1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace breaking crime news Now. Melissa 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: Jubain thirty two, in Brian Latiro are neely Weeds, but 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: they have a long distance relationship. After the honeymoon, Jubain 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: returns to her Portland apartment for Workltiro stays behind in 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: Washington for his job. Six a m. Monday morning, Melissa 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: takes Brian, but then she doesn't show up to work. 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: Three days after she's reported missing, her bodies found at 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: her apartment complex. Police say Melissa's longtime neighbor, Bryce Schubert, 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: kidnapped and killed Melissa as she left for work Monday morning. 10 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 2: Nancy. Many details of the crime have yet to be revealed, 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 2: but police believe Melissa died the same day she disappeared. 12 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 2: Neighbor Bryce Schubert appeared in court via zoom and pleaded 13 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 2: not guilty. Schubert was once briefly employed by the same 14 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 2: hospital network Melissa worked for as a nurse, but they 15 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 2: did not work in the same facility and reportedly had 16 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 2: no relationship outside of the occasional polite Hello. 17 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: Bryce Schubert, twenty seven charged with murder, kidnap, and abusive corpse. 18 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: Two men argue while standing in a driveway outside of 19 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: Memphis home. Suddenly, one of the men pulls a gun 20 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: and fires as he chases the other man down the street. 21 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: The victim rescued by a garbage truck driving by. The 22 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: truck driver pulls next to the victim, who hops on 23 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: the back, now shielded from the gunfire. The driver calls 24 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: nine one one, and the victims rushed to the hospital. 25 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: He's expected to survive multiple gunshot wounds thanks to the 26 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: garbage truck driver's quick thinking. Please still looking for the shooter. 27 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: Expected to face charges of aggravated assault. What about attempted murder? 28 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: Take out the trash Memphis PD. More crime and justice 29 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: news after this Now with the latest crime and justice 30 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: breaking news. Crime Onlines John Lemley. 31 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 3: In Texas, the state's highest criminal court has denied a 32 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 3: last ditch effort to stop the upcoming execution of Robert Robertson, 33 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 3: a man convicted of killing his two year old daughter 34 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,639 Speaker 3: more than two decades ago. Robertson, who has spent twenty 35 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 3: years on death row, has long maintained that his conviction 36 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 3: was based on flawed science. The Texas Court of Criminal 37 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 3: Appeals rejected Robertson's request for a stay of execution, as 38 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 3: well as a new appeal filed by his attorneys. This 39 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 3: ruling leaves his execution scheduled for October seventeen. That's unless 40 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 3: the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles grants him clemency. 41 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 3: Robertson was sentenced to death in two thousand three for 42 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 3: the death of his daughter, Niki Curtis. He has consistently 43 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 3: asserted that her death was accidental, claiming she fell from 44 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 3: a bed while they were sleeping in their home in Palestine. 45 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 3: Texas medical professionals at the time rejected his account, pointing 46 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 3: to evidence they believed was consistent with shaken baby syndrome, 47 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 3: a controversial diagnosis used to explain severe brain injuries in infants. 48 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 3: In twenty sixteen, Robertson's acad execution was halted after questions 49 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 3: were raised about the reliability of shaken baby syndrome as 50 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 3: a cause of death in criminal cases. Critics of the 51 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 3: diagnosis argue that it has been used too frequently without 52 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 3: thorough consideration of other medical explanations. Despite this, in twenty 53 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 3: twenty three, the court ruled that the doubts raised about 54 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 3: the cause of Nicky's death were insufficient to overturn Robertson's 55 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 3: conviction or death sentence. Now, with the execution date approaching, 56 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 3: Robertson's legal options are dwindling. Only a successful clemency appeal 57 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 3: could prevent the state from carrying out his sentence next month. 58 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 3: Now to Alabama, as the state is urging a judge 59 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 3: to reject a request to film its next execution by 60 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 3: nitrogen gas, a new method recently used to carry out 61 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 3: the death penalty. Here Sidney Sumner of Crime Online. 62 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: The requests submitted by defense attorneys representing death Row in 63 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 2: Maate kerry Dale Greason seeks to record the scheduled execution 64 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 2: of Alan Miller on September twenty sixth. The attorneys are 65 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 2: questioning the constitutionality of nitrogen gas executions, citing the controversial 66 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: case of Kenneth Smith, who became the first person in 67 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 2: the US to be executed by this method earlier this year. 68 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 2: Witnesses to Smith's death reported disturbing movements, describing how he 69 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 2: shook on the gurney for several minutes. However, Alabama Attorney 70 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 2: General Steve Marshall maintained that the execution win is planned, 71 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 2: calling it a textbook procedure. Greyson's legal team argues that 72 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 2: filming the upcoming execution would provide crucial evidence about the 73 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 2: method's humanity, stating it would create a clear and accurate record. 74 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 3: Historically, courts have been reluctant to allow recordings of executions, 75 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 3: making the defense's request an unusual one in the ongoing 76 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 3: debate over capital punishment methods. 77 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: Thanks John Lacy Eubanks seventeen, very independent, straight, a high 78 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: school senior, so her mom and stepfather allow her to 79 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: come and go from their texts Arcana home on our 80 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: own accord. Her mom thinks of it when she gets 81 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: a call from a friend at twelve thirty a m. 82 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: An hour later, she leaves with Chester house key, meeting 83 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: a ride out front. She never comes home. Lisa's parents 84 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: do not know what her plans were that night, nor 85 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 1: who is driving the car. Lisa six feet, one hundred 86 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 1: and twenty pounds, brown hair, green eyes, her ears triple pierced. 87 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: Last scene wearing a T shirt, jacket, bell bottomed jeans, 88 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: a blue bucket hat, and a beaded necklace. That was 89 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: twenty five years ago. If you have info on Lisa Eubanks, 90 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: call Bowie County, Texas. Sheriff's nine zero three seven nine 91 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: eight three one four nine. For the latest crime in 92 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: justice news, go to crimeonline dot com and please join 93 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: us for our daily podcast, Crime Stories. With this crime alert, 94 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: I'm Missy Grace.