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Speaker 1: Crime alert. I mean as he raised breaking crime these now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Parton. Texas authorities have reported a disturbing case

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Speaker 2: involving a father, Jerry Lee Martinez, forty five, accused of

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Speaker 2: sexually assaulting his seventeen year old daughter, who subsequently became

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Speaker 2: pregnant and suffered a miscarriage in a Walmart restroom after

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Speaker 2: he allegedly took her to Mexico for an abortion. Martinez

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Speaker 2: is now facing charges of sexual assault of a child,

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Speaker 2: as indicated by jail records. He previously faced charges related

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Speaker 2: to child abandonment and endangerment, as well as witness tampering.

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Speaker 2: He appeared before a judge where prosecutors sought to increase

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Speaker 2: his bond.

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Speaker 3: Investigator, are you the lead detective investigating the defendant of

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Speaker 3: crossing Jerry Lee Martinez?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 3: And at this time is that an ongoing investigation? Yes? Yes.

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Speaker 3: Do you believe, based on your current investigation there will

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Speaker 3: be additional charges against the defendant at a later date?

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Speaker 3: And based on your investigation and your knowledge of the

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Speaker 3: facts of this case, do you believe the defendant is

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Speaker 3: a flight risk to flee the country if the bonds

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Speaker 3: are not increased. Yes, and based on your investigation, Do

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Speaker 3: you believe the defendant is a danger to the community

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Speaker 3: and others if he is released in this case, Yes,

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Speaker 3: based on the facts of this case and your investigation.

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Speaker 3: Have there been threats to witness or witnesses in this case? Yes.

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Speaker 2: According to an arrest affidavit obtained by local ABC affiliate KII,

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Speaker 2: the daughter reported to detectives that her father began to

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Speaker 2: inappropriately touch her when she was just fifteen years old.

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Speaker 2: The affidavit claims that Martinez assaulted her multiple times over

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Speaker 2: a two year period, resulting in her pregnancy. Upon learning

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Speaker 2: of her condition, he reportedly struck her in the stomach

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Speaker 2: multiple times. Last Monday, he drove her to Mexico for

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Speaker 2: an abortion, but she allegedly had a miscare in a

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Speaker 2: Walmart bathroom in Kingsville later that evening and then discarded

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Speaker 2: the fetus in a trash bin. Walmart employees discovered the

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Speaker 2: newborn and alerted police, who later located Martinez and his

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Speaker 2: daughter in their car. While Martinez was taken into custody,

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Speaker 2: the girl was moved to a quote secure location by

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Speaker 2: law enforcement. Additionally, Kris reported that martinez stepfather, sixty year

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Speaker 2: old Mario Duran is also facing charges of sexual assault

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Speaker 2: against the girl and others in the home, As detailed

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Speaker 2: in a previous report, Walmart employees called Kingsville police just

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Speaker 2: before ten thirty pm after finding a newborn in a

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Speaker 2: bathroom trash can. They attempted life saving measures before the

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Speaker 2: infant was transported to a local hospital, where doctors pronounced

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Speaker 2: the baby dead. Police reviewed surveillance footage that showed the

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Speaker 2: girl entering the bathroom, where she remained for about forty minutes.

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Speaker 2: After she exited and returned to her car, it was

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Speaker 2: about thirty minutes later that employees discovered the baby. Officers

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Speaker 2: ultimately located the car at around eleven pm and stopped it,

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Speaker 2: leading to martinez arrest. In a statement, police expressed their

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Speaker 2: condolences to everyone affected by this tragic incident. Kingsville is

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Speaker 2: situated about forty five miles southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Speaker 2: Martinez and his family reside in Mathis, that's about fifty

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Speaker 2: miles north of Kingsville. Martinez is currently being held at

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Speaker 2: the Claybourg County Jail with a bond set at six

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Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars.

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Speaker 4: Nicole, thank you more crime and justice than news.

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Speaker 2: After this, Dog the Bounty Hunter's family is facing a

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Speaker 2: heartbreaking situation as his step son has reportedly shot and

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Speaker 2: killed Dog the Bounty Hunter's grandson. According to sources familiar

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Speaker 2: with the situation, Gregory Zeca, the son of Dog's wife Francie,

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Speaker 2: accidentally shot his thirteen year old son, Anthony, during an

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Speaker 2: incident at their Naples, Florida home on Saturday night. Law

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Speaker 2: enforcement confirmed that they received a call about a shooting

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Speaker 2: around eight pm. No arrests have been made, and authorities

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Speaker 2: have labeled this as an isolated incident while the investigation

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Speaker 2: is ongoing. In a statement, Dog and Francie express their

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Speaker 2: sorrow saying we are mourning as a family over this

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Speaker 2: unfathomable tragedy and kindly ask for your prayers as we

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Speaker 2: cope with the loss of our dear grandson, Anthony. They

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Speaker 2: have requested privacy during this difficult time. Gregory is Francie's

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Speaker 2: son from a previous marriage. She and Dog married in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty one after both experienced the death of their spouses.

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Speaker 2: Gregory is also part of Dog's bounty hunting team, working

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Speaker 2: alongside Dog's daughter Lisa.

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Speaker 1: Danielle Rico briefly visits with her mom one afternoon her

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Speaker 1: newly repaired car. Danielle had a man with her she

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Speaker 1: introduced as a friend. Her mom worries when she hasn't

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Speaker 1: heard from Danielle in nearly two weeks. Reaching out to

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Speaker 1: Danielle's boyfriend, he says they broke up and Danielle moved

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Speaker 1: out with her two teen daughters. The mom reports her missing.

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Speaker 1: Cops also speak with the ex. He admits he sold

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Speaker 1: Danielle's car and has been using her debit card. Cops

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Speaker 1: get in touch with a man with whom she was

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Speaker 1: last seen, Randy, and he tells several different stories about

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Speaker 1: where he last saw her. In the first few months

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Speaker 1: after her disappearance, friends continue to get Facebook messages from her,

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Speaker 1: but her mom says they were odd she doesn't believe

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Speaker 1: Danielle sent them. Danielle Rico now missing over a year.

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Speaker 1: If you have info on this mom of two, Danielle Rico,

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Speaker 1: please call Riverside Sheriffs eight hundred nine to five zero

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