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

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Speaker 1: a Minnesota man accused of strangling a mother of two,

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Speaker 1: was already out on bail and unsupervised for a prior

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Speaker 1: strangulation charge when this new crime occurred. Christopher Neil h

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Speaker 1: forty five, is charged with second degree murder in the

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Speaker 1: death of thirty eight year old Victoria Gamble, who was

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Speaker 1: a mother of two found dead in her Sock Rapids apartment.

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Speaker 1: An autopsy last month confirmed that Gamble died from strangulation

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Speaker 1: and ruled her death a homicide investigator. Saint Neil met

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Speaker 1: Gamble at a bar the night before her death.

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Speaker 2: Her boys were her center of her universe.

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Speaker 1: It's like a month of waiting.

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Speaker 3: It's been really difficult.

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Speaker 1: I'm just extremely sad and mad, the victim's friend, Melissa

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Speaker 1: Stoverer on KSTP. Surveillance footage from that night showed Gamble

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Speaker 1: and Neil interacting before the two left together in Gamble's

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Speaker 1: black Chevy Equinox. They went to her apartment building got

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Speaker 1: there about one fifteen am, according to electronic key logs.

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Speaker 1: About two hours later, Neil was seen leaving alone, attempting

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Speaker 1: to avoid the camera When officers arrived later that day,

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Speaker 1: Gamble's car, keys, and other belongings were missing. Less than

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Speaker 1: a week later, police found Neil at a Louisiana hotel,

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Speaker 1: where he was arrested with gamble stolen vehicle. He allegedly

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Speaker 1: admitted to taking her car and being in her apartment,

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Speaker 1: but claimed limited memory of the events at the time

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Speaker 1: of the crime. Neil was free on bail for a

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Speaker 1: domestic assault case less than two weeks earlier in Aitken County,

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Speaker 1: where he had allegedly strangled another woman while a child

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Speaker 1: was present. Despite the violent nature of that case, Neil

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Speaker 1: was released without monitoring or strict conditions. Advocates for Gamble's

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Speaker 1: family are expressing frustration at what they call a failure

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Speaker 1: in the system. Loved ones wrote on a fundraising page

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Speaker 1: for her children, quote, our justice system failed. Victoria Gamble,

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Speaker 1: who was a devoted mother, was described as a loving

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Speaker 1: and bubbly person who cherished her two sons. The fundraising

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Speaker 1: effort is underway to help support her children and preserve

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Speaker 1: her memory. Stover, her friend says, my promise to her

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Speaker 1: is that they are taken care of. Neil is currently

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Speaker 1: in customers in Aitken County, If convicted, he faces up

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Speaker 1: to forty years in prison. A court date for the

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Speaker 1: murder charge has not yet been set.

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Speaker 4: I'm Jennifer Gould. An evening out for a Mississippi mom

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Speaker 4: and her son turns into a terrifying ordeal when a

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Speaker 4: police officer allegedly mistakes the child for an armed robbery suspect.

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Speaker 4: Ishakita Wade and her son Lamar Anderson pulled into the

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Speaker 4: Civic Center West apartments in South Haven. As they stepped

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Speaker 4: out of their car, flashing blue lights from a patrol

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Speaker 4: car suddenly appeared in their rear view. Without warning. Wade

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Speaker 4: claims an officer jumped out of the vehicle, drew his

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Speaker 4: weapon and pointed it at her nine year old son.

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Speaker 4: Here's Amar talking to Fox thirteen News.

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Speaker 1: I was shocked and nervous that because I never got

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Speaker 1: pointed a gun at me before.

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Speaker 4: The officer was responding to a nine to one one

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Speaker 4: call about an armed robbery at the nearby apartment complex.

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Speaker 4: The victim had described the suspect as quote a heavy

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Speaker 4: set male African American wearing a sweatshirt and blue jeans

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Speaker 4: who fled the scene on foot toward termin drive end quote.

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Speaker 4: Amar is five feet tall, weighs one hundred and fifty pounds,

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Speaker 4: and is black. However, the officer was then reportedly informed

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Speaker 4: the suspect was not a black man after all, but

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Speaker 4: instead a quote heavy set, white male end quote. Amar

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Speaker 4: and his mom were also informed after the mix up

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Speaker 4: that the weapon pulled by the officer was a stun gun.

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Speaker 4: The child was never detained or hurt. Despite the admission

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Speaker 4: of error. Wade filed a formal complaint the following day,

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Speaker 4: demanding answers over the mistaken identity. In a statement released

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Speaker 4: by the South Haven Police Department, they confirmed that officers

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Speaker 4: were searching for an armed suspect and that officers are

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Speaker 4: quote often required to make split second judgments in uncertain

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Speaker 4: situations end quote. They also say the matter is under

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Speaker 4: review and that the department takes all complaints seriously. South

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Speaker 4: Haven Police have not said, though, if the suspect they

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Speaker 4: were looking for was ever caught.

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Speaker 3: I'm Nicole Parton, a Texas mother has been sentenced for

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Speaker 3: her involvement in the tragic death of her eight year

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Speaker 3: old son, Kendrick Lee, whose decomposing body was found in

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Speaker 3: their home while she abandoned her three other children alone

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Speaker 3: with their dead brother, Gloria Williams, thirty eight, received a

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Speaker 3: fifty year prison term after pleading guilty in October to

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Speaker 3: two counts of injury to a child related to Kendrick's

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Speaker 3: death at their Houston apartment. According to a statement from

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Speaker 3: Harris County District Attorney here she is.

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Speaker 2: We are grateful that the judge gave us a fair hearing,

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Speaker 2: that she listened to all of the evidence, evaluated it

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Speaker 2: in a fair manner, and I think justice was served.

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Speaker 2: We always did this because of the kids, speaking for

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Speaker 2: those who couldn't speak out during this process, and I

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Speaker 2: think that we did a fair job of that.

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Speaker 3: Earlier this year, William's husband, Brian Colter, thirty four, was

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Speaker 3: sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole

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Speaker 3: for fatally beating Kendrick in late twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: Quote.

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Speaker 3: Parents are expected to safeguard their children, not harm them,

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Speaker 3: as they are some of the most defenseless members of

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Speaker 3: our society, stated Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg in

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Speaker 3: a news release. This case is deeply disturbing, not only

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Speaker 3: because a child lost his life, but also due to

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Speaker 3: the utter neglect shown by these parents During Colter's trial.

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Speaker 3: Two of Kendrick's siblings testified that they witnessed him beating

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Speaker 3: him multiple times. After Kendrick died, Colter concealed the body

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Speaker 3: and he and Williams relocated to another apartment, leaving the

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Speaker 3: three siblings behind with their dead brother. In October twenty

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Speaker 3: twenty one, William's fifteen year old son contacted authorities to

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Speaker 3: report that his brother had been dead for a year

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Speaker 3: and his body was decomposing in the room next door.

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Speaker 3: This according to Harris County sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the skeletal

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Speaker 3: remains of Kendrick were found wrapped in a blue blanket

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Speaker 3: within the apartment, which was described by Gonzales as being

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Speaker 3: in an appalling state. The apartment was filthy, with soiled carpets,

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Speaker 3: no furniture, a complete lack of bedding or blankets. There

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Speaker 3: were roaches and flies, making it uninhabitable for these children.

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Speaker 3: During a press conference announcing the charges in twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 3: Lieutenant Dennis Willard characterized Colter as quote manipulative, but emphasized

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Speaker 3: that Williams had accepted accountability for her son's death. The

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Speaker 3: other children have been placed in the care of the

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Speaker 3: Department of Children and Family services for the latest crime

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Speaker 3: injustice news. Follow crime Alert hourly update on your favorite

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Speaker 3: podcasting app with this crime Alert. I'm Nicole Parton