1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update breaking crime news. Now, I'm Sidney Sumner. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: A Georgia woman says that a man accused of killing 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: a teen last month at a walmart randomly stabbed her 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. Police arrested forty eight year old 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: Delano Middleton last week for an October twenty third confrontation 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: at a Walmart on White Marsh Island, around eight miles 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: east of Savannah. Police said eighteen year old J. T. 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,319 Speaker 1: Schroeder kicked Middleton's shopping cart as Middleton walked by. The 9 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: encounter escalated, and Middleton allegedly stabbed Schroeder multiple times. Paramedics 10 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: took Schroeder to a hospital, where he died the next day. 11 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: Now Erica Young says that Middleton attacked her with a 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: knife when she worked at a U haul store on 13 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: Okagee Road. According to Young, Middleton walked into the business 14 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: in October twenty twenty one, took keys from the counter, 15 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: and walked outside to steal a truck. Young said she 16 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: asked him if he needed help finding a vehicle, and 17 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: then he shoved a cart on top of her and 18 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: started stabbing her. Court records indicate that Middleton used a 19 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: six inch foldable knife during the uhaul attack, before driving 20 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 1: off in a truck he stole. Young says Middleton told 21 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: her he wanted to watch her bleed out. She said 22 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: she had never had any contact with him and had 23 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: never met him before. Following a mental evaluation, a doctor 24 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: found Middleton incompetent to stand trial. In twenty twenty three, 25 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: he was ruled competent, but took a plea deal on 26 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: an aggravated assault charge. A judge sentenced him to two 27 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: years behind bars and eight years on probation. Now. Young 28 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: says Middleton got away with stabbing her so he thought 29 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: he could get away with it again. Chatham Police have 30 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: not released additional information regarding the Walmart incident, pending a 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: full investigation. Schroder's father, however, says his son was never 32 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: ever confrontational unless he was confronted first. Schroeder was stabbed 33 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: over ten times until he bled out and died. Middleton 34 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: remains behind bars at the Chatham County Detention Center on 35 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: murder charges. He has scheduled for a November twentieth court appearance. 36 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: Young believes the system failed Old Schroeder's family and says 37 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: she's sorry for their loss. A young boy found wandering 38 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: alone in Milwaukee earlier this week is related to a 39 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: woman found shot to death in an alley on the 40 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: same day. Anya Raymond, thirty one, was found dead at 41 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: around nine am on November fifth, about five hours after 42 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,519 Speaker 1: the boy was located some three miles away in North Milwaukee. 43 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: He was not wearing shoes or socks. Police described the 44 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: child as five or six years old and said he 45 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,679 Speaker 1: was believed to be nonverbal. Police later said they'd located 46 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: his family and he'd been reunited with them just after 47 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 1: four pm. Investigators did not say how the boy was 48 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: related to the dead woman, although social media posts indicate 49 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: he may have been her son. Rosetta Lambkin Johnson says 50 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: she found Anya's body in the alley and took off 51 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: running to call police. She said she didn't recognize the 52 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: woman and had heard no gunshots in the hours leading 53 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: up to discovering the body. Johnson theorizes that Anya must 54 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: have been killed somewhere else and brought to the alley. 55 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: Anyone with information about the shooting should contact Milwaukee police 56 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: at four one, four nine three five seven three six 57 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: zero more crime and justice news. After this, the Santa 58 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: Barbara County Sheriff's Office says missing nine year old California 59 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: girl Melody Buzzard, was spotted in a small town in 60 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: Utah last month. According to the Sheriff's office, Melody was 61 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: seen between the Colorado Utah border on October ninth, on 62 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: a return route after her mother, Ashley Buzzard, rented a 63 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: car in California and took a cross country trip. Ashley 64 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: Buzzard rented a car in Lompoc and embarked on the 65 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: trip on October seventh, with possible stops in Kansas and Nebraska. 66 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: Security footage placed both Ashley and Melody Buzzard at the 67 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: car rental business while wearing wigs that same day. Investigators 68 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: said they believed that the wig was used to alter 69 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: Melody's appearance. They also noted that Ashley Buzzard is known 70 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: to wear wigs. Raquel Zick, Santa Barbara County's PIO says 71 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: Smelody was last seen on the Utah side of the 72 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: Colorado Utah border. Specifically, the pair stopped in the small 73 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: town of Green River, Utah, on October ninth, an area 74 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: not on the route back home to California. FBI agents 75 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: arrived at the Bear Valley Country Store and gas station 76 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: on October twenty fifth, requesting security footage, but the owner 77 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: reportedly said footage is deleted after two weeks. The gas 78 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: station is situated just outside Panguitch, Utah, and investigators believe 79 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: that Ashley Buzzard crossed the intersection of State Route twenty 80 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: and US eighty nine where the store is located. Agents 81 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: also stopped by the Junction Pitstop in Phillips sixty six 82 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: gas station Injunction, Utah. Employee Samantha Matthews told them that 83 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: she saw Ashley in a curly blonde wig on October 84 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: ninth at about five pm. Matthews reportedly said that the 85 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: wig wearing woman was in a car with a woman 86 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: with purple hair who appeared to be in her late 87 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 1: twenties to mid thirties. The Sheriff's office previously said that 88 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: the rental car, a white twenty twenty four Chevrolet Malibu, 89 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: initially had California license plate nine MNNG one oh one. 90 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: On October eighth, Ashley Buzzard allegedly changed it to New 91 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: York license plate hCG nine six seven seven. Investigators have 92 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: not determined when the plate was installed or whether additional 93 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: plates were used at other times during travel. The New 94 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: York plate seen on the car does not belong to 95 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: the vehicle or to Buzzard. Buzzard arrived back at her 96 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: Vandenberg Village home in the five hundred block of Mars 97 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: Avenue on October tenth. Melody was not with her. She 98 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: has remained uncooperative in the investigation. The Sheriff's office, along 99 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: with the FBI, previously carried out search warrants at Buzzard's home, 100 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: but Melody remains unaccounted for. Melody is described as standing 101 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: four feet six inches tall, weighing sixty pounds, with brown 102 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: hair and brown eyes. She may be wearing a wig. 103 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: Anyone with information regarding Melody's whereabouts is asked to call 104 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: Santa Barbara County Investigators at eight oh five sixt' eight 105 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: one forty one fifty. Anonymous calls can be made to 106 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: the tip Line at eight oh five six eight one 107 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: four one seven one. For the latest crime and justice 108 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 1: breaking news. Be sure to follow the Crime Alert hourly 109 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert, 110 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: I'm Sidney Sumner.