1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, Breaking crime news. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 2: Now all free efforts and throw different conditions. Thus mutine 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 2: surging and contained surges because it has to meet the 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 2: hunter and recovered by law enforcement. I take in Wisconsin 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 2: crying to union testing, but that furs. 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 3: Isn't that any. 7 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 2: Art that I announced you today? Overmans were identified as 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,959 Speaker 2: ls ruth with that he was following this free thing 9 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: the Amber alert billikins. 10 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: I'm Drew Nelson. It's something no child would ever forget. 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,639 Speaker 1: Two children covered in their mother's blood crawled through their 12 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: house to seek help for mom. But it's too late. 13 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: Twenty seven year old Laquana Lang was shot and killed 14 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: in her Augusta, Georgia home. Her boyfriend, Devonte Parks, has 15 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: been arrested. Parks, aged twenty six, turned himself in after 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: authority's issue to notice that he was wanted for Lang's murder. 17 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: The rest record show he had just been parole for 18 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen shooting. He allegedly shot Lang in the upper torso, 19 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: leaving her two young daughters aged two to five, alone 20 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: with their mother's body for over four hours. Regarding Park's 21 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: history of violence, he was only paroled in July, two 22 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: months ago, after serving time for shooting Brittany McKee in 23 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. She survived being shot six times by Parks. 24 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: Speaking to WJBF, she expresses her renewed fears. 25 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 4: I haven't been asleep since he was out in Saturday. 26 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: I had to find out from a Facebook post that 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: it was him. The details of the case are especially harrowing. 28 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: Lang was shot around four am, but her body wasn't 29 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: discovered until after ten am. The children's little footprints left 30 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: in their mother's blood or what led to the heartbreaking discovery. 31 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: Parks now faces charges of murder, two counts of child cruelty, 32 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, 33 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: as well as possession of a firearm. Very convicted felon. 34 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: Lang's little girls, who witnessed their mother's violent death, are 35 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: left to cope with the trauma. Lang is being remembered 36 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: as a loving mother. She had only just started her 37 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: relationship with Parks a few months prior. The Richmond County 38 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: Coroner's Office has scheduled an autopsy and authorities continue to 39 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: search for the murder weapon. 40 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 4: I'm Nicole Partner in Florida, a Coral Springs woman has 41 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 4: been arrested after her child called nine to one one 42 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 4: to report that a man had been shot inside their home. 43 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 4: Police now say Denise Malcolm is facing first degree murder charges. 44 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 4: According to local ten news, the police responded to the 45 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 4: ten thousand block of Northwest forty third Street after a 46 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 4: boy called nine one one around six thirty pm to 47 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 4: report that someone had been shot inside their home. Once 48 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 4: local law enforcement arrived on the scene, twins exited from 49 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 4: the house saying they heard gunshots. Coral Springs PD announced 50 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 4: that a victim had been found. 51 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: The officers made entry into the residents to check on 52 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: the well being of anybody who may be inside. 53 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 3: They did come across and encounter one male individual who 54 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 3: had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. 55 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 4: According to the police report, Denise Malcolm shot her husband 56 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 4: after she said she had reached quote her wits end. 57 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 4: The woman told police she had lived in years of 58 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 4: infidelity and lies and decided to take matters into her 59 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 4: own hands by killing her husband in their home. Denise 60 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 4: told police her husband had been unfaithful for two years, 61 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 4: leading to a breakdown in their marriage and a heated altercation. 62 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 4: She said quote she did not trust him and was 63 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 4: at her wits end and was tired of the lies 64 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 4: and deceit. After her husband told her he was leaving 65 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 4: to go on vacation with friends, the woman said she 66 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 4: believed that was a lie and that he was leaving 67 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 4: with another woman. That resulted in an hour long argument. 68 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 4: She told police. In her rage, she grabbed a gun 69 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 4: and shot her husband. She could not remember how many 70 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 4: times she pulled the trigger. Her two young boys were home. 71 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 4: One was he Chinese food in his room across the hall, 72 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 4: while the other watched television in the living room. They 73 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 4: heard gunshots and the boys called nine to one one. 74 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 4: Malcolm has been charged with first degree premeditated murder and 75 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 4: remains in the Broward County Jail. 76 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: I'm Jennifer Gould. 77 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 3: The verdict is in for the suspect who stabbed a 78 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 3: woman forty six times at a store in Los Angeles 79 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 3: and recorded her final pleas for her life. Sean Laval 80 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 3: Smith has been found guilty in the brutal murder of 81 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 3: twenty four year old Brionna Coopfer, a UCLA grad student. 82 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 3: The thirty four year old was convicted of first degree 83 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 3: murder with a special circumstance of lying in wait. He 84 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 3: was also found guilty of using a deadly weapon a knife, 85 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: in the attack, which was reportedly bent due to the 86 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 3: amount of force used. Brionna's father, Todd Cooper, spoke to 87 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 3: the media after the verdict came down. 88 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: We loved affiliation and some kind of happiness. I can't 89 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: say that that's really. 90 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: The motion I feel, but I do feel very relieved 91 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: the justice system delivered. 92 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 3: Prosecutors painted a picture of Smith as a predator who 93 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 3: preyed on Cooper's vulnerability. The attack unfolded on January thirteenth, 94 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 3: twenty twenty two, at the Croft House Furniture store, where 95 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 3: she was working. Smith, feigning interest in furniture, gained her 96 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 3: trust before attacking her. The violence was so horrific that 97 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 3: Cooper's final moments were captured on a digital audio recorder 98 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:38,799 Speaker 3: that Smith left behind at the crime scene. Here's Habbi Balion, 99 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 3: the Los Angeles County District Attorney, in court, detailing what 100 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 3: that recording was. 101 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: I'm just telling him I can help you, I can 102 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: help you, I can help you, and he's telling her 103 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: hit it over. 104 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 3: The discovery of that recorder, along with a blood stained 105 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 3: knife with Smiths DNA, proved crucial evidence for the prosecution. 106 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 3: During the trial, Deputy da Baljon presented a compelling case. 107 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 3: He argued that Smith's actions were premeditated and fueled by 108 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 3: a hatred for women. Baalion described Smith as being quote 109 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 3: on a crusade to hunt, to destroy, and to kill 110 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 3: for the mere fact that she was female and alone 111 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 3: end quote. Smith's defense attorney, Robert Haberer, attempted to portray 112 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 3: the crime though as a spontaneous act, but the jury 113 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 3: did not find his argument convincing, reaching a guilty verdict 114 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 3: in less than an hour. With the verdict in place, 115 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 3: Smith faces a sentencing hearing in October. He is expected 116 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 3: to receive life in prison without the possibility of parole. However, 117 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 3: a separate hearing will be held to determine his mental 118 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 3: state at the time of the crime. For the latest 119 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 3: crime and justice news, follow the Crime Alert hourly update 120 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 3: on your favorite podcast app With this crime Alert. I'm 121 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 3: Jennifer Gould.