1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Crime Alert, Imancy Grace Breaking Crime Needs now straight out 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: to Nicole Parton for the latest. 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 2: Nancy's shocking New revelations have emerged in a gruesome murder 4 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 2: case from Arizona, where a man is accused of killing 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: his best friend and subsequently dismembering the body before abandoning 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 2: the remains near a desert town. 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 3: Samuel Stevens Bush, twenty. 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: Four, faces charges of first degree murder, abandonment or concealment 9 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: of a dead body, and tampering with physical evidence as 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 2: outlined by prosecutors. The tragic events unfoldeding Gilbert, a sizeable 11 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 2: suburb situated about twenty two miles southwest of Phoenix in 12 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 2: Maricopa County. On August twelve, twenty twenty four, Elijah Bradley, 13 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 2: just twenty four, was reported missing a day after celebrating 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 2: his birthday, having recently graduated from Northern Arizona University. He 15 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: was last heard from when he failed to call his 16 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 2: mother with his usual mourning hello. Concerned family members filed 17 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 2: a missing person report three days later. Investigators suspect that 18 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 2: Bush shot Bradley on the day he missed that habitual call, 19 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 2: with grand jury documents indicating that the fatal shot was 20 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 2: fired in the back. Following the shooting, Bush allegedly purchased 21 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: a reciprocating saw from a home improvement store, which he 22 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: used to dismember his friend's body. The remains were ultimately 23 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 2: discarded east in a remote town located roughly ninety miles 24 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 2: southwest of Gilbert. Bradley's family quickly turned their suspicions towards Bush. 25 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 2: A relative revealed that Bradley's mother utilized the Life three 26 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 2: sixty app to trace his phone, which was found to 27 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 2: be powered off but had its last known location at 28 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 2: Bush's apartment. Initially, Bradley's family reached out to Bush, who 29 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: claimed he had no knowledge of the situation. They later 30 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,559 Speaker 2: contacted Toyota for GPS data related to Bradley's vehicle, which 31 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: the company provided to law enforcement. The relative area where 32 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 2: the body was found as quote the middle of nowhere. 33 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 2: During an interview with a local news station, Bradley's headless 34 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 2: remains were discovered on August nineteen, twenty twenty four. I 35 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 2: learned that he was shot in the back and found 36 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: without his head. A family member said, it's incredibly cruel 37 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 2: and graphic. It's hard for us to fathom that his 38 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 2: very best friend committed such an act. The motive behind 39 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 2: the murder remains a mystery to the family. He was 40 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: Sam's best friend, his only friends. She shared with NBC twelve. 41 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 2: A now disabled go fundme campaign for funeral and related 42 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: expenses portrayed Bradley as a bright and beloved soul. The 43 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: fundraiser described him as someone with a free spirit and 44 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 2: a wild soul, emphasizing the deep loss felt by everyone 45 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 2: who knew him. As his family navigates this unthinkable grief, 46 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: they are also confronted with the financial challenges that accompany 47 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 2: such a tragedy. Bush was initially arrested on drug related 48 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 2: charges on August twenty, twenty twenty four, or before facing 49 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 2: second degree murder charges. The updated allegation suggests a premeditated 50 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 2: act of violence. 51 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 3: It's devastating. 52 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 2: He was just starting his adult life, Bradley's aunt and 53 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: cousin remarked to a local ABC affiliate. 54 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 4: It's devastating. He was just beginning his adulthood. You graduating 55 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 4: from NAU, his future ahead of him. Why would anyone 56 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 4: do this. I don't feel a relief for anything because 57 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 4: it doesn't bring him back. It doesn't fix anything. 58 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: No, I just love him. 59 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 4: No, we miss him and life will never be the 60 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 4: same again. 61 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 3: Bush is currently being held without bond. 62 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: Nicole, thank you more Primate Justice News. 63 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 2: After this, authorities have taken into custody the grandmother of 64 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: an eleven year old girl from Oklahoma who recently gave 65 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: birth to a child fathered by her stepfather. According to 66 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 2: kJ RhI Shell Justice fifty three has become the third 67 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: person charged with six counts of child neglect. As previously reported, 68 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 2: the young victim delivered her baby at home on August 69 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 2: sixteenth without any medical assistance. Her parents, Dustin Walker thirty 70 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 2: four and Sherry Walker thirty three, claimed they were unaware 71 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 2: of her pregnancy. Justice had stated that her daughter insisted 72 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 2: the father was a twelve year old boy, suggesting that 73 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 2: the children had simply become curious. Initially, the Walkers face 74 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 2: charges of child neglect after their arrest last week, but 75 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 2: those charges were modified on Monday. DNA testing revealed that 76 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 2: Dustin Walker, the stepfather, had a ninety nine point nine 77 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 2: percent probability of being the child's biological father, as indicated 78 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 2: by Assistant District Attorney Janet Hudson in an interview as 79 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 2: a result, Dustin Walker has been charged with child sexual abuse, 80 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 2: while his wife faces charges for enabling the abuse. The 81 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 2: couple is also confronting six counts of child neglect concerning 82 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 2: the eleven year old girl and her five siblings, who 83 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 2: range in age from two, for six, seven, and nine. 84 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 2: Reports indicate that the children were discovered living in deplorable 85 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 2: conditions and have since been removed from the home. This 86 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 2: child has endured significant trauma, Hudson remark to KOTV. Not 87 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 2: only has she been victimized, but she also gave birth 88 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 2: at home without medical care, and this experience will impact 89 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 2: her for the rest of her life. Her parents are 90 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 2: currently being held without bond. The grandmother has a bell 91 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 2: set at nearly two hundred thousand dollars. 92 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: Kristin Motorrefie moves to San Francisco for a summer semester 93 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: and UC Berkeley. The eighteen year old takes a job 94 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: at a coffee shop, regularly hits the beach and the 95 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: nearby Modern Art museum. Crystallinie has worked with plans to 96 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: go to the beach, but she never comes home. Her 97 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: dad calls the lambline. At home, she shares with roommates, 98 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: but they say they haven't seen her in three days. 99 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 1: Kristen's reported missing coworker's report they saw her with a 100 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: blonde woman in the mall after she clocked out. Please 101 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 1: find a newspaper in Kristen's room with a personal ad 102 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: from a woman seeking new friends circled. The newspaper was 103 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: unable to confirm who placed the ad, and the woman 104 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: Kristen met at the mall has not been identified. Kristin 105 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: motor Fery now missing over twenty six years. If you 106 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: have info, call San Francisco FBI four one five five 107 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: five three seven four hundred. For the latest crime injustice news, 108 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: go to crime Ononline dot com and please join us 109 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 1: for our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our 110 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,119 Speaker 1: best to find missing people, especially children, and help solve 111 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: unsolved homicides. With this crime a Art, I'm Nancy Grace.