1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, Breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson. 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Two mothers die and hit and runs within twenty four 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: hours of each other on Maryland's notorious Highway of Death. 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Sandra at Barca, Oreana, aged fifty two, was hit by 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: a car on Highway two ten in Oxen Hill. She 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: was crossing the road to get to a bus stop 7 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: after shopping. The driver fled. Sandra was a mother of three. 8 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: She died at the scene. Police say they are searching 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: for a burgundy four door Sedan scene driving away. It 10 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: was heading north toward the nearby Tanger Outlets. Less than 11 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: twenty four hours later, Loretta Canter Andrews, forty years old, 12 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: was struck by a vehicle on the same highway. She 13 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: also died at the scene. Loretta was also a mother 14 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: of three. Police haven't identified the vehicle involved in her death. 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: Families of both victims are grieving. Loretta's daughter says quote, 16 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: she was the most loving and caring person there ever was. 17 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: If only she could have made it one more month, 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: she would have been here for Thanksgiving, her birthday, and Christmas. 19 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: She spoke to WRC. We're very devastated and we're very 20 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: just so upset on her passing and on how traumatic 21 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: all this was to us. Loretta's family has set up 22 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses. The two fatal 23 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: hidden runs happened about ten miles apart on Highway two ten. 24 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: The road known as Maryland's Highway of Death, has seen 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: nearly one hundred deaths since two thousand and seven. So far, 26 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four, twenty one people have died on 27 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: Prince George's County roads. Eleven of those were hidden runs. 28 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: The Route two to ten Traffic Safety Committee has tried 29 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,919 Speaker 1: to push for more safety measures. They have installed speed 30 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: cameras along the highway, but bills for stricter penalties have 31 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: not passed. Continues to advocate for changes. They hope to 32 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: see stiffer penalties for repeat offenders and higher speed camera 33 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: finds based on how fast drivers are traveling. Despite the setbacks, 34 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 1: the committee remains committed to improving safety on the Highway 35 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: of Death. Police are asking anyone with information about either 36 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: Loretta's or Samdra's case to call three ZHO one seven 37 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: to three to one, forty four twenty two More crime 38 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: and justice news. After this, a Texas teenagers accused of 39 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: stabbing her ex boyfriend to death in Florida after he 40 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: refused to let her see his phone. Zoe Cooper, eighteen 41 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: years old, is charged with second degree murder in the 42 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: death of Tadarius Massey, who was nineteen. The incident happened 43 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: August fourteenth in Orange County, Florida, at Cooper's home. Investigators 44 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: say the argument starter when Massy would not allow Cooper 45 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: to look through his phone. It escalated quickly. Cooper allegedly 46 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: grabbed a knife and stabbed Massey multiple times. Cooper then 47 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: drove Massy to a hospital in Okoe, but didn't get 48 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: out of the car. A friend of Massey helped him inside, 49 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: but it was too late. Massey died there. An autopsy 50 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: revealed he had stab wounds to his heart and left shoulder, 51 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: along with two older healed stab wounds around his left shoulder. 52 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: The next day, Cooper posted an apology on her insta 53 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: quote if I could take it back or trade places, 54 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: I would. I love you always. I'm truly sorry for 55 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: what I did. It wasn't supposed to be this way. 56 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: Investigators later found messages from Cooper that showed a history 57 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: of violence. And threats. She had once texted Massey saying quote, 58 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: I should have killed you. Massey's boss at Subway said 59 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: he sometimes came to work looking like he'd been beaten up. 60 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: The manager also said Cooper would come by to watch 61 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: Massey without talking to him. Months before the stabbing, in 62 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: December of twenty twenty three, Cooper attacked Massey at their 63 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: high school over his phone. In March, she sent him 64 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 1: threatening texts wishing him a painful death. Despite this history 65 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: of abuse, they continued their relationship. Cooper was arrested at 66 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: Texas Southern University on November fifteenth. She was later released 67 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: from custody. Court records do not indicate if she will 68 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: be extradited to Florida. Meanwhile, Massey's family is left grieving. 69 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: His mother, Susanna Massey describes the passing of her only 70 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: child quote, this loss is beyond words. It's been six 71 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: years since a young man from Indiana vanished without a trace, 72 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: leaving family and investigators searching for answers. Jaylen Thomas McQuinn, 73 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: a twenty four year old from Richmond, Indiana, was last 74 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: seen in August sixteenth of twenty eighteen. His grandfather took 75 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: him to dinner that evening, and Jalen had plans with 76 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: his mother to go grocery shopping the next day, but 77 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: he was never seen or heard from again. Jalen typically 78 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: walked everywhere he needed to go. He was last seen 79 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: at his apartment. He was carrying a brown backpack and 80 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: wearing a black sweatshirt, jeans, a beanie, sunglasses, and black 81 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: and purple nikes. Jalen suffered from depression, social anxiety, and 82 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: paranoid schizophrenia. He had a habit of wandering off, but 83 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: usually stayed within the area, often exploring the woods near 84 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: Earlham College or camping by himself. He is described to 85 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: someone who loved solitude but also needed the comfort of 86 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: his family. He always found peace in nature, but in 87 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: the past he never wandered so far that he couldn't 88 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: find his way home. The family's fear has grown as 89 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 1: days have passed without any word from him. Jalen is 90 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: between five seven and five eight, white, between one thirty 91 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: and one forty five. He has brown hair and brown eyes. 92 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: Today he would be thirty one. He has several tattoos, 93 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: including a tattoo of a cross on his hand, sun moon, 94 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: and star t tattoos on both arms and multiple tattoos 95 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: across his chest. If you know anything about the disappearance 96 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: of Jaylen Thomas McQuinn, called Richmond Police at seven sixty 97 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: five nine one four ninety one forty six. For the 98 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,239 Speaker 1: latest crime and justice news, follow Crime Alert hourly update 99 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: on your favorite podcast app. But this crime Alert, I'm 100 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: Drew Nelson.