WEBVTT - Crime Alert 01.11.24

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<v Speaker 1>Crime Alert I Nancy Grace breaking crime needs Now. Idaho

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<v Speaker 1>cops called to a convenience store when Jeremy Best wanders inside,

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<v Speaker 1>buck naked. Best taken to the hospital but released that afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>When his confusion subsides. The next day, his wife, Callie Randall,

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<v Speaker 1>calls nine to one one. By the time cops get there,

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<v Speaker 1>Randall is dead. Best and their ten month old baby,

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<v Speaker 1>Zeke both missing. Two days later, hunters stumble upon Best

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<v Speaker 1>naked in a sleeping bag on the side of the road.

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<v Speaker 1>Little baby Zeke found yards away.

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<v Speaker 2>Dad Nancy Bess, was originally charged with two counts of

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<v Speaker 2>murder after his wife, who was six months pregnant, was

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<v Speaker 2>found shot to death in their driveway. After Randall's murder,

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<v Speaker 2>Best took off in an suv with Zeke, and the

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<v Speaker 2>Bonneville County Medical Examiner has now confirmed the ten month

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<v Speaker 2>old died from a mortal knife wound to his neck.

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<v Speaker 2>After a court ordered mental competency evaluation, Best has been

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<v Speaker 2>deemed fit to proceed.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeremy Best, forty eight, charged with three counts of murder.

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<v Speaker 1>Eric Thomas calls cops to report a theft. When they

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<v Speaker 1>get there, he's holding over forty grams of pot, explaining

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<v Speaker 1>someone stole ten dollars from him during his last pot sale. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he's promptly busted. Cops find this is not his first

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<v Speaker 1>drug offense. While Thomas was heading to court to address

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<v Speaker 1>previous drug offenses, the thirty three year old emptied seven

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<v Speaker 1>bags of pot from his pockets when he was going

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<v Speaker 1>through security, admitting it was all for sale. Eric Thomas

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<v Speaker 1>now charged with multiple drug related felonies for the third time. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>he must have been high. More Crime and Justice news

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<v Speaker 1>after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking

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<v Speaker 1>news Crime Onlines John Limley.

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<v Speaker 3>A preliminary hearing has now been held for an Illinois

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<v Speaker 3>man accused of murder at tempted murder and a hate

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<v Speaker 3>crime in connection with the October attack on a Palestinian

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<v Speaker 3>American mother and her young boy. For more, we turned

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<v Speaker 3>to Sidney Sumner with Crime Online.

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<v Speaker 2>One one year old Joseph Cuba's charge with the fatal

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<v Speaker 2>stabbing of six year old Wadia al Fayoumi on October

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<v Speaker 2>fourteenth in Plainfield, Illinois, about fifty miles southwest of Chicago.

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<v Speaker 2>In the attack, he also wounded Hanan Shaheen. Cuba entered

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<v Speaker 2>a plea of not guilty to each of the charges.

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<v Speaker 2>Shaheen survived the attack but was in the hospital at

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<v Speaker 2>the time of her son's funeral service. She has since

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<v Speaker 2>been released. According to Shaheen, Cuba, the family's landlord, was

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<v Speaker 2>unhappy about the Israel Hamas conflict and attacked them after

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<v Speaker 2>she encouraged him to pray for peace. An autopsy revealed

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<v Speaker 2>that the boy sustained numerous stab wounds before his death.

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<v Speaker 2>Investigators say the victims were singled out due to their

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<v Speaker 2>Muslim beliefs and in retaliation for the war, which had

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<v Speaker 2>started just one week prior to the attack. Before Cuba's hearing,

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<v Speaker 2>a small group of Muslim residents from the Chicago area

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<v Speaker 2>gathered and held up white electric candles outside of the

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<v Speaker 2>Will County Courthouse in Juliet, Illinois. Odi al Fayoumi, Wadia's father,

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<v Speaker 2>spoke to reporters in Arabic before having a translator interpret

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<v Speaker 2>his words into English. Al Fayoumi he said Cuba should

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<v Speaker 2>bear the maximum amount of responsibility and stated that his

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<v Speaker 2>son deserves nothing less than that. Wadiya was attacked because

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<v Speaker 2>he was a Muslim, he said, and people need to

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<v Speaker 2>keep that in mind.

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<v Speaker 3>During the brief hearing, Cuba remained silent. His next court

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<v Speaker 3>date is set for the morning of March seventh. Now

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<v Speaker 3>to New Jersey, as police search for the killer of

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<v Speaker 3>a Muslim leader shot just before morning prayers outside his mosque,

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<v Speaker 3>authorities are offering a reward to anyone who can assist

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<v Speaker 3>them in making an arrest. Amid a surge in bias

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<v Speaker 3>attacks around the country, officials are pledging to safeguard people

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<v Speaker 3>of faith, even though they maintain they have no evidence

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<v Speaker 3>that the imam's killing was motivated by religious hatred. A

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<v Speaker 3>targeted dragnet of law enforcement has been created following the

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<v Speaker 3>killing of Imam Hassan Sharif as he was readying to

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<v Speaker 3>open the Masjid Mohammed Newark mosque. The Essex County Sheriff

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<v Speaker 3>issued a twenty five thousand dollars reward, as New Jersey's

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<v Speaker 3>Attorney General promised support to county and local officials. A

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<v Speaker 3>court has decided that a New Jersey man accused of

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<v Speaker 3>stabbing Salman Rushdi, author of this Satanic versus, may obtain

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<v Speaker 3>information about Rushdie's plan memoir about the incident prior to

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<v Speaker 3>going on trial. Once again, crime Online Sidney Sumner The trial.

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<v Speaker 2>For Handi Matar's attempted murder and assault was initially set

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<v Speaker 2>to begin with jury selection on January eighth. Now, the

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<v Speaker 2>trial has been postponed because Matar's attorney contends that the

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<v Speaker 2>defendant has a legal right to view the book in

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<v Speaker 2>all relevant materials prior to standing trial. Rushdie's manuscript is

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<v Speaker 2>scheduled for publication in April of twenty twenty four. Any

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<v Speaker 2>witnesses written or recorded remarks regarding the incident are regarded

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<v Speaker 2>as possible evidence, according to Matar's lawyers. Twenty six year

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<v Speaker 2>old Matar of Fairview, New Jersey, has been detained without

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<v Speaker 2>bond since August twenty twenty two, when authorities claim he

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<v Speaker 2>stabbed Rushdie over a dozen times after barging onto the

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<v Speaker 2>stage at the Chautauqua Institution, where the writer was scheduled

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<v Speaker 2>to give a talk. The attack left seventy five year

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<v Speaker 2>old Rushdi with injuries to his left hand and blindness

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<v Speaker 2>in his right eye. In October t three, the author

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<v Speaker 2>said that he has included details about the attack and

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<v Speaker 2>his upcoming memoir Knife Meditatians After an Attempted Murder. The

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<v Speaker 2>prosecutor stated that as part of the legal discovery process,

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<v Speaker 2>he asks for a copy of the book at the

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<v Speaker 2>time the trial was being planned. He added that Rushdie's

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<v Speaker 2>representatives had turned down the proposal citing concerns over intellectual

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<v Speaker 2>property rates.

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<v Speaker 3>It's anticipated that defense lawyer Nathaniel Barone will subpoena the

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<v Speaker 3>book material.

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<v Speaker 1>Caden Black, nineteen, moves out of his dad's Pennsylvania home

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<v Speaker 1>to live with friends after starting a new job. In

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<v Speaker 1>the weeks leading up to Christmas, Caden becomes more reserved,

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<v Speaker 1>spending time in his room instead of hanging out with

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<v Speaker 1>those same friends. He calls his dad, telling him he's

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<v Speaker 1>coming by the next day, but never shows up. Caden

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<v Speaker 1>last seen by roommates at their home the night before

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<v Speaker 1>the missed visit. Caden Black now missing from Ritsville, Pennsylvania,

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<v Speaker 1>over a year. If you have info on Caden Black,

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<v Speaker 1>please call Lower Windsor Township PD seven one seven two

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<v Speaker 1>four four eight zero five five. For the latest crime

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<v Speaker 1>injustice news, go to crimeonline dot com for this crime alert.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Nancy Grace.