1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Crime alert, imancy, grace breaking crime is now. Brian Smith, 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: the well known DC area of DJ walks home in 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: the early morning hours from his Saturday night shift to 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: Tane's lunch at him, he tries to defend himself. The 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: fourteen and sixteen year old overpower him and beat him 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: to a pulp. EMTs find him unconscious and severely injured 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: phone and while at missing. Brian Smith dies in the hospital. 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: A week later, Nancy, the teens are suspected in three 9 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 2: other robberies that same day, and we're found sleeping in 10 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 2: the back of a stolen car. Smith's family is devastated 11 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 2: by the loss, still grieving another death in the family, 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 2: Smith's brother passed away from a brain aneurysm just three 13 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 2: months ago in the same hospital where Smith died. Smith's mother, 14 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: lead us Endoval, is looking for justice, saying, quote, they 15 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: killed my son over a credit card with a very 16 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 2: low balance and a cell phone. These people have taken 17 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 2: away my whole entire life. 18 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: The Tanes fourteen and sixteen now charged three counts robbery 19 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: and assault, but police expect to upgrade those charges to 20 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: fellie murder. William Milstein knows his application to lease the 21 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: Florida home will be denied when the owner gets his 22 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: background check, so he comes up with a brilliant plan 23 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: to get out of the requirement. He submits a letter 24 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: from the quote Florida Department of Law Enforcement informing the 25 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: realtor that he Millsteed is an undercover cop in the 26 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: quote off grid Command Unit, whatever that is, and therefore 27 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: cannot submit to a background check. Suspicious of all the 28 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: errors in the letter, spelling and grammatical, the realtor immediately 29 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: calls police. Turns out Millstate has thirteen prior felonies, two 30 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: of them for impersonating an officer, and this makes fourteen. 31 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: Guess what, I don't think he got the lease. More 32 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: crime and Justice news after this. Now with the latest 33 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: crime and justice breaking news crime online is John Limley. 34 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 3: An eighty six year old Kansas City man, has pleaded 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 3: guilty in a shooting that shocked theation. Andrew Lester admitted 36 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 3: to second degree assault in the twenty twenty three shooting 37 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 3: of Ralph Yarl, a black teenager who mistakenly rang his doorbell. Yarrel, 38 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 3: now a Texas A and M freshman and ROTC member, 39 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 3: was sixteen when he was shot in the head and arm. 40 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 3: Lester had been facing first degree assault charges, which carried 41 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 3: up to thirty years in prison. Under the plea deal, 42 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 3: he could serve up to seven years when sentenced on 43 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 3: March seventh. Prosecutors planned to seek five in court. Lester, 44 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 3: appearing frail in a wheelchair, acknowledged his declining health. Yarrel 45 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 3: and his mother, Cleo Nagby, sat in the front row 46 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 3: after the hearing. Nagby called the plea quote a step 47 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 3: toward accountability, but said true justice would require consequences that 48 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 3: reflect the harm caused. Lester's lawyer, Steve Salman, has maintained 49 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,559 Speaker 3: his client acted in self defense, but Clay County Prosecutor 50 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 3: Zachary Thomas said quote self defence has limits. The shooting, 51 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 3: which ignited national debates on race and gun laws, remains 52 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 3: the subject of a civil lawsuit filed by Yarle's family. 53 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 3: Now to a disturbing case of alleged child sex trafficking 54 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 3: unfolding on Long Island, New York. Nine people have been 55 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 3: indicted after a missing teenager was found on a yacht 56 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 3: last month. We go to Sidney Sumner of Crime Online 57 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 3: with the details. 58 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 2: In Suffolk County Court, nine individuals seven men and two 59 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 2: women have pleaded not guilty to a series of charges 60 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: including child sex, trafficking, kidnapping, rape, and endangering the welfare 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 2: of a child. This follows the discovery of a fourteen 62 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: year old girl on a boat docked in Islip last month, 63 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 2: ending a nearly month long search. According to court documents, 64 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: the defendants are accused of exploiting the vulnerability of the 65 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 2: fourteen year old girl, who has not been named publicly. 66 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 2: Prosecutors alleged she was repeatedly raped and essentially marketed for sex. 67 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: The girl had disappeared from her Long Island home on 68 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 2: December ninth, and was located by her father on January 69 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: after he received an anonymous tip following a social media 70 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 2: campaign and a reward offer. Among those indicted is Daniel Burke, 71 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: accused of having sex with the teenager. In facing kidnapping 72 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 2: and rape charges, Burke's lawyer, Oscar Chrisafio maintains his client's innocence, 73 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,799 Speaker 2: stating that the evidence suggests that she was never held 74 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 2: against her will. Another defendant, Ralph Knowles, faces rape and 75 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,559 Speaker 2: related charges. His lawyer, Chase Brown, says Noles quote looks 76 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 2: forward to his day in court where the truth will prevail. 77 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 2: Our friends with Newsday are reporting that three defendants were 78 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 2: remanded to jail, while the bail was increased for the 79 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:35,679 Speaker 2: other six. 80 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 3: Additionally, three more individuals have been charged in connection with 81 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 3: the case, but were not included in the initial indictment. 82 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: Thanks John. Irene Fleming shares a home with a friend 83 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: in rural Washington, southwest of George. Five pm, she says 84 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,559 Speaker 1: she's going for a walk. She's called on surveillance, leaving 85 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: the home on foot. Hours later, she calls her family, 86 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: saying she's in Wanatchi, Washington, an hour away from home 87 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,799 Speaker 1: by ca. She doesn't come home that night and stops 88 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: answering calls Over the next week. Employees at several East 89 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: Wanacchi grocery stores reports seeing a woman matching her description, 90 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: but cameras cannot confirm those sightings. Irene Fleming thirty one 91 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: five to one, one hundred pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, 92 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: septum nose, piercing, clear frame glasses. Last scene wearing a 93 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: brown jacket, blue jeans, and brown boots. If you have 94 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: info on Irene Fleming, called Grant County, Washington Sheriffs five 95 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: zero nine seven sixty two eleven sixty. For the latest 96 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: crime and justice needs, go to crime online dot com 97 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: and please join us for our daily podcast. It's called 98 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 1: Crime Stories, and we do our very best to find 99 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: missing people, especially children, and solved unsolved homicides with this 100 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.