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Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson.

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Speaker 1: A homeowner's renovation project in California reveals horrifying evidence that

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Speaker 1: leads to a father and son receiving long prison sentences

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Speaker 1: for child sexual abuse. A judge sentence ninety year old

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Speaker 1: Theodore Smith to one hundred years in prison and his

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Speaker 1: sixty six year old son, James Smith, to twenty three

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Speaker 1: years to life. Both men pleaded no contests to charges

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Speaker 1: of lewd acts on children. Prosecutors said the crimes were

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Speaker 1: committed in the nineteen eighties and nineties. The case came

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Speaker 1: to light in twenty twenty one when a new homeowner

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Speaker 1: in Orangevale discovered explicit polaroid photos and videotapes while renovating

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Speaker 1: and outbuilding. He told KCRA the materials had been hidden

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Speaker 1: inside the walls of the property where the Smiths had

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Speaker 1: lived for over forty years before moving to Texas, and

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Speaker 1: knew it right away homemade pictures, and I could tell

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Speaker 1: that the contents were not something that I should be

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Speaker 1: involved in at all, and the first call I made

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Speaker 1: was to the Sheriff's Department. Detectives identified the children in

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Speaker 1: the photos now adults, who confirmed and during years of

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Speaker 1: abuse starting when they were under five years old. According

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Speaker 1: to prosecutors, the victims quote never told anyone about the

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Speaker 1: abuse other than their spouses, though photographic and video evidence

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Speaker 1: proved the abuse, California's Statute of Limitations prevented charges for

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Speaker 1: crimes committed before nineteen eighty eight. Theodore Smith's charges date

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Speaker 1: back to nineteen eighty eight, while James Smith's charges them

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Speaker 1: from nineteen ninety three. Additionally, James Smith molested another victim.

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Speaker 1: After twenty ten, the Smiths were arrested in Texas, where

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Speaker 1: authorities discovered additional child sexual abuse material in their home.

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Speaker 1: Both admitted to aggravating factors, including being in positions of

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Speaker 1: trust and the crimes requiring planning. Investigators also found additional

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Speaker 1: child sex abuse material when the Smith's Texas residence was searched.

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Speaker 1: James Smith was apprehended in a vehicle on his way

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Speaker 1: back to California carrying similar materials at the time of

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Speaker 1: his arrest. Theodore Smith remains in custody at the Sacramento County,

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Speaker 1: Maine Jail, while James Smith is serving his time at

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Speaker 1: Rio Kosumni's Correctional Center. More crime and justice news. After

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Speaker 1: this authorities in New Jersey charge a man after his

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Speaker 1: girlfriend's body is found inside a refrigerator abandoned in a

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Speaker 1: state forest. The body, identified as Laura Hughes, age fifty,

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Speaker 1: was discovered on December twenty second in Bell Plain State

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Speaker 1: Forest in Cape May County. Investigators believed the refrigerator containing

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Speaker 1: her remains was left in the forest on July twenty fourth.

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Speaker 1: Her boyfriend, Christopher Blevins, forty five, is charged with desecrating

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Speaker 1: human remains and hindering apprehension. Police found Hughes's body after

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Speaker 1: a hiker stumbled on the refrigerator. According to the criminal complaint,

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Speaker 1: the refrigerator was wrapped in a sleeping bag, secured with

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Speaker 1: blue ratchet straps, and covered with carpet. The hiker initially

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Speaker 1: told police he had opened the refrigerator on December twenty,

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Speaker 1: first taking an item out of it, before returning the

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Speaker 1: next day and discovering the body. Hughes was a mother

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Speaker 1: of two daughters who had recently moved to the area.

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Speaker 1: Authorities tied Blevins to the crime after reviewing soillance footage

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Speaker 1: showing his green Dodge Ram carrying a quote unquote refrigerator

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Speaker 1: shaped object on two occasions. In late July, police also

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Speaker 1: discovered blue straps matching those on the refrigerator during a

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Speaker 1: search of the residents shared by Blevins and Hughes. Additional

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Speaker 1: evidence included a calendar marked with xes leading up to

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Speaker 1: July twenty fourth. Levins fled to Mexico on August second,

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Speaker 1: crossing the border in his truck at Brownsville, Texas. On

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Speaker 1: August twenty seventh, he surrendered to Mexican authorities in Mexico City.

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Speaker 1: During questioning, he admitted to involvement in a quote violent

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Speaker 1: incident in running Meat, New Jersey, stating that he had

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Speaker 1: quote panicked and may have quote killed someone in a

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Speaker 1: bar fight. Investigators have not determined Hugh's cause of death,

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Speaker 1: and no one has been charged with her murder. A

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Speaker 1: woman has been missing for over a decade after her

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Speaker 1: car was found abandoned at a Kentucky park. Kimberly Rose Abercrombie,

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Speaker 1: then twenty three, disappeared June thirteenth of twenty thirteen, leaving

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Speaker 1: her home in Brookville, Kentucky, saying she would return, but

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Speaker 1: never came back. Her car was discovered that same day

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Speaker 1: at the park and pool near Johnsville along Kentucky Route nine,

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Speaker 1: with her belongings still inside. The keys were missing, though

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Speaker 1: police searched the vehicle but found no significant leads. At

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Speaker 1: the time of her disappearance, Abercrombie's husband, Nick, was deployed

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Speaker 1: in Afghanistan. Her young son stayed with family while the

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Speaker 1: search began. Family members said it was unlike her to

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Speaker 1: In the weeks leading up to her disappearance, Abercrombie faced

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Speaker 1: legal troubles, including a warrant for possession of heroin, marijuana

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Speaker 1: until June of twenty thirteen, she was active on social media,

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Speaker 1: with her last post expressing excitement about an upcoming litter

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Speaker 1: of puppies. Rumors emerged that she may have overdosed and

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Speaker 1: others disposed of her body to avoid criminal charges. Kentucky

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Speaker 1: State Police suspect foul play, but have no confirmed evidence

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Speaker 1: or suspects today. Kimberly Abercrombie would be thirty five. She

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Speaker 1: is white with brown hair and brown eyes. Five six

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Speaker 1: roses on its wings covering her lower back, Chinese lettering

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Speaker 1: on her left abdomen, a cervical cancer ribbon on her

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Speaker 1: left thigh, a butterfly on her left ankle, and her

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Speaker 1: son's name, Zane Austen on her left foot. Her ears

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Speaker 1: and nose are pierced. Anyone with information about her disappearance

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Speaker 1: should contact Kentucky State Police at eight five nine four

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Speaker 1: two eight twelve twelve and for the latest crime and

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