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Speaker 1: Crime alert, I means he grays breaking crime these now.

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Speaker 2: A woman in Alabama has been taken into custody following

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Speaker 2: the discovery of a dead infant girl inside a hearse

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Speaker 2: at a local funeral home. This is reported by law

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Speaker 2: enforcement officials. Tureka Pearl was arrested by the Gadsden Police

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Speaker 2: Department and is facing murder charges. According to the police,

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Speaker 2: the baby was found at the West Gadsden Funeral Home.

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Speaker 2: Dantes Robinson, the owner of the funeral home, explained that

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Speaker 2: staff members were returning from another call when one of

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Speaker 2: them thought they spotted a doll in the hearse. Upon

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Speaker 2: opening the door, they were shocked to find it was

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Speaker 2: actually the body of a baby girl. She was not

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Speaker 2: placed in a casket, and the funeral homeowner says the

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Speaker 2: baby was fully clothed in her pajamas.

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Speaker 3: He was getting ready to get inside the car and

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Speaker 3: notice the baby in the back of the hearse, fully clothed,

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Speaker 3: pamper pajama pants and PJ I have two kids, one

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Speaker 3: is seven and one is four, and when I saw

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Speaker 3: it automatically made my heart draw, this is somebody's baby.

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Speaker 2: Lieutenant Dusty Ford of the Gadsden Police Department noted in

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Speaker 2: less than twelve hours, the investigation transitioned from uncertainty to

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Speaker 2: an arrest. Mayor Craig Ford commented on the case, stating

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Speaker 2: this was a difficult situation for everyone involved. I commend

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Speaker 2: our police department for their dedication to uncovering the truth

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Speaker 2: and swiftly bringing about an arrest. While this does not

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Speaker 2: erase the pain, it brings us a step closer to

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Speaker 2: justice for this child. Currently, the Gadsden Police have chosen

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Speaker 2: not to disclose the name of the child and have

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Speaker 2: not released her manner or cause of death.

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Speaker 3: Unfortunately, whoever baby it is and whoever done this, you know,

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Speaker 3: just turn yourself in, just say hey, I know this

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Speaker 3: family put you in on and now and talk about it.

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Speaker 3: But if you know this baby, if you know the family,

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Speaker 3: if you are missing a baby, go talk to.

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Speaker 2: A Thorne Nancy. The West Gadsden Funeral Home says they

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Speaker 2: will take care of the child's funeral.

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Speaker 4: Nicole. Thank you. More Primate Justice news.

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Speaker 2: After this, the remains of an eighteen year old from

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Speaker 2: North Carolina, Giovanni Pelletier, have been discovered in Florida, over

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Speaker 2: a week after he went missing. His family and authorities

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Speaker 2: report that He sent a troubling final text to his

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Speaker 2: mother before his disappearance. On Friday, the Manatee County Sheriff's

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Speaker 2: Office announced that Pelletier's body was located in a retention

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Speaker 2: pond adjacent to the southbound off ramp of Interstate seventy

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Speaker 2: five and State Road seventy. His backpack and cell phone

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Speaker 2: were found in the vicinity the day prior, bridget Pellteer,

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Speaker 2: Giovanni's mother shared the heartbreaking news on Facebook, saying, my

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Speaker 2: son was recently found after a desperate search by our

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Speaker 2: family alone, and we are still facing an active investigation

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Speaker 2: into his death. I am living every parent's worst nightmare,

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Speaker 2: trying to find the strength to give him the goodbye

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Speaker 2: he deserves. We kindly ask for privacy as we navigate

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Speaker 2: this tragedy for his four younger siblings. The cause of

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Speaker 2: death remains unclear at this time. Giovanni, who resided in

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Speaker 2: North Carolina, was last seen on August first, while vacationing

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Speaker 2: with his family in Inglewood, Florida. He left around one

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Speaker 2: point thirty am to visit relatives in Brevard County. According

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Speaker 2: to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office. Reports indicate that he

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Speaker 2: left in a vehicle with his cousins from his estranged

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Speaker 2: biological father's family. Shortly thereafter, he sent a disturbing message

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Speaker 2: to his mother that read mom, help, and similar messages

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Speaker 2: to his girlfriend and an aunt on his father's side.

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Speaker 2: According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, the cousins reported

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Speaker 2: that Giovanni began to act strangely before he exited the

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Speaker 2: vehicle and walked away near SR. Seventy in Manatee County.

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Speaker 2: His family from North Carolina launched a search for him immediately.

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Speaker 2: The effort grew to nearly two dozen volunteers who used

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Speaker 2: ATVs and drones to assist in the church before Giobanni's

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Speaker 2: body was found. His aunt, Desiree Pelletier, expressed concern about

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Speaker 2: the cousin's involvement, stating they had altered their account events.

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Speaker 2: How are we supposed to be okay with these three

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Speaker 2: boys saying what happened and then they changed their story?

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Speaker 2: She questioned, how are we supposed to be okay and

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Speaker 2: not explore the possibility of something happening to him? The

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Speaker 2: Brevard County Sheriff's Office has since taken possession of the

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Speaker 2: white Chevy Malibu that Pelletier was traveling in with his cousins.

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Speaker 2: This according to Fox thirteen. The Brevard County Sheriff's Office

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Speaker 2: says the investigation is ongoing.

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Speaker 4: Neighbors call Carrol County, Georgia cops after hearing a gunshot

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Speaker 4: from Jeremy Talbart's home inside. Cops find Talbert shot himself

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Speaker 4: when they informed the family. Cops discoverer Talbert has an

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Speaker 4: ex wife, Samantha, who hasn't been seen or heard of

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Speaker 4: in nearly two weeks. The couple had a history of

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Speaker 4: domestic violence, but Samantha's truck was parked in Talbert's driveway.

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Speaker 4: Samantha's daughter says she last spoke with mom Feb twenty five.

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Speaker 4: Cops find Samantha's phone was shut off not long after

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Speaker 4: that call, and no activity on bank accounts since. Samantha

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Speaker 4: Talbert five four shoulder length blonde hair missing nearly a month.

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Speaker 4: If you have info on Samantha Talbert, called Carroll County,

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Speaker 4: Georgia Sheriff's seven seven zero eight three zero five nine

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Speaker 4: one six.

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