1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace Breaking crime news now. Brian 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: Smith's date steals a cell phone while he sleeps, she 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 1: discovers video Smith violently killing a woman. Terrified, the date 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: secretly copies the video and returns the cell phone. As 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: soon as Smith leaves, she turns the video over to 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: Alaska cops, who id the woman pictured as Kathleen Henry. 7 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: After his arrest, Smith admits to a second murder of 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: Veronica Abouchuk Nancy. 9 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 2: Both victims were Alaska Native women. Police had discovered Veronica 10 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 2: Abu Chuck's body, but did not correctly identify her until 11 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 2: Smith's confession. At trials, Smith's date was a key witness, 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 2: and while the graphic video was only played for jurors, 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: observers were allowed to hear the audio. The jurors came 14 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 2: to a verdict after only two hours of deliberation. 15 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 1: Ryan Smith, fifty two, found guilty fourteen charges, including murder, 16 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: sex assault, and tampering with evidence. In Florida, the events 17 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: of a movie Cocaine Bear are a pair real life. 18 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: After several close encounters an attack from black bears, the 19 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,839 Speaker 1: state Senate has approved a bill allowing residents to shoot 20 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 1: bears deemed quote an eminent threat. The bill has been 21 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: nicknamed the Cocaine Bear Bill after Representative Jason schof says 22 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: Laridians have the right to protake themselves, I guess bears 23 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: that are on crack. If passed, the bill eliminates fines 24 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: and penalties for killing bears that threaten residents and pets. 25 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: More crime and justice news after this Now with the 26 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: latest crime and justice breaking these Crime onlines John Linley. 27 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 3: Following the discovery of a pregnant Amish woman's body last week, 28 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 3: a Pennsylvania man has now been taken into custody and 29 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 3: charged with her murder. Here's Sidney Sumner with Crime Online 30 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 3: with more. 31 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 2: We are now learning through court filings that fifty two 32 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: year old Shawn C. Cranston, a resident of Corey, Pennsylvania, 33 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: is facing charges of criminal homicide, criminal homicide of an 34 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: unborn child, burglary, and criminal trespasses. At a preliminary arraignment, 35 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: Cranston was denied bond and is currently being held at 36 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: the Crawford County Jail, with a preliminary hearing set for 37 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 2: March fifteenth. It was less than a week after twenty 38 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 2: three year old Rebecca A. Byler was discovered dead in 39 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 2: the living room of her Spartansburg area home that Cranston 40 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 2: was arrested. Buyler looked to have cut wounds on her 41 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 2: head and neck, according to police, and the defendant is 42 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 2: charged in a criminal complaint with killing the victim by 43 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 2: quote shooting her in the head and or slashing her throat. 44 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 2: A spokesperson with the court has said an affidavit detailing 45 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 2: the specifics of what police belief happened will be made 46 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 2: public later. The murder was a complete shock to the 47 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: residence of the rural northwestern Pennsylvania community, a place where 48 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 2: the Amish are known to live in harmony with their neighbors. 49 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 2: Andy Byler, the victim's husband, discovered his wife's body inside 50 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 2: the home just after noon on February twenty sixth, prompting 51 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 2: the police investigation. Our friends with the Associated Press spoke 52 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 2: with Trooper Cynthia Schick, who says that the autopsy and 53 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 2: investigation have provided police with a potential murder weapon. Has 54 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 2: stated that the two young Builer children were at the 55 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: residence but were unharmed. The Builer's home is situated in 56 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: a relatively isolated rural farming area along a dirt road. 57 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 2: Locals say that the Amish are well integrated into the 58 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 2: neighborhood and have lived in the area for a long time. 59 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 2: Residents have also reported that Amish and non Amish socialize 60 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 2: at one another's homes, and that the Amish also labor 61 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 2: for the non Amish and attend fish fries and other 62 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 2: activities together. 63 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 3: Neighbors in the area have been raising funds in support 64 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 3: of the Biler family. Authorities in North Carolina say that 65 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 3: a mother has been accused of killing her twin four 66 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 3: year old sons, whose bodies were found by their father 67 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 3: when he arrived to pick them up. Once again Crime 68 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 3: Online Sidney Sumner. 69 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: According to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Apartment, the father arrived 70 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: at the Murphy, North Carolina home of his wife, Genevieve 71 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: Ellen Springer. The father had visited the house for a 72 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 2: custody exchange because the couple are separated. When exactly the 73 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: children died is something that the investigators are still working 74 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: to determine. The father, whose identity are not revealing at 75 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 2: the moment, claimed to have last seen the children on 76 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: February twenty sixth. The Cherokee County Sheriff's Department has released 77 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 2: a statement seeing that the victims will undergo autopsies, which 78 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 2: should provide information on when exactly the children died. Springer 79 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 2: is currently being jailed without bond at the Cherokee County 80 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 2: Detention Center after being charged with two counts of first 81 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: degree murder. 82 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 3: The Sheriff's office has reported that Springer was hospitalized for 83 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 3: a short while following her arrest. 84 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: Thanks John Jimminy Posey Means Sam with her boyfriend in 85 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 1: Fort Tott, North Dakota, just before she gives birth to 86 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: their child. After the baby turns seven months, jem and 87 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: I tells her mom she thinks she's moving back to 88 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: Devil's Lake for more help with the baby, and even 89 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: brings home some of her things, but ends up going 90 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: back to Fort Tout and shortly after, jim and I 91 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: tells her boyfriend she's going out with a friend one afternoon, 92 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: but when she doesn't come home that evening, he gets concerned. 93 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: Jemini's family spans days trying to get a hold of her, 94 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: and the nie mom is reported missing four days later. 95 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: No one saw who picked her up that afternoon, and 96 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,359 Speaker 1: searches of the area turn up nothing. If you have 97 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: info on Gemini Posey, now missing two months, please call 98 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: Fort Taunton, North Dakota PD seven zero one seven six 99 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: six four two three one. For the latest crime and 100 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: justice news, go to crimeonline dot com with this crime alert. 101 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: I'm Nancy Grace.