1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson, breaking crime news. Now a 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: story we first brought you on crime Stories with Nancy Grace. 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: The first degree murder trial of Robert Tellus, a politician 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: who allegedly killed a Nevada journalists. 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: And we all know killing a journalist does not kill 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 2: a story. Killing Jeff Garman does not kill the investigation 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: or the stories concerning mister Tellis. 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: That's tell Us, his lawyer in court. Footage from the 9 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: closely watched trial shows a man in a straw hat 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: and orange vest, calmly walking down a suburban street. Prosecutors 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: say this is tell Us lying in wait for veteran 12 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: investigative journalist Jeff Gherman. Tellus was an elected county official. 13 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: Garman was known for his hard hitting stories on Las 14 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: Vegas underbelly. He was found brutally stabbed to death near 15 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: his home on Labor Day weekend twenty twenty two. The 16 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: accused faces life in prison if convicted. The prosecution says 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: the figure in that surveillance video matches tell Us his 18 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: description where he was allegedly lurking near German's home. Moments later, 19 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: Gearman was attacked and killed. The video also captures a 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: maroon SUV similar to one found at Tellus's home, leading 21 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: investigators to arrest him shortly after. Prosecutors claimed that German's 22 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: reporting on Tellus's alleged misconduct in office provided the motive 23 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 1: for the killing. German had exposed turmoil in Tellis's office, 24 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: including accusations of inappropriate behavior, which contributed Tous losing his 25 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,559 Speaker 1: reelection bid. During the trial, the defense suggested that Tellus 26 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: was framed and that key evidence, including a straw hat 27 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: and shoes found at Tellis's home, was planted. They also 28 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: questioned the handling of DNA evidence, which the prosecution says 29 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: links Tellus to the crime scene. Tellus has pleaded not 30 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: guilty and maintains his innocence, saying that he did not 31 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: kill Gearman and was instead the victim of a conspiracy. 32 00:01:50,720 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: More Prime and Justice news after this. A twelve year 33 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: old girl from Texas dies after her mother and stepfather 34 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: try to use smoothies to heal their daughter severe injuries. 35 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: The parents allegedly failed to seek medical attention for four 36 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: days following life threatening injuries. Miranda SIPs was a cheerleader 37 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 1: at Jordantown Junior High School. Found in critical condition when 38 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: her mother finally called nine one one. 39 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 3: Nine one one dispatcher's heare at my office received a 40 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 3: call from a lady that said her daughter was in 41 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 3: needed medical attention, having trouble breathing, maybe even stopped breathing. 42 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: The Atis Costa County Sheriff's Office as emergency responders met 43 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: Miranda and her mother on the highway as they were 44 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: on their way to the hospital. Despite the tireless efforts 45 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: by medical staff, Miranda was pronounced dead there. Investigators determined 46 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: that Miranda had suffered severe injuries four days earlier, and 47 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: during those four days, her mother, Denise Balbineda, and stepfather 48 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: Gerald Gonzales allegedly tried to nurse her back to health 49 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: with smoothies and vitamins, even though she was largely unresponsive. 50 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: The parents avoided calling for help earlier, likely to prevent 51 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: law enforcement from coming to their home. Even after calling 52 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: nine to one one, Balbineda left the house with Miranda, 53 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: meeting e m S responders away from their residence. The 54 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: sheriff says Miranda could only quote flutter her eyes and 55 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: move her hands a little bit during those four days. 56 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: Authorities have arrested Balbineda and Gonzales, charging them with injury 57 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: to a child causing serious bodily injury by omission, a 58 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: first degree felony. The investigation is ongoing, with the cause 59 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: of Miranda's injury still under review pending of final autopsy report. 60 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: Amanda Knox is speaking out after an Italian court upholds 61 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: her slander conviction tied to the two thousand seven murder 62 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: of Meredith Kircher. Knox and her former boyfriend Raphael Solicito 63 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: were wrongly convicted of Kircher's murder and spent four years 64 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: in an Italian jail before being exonerated by Italy's highest court. 65 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: In twenty fifteen. People reports that Knox, who is now 66 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: thirty seven, was convicted of slander after they say she 67 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: wrongly accused her boss Patrick lum Mumba of the murder 68 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: during intense police questioning. Reacting to the court's decision, Knox 69 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: writes on x quote, the Italian justice system has been 70 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: gaslighting me for seventeen years now. It began during my 71 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: interrogation and continues in the courts. She described the court's 72 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: reasoning as quote upsetting and triggering, but says it motivates 73 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: her to keep fighting for accountability. Knox was first convicted 74 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: of slandering Lumumba in two thousand and nine, but the 75 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: European Court of Human Rights later ruled her rights were 76 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: violated during the investigation. Although she appealed, the appellate court 77 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: upheld the slander conviction in June. Knox and her former 78 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: love interest, Raphael Solicito, spent four years in an Italian 79 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: jail before being exonerated by Italy's highest court in twenty fifteen. 80 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: The actual killer, Rudy Gude, was released from prison in 81 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: November twenty twenty one after serving thirteen years. Knox says 82 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: she remains determined to clear her name, saying she plans 83 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: to take her fight back to court. For the latest 84 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: crime and justice news, follow the Crime Al hourly update 85 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm 86 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: Drew Nelson