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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton.

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Speaker 1: A North Carolina teenager, eighteen year old Giovanni Peltier has

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Speaker 1: gone missing during a trip to Florida to reconnect with

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Speaker 1: his family.

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Speaker 2: This is reported by his mother.

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Speaker 1: The circumstances surrounding his disappearance are troubling, especially after one

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Speaker 1: of his last text messages, which now deeply unsettles her.

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Speaker 1: Giovanni traveled to Florida in late July with his mother,

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Speaker 1: bridget Peltier, her fiance Jeremy Brown, and Giovanni's four siblings

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Speaker 1: to visit a relative undergoing chemotherapy. Eager for the trip,

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Speaker 1: Giovanni had expressed a desire to connect with the family

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Speaker 1: of his biological father, whom he had not known. Well

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Speaker 1: Born in Florida, he had lived there until he was

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Speaker 1: about four years old before moving to North Carolina with

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Speaker 1: his mother, who is of Italian and Puerto Rican heritage

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Speaker 1: while his father is African American. Bridgetae supported her son's

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Speaker 1: quest for his familiar ties. Before departing for Florida, Giovanni

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Speaker 1: engaged in a group chat with his paternal relatives and

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Speaker 1: arranged for three of his cousins to pick him up

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Speaker 1: from Inglewood, where he was trying to stay with family.

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Speaker 1: While Bridget had some reservations about him going alone, she

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Speaker 1: ultimately trusted her son. Around one thirty am on August one,

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Speaker 1: Giovanni's cousins arrived to pick him up, with Brown seeing

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Speaker 1: him off, while Bridget was asleep busy preparing for a

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Speaker 1: pharmacy board exam the next day. Shortly after being picked up,

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Speaker 1: Giovanni sent two text messages to his mother, including a

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Speaker 1: desperate message that read mom Help. He also attempted to

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Speaker 1: call her and FaceTime her, but she had missed those

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Speaker 1: attempts due to being asleep. Bridget was unaware of the

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Speaker 1: missed messages until around six twenty am, when she discovered

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Speaker 1: the miss calls, including one from one of the cousins

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Speaker 1: who had been in the car with Giovanni. This call

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Speaker 1: came nearly an hour after Giovanni had left. Bridgette noted

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Speaker 1: that no attempts were made by the cousins to communicate

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Speaker 1: further with her. The situation escalated when Giovanni's paternal grandfather

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Speaker 1: left bridget a voicemail claiming there had been an altercation

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Speaker 1: and that Giovanni had abandoned the car and was somewhere

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Speaker 1: along the road in Bradenton, Manatee County. He urged her

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Speaker 1: to contact her son. Bridget, unable to reach her son,

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Speaker 1: began tracking his phone's GPS. When she arrived at the location,

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Speaker 1: indicated she found his belongings, a backpack and a phone

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Speaker 1: abandoned on the roadside, which she found alarming, as she

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Speaker 1: noted that Giovanni was very attached to his phone. Soon after,

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Speaker 1: she spoke with some relatives from Giovanni's father's side of

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Speaker 1: the family. One cousin revealed that the group had smoked

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Speaker 1: marijuana with Giovanni and that he had begun to panic,

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Speaker 1: leading to a confrontation in which Giovanni allegedly pulled a knife.

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Speaker 1: The cousin claimed that they wrestled the knife away from

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Speaker 1: and then he fled just walking down the road. Bridget

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Speaker 1: described this behavior as completely out of character for her son,

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Speaker 1: whom she praised for his integrity and character, suggesting that

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Speaker 1: he may have felt threatened in the situation. The details

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Speaker 1: provided by the cousins differ from the official account given

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Speaker 1: by the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, which stated that Giovanni

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Speaker 1: had been acting erratically before exiting the car and just

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Speaker 1: walking away. Brigitte feels that the cousins know more than

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Speaker 1: their sharing and that they have not assisted in the

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Speaker 1: search efforts. She expressed disappointment in law enforcement's response, feeling

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Speaker 1: that the situation might have been taken more seriously if

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Speaker 1: Giovanni were but just a year younger. As the eldest

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Speaker 1: of five children, Giovanni is described by his mother as

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Speaker 1: a kind hearted individual destined to make a positive impact

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Speaker 1: in those around him. Known for his protective nature, he

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Speaker 1: was always looking out for his younger siblings, one of

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Speaker 1: which he is very attached to with autism. A reward

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Speaker 1: of ten thousand has been established for information leading to

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Speaker 1: Giovanni's return or an arrest in connection with the case.

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Speaker 1: A GoFundMe campaign has also been initiated to support search efforts.

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Speaker 1: Bridget remains adamant that something is wrong, noting that her

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Speaker 1: son knows the number by heart and would reach out

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Speaker 1: unless he was unable. He knows that I would burn

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Speaker 1: down the world to find him. Something is not right

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Speaker 1: with my son. She is pleading for answers. More crime

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Speaker 1: and justice news.

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Speaker 2: After this, a trial in.

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Speaker 1: Michigan grew heated when a defendant reportedly refused to remain

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Speaker 1: silent during the testimony.

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Speaker 2: Of her alleged victim.

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Speaker 1: SCHUVONN Vinson, forty three, appeared in County Court for a

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Speaker 1: preliminary hearing following charges that include ten felonies, two counts

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Speaker 1: of open murder, assault with intent to commit murder, kidnapping,

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Speaker 1: and home invasion. These charges are linked to the January

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Speaker 1: first killings of forty eight year old Jennifer Bernard seventy

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Speaker 1: four year old Stevie Ray Smith, along with the attempted

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Speaker 1: murder of fifty two.

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Speaker 2: Year old Jeffrey Bernard.

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Speaker 1: The three victims were part of a foster family caring

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Speaker 1: for Vincent's four year old daughter, who, along with two

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Speaker 1: other children, is reported to have been kidnapped by Vincent

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Speaker 1: and two accomplices.

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Speaker 2: Jeffrey Bernhard, who.

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Speaker 1: Was seriously injured in the alleged incident but survived, testified

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Speaker 1: during the hearing. He recounted how Vincent, accompanied by two men,

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Speaker 1: Gregory Callahan and Keith Finley, allegedly burst into their home

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Speaker 1: and accused Jennifer Bernard of preventing her daughter from quote

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Speaker 1: believing in God, labeling the Foster family as evil and demonic.

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Speaker 1: When the prosecutor asked Jeffrey if there were any truths

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Speaker 1: behind Vincent's claim, he denied them, stating it was the

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Speaker 1: opposite of reality. He explained that his father in law

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Speaker 1: was an ordained pastor and that his wife was an

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Speaker 1: ordained minister under life, that the family routinely attended church

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Speaker 1: at least twice a week, enrolled the children in Sunday school,

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Speaker 1: and included Bible readings and Christian lullabies in their bedtime routine.

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Speaker 1: According to Bernard, he and his wife tried to de

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Speaker 1: escalate the situation as Vincen made various allegations, claiming she

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Speaker 1: was a gangster who had quote planned this all out,

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Speaker 1: and expressing indifference about spending life in prison. Eventually, he

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Speaker 1: recounted Vincent demanding to know where do you keep your money.

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Speaker 1: He also noted that Vincent's daughter had attempted to hug

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Speaker 1: them before being taken out of the house, adding that

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Speaker 1: Vincent was particularly angered when her daughter referred to the

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Speaker 1: couple as mommy and daddy. During her video arraignment in January,

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Speaker 1: Vincent accused the Bernards of abusing her daughter, saying they

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Speaker 1: assaulted my MF daughter, declaring that mf's deserved to die,

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Speaker 1: before leaving the courtroom in a rage. When questioned about

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Speaker 1: these accusations of physical or sexual abuse by Vincent's atat attorney,

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Speaker 1: Jeffrey Bernard, maintained that he was unaware of any such

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Speaker 1: allegations until that moment. He emphasized that on the night

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Speaker 1: of the shooting, Miss Vinceon never mentioned any allegations of abuse.

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Speaker 1: From her position at the defendant's table, Vinson began to

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Speaker 1: yell your line. Judge Simpson intervened, asserting stop. That's twice

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Speaker 1: I've warned the council. If she can't stop, take her out.

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Speaker 1: Vincent was subsequently removed from the courtroom and the hearing

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Speaker 1: continued with additional witnesses. She remains in custody without the

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Speaker 1: option of fail. A pre trial hearing is set for

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