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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news. Now. I'm Sidney Sumner.

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Speaker 1: A decade's long mystery now moving closer to resolution. A

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Speaker 1: case that underscores both the persistence of families and the

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Speaker 1: evolving power of forensic science. A man who spent more

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Speaker 1: than thirty years searching for his missing mother has finally

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Speaker 1: learned what happened to her. Antonio Wiley was just a

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Speaker 1: teenager in Detroit when his mother, Anita Wiley, disappeared in

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Speaker 1: nineteen eighty seven. She left home one day and never returned.

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Speaker 1: For decades, her case went cold, but investigators say that

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Speaker 1: changed with advances in DNA technology and a renewed effort

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Speaker 1: to identify remains long classified as unknown. Through a forensic

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Speaker 1: matching program, authorities were able to link Antonio Wiley's DNA

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Speaker 1: to remains that had been recovered not long after his

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Speaker 1: mother vanished, but never identified. Those remains had been buried

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Speaker 1: in a cemetery for unidentified victims. Investigators now say Anita

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Speaker 1: Wiley was a victim of homicide, though details about her death,

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Speaker 1: including who may be responsible, remain under investigation. At the

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Speaker 1: time of her disappearance, Detroit was experiencing a surge in

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Speaker 1: violent crime, with hundreds of homicides reported that year alone.

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Speaker 1: Authorities believe her case may have been lost amid that

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Speaker 1: wave of violence. For Antonio Wilie. The discovery is both

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Speaker 1: heartbreaking and meaningful, finally confirming what happened after decades of uncertainty.

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Speaker 1: Law enforcement officials say the case is now active again,

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Speaker 1: and identifying her remains could generate new leads for families

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Speaker 1: of the missing. Officials say this case highlights a critical

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Speaker 1: message even after decades, answers are still possible. In Alabama,

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Speaker 1: a long running and deeply emotional murder case involving a

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Speaker 1: college student has reached another milestone. Annaya Blanchard, a nineteen

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Speaker 1: year old student, was missing in twenty nineteen. Her disappearance

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Speaker 1: sparked a multi state search and drew national attention. Authorities

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Speaker 1: later confirmed she had been abducted and killed. Prosecutors say

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Speaker 1: the suspect, Ibraheim Yazid, was already out on bond at

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Speaker 1: the time, a detailed that intensified scrutiny of the justice

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Speaker 1: system and bail practices. Investigators say Blanchard was last seen

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Speaker 1: at a convenience store in surveillance video, along with forensic evidence,

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Speaker 1: helped connect Yazid to the crime. Her remains were eventually

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Speaker 1: found in a wooded area. The cases moved through the

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Speaker 1: courts over several years, with prosecutors seeking accountability in what

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Speaker 1: they describe as a violent abduction in murder. Blanchard's family

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Speaker 1: has remained vocal throughout the process, advocating for justice and

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Speaker 1: legislative changes aimed at preventing similar cases. Authorities say the

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Speaker 1: case remains a stark example of how quickly a missing

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Speaker 1: person's investigation can become a homicide and how critical early

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Speaker 1: evidence can be in building a case. More crime and

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Speaker 1: justice news after this. In Utah, a jury has delivered

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Speaker 1: a guilty verdict in a case that prosecutors say involved deception,

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Speaker 1: financial motives, and a fatal dose of points. Corey Richins

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Speaker 1: was convicted in connection with the death of her husband,

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Speaker 1: Eric Richards. Prosecutors argued that Richards poisoned her husband with fentanyl,

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Speaker 1: a powerful synthetic opioid, in what they described as a

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Speaker 1: calculated act tied to financial gain. Investigators testified that Eric

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Speaker 1: Richards died suddenly, and toxicology reports later revealed a lethal

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Speaker 1: amount of fentanyl in his system. Authorities say the case

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Speaker 1: drew additional attention after Corey Richins went on to publish

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Speaker 1: a children's book about grief following her husband's death, a

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Speaker 1: detailed prosecutors highlighted during the trial, the defense challenged the

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Speaker 1: prosecution's timeline in evidence, but jurors ultimately found her guilty.

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Speaker 1: The case underscores the growing role of forensic toxicology and

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Speaker 1: homicide investigations, particularly as fentanyl continues to be involved in

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Speaker 1: both accidental overdoses and alleged intentional poisonings. Sentencing is expected

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Speaker 1: at a later date. In Arkansas, a member of a

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Speaker 1: well known family has been charged in a child molestation

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Speaker 1: case that is drawing widespread attention. Joseph Dugger is facing

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Speaker 1: charges related to alleged sexual abuse involving a miner. Authority

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Speaker 1: say the investigation centers on accusations that the abuse occurred

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Speaker 1: over a period of time. Details about the victim have

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Speaker 1: not been released in accordance with laws protecting miners. Dougger

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Speaker 1: is part of a family that gained national recognition through

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Speaker 1: reality television, though official stress that the case is being

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Speaker 1: handled strictly within the criminal justice system. TLC's nineteen Kids

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Speaker 1: in Counting, aired from two thousand and eight to twenty fifteen,

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Speaker 1: when the show was promptly canceled. When it came to

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Speaker 1: light older brother Josh Dugger, molested several young girls when

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Speaker 1: he was between the ages of twelve and sixteen. The

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Speaker 1: victims included his four sisters. Six years later, Dugger was

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Speaker 1: arrested for receiving and possessing child pornography and is still

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Speaker 1: serving a twelve year prison sentence. Law enforcement says Joseph

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Speaker 1: Dugger's charges stem from an ongoing investigation in an additional

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Speaker 1: evidence may be presented as the case proceeds. Dugger has

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Speaker 1: not been convicted, and, like all defendants, is presumed innocent

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Speaker 1: unless proven guilty in court. Cases involving crimes against children

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Speaker 1: are often complex and sensitive, requiring specialized investigators and prosecutors.

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Speaker 1: Officials say protecting victims and ensuring due process remains the

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Speaker 1: top priority as the legal process moves forward. For the

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Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure to follow

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Speaker 1: with this Crime Alert. I'm Sidney Sumner.