1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson. 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: Two Hawaiian brothers file a federal lawsuit alleging they were 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: framed for a nineteen ninety one murder in Hawaii, claiming 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: police misconduct and suppressed evidence. Ian Schweitzer and Shaun Sweitzer 5 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: wrongfully convicted for the rape and murder of Dana Ireland, 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: aursuing Hawaii County and its police department. Ian spent twenty 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: three years in prison before being exonerated in twenty twenty 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: three by new DNA evidence. Shawn, who pleaded guilty to 9 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: manslaughter in two thousand to avoid a harsher sentence, also 10 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: had his conviction vacated last year. Both have maintained their 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: innocence since the start, pain and torment that no one 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 1: should have to go through, and that their family and 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: then their community endured as a result of being branded 14 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: a rapist and murders. That's their lawyer on kho N. 15 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: Dana Ireland, a twenty three year old tourist from Virginia 16 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: was sexually assaulted, beaten, and left for dead on a 17 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: fishing trail in Puna Christmas Eve nineteen ninety one. Her 18 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: mangled bicycle was found miles from her body. She died 19 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,639 Speaker 1: hours later in a hospital. The high profile case gained 20 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: national attention, putting immense pressure on police to solve it. 21 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: The brother's lawsuit alleges this pressure led investigators to fabricate 22 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: evidence and coerce false statements from jailhouse informants. The brothers 23 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: were implicated by Frank Pauline Junior, another defendant who later 24 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: recanted his statements. Pauline claimed he was pressured by police 25 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: to implicate the Schweitzers despite the lack of physical evidence 26 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: linking the brothers to the crime. Both were convicted. DNA 27 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: testing later revealed that seaman found on Ireland's body did 28 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: not match either Schweitzer or Pauline. In twenty twenty four, 29 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: DNA identified Albert Lauro Junior as the perpetrator. Laurel lived 30 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: near the crime scene, but killed himself days after police 31 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: questioned him. The lawsuit accusedes investigators of suppressing evidence that 32 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: could have cleared the brothers and fabricating false testimonies. It 33 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: claims police failed to act on DNA evidence pointing to 34 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: Lauro and continued to advance false theories about the Schweitzers. Involvement. 35 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: The brothers are seeking compensation for malicious prosecution, emotional distress, 36 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: and violations of their constitutional rights. Ian Schweitzer says, quote, 37 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: my brother and I were clear from day one that 38 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: we had nothing to do with this terrible crime. The 39 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: real perpetrator should have been arrested by law. Ian is 40 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,119 Speaker 1: owned fifty thousand dollars per year of wrongful incarceration one 41 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: point one five million dollars. Hawaii County Police have declined 42 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: into comment, citing ongoing litigation. More crime and Justice news 43 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: After this, a lawsuit filed in New York accused his 44 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: former Yankee star Mariano Rivera and his wife Clara, of 45 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: covering up the sexual abuse of a minor at their 46 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: home and a church affiliated summer camp. The complaint, filed 47 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: in the Supreme Court of Westchester County, alleges that the 48 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: Riveras failed to act after learning of the abuse of 49 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 1: a young girl identified as Jane Doe, who attended Refuge 50 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: of the New Rochelle Church, where Marianna Rivera is the 51 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: lead pastor and Clara oversees daily operations. The girl was 52 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: reportedly sexually abused during a twenty eighteen summer internship at 53 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: Ignite Life Center in Gainesville, Florida, a program supported by 54 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: Refuge of Hope. According to the lawsuit, Clara Rivera convinced 55 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: the girl's mother to let her attend the internship. While there, 56 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: the girl was allegedly abused by an older female camper. 57 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: The girl's mother reported concerns to Clara after receiving troubling 58 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: phone calls from her daughter. Clara and Mariano traveled to 59 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: the camp, but instead of acting to stop the abuse, 60 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: they allegedly quote isolated and intimidated the girl to stay 61 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: silent to protect the church in the program. The lawsuit 62 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: claims the abuse continued after the girl returned to New York. 63 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: At a barbecue hosted at the Rivera's Rye, New York 64 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: home in twenty eighteen, the older camper allegedly abused the 65 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: girl again. The Riveras reportedly invited church children to the 66 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: barbecue but not their parents, thereby leaving the victim unsupervised. 67 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: Three years later, in twenty twenty one, the girl was 68 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: allegedly sexually abused by Reuben Tavares Junior, the adult son 69 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: of a Refuge of Hope associate pastor. The suit claims 70 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: that Tavaras Junior also engaged in explicit electronic communications with her. 71 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: The complaint accuses the Riveras and the Church of failing 72 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: to report or investigate these incidents, prioritizing the church's reputation 73 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: over the girl's safety. The lawsuit alleged's negligence, claiming the 74 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: Riveras and Refuge of Hope misrepresented their programmes as safe. 75 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: It seeks compensatory and punitive damages. Neither the Riveras nor 76 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: the Church has commented on the case. A teenage girl 77 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: goes missing in California, leaving behind few clues about her whereabouts. 78 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: On April twenty first of twenty eleven, Carrissa Aleen Schell 79 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: disappeared from Turlock, California. She was staying at a friend's 80 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: house and left between two and three am, saying she 81 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: would return later that morning. Authorities belief she left on 82 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: her own accord. Despite this, Risa had no prior history 83 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: of running away and maintained a good relationship with her 84 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: family at the time of her disappearance. Rissa was sixteen 85 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: when she went missing. She was five six one forty 86 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: brown eyes, brown hair, which was dyed burgundy. At the time. 87 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: She wore hair extensions and was known to occasionally wear 88 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: blue tinted contact lenses. Her piercings include her navel, ears, septum, limps, 89 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: and cheeks. Rissa had a homemade tattoo of lips on 90 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: the side of her neck. When she was last seen, 91 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: she was wearing dark colored jeans, a black sweatshirt, and 92 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: a black and gray shirt or tank top with a 93 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: peace sign on the front. Today, she'd be thirty. Anyone 94 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: with information about Rissa's disappearance should contact the Turlock Police 95 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: two oh nine six sixty eight fifty five fifty and 96 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: For the latest crime and justice news, follow Crime Alert 97 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,679 Speaker 1: hourly update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. 98 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: I'm Drew Nelson.