1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Crime Alert, Imancy Grace Breaking Crime News Now. Nathaniel Edmund's 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: wife calls out for her husband as she returns home 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: and can't find him or their one year old baby boy. 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: She walks upstairs to the nursery and finds the baby 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: alone and unresponsive. He's rushed to the hospital but declared dead. 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: Virginia police discover Edmunds walking down a street seven miles away. 7 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: When told his son is dead, he admits he strangled 8 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: the boy because the child quote wasn't listening and he 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: couldn't take it anymore. 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: Nancy, the boy's mother, was working while his father was 11 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: supposed to be taking care of him. In a police interview, 12 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: Edmunds admitted that he knew the child was dead and 13 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 2: saw his son foaming at the mouth while he choked him. 14 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 2: According to court records, Edmunds was previously charged with domestic 15 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 2: assault and battery. 16 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: Last year, Nathaniel Edmunds, twenty four, charged with murder. A 17 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: Florida artist suing another artist for nothing literally. Italian artist 18 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: Salvatory Giro sold an visit sculpture for over eighteen thousand 19 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: dollars this summer, but Tom Miller's claiming he came up 20 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: with the idea first because he installed an imperceptible statue 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: called nothing in Gainesville's bo Deadly Community Center plaza back 22 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen. Miller says Geru stole his idea and 23 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,279 Speaker 1: retained an Italian lawyer to file suit. If they can't 24 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: reach an agreement outside of court, how about an invisible agreement. 25 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this Now with the 26 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking news. Crime Onlines. 27 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 3: John Limley, Alabama carried out the execution of a man 28 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 3: convicted of a brutal twenty sixteen massacre that claimed the 29 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 3: lives of five people. Thirty six year old Derek Deerman 30 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 3: was pronounced dead at six fourteen pm Thursday at Holman 31 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 3: Correctional Facility in Athmore. Deerman, who pleaded guilty to the killings, 32 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 3: waived his appeals earlier this year and requested to be 33 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 3: put to death. The violence free took place near Citronelle, Alabama, 34 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 3: where Deerman, armed with an axe and a gun, broke 35 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 3: into a home where his estranged girlfriend had sought refuge. 36 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 3: The victims thirty five year old Shannon Melissa Randall, twenty 37 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 3: six year old Joseph Adam Turner, twenty six year old 38 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 3: Robert Lee Brown, twenty three year old Justin Caleb re Red, 39 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 3: and twenty two year old Chelsea Randall Reed were all 40 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 3: related by blood or marriage. Chelsea Reed was pregnant at 41 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 3: the time of the attack. In his final moments, strapped 42 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 3: to a gurney in the state's execution chamber, Deerman addressed 43 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 3: the families of his victims, saying, quote. 44 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 4: Forgive me. This is not for me, This is for you, 45 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 4: he said, adding I've taken so much. Turning to his 46 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 4: own family, Deerman said, y'all already know I love y'all, 47 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 4: though some of his words were inaudible. Authorities said Deerman 48 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 4: was under the influence of methanphetamine during the violent rampage, 49 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 4: which prosecutors described as a targeted attack on the household. 50 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 4: The execution followed Deerman's decision to forego any further legal 51 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 4: challenges to his sentence. In a landmark ruling, a South 52 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 4: Carolina man has been sentenced to life in federal prison 53 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 4: for the murder of a black transgender woman, marking a 54 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 4: historic conviction and a hate crime based on gender identity. 55 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 4: Here's Crime Online Sidney Sumner with Moore. 56 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 2: D Kuehla meek. Ritter received the life sentence from US 57 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: District Judge Sherry Leyden in a Columbia, South Carolina courtroom. 58 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 2: This ruling follows Ritter's February conviction for the twenty nineteen 59 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 2: murder of Dime Doe, a transgender woman from the small 60 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 2: town of Allendale. Prosecutors said Ridder killed Doe after their 61 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 2: secret sexual relationship became known. According to court testimony, Ritter's 62 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: shot Doe three times wi the twenty two caliber handgun 63 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 2: as rumors of their relationship spread. Prosecutors argued that the 64 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 2: killing was driven by Ritter's desire to keep their involvement hidden. 65 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 2: Tax messages obtained by the FBI showed Ritter instructing Doe 66 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: to delete their communications, with hundreds of messages erased in 67 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 2: the month leading up to her death. Friends of Doe 68 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 2: testified that she had openly embraced her gender identity, transitioning 69 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 2: socially after high school. Despite this, defense attorneys argued that 70 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: the murder was not premeditated, asking for leniency and presenting 71 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 2: letters from Ridder's family pleading for mercy. His defense also 72 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: highlighted the lack of physical evidence linking Ritterer to the crime, 73 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 2: including an unprocessed gunshot residue test. However, a traffic stop 74 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 2: video recorded on the day of Doe's death showed Ritterer 75 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: in her car hours before police found her body. This 76 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: case marks the first time someone has been convicted in 77 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 2: a federal hate crime trial based on gender identity. 78 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 4: Although similar cases have been prosecuted in the past, they 79 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 4: had not gone to trial, and previous sentences were part 80 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 4: of plea deals. 81 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: Thanks John Martes Williams, twenty eight, has plans to meet 82 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: a friend on the other side town, tells roommates he'll 83 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: be back later. Martise leaves their Baltimore home in his buick. 84 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: When he hasn't returned by midnight, a roommate calls Martes's 85 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: parents concerned he's reported missing, and six days later police 86 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: find his silver Buick Verano abandoned two miles from home. 87 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: Authorities fear he must have met with foul play. Martise 88 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: Williams African American, five eight, one hundred and ninety pounds, short, 89 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: black hair, brown eyes, usually wears a go tea and 90 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: has a sleeve of tattoos on his left arm. Last 91 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: scene wearing a T shirt, shorts, a gold crossed necklace 92 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: and a watch. If you have information on Martesse williams Now, 93 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: missing nine years, called Baltimore County, Maryland PD four to 94 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: one zero eight eight seven two two one four. For 95 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: the latest crime in justice news, go to crime online 96 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: dot com and please join us for our daily podcast 97 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: Crime Stories. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.