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Speaker 1: Crime Alert I means grace breaking crime is now and

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Speaker 1: New jerseyman once hailed as a hero for trying to

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Speaker 1: rescue a neighbor from a burning house now charged with

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Speaker 1: her murder. William Ale, seventy, tells authorities while walking his dog,

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Speaker 1: he spots flames coming from his longtime neighbor, eighty two

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Speaker 1: year old Virginia Cranwell's home and rushes in through an

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Speaker 1: open garage. That's not exactly what happened. We'll find out

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Speaker 1: what did happen in court Nancy.

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Speaker 2: Authorities in Union County have announced charges in this shocking

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Speaker 2: homicide case. Seventy year old William L has been officially

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Speaker 2: charged with the murder of his eighty two year old neighbor,

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Speaker 2: Virginia Cranwell. Prosecutor William Daniel and Fenwood Chief Law Enforcement

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Speaker 2: Officer Lieutenant Daniel Krans made the announcement public. L faces

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Speaker 2: multiple charges including first degree murder, felony murder, burglary, and

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Speaker 2: aggravated arson. The case began when firefighters responded to a

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Speaker 2: house fire in fan Would around one thirty seven am.

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Speaker 2: L told police he was walking his dog when he

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Speaker 2: saw flames coming from Cranwell's home and ran inside through

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Speaker 2: the garage, but after months of investigation, authorities say the

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Speaker 2: officials determined the blaze was intentionally set. The Union County

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Speaker 2: Medical Examiner ruled Cranwell's death homicide. Investigators found evidence including

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Speaker 2: surveillance footage showing L entering the woman's garage multiple times

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Speaker 2: and a gas can with his DNA on it behind

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Speaker 2: the woman's ottoman in her home. The evidence led detectives

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Speaker 2: to l as a suspect rather than a hero. L

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Speaker 2: was taken into custody and is being held at the

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Speaker 2: Middlesex County Jail pending his next court appearance.

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Speaker 1: Nicole, thank you more Crimate Justice News.

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Speaker 2: After this, Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle Singer Renger

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Speaker 2: have tragically lost their lives and now authorities say they

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Speaker 2: are questioning their son Nick. On Sunday, December fourteen, around

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Speaker 2: three point thirty pm, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded

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Speaker 2: to a home provided medical assistance. Upon their arrival, they

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Speaker 2: discovered the bodies of a seventy eight year old man

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Speaker 2: and sixty eight year old woman, later identified as Rob

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Speaker 2: and Michelle. Rob Reiner, renowned director, producer, and actor, is

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Speaker 2: celebrated for directing iconic films such as Stand By Me,

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Speaker 2: The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, and so many more.

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Speaker 2: Born in the Bronx in nineteen forty seven, Rob was

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Speaker 2: the son of the legendary comedian Carl Reiner and an actress.

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Speaker 2: Is still a boast. Robin Michelle's paths crossed during the

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Speaker 2: filming of When Harry Met Sally, leading to their marriage

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Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty nine and the birth of their three children.

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Speaker 2: Prior to Michelle, Rob was married to the late Penny Marshall.

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Speaker 2: In a twenty sixteen interview with People dot com, opened

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Speaker 2: up about his long battle with drug addiction, which began

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Speaker 2: in his early teens and ultimately led to a life

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Speaker 2: on the streets. He recounted his experience of frequently entering

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Speaker 2: and exiting rehab programs starting at the age of fifteen,

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Speaker 2: but as his addiction worsened, he found himself increasingly estranged

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Speaker 2: from his family and living homeless across several states. Sources

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Speaker 2: close to the situation say that now police are interviewing

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Speaker 2: the Sun in relation to the death of his parents.

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Speaker 2: A holiday meal intended for inmates at a South Carolina

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Speaker 2: prison was intercepted by a guard before it could reach

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Speaker 2: its final destination. The South Carolina Department of Corrections revealed

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Speaker 2: that the items delivered by drone to Lee Correctional Institution

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Speaker 2: included stakes, crab legs, old base seasoning, marijuana. The drone

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Speaker 2: and its cargo were confiscated on Sunday Monks. While dreams

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Speaker 2: of a holiday feast filled with treats were dashed, The

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Speaker 2: inmates were left with the usual fare served in prison.

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Speaker 2: Looks like some individuals had plans for an early holiday crab,

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Speaker 2: boil and steak dinner complete with marijuana, the Corrections officials

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Speaker 2: shared on x all of it brought in by a

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Speaker 2: drone at Lee CI. For now, prison guards intercepted. No

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Speaker 2: holiday feast for these inmates.

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Speaker 1: Craig Melton agrees to give two guys the right to Bellcourt,

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Speaker 1: North Dakota, two hundred and fifty miles from Melton's Fargo home.

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Speaker 1: Two days later, Melton has not returned. His roommate reports

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Speaker 1: him missing. Cops find Melton's maroon Saturn abandoned near the

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Speaker 1: Bellcourt destination. The back dash and seats have been ripped

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Speaker 1: out of the car. They're missing. No one has been

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Speaker 1: able to id who Melton was driving to Bellcourt, but

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Speaker 1: family members don't believe they were strangers. It's now been

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Speaker 1: two and a half out for years since anyone has

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Speaker 1: seen thirty four year old Craig Melton. If you have

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Speaker 1: information on his disappearance, please contact card Contact Fargo p

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Speaker 1: and help solve unsolved homicides. With this crime al Art,

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