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Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Jennifer Gould.

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Speaker 1: Convicted child murderer Lorie Vallo has made a startling claim

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Speaker 1: in a jail house phone call with her estranged son, Vala,

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Speaker 1: who was sentenced to life in prison for the murders

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Speaker 1: of her children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua jj Vallo alleges

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Speaker 1: that her daughter was responsible for Jjy's death and then

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Speaker 1: took her own life. The interview with her son, Kolbe Ryan,

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Speaker 1: as the first time the fifty one year old had

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Speaker 1: been heard from publicly since she was sentenced. In twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three. Colby Ryan posted the exchange with his mother

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Speaker 1: on his podcast called The Scar Wars. Here's part of

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Speaker 1: that call.

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Speaker 2: And what does she holding him down too long?

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Speaker 1: And you realized afterwards what she had done?

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Speaker 2: What does she kind of running to me and told

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Speaker 2: me what she had done?

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Speaker 3: Great?

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Speaker 2: But it was an accident.

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Speaker 3: Do you not see?

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Speaker 2: I would have told police I did it to see

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Speaker 2: because you know.

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Speaker 1: Kolbe Ryan, who had not spoken to his mother in

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Speaker 1: four years, expressed disbelief and anger at Valo's claims. He

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Speaker 1: emphasized that Tylie would never harm her brother and that

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Speaker 1: the evidence suggests a much more sinister scenario. Prosecutors revealed

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Speaker 1: that Tyler died in September of twenty nineteen, two weeks

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Speaker 1: before JJ, whose body was found wrapped in plastic and

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Speaker 1: duct tape in June of twenty twenty on the property

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Speaker 1: of Valo's husband, Chad Dave Bell, a self proclaimed doomsday prophet.

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Speaker 1: Valo's descent into religious zelotry, heavily influenced by da Bell,

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Speaker 1: had been a focal point of the case. They were

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Speaker 1: reportedly convinced that the second Coming of Christ was imminent

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Speaker 1: and that only one hundred and forty four thousand people

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Speaker 1: could be saved. Valo's friends noted that she believed her

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Speaker 1: children were dark and often referred to them as zombies.

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Speaker 1: This disturbing ideology contributed to a web of manipulation and

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Speaker 1: denial surrounding the children's deaths. Throughout the call, the so

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Speaker 1: called Colt Mom maintained that she is on a divine mission,

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Speaker 1: asserting that her case has been blown out of proportion

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Speaker 1: by the media. Colby, though, countered his mom's version of

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Speaker 1: events and broke down while recounting the brutal treatment of

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Speaker 1: Tyley's remains, which had been burned before burial, with some

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Speaker 1: parts still missing. Despite his pain, Colby expressed forgiveness, but

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Speaker 1: firmly denied any possibility of a reconciliation with his mother.

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Speaker 1: Prior to this new confession, Valo claimed that her children's

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Speaker 1: deaths were accidental and due to fatal side effects of medications.

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Speaker 1: Valo remains behind bars facing additional charges in Arizona related

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Speaker 1: to the death of her fourth husband and the attempted

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Speaker 1: murder of her niece's ex husband. That trial is expected

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Speaker 1: to begin in April of twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: N CA and Idaho man has been sentenced to life

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Speaker 2: in prison for the murder of a homeless man he

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Speaker 2: had offered to help. Justin Fresner and his friend Cameron Russell,

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Speaker 2: both homeless, accepted a kind gesture from Dallas Brower, who

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Speaker 2: later took them to ee Hop for breakfast. However, things

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Speaker 2: took a dark turn when Brower offered them marijuana laced

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Speaker 2: with finoneil, causing them to fall asleep. Cameron woke up

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Speaker 2: to find his best friend being stabbed by Brower, who

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Speaker 2: showed no remorse during the attack. The surviving man said

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Speaker 2: the two had been huddled up at a bus stop

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Speaker 2: when Brower approached the men and asked if they wanted

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Speaker 2: to go for a hot breakfast at eye hop, Brower

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Speaker 2: told police he started thinking the men should die for

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Speaker 2: all the bad things they had done. He said during

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Speaker 2: breakfast he felt the urge to kill them, and then

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Speaker 2: during the attack, he said he felt like he was

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Speaker 2: having an out of body experience. Despite hours claims of

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Speaker 2: hallucinations and drug induced violence, the court found him guilty

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Speaker 2: of first degree murder and aggravated assault. Freisner's body was

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Speaker 2: found near the airport, with a corner reporting multiple stab

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Speaker 2: wounds as his cause of death. Russell, who survived the attack,

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Speaker 2: was deeply traumatized by the incident and spoke out about

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Speaker 2: the loss of his dear friend. During the sentencing, the

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Speaker 2: judge handed Brauer a life sentence with twenty five years fixed,

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Speaker 2: taking into account the gravity of the crimes committed. The

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Speaker 2: victim's families also shared their pain and lost to the court,

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Speaker 2: emphasizing the impact of Brower's action on their lives, saying,

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Speaker 2: maybe he was homeless, but he was still our beloved

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Speaker 2: family member.

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Speaker 3: I'm Drew Nelson in Georgia. A doorbell camera captures the

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Speaker 3: moment police officers bring a five year old girl home

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Speaker 3: after a stranger finds her wandering alone on a busy road.

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Speaker 3: The kindergartener at Powder Springs Elementary School had been put

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Speaker 3: on the wrong school bus and then dropped off at

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Speaker 3: the wrong stop miles away from home. The girl's grandmother,

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Speaker 3: Michelle Faine, was away but saw the scene unfold on

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Speaker 3: her phone from the video camera. Quote, I was on

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Speaker 3: my way back to Atlanta and I heard the doorbell ring.

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Speaker 3: I saw a police officer with my granddaughter in the porch.

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Speaker 3: She tells Waga. The bus driver should be fired.

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Speaker 2: He has our precious cargo with him. Staff like they're yours?

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Speaker 2: What would you do with yours? Would you just leave

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Speaker 2: yours out? There? No need to make sure they got

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Speaker 2: back to the school.

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Speaker 3: A man had noticed the child wandering alone and called

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Speaker 3: the police, who brought her back home safely. Her mother,

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Speaker 3: who was frantically searching from her got the news moments

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Speaker 3: before arriving home. The family is outraged, demanding accountability for

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Speaker 3: what they see as gross negligence by the school and

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Speaker 3: the bus driver. The girl's father, Ashton Bailey, tells Waga, quote,

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Speaker 3: my daughter could have been hit by a car or

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Speaker 3: picked up by someone. Thank god none of that happened.

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Speaker 3: Now the family is calling for the bus driver's immediate termination.

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Speaker 3: They want to ensure this doesn't happen to any other child.

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Speaker 3: Bailey adds quote that thought of her out there by herself,

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Speaker 3: anything could have happened. We need to make sure these

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Speaker 3: drivers follow the rules. The Cobb County School District is apologizing,

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Speaker 3: admitting that quote, district policies weren't followed and they are

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Speaker 3: conducting an investigation to prevent future incidents. For the latest

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Speaker 3: crime and justice news, follow the Crime Alerts hourly update

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Speaker 3: on your favorite podcast app with this crime alert, I'm

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Speaker 3: Drew Nelson.