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Speaker 1: Crime al Art hourly update breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. Authorities in Colorado have arrested a sixty

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Speaker 2: eight year old airline pilot following an online child predator

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Speaker 2: investigation that started last month. The Aurora Police Department has

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Speaker 2: not disclosed the name of the airline that employs Ralph

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Speaker 2: Edward Bledsoe, an American citizen residing in Fluorescent that's approximately

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Speaker 2: seventy miles from where he was taken into custody. Bledsofaces

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Speaker 2: charges including Internet luring of a child, internet's sexual exploitation

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Speaker 2: of a child, and attempted sexual assault of a child.

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Speaker 2: Detectives suspect he has engaged in sexual activities with miners

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Speaker 2: in Denver, Pennsylvania, and Phoenix, and was reportedly returning from

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Speaker 2: Canada for what he believed would be a meeting with

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Speaker 2: a young child at an Aurora hotel. Investigators revealed that

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Speaker 2: they found numerous gifts that Bledsoe had sent to Aurora

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Speaker 2: in advance of the nnticipated meeting, which included laningerie and

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Speaker 2: sex toys. Given Bledsoe's profession as an airline pilot and

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Speaker 2: the potential for prior sexual interactions with underage victims, there

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Speaker 2: are serious concerns about the possibility of additional victims across

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Speaker 2: the nation, stated Aurora Police Lieutenant Seth Robertson. His arrest

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Speaker 2: does not signify the conclusion of this investigation, he continued,

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Speaker 2: our detectives are working tirelessly with local, state, and federal

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Speaker 2: agencies nationwide to identify further victims and ensure they receive

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Speaker 2: the justice they deserve. Details regarding the sting operation, including

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Speaker 2: the methods used by suspects to contact the alleged miners

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Speaker 2: for solicitation, have not been disclosed by the investigators. Authorities

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Speaker 2: encourage anyone with information about Bledsoe or another suspect arrested

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Speaker 2: earlier this month in connection to that same sting operation,

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Speaker 2: thirty nine year old Gregory Thomas Daniels, reach out to

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Speaker 2: the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers if you have any information

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Speaker 2: seven to zero nine one three stop. Tips can be

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Speaker 2: submitted anonymously, and informants may qualify for a reward of

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Speaker 2: up to two thousand dollars FIRS. More crime and Justice

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Speaker 2: news after this.

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Speaker 1: How could a beautiful young first grade teacher be stabbed

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Speaker 1: twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes,

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Speaker 1: that was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed

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Speaker 1: door meeting, he first named it a homicide. Why what

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen Greenberg a huge American miscarriage of justice.

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Speaker 1: For an in depth look at the facts, see what

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen on Amazon. All proceeds to the National

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Speaker 1: Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Speaker 2: A man who was sentenced for murder and escaped from

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Speaker 2: California custody last year is now suspected of killing the

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Speaker 2: head of a specialized Mexican police unit task with apprehending

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Speaker 2: American fugitives. According to officials, the unit, dubbed Gringo Hunters,

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Speaker 2: focuses on capturing US suspects who have fled to Mexico.

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Speaker 2: They were attempting to detain a suspect in Tijuana, a

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Speaker 2: city near the US Mexico border, when the individual opened fire,

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Speaker 2: resulting in the death of thirty three year old Abigail

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Speaker 2: Esparza Reyes, the unit's leader in Baja California. Authorities did

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Speaker 2: not disclose the name of the suspect, but local news

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Speaker 2: outlets have identified him as Caesar Hernandez. California officials reported

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Speaker 2: that Hernandez escaped during a transport to court. In December,

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Speaker 2: at thirty four years old, Hernandez was sentenced to eighty

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Speaker 2: years to life for the first degree murder as per

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Speaker 2: the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He fled from

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Speaker 2: a transport van on December two while he was being

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Speaker 2: taken to Kern County Superior Courthouse. Months later, the Gringo

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Speaker 2: Hunters Unit located him in Tijuana following tips about his whereabouts.

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Speaker 2: This is reported by affiliate kb a K. A confrontation

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Speaker 2: ensued during which Esperaza Reez was shot and killed, while

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Speaker 2: Hernandez managed to flee the scene. Bajac, California Governor Marina

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Speaker 2: del Pilar expressed her condolences on social media, honoring Abigail

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Speaker 2: and her commitment to her work. Quote to the family

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Speaker 2: and loved ones of Officer Abigail, we acknowledge your courage

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Speaker 2: and dedication to the service of your state, she wrote.

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Speaker 2: Abigail's legacy will be remembered and her death will not

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Speaker 2: go unpunished. Abigail was considered a hero and a fierce officer.

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Speaker 2: Abigail Ries had been leading the regional Gringo Hunters team

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Speaker 2: for eight years and was involved in over four hundred

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Speaker 2: operations aimed at apprehending US fugitives hiding in Mexico. For

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Speaker 2: Nico Parton