1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update Breaking crime news Now I m 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Nicole part and a man from Colorado stands accused of 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: murdering the mother of his three children and subsequently disposing 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: of her body in a trash can. The Colorado seventeenth 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: Judicial District Attorney's Office has charged Thomas Perellis with first 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: degree murder, violating a protection order related to domestic violence, 7 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence. The charges 8 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: arise after the death of thirty seven year old Annette 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: Marie Valdez, as reported by nine News, Authorities discovered valdez 10 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: remains in a park located in Westminster, Colorado, on December four, 11 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: where her body was found in a garbage bin. According 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: to reports from nine News, prosecutors indicated that she died 13 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: some time between November twenty eight and December four. Prior 14 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: to the discovery of her body, Valdez had been missing 15 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: for several days. Parles was arrested on December five. As 16 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: stated by the Westminster Police Department. An Affid David reveals 17 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: that several witnesses reported seeing Perellas transporting a body wrapped 18 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: in blankets throughout the vicinity. Additionally, Valdez brother, Adam Larson, 19 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: mentioned that he had heard reports of Paralys, who is homeless, 20 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: being seen quote pushing her around in a shopping cart 21 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: to move her from one location to another. Notably, Parrells 22 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: had recently been released from jail on November twenty one, 23 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 1: just two weeks prior to valdez body being found. Police 24 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: confirmed that Valdez and Parrellis had a prior relationship, and 25 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: her family informed nine News they had children together. We've 26 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: tried so hard to help her break free from him, 27 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: Larson expressed to the news outlet, but every time she returned, 28 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: insisting he's the father of my kids. It remains unclear 29 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: whether Parallis has secured legal representation or has entered a plea, 30 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: but for now, he remains behind bars or Crime and 31 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: Justice News after this. The FBI has placed former true 32 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: crime television producer Mary Carol McDonald on its most wanted 33 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: list following her alleged theft of nearly thirty million dollars 34 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: through an intricate bank fraud scheme. According to the latest 35 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, McDonald has sought 36 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,959 Speaker 1: for her reported role in a fraud scheme that specifically 37 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: targeted businesses in Los Angeles and Orange Counties in California. 38 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: The FBI reports that McDonald impersonated an air to the 39 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: McDonald Aircraft Corporation fortune, falsely alleging that she had access 40 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: to an eighty million dollar secret trust. The McDonald Aircraft Corporation, 41 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 1: an American aerospace manufacturer, ceased operations in nineteen sixty seven. 42 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: Her fraudulent activities reportedly began around July two thousand and 43 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: seven and persisted until May twenty eighteen, as outlined by 44 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: the FBI. At the time of the alleged crimes, McDonald 45 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: served as the CEO of Bellum Entertainment, LLC, a Burbank 46 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: based production company that produced true crime series like I 47 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: Married a Murderer and It Takes a Killer, which ultimately 48 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: went out of business in twenty seventeen. Reports indicate that 49 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: Bellum Entertainment faced significant financial difficulties, struggling to meet payroll 50 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: and other financial commitments. Furthermore, McDonald's has faced multiple civil 51 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: lawsuits claiming she owes over a million dollars to various 52 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: creditors across the country. The FBI's bulletin alleges that McDonald 53 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: intentionally defrauded bank of California, securing fourteen point seven million 54 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: dollars from the institution while fully aware that she had 55 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: no legitimate claim to the funds, which she never repaid. 56 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: Over the course of her fraudulent activities, the FBI claims 57 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: that McDonald defrauded additional financial institutions out of more than 58 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: fifteen million dollars. The stolen funds were reportedly used by 59 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: McDonald to cover various expenses, including paying creditors and meeting 60 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: her payroll obligations. In December twenty eighteen, a grand jury 61 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: indicted McDonald on charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, 62 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: leading to a federal arrest warrant being issued. Since then, 63 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,559 Speaker 1: McDonald has evaded capture, with the FBI suspecting she could 64 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: be in Dubai. They also noted that she has connections 65 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: to the Montgomery, Alabama area. For now, police say, if 66 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: you have any information, reach out. There is a reward. 67 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: It's that time of year, time for gift giving, but 68 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: there is a lesson to be learned from our next story. 69 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: If you give something away and then try to retrieve 70 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: it again, you could get in trouble. My favorite sheriff 71 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: Sheriff Grady Judd tells us about such a case in Florida. 72 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 2: Well, Pedro, I'll tet is twenty three's from Davenport. Pedro 73 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 2: likes to dress up like a lady. I'm just saying 74 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: what it is. I mean, you know, and I don't care. 75 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 2: You know, he can wear high heels or you know, 76 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 2: dresses or whatever makes him happy. You know, that's a 77 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 2: personal thing. But when you give your pocketbook a way 78 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 2: to a female friend and then you want it back, 79 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 2: sometimes there can be a scrum. You don't know what 80 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 2: that is. Look it up. I like that word. I 81 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 2: like the way it sounds. Scrum. So he gives a 82 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 2: purse to his female friend, tries to go back and 83 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 2: get it, and there's a big argument, and from the argument, 84 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 2: there's a fight and he whips her up pretty bad. 85 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: He drags the victim by the hair down the steps 86 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 2: out of the apartment. Not only that, when she trying 87 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 2: to call for help, he takes her cell phone and 88 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 2: you know, they're about one thousand dollars and he throws 89 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 2: it in a pond, probably a retention pod. This is 90 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 2: a bad dude. I don't care whether he's wearing heels 91 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 2: or tennis shoes. You ought not to beat up a lady. 92 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 2: I mean, after all, dude, you gave her the pocketbook Originally, 93 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 2: he's in jail, we got the pocketbook at his evidence 94 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 2: and boom, a little like he's going to have a 95 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 2: real great Christmas season, you know what I'm saying. Have 96 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 2: a good date. 97 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: For the latest crime injustice news. Follow Crime Alert hourly 98 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: update on your favorite podcasting app with this Crime Alert. 99 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: I'm Nico Carton.