's his real name. Sit. He owned a 125 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: business called Happy Can nine Academy. He faces nearly fourteen years. 126 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: His girlfriend is charged as an accessory and could face 127 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: up to four years. For the latest crime and justice news. 128 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: Follow crime alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app 129 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: with this crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson.