1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: Crime Alert I Nancy Grace Breaking crime needs Now. Alyssa 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Lottkiss thirty four sets out for a jog on the 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: Mule Creek Greenway, Nashville when a man starts following her. 4 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: Others on the trail Suddenly hear screams for help, followed 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: by gunfire. Bystanders find Alyssa bleeding from a gunshot wound. 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: She dies at the hospital. Surveillance video captures an Asian 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: male covered in blood running from the trail to a 8 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: dark colored car. A cop happens to recognize the suspect 9 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: as Paul Park. The officer investigated the suicide of Park's 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: twin brother just the month before Nancy. 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 2: A parked car catches dash cam footage of Park running 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: to his car and gets a partial shot of his 13 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 2: license plate. It was from that footage a police officer 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 2: recognized Park. Park reportedly had no connection to Lockett, so 15 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 2: a doctor of speech pathology. A Nashville citizen on the 16 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: greenway that evening says Park pulled up next to her 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 2: car as she was leaving and asked her what had happened, 18 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: with a smirk on his face. 19 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: Paul Park, twenty nine, now charged with murder Chard Curtis 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: flashes a gun, sliding in Austin pizza shop employee a 21 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: note demanding the money from the register. Instead, the employee 22 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: lunches across the counter, putting Curtis in a headlock. Another 23 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: employee grabs Curtis's gun and pistol whips him. Curtis continues 24 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: fighting until their manager comes from the back with a knife. 25 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: The manager asks Curtis do you prefer prison or death? 26 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: Curtis stops struggling and calmly waits for cops to arrive. 27 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 1: Richard Curtis, nineteen, now charged with aggravated robbery. More crime 28 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:39,759 Speaker 1: and justice news after this Now with the latest crime 29 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: and justice breaking news. 30 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 3: Crime Onlines john Linlay In Nebraska, a twenty two year 31 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: old man, James Thompson Junior, has entered a plea of 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 3: not guilty by reason of insanity in connection with the 33 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 3: fatal stabbing of a couple at an Interstate eighty rest stop. 34 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 4: The incident, which took place June nineteenth, left seventy two 35 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 4: year old Gary D. Weaver dead and critically injured his 36 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 4: seventy one year old wife, Mary Weaver, both of Eureka, Missouri. 37 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 4: According to authorities, the couple was attacked after Thompson allegedly 38 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 4: demanded the keys to a jeep being towed behind their RV. 39 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 4: Part of the attack was captured on a trucker's dash cam. 40 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 4: Witnesses reported the violent confrontation, which occurred at a rest 41 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 4: stop near Grand Island, Nebraska. After the attack, Thompson fled 42 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 4: the scene in a vehicle. Nebraska State troopers later spotted 43 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 4: him and pursued him as he sped down the highway 44 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 4: at speeds reaching one hundred twenty miles per hour. The 45 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 4: high speed chase ended when Thompson crashed into the Platte River, 46 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 4: where he was arrested. Police noted he had blood on 47 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 4: his shirt and cuts on his hands at the time 48 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 4: of his arrest. Despite concerns raised earlier about Thompson's mental competency, 49 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 4: a court determined on October first that he was fit 50 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 4: to stand trial. In addition to the murder charge, Thompson 51 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 4: faces multiple charges, including attempted murder, attempted robbery, and fleeing arrest. 52 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 4: The case will now proceed as the defense argues for 53 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 4: his insanity plea now to New Jersey, as police there 54 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 4: say there have still been no arrests following a chaotic 55 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 4: scene last weekend and the Camden County borough of collins Wood, 56 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 4: where hundreds of teenagers caused widespread disruption during a community event. 57 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 4: For the latest, we turned to Sydney Sumner of Crime Online. 58 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: The unrest began on the evening of October nineteenth that 59 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: a haunted hay ride fundraiser in Knight Park and quickly escalated, 60 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 2: spreading into nearby neighborhoods in a local convenience store. Authorities 61 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 2: say more than two hundred teens, many dropped off by 62 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 2: the carload, flooded the park, where the Parent Teacher Association 63 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 2: was hosting a Halloween themed event. What began as a 64 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: festive evening took a violent turn, with reports of fights 65 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: breaking out, teens cutting in lines and running recklessly through 66 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 2: the area. Local police, overwhelmed by the crowd, decided to 67 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 2: shut down the event and called for backup from nearby departments. 68 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 2: As officers work to clear the park, a group of 69 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 2: fifty to seventy teens moved to a nearby wa Wah 70 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 2: convenience store, where they reportedly stole items and caused further chaos. 71 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 2: The store was forced to close for the night. In 72 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: a separate but related incident, another group of nearly eighty 73 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 2: teens engaged in what police described as a massive fight 74 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 2: in a residential area close to the park. While officers 75 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 2: were able to break up the brawls and disperse the crowd, 76 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 2: no arrests were made. Authorities have now acknowledged concerns about 77 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 2: a new riotous trend in set. Officials would be reviewing 78 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 2: public safety plans for future events to prevent similar outbreaks. 79 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 4: Colin Wood's mayor and police chief have also released a 80 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 4: joint statement in recent days confirming that an investigation is 81 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 4: ongoing Thanks John. 82 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: Catherine Arius, thirty three, diagnosed with schizophrenia in her late twenties, 83 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: manages the condition with meds and lives with their parents. 84 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: At the onset of COVID, Catherine's sentence get worse. She's 85 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: deeply afraid of COVID. When both parents, Kenny and Carmen Arius, 86 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: tests positive for nineteen Katherine panics and packs a bag 87 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: and leaves their Red Bank, New Jersey home in the 88 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: middle of the night. Credit card activity shows she bought 89 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: a train ticket to Brooklyn, made two purchases in New 90 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: York the next day. A month later, her parents get 91 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: a letter from a Brooklyn storage facility saying Catherine hasn't 92 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: paid for August. The only thing in the storage unit 93 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: is Catherine's bag. Katherine Arias now missing over two years. 94 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: Catherine Hispanic five zero, one hundred pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. 95 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 3: If you have info on Katherine Arius. 96 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: Please call Red Bank, New Jersey PD seven three to 97 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: two five three zero two seven hundred. For the latest 98 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: crime injustice news, go to crime online dot com and 99 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: please join us for our daily podcast, Crime Stories with 100 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: this crime alert. 101 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 3: I'm mess he Grace