1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Sumner. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: A North Carolina man has been charged with first degree 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 1: murder after he beat his roommate to death for asking 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: him for a cigarette. William Francis Boardsen, forty, called nine 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: one one shortly before eleven am on Sunday and said 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: he'd been in a fight with his roommate, identified as 7 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: sixty five year old Robert Murphy, and that he kicked 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: his pretty good. First responders found Murphy dead on the scene. 9 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: Boardsen told investigators that the fight started at about four am, 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: when Murphy, allegedly drunk, came into his room and asked 11 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: for cigarettes, and Boardsen refused and the two got in 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: a physical altercation. Boards And said he punched Murphy in 13 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: the head several times, then grabbed a box fan and 14 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 1: hit Murphy repeatedly in the head with it. After Murphy collapsed, 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: boards And said he kicked him in the stomach and 16 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: face several times, telling police those last blows weren't needed 17 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: and expressing some regret for them. Boards And allowed detectives 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: to search his foe, where they found videos and photos 19 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: taken about six hours before he called nine one one 20 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: In one video, Murphy was still alive, but injured and 21 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,479 Speaker 1: lying in the same position where he was later found dead. 22 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: Boardsen is heard in the videos speaking to Murphy in 23 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: a derogatory tone. According to court documents, boards And is 24 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: being held in the Mecklenbug County Jail on a four 25 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars bond. An arrest has been made in 26 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: a deadly shooting in Washington State that left a twenty 27 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: three year old mother dead last week. The Pasco Police 28 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: Department said they responded to a nine one one call 29 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: and found Lupita Ponza Penaloza dead in a garage apartment. 30 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: Jonathan Viegas, thirty, was identified as the suspect, and a 31 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 1: warrant for his arrest on second degree murder charges was issued. 32 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: He was eventually located in Pendleton, Oregon, about sixty five 33 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: miles from the crime scene early Saturday morning. Court documents 34 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: reveal investigators believe Viegas was one of two shooters who 35 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: killed Ponce Penaloza. Those court documents say a friend of 36 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: Lupita's told investigators that she went to a friend's apartment 37 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: to meet vie Gus, who she called Truccha. A probable 38 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: cause affidavit said in messages to the friend, Lupita questioned 39 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: whether Trucca had tried to set her up. There was 40 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: also a text message sent from Lupita telling this friend 41 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: that she may need her to call nine one one 42 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: if it goes down. The two roommates who lived at 43 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: the apartment gave slightly different versions of what happened. One 44 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: said that Viegus and Ponza Penaloza arrived together and that 45 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: Viegues pulled a handgun from beneath the coffee table and 46 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: shot her, then opened the door for another man who 47 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: also shot her. The other roommate said they only saw 48 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: one person shooting, while police have not released any information 49 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: about a second shooter. Investigators say they found spent shell 50 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: casings from forty and forty five caliber guns in the apartment. 51 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: Viegus has a lengthy criminal history dating back to two 52 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: thousand and nine and is prohibited from owning a gun 53 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: because of assault and robbery convictions. Viegus awaits extradition to 54 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: Washington in jail in Oregon's Umatilla County. More crime and 55 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: justice news after this, A Missouri education teacher has pleaded 56 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: guilty after sending sexually explicit content to a sixteen year 57 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: old student, which spared her jail time. Twenty six year 58 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: old Ricky Lynn Laughlin sent nude photos to a teen 59 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 1: over Snapchat in twenty twenty three, along with the video 60 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: depicting her engaging in a sexual act. On Thursday, Laughlin 61 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: pleaded guilty in Grundy County to first agree in endangering 62 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: the welfare of a child with no sexual conduct. She 63 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: was subsequently sentenced to five years of probation. Laughlin, who 64 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: met the student while she taught at Saint James High School, 65 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: was charged in October twenty twenty three for incidents that 66 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: happened in both September and October of that year. The 67 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: student reportedly told police that things began to escalate quickly 68 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: between him and Laughlin, and that she kissed him inside 69 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: a classroom. She allegedly pressured him into having sex, but 70 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: the victim told police that he made excuses because he 71 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,119 Speaker 1: didn't feel comfortable. She also asked him to send nude 72 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: photos of himself and later confirmed that she received them. 73 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: The victim said that during the investigation, Laughlin asked him 74 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: to delete the material, told him she could face jail time, 75 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: and said people at the school had been talking about them. 76 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: The student turned over two videos and a photo that 77 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: Laughlin sent him to police. Laughlin initially denied the allegations, 78 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: but later admitted she communicated with him on Snapchat. When 79 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: investigator searched her phone, they found three incriminating videos. Prior 80 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: to the Polea, prosecutors had charged Laughlin with statutory rape, 81 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: tampering with or attempting to tamper with a victim, and 82 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 1: a felony prosecution, child pornography, possession, sexual exploitation of a minor, 83 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: sexual trafficking of a child, and tampering with physical evidence 84 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: and a felony prosecution. For the latest crime and justice 85 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: breaking news, be sure to follow the Crime Alert hourly 86 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: update on her favorite podcast app with this crime Alert, 87 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: I'm Sydney Sumner.