1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm John Lemley. Authorities in Sartel, Minnesota say 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: a mystery that began more than half a century ago 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: may finally be closer to a solution. Police now believe 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: a car pulled last month from the Mississippi River, along 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: with human remains found inside, are those of Roy Ben. 6 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: Ben was last seen September twenty fifth, nineteen sixty seven. 7 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: After breakfast at the kings Enn Supper Club. He entered 8 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: his metallic blue nineteen sixty three Buick Electra and vanished. 9 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: That mystery lingered for nearly fifty seven years until August tenth. 10 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: That's when an angler on the Mississippi near County Road 11 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: I spotted what looked like a vehicle under the water 12 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: and called police. The Stearns Minton County Sheriffs Office dive 13 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: team went in, confirmed the find, and days later freed 14 00:00:55,480 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: the intact car from decades of sediment. Collins Brother's toe 15 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: brought it to the surface, where it was towed to 16 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: the Sartel Police Department. Investigators from Sartel Police, the Benton 17 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: and Stearns County Sheriff's Departments, and the Minnesota Bureau of 18 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: Criminal Apprehension combed through the vehicle. Inside, they found remains 19 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: and evidence linking the car and the body to Roy Benn. 20 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: A press release says that connection came from the remains themselves, 21 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: items inside the car, and the vehicle's VIN number. Officials 22 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 1: also noted Ben was wearing a dark suit, a white 23 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: French cuffed shirt, and gold and pearl cuff links. Back 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: in nineteen sixty seven, Ben was a widower, the owner 25 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: of an apartment building and of Saint Cloud Gas and 26 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: appliance service. His family described him as financially secure, with 27 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: no debts and possibly carrying thousands of dollars the day 28 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: he disappeared. Authorities say no one ever touched his bankco counts, 29 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: credit cards, or the registration of his car in the 30 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: decades since. Loved one said Ben was happy, with no 31 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: reason to walk away from his life. The remains are 32 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:15,679 Speaker 1: now with the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office for further investigation 33 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: and formal identification. 34 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: Thanks John for the latest crime and justice news. 35 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 3: Go to crime online dot com and please join us 36 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 3: for our daily podcast Crime Stories. 37 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 2: More crime and justice news after this. 38 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 3: Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Onlines, 39 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 3: John Lemley. 40 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: We turned to a sweeping crackdown on organized retail theft 41 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: in California, Authorities in Ventura County have dismantled what they 42 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: called a major theft ring responsible for stealing ten million 43 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: dollars worth of merchandise from Home Depot, marking the retailer's 44 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: largest theft case to date. The ringleader, David All, who 45 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: owns Aarya wholesale, reportedly orchestrated more than six hundred thefts 46 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: across seventy one Home Depots stores last year alone. He 47 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: allegedly paid thieves in cash for high end electrical items, 48 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: which were then resold online, including through eBay. The forty 49 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: count criminal complaint names All, his ex wife, and his 50 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: brother in law, all facing prosecution. If convicted, all could 51 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: face up to thirty two years in prison. Authorities credited 52 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: recent funding and new legislation allowing multi county prosecutions for 53 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: enabling the bust. Turning now to Los Angeles, a joint 54 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: operation between the LAPD and the Sheriff's Office has apprehended 55 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: a burglary ring responsible for nearly one hundred break ins 56 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: throughout the region in early morning raids. On August twentieth, 57 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: seven men aged between twenty two and forty seven were arrested. 58 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: Three more suspects have since been acted, added two men 59 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: already facing attempted murder charges and another who surrendered. That 60 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: brings the total number of arrests to ten. Authorities seized 61 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: stolen luxury items, firearms, narcotics, burglary tools, and communication devices 62 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: in a raid earlier this year. Investigators had also uncovered 63 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: fake IDs, credit cards, jewelry, and additional firearms. District Attorney 64 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: Nathan Hockman vowed to pursue maximum penalties, emphasizing that close 65 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: interagency cooperation and intelligence sharing proved pivotal in dismantling the network, 66 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: and finally, tensions are escalating in Washington, d C. Where 67 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: schools are reopening under the watch of armed National Guard 68 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: troops in the nation's capital. The federal deployment, ordered by 69 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,679 Speaker 1: the President and hailed by supporters as a crime fighting tactic, 70 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 1: has provoked sharp backlash. Thousands of now National Guard members, 71 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 1: some armed, patroled neighborhoods, raising anxiety among parents and community leaders. 72 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: Since August seventh, over one thousand arrests have been made, 73 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: and the administration sites a drop in crime as proof 74 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: of its hardline approach. Yet city officials, including Mayor Muriel 75 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: Bowser argue the move is heavy handed and risks turning 76 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: schools into fortresses. 77 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 2: Thanks John for the latest crime and justice news. 78 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 3: Go to crime online dot com and please join us 79 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 3: for our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our 80 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 3: best to find missing people, especially children, and solve Unsolt Thomisides. 81 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 3: With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.