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Speaker 1: Crime al Art hourly update breaking crime news Now, I'm

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Speaker 1: Nicole Parton. A Michigan woman is facing nearly fifty criminal

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Speaker 1: charges in what authorities are calling a deeply disturbing case

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Speaker 1: of long term child sexual abuse. Sixty three year old

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Speaker 1: Gayla Bennett was arraigned on October twentieth in Midland County

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Speaker 1: District Court. She's charged with forty eight counts, including twenty

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Speaker 1: four counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct with children

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Speaker 1: under the age of thirteen. First degree charges involve penetration

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Speaker 1: and carry a mandatory minimum sentence of twenty five years.

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Speaker 1: Second degree charges involve inappropriate touching and are punishable by

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Speaker 1: up to fifteen years in prison. According to court documents,

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Speaker 1: Bennett's alleged crimes spend seven years from twenty thirteen to

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty while she worked as a babysitter. The investigation

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Speaker 1: began earlier this month when a mother in Lee Township

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Speaker 1: contacted Michigan State Police reporting possible abuse of her three daughters,

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Speaker 1: now ages fifteen, seventeen, and fourteen. The girls were interviewed

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Speaker 1: at the Bay County Child Abuse and Neglect Counsel and

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Speaker 1: described years of horrific abuse. They alleged Bennett molested and

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Speaker 1: raped them in various rooms of their home, often while

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Speaker 1: showering with them. When girl said, Bennett would tie her

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Speaker 1: up and treat her quote like a doll, even locking

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Speaker 1: her in a basement in the wood shop if she

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Speaker 1: cried or resisted. All three girls reported being given a

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Speaker 1: syrup like medicine substance before the assaults, which made them

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Speaker 1: feel drowsy. Investigators also believe Bennett took photos of the

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Speaker 1: girls while they showered. The affidavit does not indicate whether

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Speaker 1: Bennett has spoken to investigators. Magistrate Gerald Ladwig has said

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Speaker 1: Bennett's bond at five million dollars. A settlement conference is

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Speaker 1: set for November four. Bennett is represented by basity attorney

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Speaker 1: Brian Jean, who says his client is presumed innocent and

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Speaker 1: deserves a full and fair trial. He urges the public

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Speaker 1: to avoid speculation until all of the facts are presented

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Speaker 1: in court or primate justice. News after this a disturbing

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Speaker 1: story out of Florida. A father delivering food for Uber

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Speaker 1: Eats has been arrested after allegedly abandoning his young special

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Speaker 1: need son, who was later found running naked along a

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Speaker 1: busy highway. Authority say thirty five year old Jeremy Rouse

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Speaker 1: was taken into custody and charged with felony child abuse,

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Speaker 1: specifically cruelty toward a child without great bodily harm. According

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Speaker 1: to police, the incident unfolded just after eleven pm. Officers

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Speaker 1: responded to a report of a child running alone on

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Speaker 1: an off ramp of I four. When they arrived, they

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Speaker 1: found a young child child naked, nonverbal, he sprinted toward

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Speaker 1: oncoming traffic. A bystander managed to grab the child just

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Speaker 1: in time. Police say the boy appeared to have autism

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Speaker 1: and was unable to communicate. Moments later, a nine to

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Speaker 1: one one call came in reporting a missing child matching

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Speaker 1: his description. The caller, an unidentified woman, told police she

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Speaker 1: and Ralse had been out delivering food with the boy

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Speaker 1: in the back seat. She said she fell asleep around

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Speaker 1: nine thirty pm, and when she woke two hours later,

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Speaker 1: she realized the child was missing. Only the car seat remained.

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Speaker 1: Rals allegedly admitted to continuing to deliver his uber eats

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Speaker 1: rather than stopping to look for his child. The woman

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Speaker 1: met police at a nearby Walgreens to retrieve the child,

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Speaker 1: but Ralse never showed up. Ralse now faces serious legal consequences,

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Speaker 1: and questions remain about how long the child was left

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Speaker 1: alone and how he ended up on the busy interstate.

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Speaker 1: Barbara Wooden has been missing from east Ridge, Tennessee, since

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Speaker 1: October twenty three, nineteen ninety eight. Her husband, Hugh reported

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Speaker 1: her missing on October twenty sixth, nineteen ninety eight, claiming

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Speaker 1: that he had last seen her at Chester Frost Campground

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Speaker 1: in Hickson, Tennessee, where he was camping in their motor home.

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Speaker 1: According to herb namous profile, Hughes stated that Barbara had

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Speaker 1: left the campground on October twenty three to visit her

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Speaker 1: mother in Ray County, Tennessee, and she had mentioned that

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Speaker 1: she might not be home when he returned. He stated

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Speaker 1: that when he came home later on October twenty six,

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Speaker 1: her car and suitcase were both missing. The last time

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Speaker 1: anyone other than Hugh had contact with Barbara was when

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Speaker 1: she talked to her brother on October twentieth. Barbara's Lexus

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Speaker 1: was found on November first, nineteen ninety eight, when a

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Speaker 1: security guard in Cobb County, Georgia ran the license plate tag.

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Speaker 1: The car was first logged as being parked in a

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Speaker 1: parking lot of Tag Center Mall on October twenty four.

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Speaker 1: The car was locked, the security system was activated. No

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Speaker 1: evidence was found inside the car. In two thousand and two,

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Speaker 1: Hugh Wouldn't was granted a divorce from Barbara, ending their

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Speaker 1: forty one year marriage. It was instructed to retain receipts

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Speaker 1: from any cells so that he could quote compensate her

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Speaker 1: if she was ever found. Hugh was publicly named a suspect,

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Speaker 1: but never charged in his wife's disappearance. Anyone with information

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Speaker 1: about Barbara Wouldn't please contact the Hamilton County District Attorney's

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Speaker 1: Office Cold Case Unit at four two three two zero

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Speaker 1: nine seven four to seven zero. Police say anything you

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Speaker 1: could remember, small or large, could be significant in helping

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Speaker 1: solve the cold case of missing Barbara Woodn't. For the

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