1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Crime a lord hourly update Breaking crime News. Now. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Sumner. A young mother working nights to support 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 2: her children, never makes it home from a shift. Shanty Dixon, thirty, 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 2: orders an uber to run a quick errand before heading home. 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 2: When they make it to the drop off location, Shanty 6 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: asks the driver to wait for her a moment. She'll 7 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 2: order a second ride home when she finishes her errand. 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 2: The driver agrees, and Shanty orders the second ride. A 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 2: few hours later, Shanty's family realizes she never made it home. 10 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 2: When Shanty is still unaccounted for twenty four hours later, 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 2: her family reports her missing and heads to her home 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 2: to search for clues. Dave Mack and Jackie Howard with Moore. 13 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 3: Inside her home, a family member finds Shanty's Apple watch. 14 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 3: The watch shows Shanty's phone is still pinging not far 15 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 3: from her home. The family walks toward the phone's location, 16 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 3: ending up in a wooded area about two blocks away. 17 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: As the confused family walks through the area, Chanty's mom 18 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,639 Speaker 1: Reesa Dixon doesn't find her daughter's phone, but sees what 19 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: looks like a crumpled figure behind a concrete barrier. As 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: she gets closer, Resa realizes it's a woman lying on 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: her stomach. Her head is covered with a T shirt 22 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: and she's naked from the waist down and unresponsive. Resa 23 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: calls nine to one one, fearing the worst. Investigators discovered 24 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: the woman died from a single gunshot wound to the temple. 25 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: Resa identifies the woman as her daughter, Chanty Dixon. 26 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 2: Dozens of Indianapolis metro ped officers comb the area for clues. 27 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 2: It appears Shanty's body was dragged behind the concrete barrier 28 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: her clothing. A green tank top ropper is found next 29 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 2: to her body with both straps ripped at the shoulders. 30 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 2: A kenine locates Shanty's phone and wallet tossed in the 31 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 2: woods away from her body. Family members know Shanty's password, 32 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: giving homicide investigators access to her last digital activity. Investigators 33 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 2: noticed Dixon's last move was to tip an Uber driver 34 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: who provided two rites once again Jackie Howard. 35 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: The Uber driver is identified as friend Ran Cisco Valadez 36 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: twenty nine. Using his Uber vehicle details, Cops track him 37 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: down to a Hamie shares with his mother. Valades confirms 38 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: he drives for Uber and was working early Sunday morning. 39 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: Valades tells cops he owns a nine millimeters pistol but 40 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 1: does not carry it when driving. Valades recognizes a photo 41 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: of Chanty and remembers her back to back rides, but 42 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: says there was nothing unusual about them. Valades comments that 43 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: he heard what sounded like a gunshot as he drove 44 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: away from the second drop off. 45 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 2: Valades agrees to a more in depth interview at the station. 46 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: Valadesa's story changes several times. First, a mugger tried to 47 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 2: rob Shanty while in the back seat of Valades's car, 48 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 2: and Shanty was shot in the leg. Then Valades corrects 49 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 2: that the mugger shot Shanty in the head, he panicked 50 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 2: and dumped her body in the woods. Finally, Valades admits 51 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: he was the one that shot Shanty and tells investigators 52 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 2: one final version of events. 53 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: Valades tells him investigators he's a thirty year old virgin 54 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: and asked Chanty if she would have sex with him 55 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: during the ride. Valades says Chanty refused him, but eventually 56 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: agreed for an undisclosed sum and undressed. Valades claims that 57 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: while he was struggling, Chanty made fun of him and 58 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: eventually angered him so much that he shot her. Valades 59 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: then drags Chanty's body into the woods and decides to 60 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: have another go at it. After another attempt at intercourse 61 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: with her body, Valades then dumps her belongings and leaves. 62 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 2: While cops do believe Valadez Shant Shanty Dixon, investigators say 63 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: the rest of his story does not add up. Shanty's 64 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: clothing was found ripped as if it had been torn 65 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 2: off of her. An autopsy also revealed that Shanty was 66 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,839 Speaker 2: using a tampon. DNA samples were recovered from underneath Shanty's fingernails, 67 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 2: indicating she struggled with her attacker. Investigators have not yet 68 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 2: confirmed if semen was found on her body. Francisco Valades 69 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 2: is now charged with murder, Indianapolis Metro telling the public 70 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 2: more charges are likely. For more on the murder of 71 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 2: Shanty Dixon, tune into Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on 72 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 2: Doctor Phil's Merritt Street Media at six and nine pm Eastern, 73 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 2: or listen to crime stories on your favorite podcast app. 74 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 2: More crime and justice news after this. Kitsap County, Washington 75 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 2: State Sheriff's deputies frequently get calls about animals situations, including 76 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 2: loose livestock, problem dogs, and hoarding, but a nine to 77 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 2: one to one call from a woman regarding dozens of 78 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 2: raccoons swarming her home near Paul's boat stood out. The 79 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 2: woman tells operators she had to flee her property after 80 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 2: fifty to one hundred raccoons acting aggressively descended upon it. 81 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 2: When deputies arrive, she admits she started feeding a family 82 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 2: of raccoons decades ago, only seeing three or four at 83 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 2: a time until about six weeks ago, when the number 84 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 2: of raccoons showing up skyrocketed to around one hundred. She 85 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 2: tells deputies the crowd of raccoons has become increasingly more 86 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 2: aggressive in their demands for food. The raccoons now hound 87 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 2: her day and night, scratching at the outside of her 88 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 2: home and at the door. When she pulls up in 89 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 2: her car, they surround and scratch at the car and 90 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: swarm her if she exits her home at all. It's 91 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 2: not clear what caused the sharp increase in their numbers, 92 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 2: Sheriff's deputies calling the issue a nuisance problem of the 93 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 2: woman's own making. Both the Sheriff's office and the Washington 94 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 2: Department of Fish and Wildlife determined no laws were broken. 95 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 2: Regardless the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife discourages people 96 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 2: from feeding wildlife. Raccoons can carry diseases, and food can 97 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 2: also attract dangerous predators, such as coyotes and bears. A 98 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 2: spokesperson from the department says an agency wildlife conflict specialist 99 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 2: has met with the woman who has stopped feeding the critters. 100 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 2: The raccoons seem to be dispersing now that they are 101 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 2: no longer being fed. For the latest crime and justice news, 102 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 2: be sure to follow the Crime Alert hourly update on 103 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 2: your favorite podcast app. With this crime Alert, I'm Sidney Sumner.