1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Grace breaking crime needs Now. Idaho 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: cops called to a convenience store when Jeremy Best wanders inside, 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: buck naked. Best taken to the hospital but released that afternoon. 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 1: When his confusion subsides. The next day, his wife, Callie Randall, 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: calls nine to one one. By the time cops get there, 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: Randall is dead. Best and their ten month old baby, 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: Zeke both missing. Two days later, hunters stumble upon Best 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: naked in a sleeping bag on the side of the road. 9 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: Little baby Zeke found yards away. 10 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 2: Dad Nancy Bess, was originally charged with two counts of 11 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 2: murder after his wife, who was six months pregnant, was 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 2: found shot to death in their driveway. After Randall's murder, 13 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: Best took off in an suv with Zeke, and the 14 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 2: Bonneville County Medical Examiner has now confirmed the ten month 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: old died from a mortal knife wound to his neck. 16 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: After a court ordered mental competency evaluation, Best has been 17 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 2: deemed fit to proceed. 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: Jeremy Best, forty eight, charged with three counts of murder. 19 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: Eric Thomas calls cops to report a theft. When they 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: get there, he's holding over forty grams of pot, explaining 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: someone stole ten dollars from him during his last pot sale. Well, 22 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: he's promptly busted. Cops find this is not his first 23 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: drug offense. While Thomas was heading to court to address 24 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,279 Speaker 1: previous drug offenses, the thirty three year old emptied seven 25 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: bags of pot from his pockets when he was going 26 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: through security, admitting it was all for sale. Eric Thomas 27 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: now charged with multiple drug related felonies for the third time. Wow, 28 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: he must have been high. More Crime and Justice news 29 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking 30 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: news Crime Onlines John Limley. 31 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 3: A preliminary hearing has now been held for an Illinois 32 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 3: man accused of murder at tempted murder and a hate 33 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 3: crime in connection with the October attack on a Palestinian 34 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 3: American mother and her young boy. For more, we turned 35 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 3: to Sidney Sumner with Crime Online. 36 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: One one year old Joseph Cuba's charge with the fatal 37 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 2: stabbing of six year old Wadia al Fayoumi on October 38 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 2: fourteenth in Plainfield, Illinois, about fifty miles southwest of Chicago. 39 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 2: In the attack, he also wounded Hanan Shaheen. Cuba entered 40 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 2: a plea of not guilty to each of the charges. 41 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: Shaheen survived the attack but was in the hospital at 42 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: the time of her son's funeral service. She has since 43 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 2: been released. According to Shaheen, Cuba, the family's landlord, was 44 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 2: unhappy about the Israel Hamas conflict and attacked them after 45 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: she encouraged him to pray for peace. An autopsy revealed 46 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 2: that the boy sustained numerous stab wounds before his death. 47 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 2: Investigators say the victims were singled out due to their 48 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: Muslim beliefs and in retaliation for the war, which had 49 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 2: started just one week prior to the attack. Before Cuba's hearing, 50 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 2: a small group of Muslim residents from the Chicago area 51 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 2: gathered and held up white electric candles outside of the 52 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 2: Will County Courthouse in Juliet, Illinois. Odi al Fayoumi, Wadia's father, 53 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 2: spoke to reporters in Arabic before having a translator interpret 54 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 2: his words into English. Al Fayoumi he said Cuba should 55 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 2: bear the maximum amount of responsibility and stated that his 56 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 2: son deserves nothing less than that. Wadiya was attacked because 57 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: he was a Muslim, he said, and people need to 58 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 2: keep that in mind. 59 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 3: During the brief hearing, Cuba remained silent. His next court 60 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 3: date is set for the morning of March seventh. Now 61 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 3: to New Jersey, as police search for the killer of 62 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 3: a Muslim leader shot just before morning prayers outside his mosque, 63 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: authorities are offering a reward to anyone who can assist 64 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 3: them in making an arrest. Amid a surge in bias 65 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 3: attacks around the country, officials are pledging to safeguard people 66 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 3: of faith, even though they maintain they have no evidence 67 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 3: that the imam's killing was motivated by religious hatred. A 68 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 3: targeted dragnet of law enforcement has been created following the 69 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 3: killing of Imam Hassan Sharif as he was readying to 70 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 3: open the Masjid Mohammed Newark mosque. The Essex County Sheriff 71 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 3: issued a twenty five thousand dollars reward, as New Jersey's 72 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 3: Attorney General promised support to county and local officials. A 73 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 3: court has decided that a New Jersey man accused of 74 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 3: stabbing Salman Rushdi, author of this Satanic versus, may obtain 75 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 3: information about Rushdie's plan memoir about the incident prior to 76 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 3: going on trial. Once again, crime Online Sidney Sumner The trial. 77 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 2: For Handi Matar's attempted murder and assault was initially set 78 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 2: to begin with jury selection on January eighth. Now, the 79 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 2: trial has been postponed because Matar's attorney contends that the 80 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 2: defendant has a legal right to view the book in 81 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 2: all relevant materials prior to standing trial. Rushdie's manuscript is 82 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 2: scheduled for publication in April of twenty twenty four. Any 83 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: witnesses written or recorded remarks regarding the incident are regarded 84 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: as possible evidence, according to Matar's lawyers. Twenty six year 85 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 2: old Matar of Fairview, New Jersey, has been detained without 86 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 2: bond since August twenty twenty two, when authorities claim he 87 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 2: stabbed Rushdie over a dozen times after barging onto the 88 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 2: stage at the Chautauqua Institution, where the writer was scheduled 89 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 2: to give a talk. The attack left seventy five year 90 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 2: old Rushdi with injuries to his left hand and blindness 91 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 2: in his right eye. In October t three, the author 92 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 2: said that he has included details about the attack and 93 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 2: his upcoming memoir Knife Meditatians After an Attempted Murder. The 94 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 2: prosecutor stated that as part of the legal discovery process, 95 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 2: he asks for a copy of the book at the 96 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: time the trial was being planned. He added that Rushdie's 97 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: representatives had turned down the proposal citing concerns over intellectual 98 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 2: property rates. 99 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 3: It's anticipated that defense lawyer Nathaniel Barone will subpoena the 100 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 3: book material. 101 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 1: Caden Black, nineteen, moves out of his dad's Pennsylvania home 102 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: to live with friends after starting a new job. In 103 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: the weeks leading up to Christmas, Caden becomes more reserved, 104 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: spending time in his room instead of hanging out with 105 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: those same friends. He calls his dad, telling him he's 106 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: coming by the next day, but never shows up. Caden 107 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: last seen by roommates at their home the night before 108 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: the missed visit. Caden Black now missing from Ritsville, Pennsylvania, 109 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: over a year. If you have info on Caden Black, 110 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: please call Lower Windsor Township PD seven one seven two 111 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: four four eight zero five five. For the latest crime 112 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: injustice news, go to crimeonline dot com for this crime alert. 113 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: I'm Nancy Grace.