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

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Speaker 1: A thirty one year old man from Texas is looking

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Speaker 1: at a lengthy prison sentence for his involvement in concealing

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Speaker 1: the remains of a five year old boy, Samuel Olsen,

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Speaker 1: after his roommate, Theresa Balboa, fatally assaulted the child with

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Speaker 1: a blood instrument during the COVID nineteen lockdown. On Thursday,

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Speaker 1: Benjamin Riviera pled guilty to a charge of felony tampering

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Speaker 1: with evidence related to the twenty twenty one murder of Samuel.

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Speaker 1: At the time of the incident, Balboa was in a

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Speaker 1: relationship with Samuel's father. In twenty twenty three, she admitted

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Speaker 1: guilt to first degree murder and received a fifty two

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Speaker 1: year prison sentence, though she will be eligible for parole

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Speaker 1: after just twenty six years. Initially, she faced charges of

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Speaker 1: capital murder. Prosecutors say they feel confident that justice will

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Speaker 1: be served for little Samuel.

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Speaker 2: Next we take the case before the grand jury. We

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Speaker 2: have any days since her en custody eight to do that,

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Speaker 2: so since June first, and then the GRANDEURIY will make

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Speaker 2: a determination again if there's probable cause to proceed with

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Speaker 2: the case, but we're confident that that will be found.

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Speaker 1: As previously reported, Samuel was reported missing by his father

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Speaker 1: on May twenty seven, twenty twenty one, after Balboa, who

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Speaker 1: had been caring for the child since April, claimed that

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Speaker 1: the boy's biological mother had taken him with the assistance

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Speaker 1: of a police officer. However, this narrative quickly fell apart

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Speaker 1: when surveillance footage confirmed that the biological mother was at

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Speaker 1: her home during that period of time, as indicated in

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Speaker 1: a police affidavit. Investigators soon discovered that Balboa had actually

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Speaker 1: killed Samuel weeks before. Riviera later confessed to aiding Balboa

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Speaker 1: in concealing the child's body. The affidavit details that on

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Speaker 1: May tin Balboa contacted Riviera to inform him that Samuel

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Speaker 1: had died and was not breathing. Upon returning home from work,

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Speaker 1: Riviera found Samuel unresponsive on the bed with visible bruising.

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Speaker 1: The affidavit continues, stating that Riviera and Balboa placed Samuel's

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Speaker 1: body in a bathtub for two days. On May thirteen,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, Riviera purchased duct tape and a plastic

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Speaker 1: container from a local Walmart. He explained to the police

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Speaker 1: that he and Balboa wrapped Samuel's remains in a plastic sheet,

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Speaker 1: placed them in the container, and transported it in Riviera's

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Speaker 1: vehicle to a storage facility in Webster, Texas. Days later,

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Speaker 1: authorities reported that Riviera and Balboa relocated the child's body

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Speaker 1: from the storage unit to a motel room in Jasper, Texas.

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Speaker 1: When police and Texas rangers arrived at Balboa's motel room

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Speaker 1: on June two, they found her hiding in the bathroom.

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Speaker 1: When questioned about Samuel, Balboa claimed he's inside the box.

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Speaker 1: Riviera was arrested more than two weeks after the body

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Speaker 1: was found. Samuel would have turned six years old on

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Speaker 1: May twenty nine, twenty one. Riviera is set to be

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Speaker 1: sentenced on October twenty and could face twenty years in

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Speaker 1: prison for prime and Justice news after this, Prosecutors in

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Speaker 1: Florida have decided not to take legal action against a

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Speaker 1: man who expressed violent fantasies about shooting a black child

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Speaker 1: on social media, according to the girl's mother, Beyond Schabez.

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Speaker 1: Shabez told Atlanta Black Star that Tyler Chambers, a resident

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Speaker 1: of the Tampa Bay area, gained notoriety earlier this year

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Speaker 1: after sharing a doorbell camera image of her nine year

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Speaker 1: old daughter, paired with a threatening caption, You're lucky we

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Speaker 1: weren't home to shoot your The post, which was shared

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Speaker 1: in a local community group, quickly spread across social media,

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Speaker 1: provoking widespread outrage. Many criticized the violent implications chambers remarks,

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Speaker 1: highlighting the racial undertones involved. After facing backlash, Chambers deleted

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Speaker 1: his post and later defended his actions, claiming that the girl,

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Speaker 1: who was accompanied by her eleven year old cousin and

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Speaker 1: recorded saying I would just like to let you know explicitive,

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Speaker 1: was a decoy for a supposed break in attempt, he thought,

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Speaker 1: though he did not provide any evidence of his claim whatsoever.

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Speaker 1: I saw that on my camera. I have a wife

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Speaker 1: and a seven month old baby, which I will protect,

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Speaker 1: he said. I was upset when I made the post,

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Speaker 1: which is why I have deleted it. I could have

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Speaker 1: handled it differently, Chambers road, expressing a desire to reach

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Speaker 1: out to the girl's parents to apologize. Shabaz reported that

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Speaker 1: she had been waiting for weeks for an update from

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Speaker 1: the state's attorney's office regarding potential charges against the man.

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Speaker 1: She received a response this week, explaining that because Chambers

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Speaker 1: claimed he was not home during the incident, there was

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Speaker 1: insufficient evidence to prove he had genuine inn intensions of

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Speaker 1: harming the child. They said. He stated he was not home,

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Speaker 1: so they could not prove he had intentions of hurting her,

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Speaker 1: said the mother. Schabaz expressed her dissatisfaction with a decision.

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Speaker 1: I'm not okay with their decision, but they claim this

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Speaker 1: was made according to the law, so I can't go

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Speaker 1: against that, she said. Shabaz has mentioned that she and

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Speaker 1: her legal team are considering filing a lawsuit against Chambers.

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Speaker 1: After chambers home address was made public, authorities informed Shabaz

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Speaker 1: that he and his family temporarily relocated, although they have

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Speaker 1: since returned to their residence. After chambers home address was

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Speaker 1: made public, authorities informed Schabez that he and his family

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Speaker 1: temporarily relocated, although they have since returned to their residence. Shabaz,

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Speaker 1: who moved her family to the Reverview area of Tampa

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Speaker 1: a few years ago, has decided to leave the neighborhood,

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Speaker 1: citing concerns about racism and the future safety of her children.

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