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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm Nicole Parton.

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Speaker 1: A teenage girl managed to escape a nightmarish situation in

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Speaker 1: which she had been held captive and reportedly abused for

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Speaker 1: seven years by her mother and stepfather. The eighteen year

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Speaker 1: old girl fled from a suburban residence in Gloucester Township,

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Speaker 1: New Jersey, with assistance from a neighbor. Once she was free,

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Speaker 1: she recounted to police the terrifying conditions she had been

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Speaker 1: subjected to since twenty eighteen, when her mother, Brenda Spencer,

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Speaker 1: thirty eight, withdrew her from school. After being taken out

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Speaker 1: of the sixth grade, The girl claimed she was confined

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Speaker 1: to a locked bathroom where she was allegedly chained up,

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Speaker 1: as stated by the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. She also

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Speaker 1: reported that her stepfather, forty one year old Brandon Moseley,

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Speaker 1: sexually assaulted her over the years and physically abused her

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Speaker 1: with a belt. He reportedly denied her food and violated

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Speaker 1: her while she was restrained. The girl was reportedly forced

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Speaker 1: to spend a year in a dog crate intended for

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Speaker 1: the couple's Great Danes. According to the Gloucester Township Police

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Speaker 1: Chief David Harkins. Additionally, she was kept in a stark

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Speaker 1: room with only a bucket for her needs instead of

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Speaker 1: a proper bathroom. According to the victim, she endured unsanitary

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Speaker 1: living conditions, and an alarm system alerted Spencer and Moseley

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Speaker 1: if she attempted to escape. Harkins mentioned that the victim

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Speaker 1: initially did not provide details to the police, but later

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Speaker 1: reached out to them about a week after escaping. She

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Speaker 1: described this case as one of the most quote despicable

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Speaker 1: she had ever encountered. While authorities did not disclose the

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Speaker 1: specifics of her escape, they met with her at a

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Speaker 1: grocery store to take her statement. Although she initially declined

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Speaker 1: domestic abuse services, she contacted the police just two days

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Speaker 1: later to provide a fuller account of what had happened.

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Speaker 1: Investigators were horrified by the conditions they discovered in the home,

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Speaker 1: which included numerous dogs, chinchillas, and other animals that the

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Speaker 1: girl had been forced to coexist with in the bathroom. Moreover,

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Speaker 1: they found a second girl, just thirteen years old, also

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Speaker 1: living in the home. Both girls had been removed from

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Speaker 1: school and were allegedly being homeschooled during the duration of

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Speaker 1: the abuse. Neighbors informed local NBC affiliate WCAU that the

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Speaker 1: family seldom left the house and they had never seen

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Speaker 1: the girls. In fact, one neighbors said she hadn't seen

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Speaker 1: the girls in years. Members of the community expressed their

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Speaker 1: disgust over the allegations, saying you have to be mentally

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Speaker 1: disturbed to treat your children this way. Spencer and Moseley

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Speaker 1: have been arrested and faced several charges, including kidnapping, neglect, assault,

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Speaker 1: and one count of third degree aggravated assault with the weapon.

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Speaker 1: Spencer was reportedly unemployed, while Moseley worked as a train conductor.

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Speaker 1: Both are currently in custody awaiting detention hearings. What this

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Speaker 1: young woman survived was absolutely horrific, Camden County Prosecutor Grace

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Speaker 1: McCauley stated during a press conference, let's listen in.

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Speaker 2: At other times, she was forced to live in a

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Speaker 2: bare room with just a bucket to use instead of

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Speaker 2: a toilet. She explained the bare room had an alarm

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Speaker 2: system that would alert the defendants. She reported she was

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Speaker 2: beaten with a belt and sexually abused by Moseley.

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Speaker 1: She continued by saying the girl endured heinous years long

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Speaker 1: torture that had gone unnoticed due to her being homeschooled.

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Speaker 1: The prosecutor highlighted the quote flaws in the educational system

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Speaker 1: that allowed the abuse to continue for seven years. While

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Speaker 1: homeschooling can be beneficial in some families, in this instant,

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Speaker 1: it contributed to her concealment and tragic abuse, she said.

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Speaker 1: Spencer and Moseley were charged on Saturday and are set

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Speaker 1: to appear in court for their first hearing on Friday.

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Speaker 1: More crime and justice news After this, a man from Cleveland,

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Speaker 1: dan a See, who is already facing charges for the

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Speaker 1: murder of his ex wife, has been hit with additional

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Speaker 1: accusations after law enforcement claims he attempted to orchestrate the

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Speaker 1: murder of his former mother in law while incarcerated. Craig

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Speaker 1: Liner is alleged to have shot and killed his ex wife,

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Speaker 1: Karen Liner, outside her residence in January. During his preliminary hearing,

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Speaker 1: detectives presented surveillance footage showing Karen confronting him as he

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Speaker 1: arrived at her home following her call to nine one one.

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Speaker 1: Police alleged that the man then opened fire, resulting in

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Speaker 1: her death. Recent documents obtained indicate that Liner now faces

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Speaker 1: new charges stemming from illicit activities he reportedly engaged in

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Speaker 1: while in jail. According to an arrest report, another inmate

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Speaker 1: approached authorities to disclose that Liner had solicited him to

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Speaker 1: murder his ex mother in law. In return, Lener allegedly

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Speaker 1: promised to give the inmate a twenty seventeen Malibu boat

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Speaker 1: and an ssu V that he owned once he was

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Speaker 1: released from prison as compensation for carrying out the murder.

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Speaker 1: To investigate further, detectives initiated a sting operation utilizing recording

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Speaker 1: equipment and surveillance cameras. They instructed the inmate to discuss

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Speaker 1: the murder plot with Liner. This conversation took place in

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Speaker 1: the f pod area of the Bradley County Jail. However,

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Speaker 1: the arrest report noted that some technical issues with the

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Speaker 1: recording devices meant that not all of their dialogue was captured. Nevertheless,

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Speaker 1: there was enough recording evidence to warrant additional charges against Liner.

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Speaker 1: After their meeting, which concluded with a handshake, the inmate

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Speaker 1: relayed the discussion to law enforcement. The report indicates that

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Speaker 1: the inmate assured the man he was going to take

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Speaker 1: care of it. You're going to take care of the problem, right,

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Speaker 1: The inmate said, yes, I will. The inmate also expressed

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Speaker 1: that he expected both the boat and the SUV's payment,

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Speaker 1: to which Liner replied he would receive that and fifty

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Speaker 1: thousand dollars if needed. Subsequently, they shook hands, finalizing the agreement.

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Speaker 1: Immediately after, the inmate texted investigator stating, quote, let's go.

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Speaker 1: He just gave the go. A search warrant was executed,

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Speaker 1: leading to the seizure of the Malibu boat and the

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Speaker 1: Suv as evidence. As a result, Craig Leiner is now

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Speaker 1: being charged with the solicitation to commit murder in addition

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Speaker 1: to charges for murdering his wife. For the latest crime

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