1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Crime a art hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: Jackie Howard. The shooting death of conservative pundent Charlie Kirk 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: has caused a ripple effect across the nation, from the 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: initial horror of the act, to those mocking and celebrating 5 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: his death on social media, to those individuals now facing 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: repercussions of firings and more as a result. The shot 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: was fired during a peaceful campus event Kirk's American Comeback 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: Tour at Utah Valley University in Orum. He sat under 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: a white gazebo before a crowd of about three thousand people. 10 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: A discussion began about transgender mess shooters when a single 11 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: shot rang out. Kirk slumped in his chair with a clear, 12 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: profusely bleeding wound to his neck. The FBI released images 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: of a person of interest, a slim white man wearing 14 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: sunglasses and a dark baseball cap and a dark sweater 15 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: with a picture of an American flag with an eagle 16 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: across on the front. On Friday, President Trump announced that 17 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: Tyler Robinson, twenty two, was the shooter and was turned 18 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: in by his father. Robinson's dad reached out to a 19 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: family friend, who then contacted authorities A family member told 20 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: investigators that Robinson had become more political in recent years 21 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: and in conversations had said Charlie Kirk was full of 22 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: hate and spreading hate. During a press conference, Utah Governor 23 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: Spencer Cox described the weapon and bullet casings found near 24 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: the scene. 25 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: Investigators discovered a bolt action rifle wrapped in a dark 26 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 2: colored towel. The rifle was determined to be a Mouser 27 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 2: Model ninety eight to thirty six thirt six caliber bolt 28 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 2: action rifle. The rifle had a scope mounted on top 29 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: of it. Investigators noted inscriptions that had been engraved on 30 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: casings found with the rifle. Inscriptions on a fired casing 31 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: read notices bulge's capital wo, what's this question? 32 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 3: Mark. 33 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: Inscriptions on the three unfired casings read hey fascist, exclamation point, catch, 34 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 2: exclamation point, up arrow symbol, right arrow and symbol, and 35 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 2: three down arrow symbols. A second unfired casing read oh 36 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 2: belichow bellachow bellachow chow chow, and a third unfired casing 37 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: read if you read this, you are gay LMAO. 38 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: The FBI released videos appearing to show a dark figure 39 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: running across the roof of a building in the aftermath 40 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: evidence included a palm print and forearm imprints and footwear imprints. 41 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: A footprint. Officials have said Utah will pursue the death penalty. 42 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: In the wake of the shooting, repercussions have come for 43 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: some who mocked or laughed at Kirk's murder. DC Comics 44 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: canceled the Just Relieved Red Hood comic book series after 45 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: all Gretchen phelk or Martin's social media comments. In a 46 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: now deleted post, philk or Martin allegedly wrote, hope the 47 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:12,119 Speaker 1: bullet's okay. Charlie Rock, a communications coordinator for the Carolina Panthers, 48 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: posted a video on his personal Instagram account of a 49 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: Kirk speaking engagement with the caption why are y'all sad? 50 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: Your man said it was worth it. It was paired 51 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: with the screenshot of Wu Tang Clan's song Protect Your Neck. 52 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd lost his job after comments 53 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: about hateful words leading to hateful actions. Dowd apologized, saying 54 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: he didn't intend for his comments to blame Kirk for 55 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: the attack. Both the University of Mississippi and Middle Tennessee 56 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: State University had removed staff members after comments they made. 57 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: And there's more, even an electrician who had to close 58 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: this business after his wife posted a video celebrating mocking 59 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: Kirk's death. Charlie Kirk's casket was flown from Utah to 60 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: Phoenix aboard Air Force two for his funeral and burial. 61 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: President Donald Trump has said he will attend Tune into 62 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: Crime Stores with Nancy Grace on Monday for the latest 63 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: in this evolving story. More crime and justice news after this, 64 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: I'm Drew Nelson. 65 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 4: A mother and her partner plead not guilty in a 66 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 4: so called house of horrors in New Jersey, where an 67 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 4: eighteen year old girl says she was held a captive 68 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 4: for years, beaten and sexually abused. Brenda Spencer, aged thirty eight, 69 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 4: and her partner, Brandon Moseley, aged forty one, were arrested 70 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 4: in Camden County on Monday. Prosecutors revealed plea offers of 71 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 4: fifty years for Moseley and twenty five for Spencer. Their 72 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 4: lawyers rejected those offers, Spencer's attorney, Terrell Ratliffe, saying, quote, 73 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 4: I forgot it three seconds after I got told it. 74 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 4: We're not even there at this point in time. As 75 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 4: reported by NJ dot Com. Both defendants faced kidnapping, assault, 76 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 4: and child in min dangerous charges, with Mosley also facing 77 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 4: multiple counts of sexual assault. The case began in May 78 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 4: when the teen escaped their Gloucester Township home and ran 79 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 4: to a neighbor for help. She told investigators that she 80 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 4: had been forced to live in a dog crate since 81 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 4: twenty eighteen, had been padlocked in a bathroom at times 82 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 4: and at other times kept in a bare room with 83 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 4: only a bucket. Here, As prosecutor Grace McCauley, what this. 84 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 5: Young woman survived was absolutely horrific. After speaking with the victim, 85 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 5: our detective searched the residents and found that the victim 86 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 5: was subjected to living in squalid, filthy conditions alongside numerous animals, dogs, chinchillas, 87 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 5: and other animals. 88 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 4: Detectives also discovered that a thirteen year old girl in 89 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 4: the house had been pulled from school years earlier. 90 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 5: Homeschooling maybe the right choice for many families, Unfortunately it 91 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 5: can be used by others as a means to hide abuse. 92 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 4: Neighbors said the older girl was rarely seen outside. The 93 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 4: New York Times reported that when she finally reached neighbor's home, 94 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 4: her hair was shaved, her wrists had scars from handcuffs, 95 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 4: and she smelled foul. She spoke in bursts about being 96 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 4: locked in the dog crate, cuffed to a toilet, and 97 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 4: fed spaghetti from a bucket. Prosecutors later described the ordeal 98 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 4: as quote beyond heinus, this one of the. 99 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 6: Most despicable cases that I've ever run up across. 100 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 4: Police Chief David Harkins confirmed police had first met the 101 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 4: girl at a Wall Wall convenience store after her escape, 102 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 4: but she did not reveal everything. 103 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 6: It was reported to us that it was a domestic 104 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 6: violence type of situation. However, she did not want to 105 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 6: disclose all this information. She did not disclose this information 106 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 6: about being held. 107 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 4: Both teens are now safe. Spencer and Mosley remain jailed 108 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 4: ahead of trial, where they will face decades in prison 109 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 4: if convicted. 110 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 3: I'm Nicole parton Mark. David Chapman has once again been 111 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 3: denied parole, marking the fourteenth time this has occurred since 112 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 3: he fatally shot John Lennon nearly forty five years ago 113 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 3: outside of Lenin's home in New York City at age seventy. 114 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 3: Chapman participated in a parole board interview on August twenty seven, 115 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 3: but was not granted release from the green Haven Correctional 116 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 3: Facility in New York, as indicated by the New York 117 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 3: Department of Corrections and Community Supervisions online records. According to 118 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 3: the timeline, Chapman became eligible for parole in December two thousand, 119 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 3: two decades after he murdered the forty year old Lenin 120 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 3: on December eighth, nineteen eighty, as the musician returned to 121 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 3: his apartment with his wife, Yoko Ono. Earlier that same day, 122 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 3: Lenin had autographed a copy of his latest album, Double Fantasy, 123 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 3: for Chapman. Chapman has been incarcerated since August nineteen eighty one, 124 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 3: convicted of second degree murder, and is serving a sentence 125 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 3: of twenty years to life. His last appearance before the 126 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 3: parole board was in March twenty twenty three. He has 127 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 3: previously voiced remorse for his actions, declaring in a twenty 128 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 3: twenty interview that he deserved the death penalty for his crime. 129 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 3: I assassinated him solely because he was immensely famous, and 130 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 3: I was seeking self glory. He said it was a 131 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 3: selfish act. He referred to his actions as creepy and despicable, 132 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 3: frequently reflecting on Ono, now ninety two, who chose not 133 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 3: to remarry after Lennon's passing. I wish she could know 134 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 3: that she understood her husband better than anyone else and 135 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 3: knew the kind of man he was, which I did not, 136 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 3: he reportedly expressed in an interview. I deserved nothing at 137 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 3: the time of the warrant to death penalty. When you 138 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 3: deliberately planned someone's murder, knowing it's wrong and doing it 139 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 3: for your own glory, that deserves death, he said. In 140 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 3: David Chef's biography Yoko, released in March, she described the 141 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 3: letters she wrote to the board in two thousand as 142 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 3: quote the hardest letter she's ever written. The biography highlighted 143 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 3: that Ono's letter detailed her love for Lenin and his 144 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 3: beliefs to me, he was the other half of the sky. 145 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 3: Our love for each other was intense until the very end. 146 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 3: The letter also addressed the impact of Lenin's death on 147 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 3: their sons Sean forty nine Julian now sixty two, as 148 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: well as Ono's own grief. Chef noted that Ono express 149 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 3: concern that Chapman's release could revive the quote nightmare, chaos 150 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 3: and confusion that followed Lenin's murder and could lead to 151 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 3: more violence. In a twenty fifteen interview with The Daily Beast, 152 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 3: Oo shared that she had never considered leaving the apartment 153 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 3: that they shared with Sean as it held cherished memories 154 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 3: of Lenin. It's extremely difficult for me to think about Chapman, 155 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 3: she said, especially since he doesn't seem to believe he 156 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 3: did anything wrong. My concern is that if he did 157 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 3: get out, he would do it once again. Chapman's next 158 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 3: parole hearing is scheduled for February twenty twenty seven. 159 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 7: I'm Jennifer Gould. A serene, Long eyeland and retirement community, 160 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 7: was shattered by a flash of violence when a seventy 161 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 7: six year old woman allegedly shot her neighbor in the 162 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 7: face with a flare gun during a bitter feud. The 163 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 7: explosive showdown at Belmont Villa's Senior apartments, caught on chilling 164 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 7: doorbell footage, has left the sixty seven year old victim 165 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 7: bloodied and his alleged assailant in cuffs. Victim, Richard Katrone, 166 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 7: spoke to NBC New York. 167 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 4: Kathleen showed no emotion, She claimed, I was the devil. 168 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 5: She claimed, I tried to murder her, and she said, 169 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 5: I'm sorry I missed. 170 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 7: The chaos erupted around five forty five pm on the 171 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 7: four hundred block of wyan Danch Avenue in West Babylon, 172 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 7: New York. Home surveillance video shows the victim, Richard, walking 173 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 7: his dog, when his neighbor, Kathleen Schumann, storms out of 174 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 7: her apartment without hesitation. She brandishes a flare gun, aims 175 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 7: and fires at close. The flare ricochets off Katron's cheek, 176 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 7: sending him reeling in stunned agony. Listen didn't think, I ga, 177 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 7: thanks you to what you reacting swiftly, he drops his 178 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 7: dog's leash, charges Schumann and knocks the weapon from her hand, 179 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 7: grabbing her hair in a heated scuffle. Neighbors revealed the 180 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 7: duo's bad blood was a long simmering dispute over their pets. 181 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 7: Schumann's cat reportedly riled up Katrone's dog. Katrone admitted he 182 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 7: had made complaints to management and that he even asked 183 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 7: her to please keep the cat inside. One neighbor noted 184 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 7: that Schumann had moved out temporarily and only returned a 185 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 7: week before the fiery ordeal. Police arrested Schumann shortly after 186 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 7: the incident. Katrone's blood was still visible on the walkway 187 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 7: outside their apartment when officials arrived. Schumann was charged with 188 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 7: second degree assault with an incendiary device, a felony. She 189 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 7: pleaded not guilty at her arraignment, with bail said at 190 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,199 Speaker 7: five thousand dollars cash or a thirty thousand dollars bond. 191 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 7: A judge issued a no contact order and ordered her 192 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 7: to stay away from Katron. Both were treated for non 193 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 7: life threatening injuries, with Katrone requiring six stitches in his face. 194 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 7: Connifer ELC manages Belmont Villas, which is marketed as a quiet, 195 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 7: gated apartment complex for residents fifty five years and older. 196 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 7: They called it a quote unquote isolated incident and say 197 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 7: they are cooperating with police. For the latest crime and 198 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 7: justice news, follow the Crime Alert hourly update on your 199 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 7: favorite podcast app, and watch Crime Stories with Nancy Grace 200 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 7: on Fox one and YouTube with this crime Alert. I'm 201 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 7: Jennifer Gould.