1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Sumner. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: Police in the metropolitan Atlanta area have arrested a fifteen 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: year old boy for the murder of an Uber driver 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: found dead on a Lawrenceville street on Thursday. The Lawrenceville 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: Police Department said it was called shortly after five am 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: about a person lying in the roadway and arrived to 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: find the fifty eight year old victim dead from at 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: least one gunshot wound. Investigators found ring doorbell video that 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: showed a black SUV stopping in the roadway, dropping off 10 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: the victim, and then leaving the area. The suv belonged 11 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: to the victim, who was an Uber driver. Detectives determined 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 1: that he had been the victim of a carjacking. By 13 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: early afternoon, they had tracked the suv to a home 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: in Lilburn, some ten miles away. There they arrested the teen, 15 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: who was charged as an adult with murder. The victim's 16 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin. 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: Police have also not released the killer's name due to 18 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: his age. The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued 19 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: an amber alert for a fourteen year old girl believed 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: to be with a forty one year old man, Maruri Giolani. 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: Gomez Marquez was last seen at around eight a m. 22 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 1: Sunday in Plains in the three hundred block of thirteenth Street. 23 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: According to police, She was last seen with one Orlando 24 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: Garcia Sarmiento, forty one. According to the National Center for 25 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: Missing and Exploited Children, Maruri is described as a Hispanic 26 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: female who stands five feet one inch tall and weighs 27 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty five pounds. She has brown hair 28 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: in brown eyes. Sarmiento is described as a Hispanic male 29 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: who stands five feet nine inches tall and weighs of 30 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: around one hundred and eighty eight pounds. He has black 31 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: hair in brown eyes. The pair could possibly be traveling 32 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: in a black twenty ten Ford F one fifty with 33 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,199 Speaker 1: a Texas license plate of WGV nine nine ninety seven. 34 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: Anyone with information on their whereabouts is urged to contact 35 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: the Texas Department of Public Safety at eight oh six 36 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: seven four zero eight seven seven zero, or call nine 37 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: one one. Three women have been charged in connection with 38 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: the death of a six year old North Carolina girl 39 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: who weighed just twenty seven pounds at death. Earlier this month. 40 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: Court records also show that the girl, Dominique Moody, had 41 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: multiple injuries and scarring at the time of her death. 42 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: According to the records, she had burn, scars, rib fractures 43 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: in wounds from prolonged sitting in urine or fece soiled 44 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: items such as a diaper for extensive periods of time. 45 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: Other children at the home told investigators that the girl's 46 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: legal guardian, her aunt, Tanya McKnight, made the girl stay 47 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: in a dog crate. McKnight called nine one one on 48 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: December sixteenth, and responding officers found the home in a 49 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: state of disarray with a strong odor of feces and urine. 50 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: The home was rat infested and cluttered with both human 51 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: and animal feces. McKnight, Moody's adopted sister, Terryan McKnight, and 52 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: another woman who lived at the home, Susan Robinson, were 53 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: charged with five child abuse counts and are being held 54 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: without bail. Prosecutors are awaiting lab results, which could lead 55 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: to murder by torture charges. Police have been called to 56 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: the home five time since twenty twenty two. Tanya McKnight 57 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: filed for custody of Moody and her sibling in twenty twenty, 58 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: writing and her filing that the children's mother is unstable 59 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: and not equipped to care for the children. The mother 60 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: signed permanent custody agreements with McKnight the same year, giving 61 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: her sister power of attorney over the children. A court 62 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: order was issued to that effect the following year. Tanya McKnight, 63 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: fifty one, is the grandmother to the three other children, 64 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: ages one to four, living at the home. The status 65 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: of those children is unclear. More crime and justice news 66 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: after this. Police and Oregon are searching for an armed 67 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: and dangerous man in connection with an early morning murder 68 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: on Wednesday That Ashutz County Sheriff's Office said it was 69 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: called to a report of a gunshot victim just before 70 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: six a m. And found Justin Garrett Jimenez, thirty two dead. 71 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: A firearm was recovered at the scene. Investigators soon identified 72 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: fifty one year old Don Henry Vandenberg Junior as a 73 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: person of interest in Jimenez's murder. Vandenburg goes by the 74 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: nickname tank In, described as five foot seven inches tall, 75 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty pounds, bald, with facial hair, and 76 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: covered in tattoos. The Sheriff's office described some of his 77 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: tattoos fit for duty on his chest, tank on his 78 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: upper abdomen, and Ace of Spades on his upper left arm, 79 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: e K on his right calf. Additional tattoos on his forearms. 80 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: No further information was provided. Police cautioned the public not 81 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: to approach Vandenburg if he's seen. An Ohio dentist and 82 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: his wife were found shot to death in their home 83 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 1: last week, with two small children found unharmed. The victims 84 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: were identified as thirty seven year old Spencer Teppee and 85 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: thirty nine year old Monique Teppe. The children were both 86 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: under the age of six. Police said there were no 87 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 1: indications of a murder suicide. There were no signs of 88 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: forced entry, and no weapons were found. An initial report 89 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: that a gut and bed found proved erroneous. A radio 90 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: log said that Spencer Teppee had been shot multiple times. 91 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: That same dispatch log also mentioned a robbery. Police got 92 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: the first call from one of Spencer Teppee's co workers, 93 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: who said he had not reported to work. That call 94 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: came in at about nine am Tuesday. An officer who 95 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: went to the home got no answer at the door 96 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: and left a coworker said it was uncharacteristic of Teppe 97 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: to fail to show when the business opened at eight 98 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: a m. And also not to call in. Colleagues were 99 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: unable to reach either of the Tepees. Police received two 100 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: more calls around ten am, with one man reporting that 101 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: he was at the home and could hear children inside. 102 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 1: A second coworker called around that time as well, saying 103 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: she was concerned and was on her way to the home. 104 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: A third call came in minutes later from a friend 105 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 1: who said he had gone to the home when Teppe 106 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: didn't answer the phone and could see his body inside. 107 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: Police arrived shortly afterward and entered the home, finding the 108 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: bodies and the two children. Anyone with information should call 109 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: Columbus Police Homicide Unit at six one four six four 110 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: five forty seven thirty or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 111 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 1: six one four four sixty one tips for the latest 112 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 1: crime and justice breaking news. Be sure to follow the 113 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app with 114 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: this crime Alert. I'm Sydney Sumner.