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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton of Florida man Christopher Davis is currently

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Speaker 2: facing trial on accusations of murdering a man who has

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Speaker 2: been missing for almost two years. Davis is charged with

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Speaker 2: second degree murder in connection with the case of Barry Schmahlbach,

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Speaker 2: who vanished in July twenty twenty three. Following an extensive

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Speaker 2: year long investigation, authorities formally filed the charges against Davis,

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Speaker 2: who was in a relationship with Smalbach at the time

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Speaker 2: he went missing.

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Speaker 3: Last noises that were heard from Barry Schmahlbach's apartment on

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Speaker 3: July nineteenth, twenty twenty three no no.

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Speaker 2: Police documents indicate that friends of Schmalbach reported he intended

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Speaker 2: to end his relationship with Davis. The last confirmed sighting

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Speaker 2: of Schmalbach was at the Cruiser's Bar, where he was

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Speaker 2: seen arguing with Davis before leaving the establishment. To date,

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Speaker 2: Schmalbach's remained have not been found. Several witnesses noted hearing

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Speaker 2: disturbances coming from Schmalbach's condo around eight thirty pm and

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Speaker 2: observed the Smalbos jeep leaving around nine on the night

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Speaker 2: of his disappearance. Davis has maintained his innocence, suggesting to

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Speaker 2: investigators that Schmalbach was using other dating apps and seeing

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Speaker 2: other men who might be relevant in the case. He said,

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Speaker 2: I'm eager to demonstrate my innocence, and I share the

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Speaker 2: sentiment that this process is taking way too long. Davis

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Speaker 2: stated during a pre trial hearing for Schmabach's family, the

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Speaker 2: announcement of formal charges has evoked a complex mix of emotion.

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Speaker 2: Despite the development, their main focus remains on finding their

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Speaker 2: loved one, they said, quote. Our ultimate objective hasn't changed.

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Speaker 2: We want to find Barry. We understand that many cases

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Speaker 2: like this remain unsolved, leaving families forever wondering what happened

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Speaker 2: to their loved ones. But we will find him. We

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Speaker 2: will continue to seek justice. Jury selection has taken place

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Speaker 2: and Christopher Davis is set to stand trial for Crimeate

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Speaker 2: Justice news after this a man from Minnesota has been

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Speaker 2: charged with the murder of his girlfriend and is currently

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Speaker 2: in custody after attempting to evade law enforcement by climbing

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Speaker 2: a tree. According to a Facebook update from the Wabasha

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Speaker 2: County Sheriff's Office, forty four year old Craig Heymeister has

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Speaker 2: been arrested in relation to the shooting death of thirty

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Speaker 2: six year old Melissa Hunt. A criminal complaint reveals that

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Speaker 2: police were called to a residence in Kellogg that's about

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Speaker 2: ninety miles southeast of Minneapolis, near the Wisconsin border after

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Speaker 2: Hunt arrived at home with several facial and jaw injuries.

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Speaker 2: Upon arrival, officers learned from Hunt that Heymeister had assaulted

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Speaker 2: her with a stick at a nearby boat launch. She

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Speaker 2: provided a description of his vehicle, a white pickup truck,

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Speaker 2: and shared details about his residence. Unfortunately, Hunt was transported

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Speaker 2: to a hospital where she later died from those injuries.

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Speaker 2: An autopsy revealed gunshot residue on her facial wounds, and

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Speaker 2: investigators discovered an unspent bullet at the boat launch. As

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Speaker 2: the investigation progressed, authorities located Heymeister's vehicle at a different

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Speaker 2: home in Minnesota, about forty miles south of Kellogg. The

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Speaker 2: vehicle's doors were opened and a nine millimeter bullet was

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Speaker 2: found on the truck's floor. Police interviewed residents at the

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Speaker 2: Chatfield property who recounted that Heymeister had visited in a

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Speaker 2: quote frantic state claiming that something bad had happened and

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Speaker 2: warned them that the cops would be coming. Heymeister now

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Speaker 2: faces two counts of second degree murder, one with the

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Speaker 2: intent and one without intent, as well as one count

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Speaker 2: of manslaughter. He is currently being held on a two

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Speaker 2: million dollar bond.

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Speaker 1: How could a beautiful, young first grade teacher be stabbed

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Speaker 1: twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes,

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Speaker 1: that was a medical examiner's official ruling after a closed

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Speaker 1: door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of justice.

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Speaker 1: For an in depth look at the facts, see what

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Speaker 1: Happened to Ellen? On Amazon. All proceeds to the National

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Speaker 1: Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicol Pardon