1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Crime a art hourly update breaking crime these Now. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 2: I'm Drew Nelson, a nineteen year old University of Arizona student, 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,239 Speaker 2: is charged with three counts of second degree murder after 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 2: allegedly killing three classmates while speeding through a campus crosswalk 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 2: while impaired. Police say Lewis John Artal was under the 6 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 2: influence of alcohol or drugs and traveling well above the 7 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 2: posted thirty mile per hour speed limit walking on North 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 2: Euclid Avenue near East Second Street in Tucson. The victims 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: are identified as Sofia Achmi Troeto, aged twenty one, Josiah 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 2: Patrick Santos h. Twenty two, and Kachia Rosara Castillo Mendozo 11 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 2: twenty one. Chrotalin Santos died at the scene. Mendoza was 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: rushed to a hospital with critical injuries and was taken 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 2: off life support two days later. Family members attended virtually 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 2: at Artel's initial court appearance. 15 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,959 Speaker 3: We are begging your honors for the highest one possible. 16 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 3: Please let there be justice. 17 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: From the ICU. Mendoza's sister, Allison Salinas. 18 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 3: Calling right now from the ICU, paying for a miracle. 19 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 3: We decided that tonight at nine pm, you have to 20 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 3: take a yeah off of by support and saying those 21 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 3: were it feels impossible. 22 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 2: Witnesses said the twenty nineteen Porsche boxter did not stop 23 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 2: after impact. Investigators say the driver went home, called his 24 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 2: father and was told to give himself up. Less than 25 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 2: an hour later, nineteen year old Artol turned himself in 26 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 2: and was found to be impaired at the time of 27 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 2: the crash. At his initial appearance, prosecutors sought a three 28 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars bond. Judge Rudy Padilla said it at 29 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 2: quarter million dollars cash only. Artel's defense attorney argued, his 30 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 2: client panicked. 31 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: My client got scared, didn't know what to do, left, 32 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: went to his apartment, communicated with his father, and walked 33 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: back to the police station himself. 34 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: The attorney said. Artel's father, who is a California businessman, 35 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: had quote spent significant resources on legal counsel, showing that 36 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,919 Speaker 2: the team would not be a flight risk. The lawyer 37 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: told the court quote, if he's not driving, he's not 38 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: going to have the risk to reoffend. Troetel was pursuing 39 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: degrees in psychology and Spanish, serving as general manager of 40 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: KAMP Student Radio, volunteering with the p MA County Attorney's 41 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 2: Office Victim Services Division. Santo's studied Japanese and theater arts, 42 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 2: performed with Arts Express Theater, and was music director of 43 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: the Miao or never A cappella group. Mendoza was studying 44 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 2: finance and real estate development with dreams of becoming a lawyer. 45 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 2: Her family said she was quote one of the sweetest, 46 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 2: kindest souls you could ever meet, and a top student 47 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 2: known for her compassion and drive. University of Arizona officials 48 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: called the deaths a quote devastating loss and are providing 49 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: counseling and support to students and staff. Pe mccounty attorney 50 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 2: Laura Conover said Troetel's death struck her office, personally describing 51 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 2: her as quote a devoted and invaluable member of our 52 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 2: crisis program. Two GoFundMe campaigns have raised tens of thousands 53 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: of dollars for the families. A memorial page for Santo 54 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: cent Troetel, organized by a Santos family member, has raised 55 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: more than thirty five thousand dollars toward a forty thousand 56 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 2: dollars goal with seven hundred and seventy four donations. The 57 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: message from Josiah's mother reads quote, last night, my beautiful 58 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 2: son Josiah and his girlfriend Sophia were taken from us 59 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 2: far too soon. They were young, full of life, love 60 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 2: and promise, ready to begin their future together. A separate 61 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 2: fundraiser for Kacha Mendoza has raised more than fifteen thousand 62 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 2: dollars toward an eighteen thousand dollars goal. The campaign describes 63 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: Katia as quote a dedicated student at the University of 64 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 2: Arizona with big dreams of becoming a lawyer, whose warmth 65 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 2: and light touched everyone around her. Funds will go directly 66 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 2: to her family to cover funeral and memorial expenses. Friends 67 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: have continued to leave flowers and candles at the intersection 68 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: where the crash happened. Many are now calling for a 69 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: crosswalk light at the dangerous Euclid Avenue crossing. Artel remains 70 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 2: jail pending trial. More crime and justice news after this. 71 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,559 Speaker 2: The FBI and New Jersey investigators are using artificial intelligence 72 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 2: to find missing puzzle pieces. As they put it in 73 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: the twenty nineteen disappearance of Dulce Maria Alavez, who vanished 74 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 2: from a park in Bridgeton six years ago. Dulce was 75 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 2: five years old when she went missing on September sixteenth 76 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 2: while playing with her three year old brother at Bridgeton 77 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: City Park, behind the local high school. Her mother, nowemal 78 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 2: Alavez Perez, said she was sitting in her car nearby, 79 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 2: helping her younger sister with homework and scratching a lottery 80 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 2: ticket when she realized Dulce was gone. Investigators and search 81 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 2: teams combed through the park and nearby woods for days, 82 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 2: but found no trace of her. A man described as 83 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 2: a light skinned Hispanic mail about five foot seven, aged 84 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 2: thirty to thirty five, wearing a white T shirt, blue jeans, 85 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 2: and a white baseball cap was named a person of interest. 86 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 2: Authorities also investigated reports of a red van seen near 87 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 2: the park. Six years later, prosecutors say Dulce's case remains 88 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 2: Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb McCrae says her office and 89 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 2: the New Jersey State Police Special Investigation Section are reviewing 90 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: every lead. Earlier this year, investigators began using artificial intelligence 91 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 2: tools to re examine evidence and digital data that might 92 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 2: have been overlooked. Dulce would now be eleven. Dulce was 93 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: last seen wearing a yellow shirt with a Koala on 94 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 2: the front, black and white pants with butterflies and flowers, 95 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 2: and white sandals. She was about three feet tall seventy pounds. 96 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 2: A seventy five thousand dollars reward remains available for information 97 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 2: leading to her safe return. Anyone with information is urged 98 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 2: to contact the FBI at eight hundred call FBI, or 99 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 2: submitted tip at FBI dot gov. Slash Alavez. For the 100 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 2: latest crime and justice news, follow Crime Alert hourly update 101 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 2: on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm 102 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 2: Drew Nelson.