WEBVTT - Crime Alert 07.10.24

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<v Speaker 1>Crime alert. I mean see grace breaking crime news now.

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<v Speaker 1>Naomi Elkins, twenty seven, spends the night praying about her

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<v Speaker 1>concerning thoughts, her words not mine. Afterward, the next day,

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<v Speaker 1>she brings her top daughters back to their New Jersey.

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<v Speaker 2>Home and kills them.

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<v Speaker 1>She stabs her one year old daughter in the stomach

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<v Speaker 1>and drowns her in the bathtub. She finds her three

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<v Speaker 1>year old hiding in another bathroom, draws a second bath,

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<v Speaker 1>then drowns the oldest daughter, just three.

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<v Speaker 3>Nancy Elkins worked at a daycare where both of her

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<v Speaker 3>daughters were enrolled. Elkins attorney, Mitchell Ansel, says his client

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<v Speaker 3>has a well documented history of mental illness and has

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<v Speaker 3>postponed her detention hearing twice so that Elkins may receive

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<v Speaker 3>a psychological evaluation before her bail if any is decided.

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<v Speaker 1>Naomi Elkins charged with two counts murder. Mitchell Vast sixty

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<v Speaker 1>visits antique stores Spring, Texas to beat the heat. He

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<v Speaker 1>wears a kilt paired with a tank top. As he

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<v Speaker 1>browses one shop, the owner notices him items off the shelf,

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<v Speaker 1>stick them under his kilt, and then return the items.

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<v Speaker 1>Upon a closer inspection, the items have theses on them.

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<v Speaker 1>Cops are called. He's charged with criminal mischief, to which

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<v Speaker 1>he pleads guilty. The soiled items were all disposed. More

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<v Speaker 1>crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest

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<v Speaker 1>crime and justice breaking news Crime Onlines John Limley.

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<v Speaker 2>We begin in Rhode Island, where a police chase ends

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<v Speaker 2>in the death of a man wanted for the murder

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<v Speaker 2>of his wife. We hear details now from Sydney Sumner

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<v Speaker 2>of Crime Online.

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<v Speaker 3>Joseph Francis, sought by authorities for the alleged shooting of

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<v Speaker 3>his wife, Stephanie Francis, was pronounced dead after his vehicle

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<v Speaker 3>overturned during a high speed pursuit. Stephanie Francis was found

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<v Speaker 3>with a fatal gunshot wound inside their Hopkinton, Rhode Island home,

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<v Speaker 3>prompting a statewide manhunt on Saturday. Westerly police first attempted

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<v Speaker 3>to apprehend Joseph Francis, but were unsuccessful. Later that officers

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<v Speaker 3>from Richmond and Charlestown took up the chase. The pursuit

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<v Speaker 3>ended dramatically when Francis failed to navigate a turn, causing

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<v Speaker 3>his vehicle to roll multiple times before coming to a

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<v Speaker 3>stop near a wooded area. Authorities found Francis dead inside

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<v Speaker 3>the wreckage. Joseph Francis faced severe charges, including domestic violence, murder,

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<v Speaker 3>and violating a no contact order. This followed a previous

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<v Speaker 3>incident in May in which he was charged with disorderly conduct,

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<v Speaker 3>domestic violence, and assault for allegedly attacking Stephanie Francis. Additionally,

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<v Speaker 3>he was charged with violating state law by possessing high

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<v Speaker 3>capacity magazines, with police seizing two handguns and several loaded

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<v Speaker 3>magazines from Francis.

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<v Speaker 2>A court order had also barred Francis from contacting his wife.

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<v Speaker 2>A Massachusetts judge has declared a mistrial in the high

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<v Speaker 2>profile case of Karen Reid, accused of killing her Boston

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<v Speaker 2>police officer boyfriend once again crime online Sidney Sumner.

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<v Speaker 3>Jurors unanimously found Reid not guilty of murder in leaving

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<v Speaker 3>the scene of a deadly accident, but were deadlocked on

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<v Speaker 3>a man slaughter charge. The mistrial was declared by Judge

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<v Speaker 3>Beverley Cannon on the fifth day of deliberations. Reid's defense

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<v Speaker 3>team revealed those details and a motion filed Monday arguing

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<v Speaker 3>that retrying read on the acquitted charges would violate double

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<v Speaker 3>jeopardy protections. The defense also called for a post verdict

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<v Speaker 3>inquiry to confirm the jury's unanimous decisions on the two charges.

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<v Speaker 3>Attorney Alan Jackson submitted an affidavit stating he was contacted

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<v Speaker 3>by a juror, while Attorney David Yanetti reported receiving information

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<v Speaker 3>from two sources connected to distinct jurors. Judge Cannon has

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<v Speaker 3>ordered the names of the jurors to remain confidential, citing

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<v Speaker 3>the risk of immediate and irreparable injury. She noted that

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<v Speaker 3>individuals associated with the case have faced intimidation charges. Karen Reid,

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<v Speaker 3>a former adjunct professor at Bentley College, was accused of

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<v Speaker 3>hitting her boyfriend, officer John O'Keeffe with her suv in,

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<v Speaker 3>leaving him to die in a snowstorm. In January twenty

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<v Speaker 3>twenty two, O'Keefe, a sixteen year veteran of the Boston Police,

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<v Speaker 3>was found outside a fellow officer's home in Canton. An

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<v Speaker 3>autopsy revealed he died from hypothermia and blunt force trauma.

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<v Speaker 2>Trial, the defense argued that O'Keefe was killed inside the

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<v Speaker 2>home after re dropped him off, and that she was

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<v Speaker 2>framed by other officers as a quote convenient Outsider, Thanks John.

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<v Speaker 1>Veronica rays Diaz twenty three has a girl's night out

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<v Speaker 1>over Florida. A friend drops her off at her home,

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<v Speaker 1>where her husband and little child are sleeping. Veronica gets

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<v Speaker 1>into her car to pick up her two older children

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<v Speaker 1>from her sisters. She tucks the children in. Evidence suggests

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<v Speaker 1>she planned to go out again. Her Chevy Yukon is

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<v Speaker 1>part outside the family home, keys and wallet inside. Veronica

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<v Speaker 1>has not been seen since her cell phone shut down

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<v Speaker 1>or dies before it can be located. Veronica rays Diaz

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three, four to ten, one hundred and forty five pounds,

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<v Speaker 1>brown hair, brown eyes. She has a dark mole under

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<v Speaker 1>her left eye, now missing four years. If you have

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<v Speaker 1>info on Veronica res Diaz, call Hill's Borough County, Florida

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<v Speaker 1>Sheriffs eight one, three, two four seven eighty two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>For the latest crime in justice needs. Go to crimeonline

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<v Speaker 1>dot com with this crime alert.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Nancy Grace