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Speaker 1: Crime Alert i'm ac Grace. A Florida woman guns down

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Speaker 1: two ex husbands after using stolen food to get into

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Speaker 1: one of their home. Susan Avalon fifty one arrested charged

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Speaker 1: with second degree homicide for shooting both exes dead. Police

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Speaker 1: alleged Avalon walks into a nearby Panera, grabs a food

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Speaker 1: order off of the door, dash and uber ET's pickup stand,

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Speaker 1: and leaves, then uses the food to get into the

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Speaker 1: homes of the exes straight out to Drew Nelson for

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Speaker 1: more Nancy.

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Speaker 2: Manatee County deputies were first called to a home on

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Speaker 2: Chatham Light Run in Bradenton. A man had been shot

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Speaker 2: after answering his front door. Deputies were able to speak

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Speaker 2: with him at the scene. He identified this shooter as

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Speaker 2: most likely his ex wife. He was taken to a

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Speaker 2: local hospital and later died from his injuries. The victim's

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Speaker 2: fifteen year old daughter was inside the home at the time.

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Speaker 2: She told deputies she heard three gunshots. She then saw

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Speaker 2: a Honda Odyssey driving away. As deputies worked the Bradenton case,

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Speaker 2: they identified Sue was in Avalon fifty one of Citrus

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Speaker 2: County as a person of interest. Records showed custody disputes

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Speaker 2: between Avalon and the Bradenton victim.

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Speaker 3: The suspect owes the victim about four thousand dollars that

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Speaker 3: we find out as child support. So she becomes our

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Speaker 3: primary target, and she ironically owns a silver Honda Odyssey.

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Speaker 2: That's Sheriff Rick Wells. Detectives traveled to avalons Citrus County

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Speaker 2: home to question her. They arrived as she was coming

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Speaker 2: outside with bleach and cleaning rags. She began wiping down

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Speaker 2: her Honda Odyssey. Wells describes what happened next.

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Speaker 3: Detectives let her know that they are there to speak

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Speaker 3: about her ex husband. She says, which one.

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Speaker 2: Obviously That response raised immediate concern. Investigators realized there could

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Speaker 2: be another crime scene. Manatee County deputies contacted Tampa police

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Speaker 2: and requested a welfare check at a home on East

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Speaker 2: Friarson Avenue. Officers entered that home and found an adult

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Speaker 2: male dead with multiple gunshot wounds. There was also damage

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Speaker 2: to a rear door. Authorities confirmed this victim was also

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Speaker 2: an ex husband. Authorities now believe the Tampa killing happened first.

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Speaker 2: Investigators say Avalon then traveled to Manatee County and went

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Speaker 2: to the Bradenton home where the second shooting occurred. Avalon's

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Speaker 2: living boyfriend told detectives she had recently located the address

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Speaker 2: of one of her former husbands. He said she told

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Speaker 2: him that in case something happened to her, she loved him.

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Speaker 2: He described her behavior as out of character. He later

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Speaker 2: told detectives that she returned home and immediately jumped in

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Speaker 2: the shower, still fully clothed in a gray sweatshirt seen

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Speaker 2: on surveillance footage. Avalon was arrested later that night. She

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Speaker 2: faces a murder charge in Manatee County. Prosecutors say they

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Speaker 2: plan to pursue a first degree murder charge, which is

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Speaker 2: eligible for the death penalty. Tampa authorities are still working

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Speaker 2: with prosecutors to determine charges in the Hillsborough County case.

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Speaker 2: Prosecutors there intend to seek first degree murder and the

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Speaker 2: death penalty as well. Meanwhile, five children are preparing for

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Speaker 2: the holidays without their dads.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Drew more Crime and Justice news.

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Speaker 2: After this, A Georgia father wins custody of his newborn

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Speaker 2: son after the child's brain dead mother was kept on

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Speaker 2: life support, exposing gaps in state law that left him

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Speaker 2: without parental rights and stirred controversy over Georgie's abortion law,

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Speaker 2: and Atlanta judge awarded Adrian Harden's sole legal and physical

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Speaker 2: custody of his son Chance. The decision follows months of

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Speaker 2: legal uncertainty after the mother, Adrianna Smith, died earlier this year,

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Speaker 2: taken off life support after the child was born by

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Speaker 2: c section. The case drew national attention back in February. Smith,

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Speaker 2: who was a thirty year old nurse, was nine weeks

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Speaker 2: pregnant when she suffered a medical emergency. She went to

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Speaker 2: the hospital with severe headaches. She was given medication and

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Speaker 2: sent home.

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Speaker 4: Adriana's boyfriend found her the next morning, unresponsive and gasping

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Speaker 4: for air.

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Speaker 2: Attorney Melanie Davis says Smith was rushed to Emory University Hospital.

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Speaker 2: Doctors found multiple blood clots in her brain. She was

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Speaker 2: declared brain dead on February ninth. Because Smith was pregnant,

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Speaker 2: she was kept on life support for months. Her family

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Speaker 2: says doctors told them George's abortion law required it. Georgia

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Speaker 2: law bans abortion. After six weeks, baby.

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Speaker 4: Chance was miraculously worn by sea section. On June thirteenth.

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Speaker 2: Of this year, Smith was taken off life support. Days

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Speaker 2: later and died four days after that. Once Chance was born,

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Speaker 2: Adrian Harden faced a new crisis. Under George law, an

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Speaker 2: unwed father has no automatic parental rights. Harden was not

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Speaker 2: married to Smith. He was forced to sue to legally

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Speaker 2: establish custody of his own child.

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Speaker 4: Unless he marries the mother or soothes her, the father

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Speaker 4: has absolutely no legal rights even in a tragic situation

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Speaker 4: such as this.

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Speaker 2: Without the lawsuit, Harden could have lost his son to

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Speaker 2: foster care. That risk remained even with a positive DNA

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Speaker 2: test and his involvement in the child's life. Earlier this month,

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Speaker 2: a judge granted Harden custody. Chance was born premature and

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Speaker 2: placed into the neonatal intensive care unit. He remains there

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Speaker 2: as doctors monitor his progress. Speaking publicly for the first time,

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Speaker 2: Harden thanked supporters and remembered his former partner.

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Speaker 5: And i'd Sursday Mowitt, well my son. I'm so proud

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Speaker 5: of my girl, my baby. Kind to see them.

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Speaker 2: Harden and his attorneys say the case should lead to

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Speaker 2: changes in Georgia law. They argue no grieving parent should

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Speaker 2: have to fight the courts just to bring their child home.

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Speaker 2: A former Nickelodeon child star is living on the streets

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Speaker 2: of southern California, turning down repeated offers of help as

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Speaker 2: a fellow former child actor publicly pleads for help finding

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Speaker 2: him to get him sober. Police in Riverside, California, say

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Speaker 2: they have frequent contact with Tyler Chase, best known for

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Speaker 2: playing Martin Korley on Ned's de Classified School Survival Guide,

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Speaker 2: which began airing on NICK in the early two thousands.

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Speaker 2: Officers say they encounter him at least once a week

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Speaker 2: and have repeatedly offered mental health services, drug and alcohol treatment,

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Speaker 2: and temporary shelter each time Chase declined. Police say he

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Speaker 2: is cooperative and polite, but firm in his refusal. Chase's

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Speaker 2: situation drew attention after a TikTok video featuring him began circulating.

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Speaker 2: In the clip, he appears disheveled and confirms he once

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Speaker 2: acted on Nickelodeon.

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Speaker 4: Day did you plan? Does he channel Nickelodeon? Oh does Nickelodeon?

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Speaker 1: What show is it again about?

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, you're that chin on that high Yeah? Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 4: I remember you.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: One of those responding is actor Sean Weiss, who played

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Speaker 2: spoken openly about his past struggles with addiction and homelessness.

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Speaker 2: Weise said he has secured immediate help for Chase if

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Speaker 2: he can be reached. Weiss posted to Instagram, we have.

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Speaker 5: A bed for him at a detox and we have

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Speaker 5: a place for him to go and get long term

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Speaker 5: treatment thanks to my buddy Mike Jordan at eleven eleven Recovery.

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Speaker 5: All we need to do now is find him.

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Speaker 2: Weiss explains that Chase would be welcomed into a sober

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Speaker 2: living and long term treatment program at a recovery facility

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Speaker 2: in San Clemente, California, potentially starting on a scholarship. Weiss

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Speaker 2: says Chase was last reportedly seen near a shopping plaza

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Speaker 2: in Riverside, but his current location is unknown. He's urging

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Speaker 2: anyone who encounters Chase in person to contact him directly

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Speaker 2: so he can help. Police say Chase is not wanted

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Speaker 2: for any crime and that his situation remains a matter

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Speaker 2: of personal choice unless he meets criteria for involuntary intervention.

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Speaker 2: A go fundme launched by fans was later shut down

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Speaker 2: at the request of Chase's mother, who says her son

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Speaker 2: needs medical care, not money. But still refuses treatment.

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