WEBVTT - Judge to Issue Tyler Robinson Trial Decision in September | Crime Alert Saturday 07.11.26

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<v Speaker 1>Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Silvanni.

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<v Speaker 1>A week long preliminary hearing concluded Friday for the man

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<v Speaker 1>accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Utah County prosecutors

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<v Speaker 1>aimed to show enough evidence against twenty three year old

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler Robinson to proceed to trial for the September tenth

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<v Speaker 1>aggravated murder on the Utah Valley University campus. The state

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<v Speaker 1>is actively seeking the death penalty. Robinson's lawyers called a

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<v Speaker 1>final witness, trying to raise doubts about the prosecution's case.

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<v Speaker 1>The defense previously challenged the reliability of ballistics tests on

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<v Speaker 1>a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk's body, which an ATF

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<v Speaker 1>expert labeled inconclusive. They also fought the release of a

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<v Speaker 1>recorded interview with Robinson's roommate and boyfriend, Lance Twiggs. In

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<v Speaker 1>private discord chat messages Robinson wrote on Friday, defense attorney

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Bert grilled ATF Section Chief Caitlin Oliver about testing

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<v Speaker 1>on an unknown item. Judge Graff ruled no further exhibits

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<v Speaker 1>would be shown in court or via live stream. After

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<v Speaker 1>cameras accidentally flashed photos of a burned note Robinson wrote

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<v Speaker 1>to Twiggs. Graff had previously blocked the note's public release.

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<v Speaker 1>Bert used Oliver's testimony to highlight DNA limitations, noting government

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<v Speaker 1>policies don't allow analysts to call DNA evidence infalliable. Oliver

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<v Speaker 1>admitted third party DNA transfer as possible, agreeing that shaking

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<v Speaker 1>hands could migrate genetic material onto a weapons trigger. Deputy

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<v Speaker 1>Utah County Attorney Chad Grunnander questioned her relevance, stating prosecutors

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<v Speaker 1>already met their burden through four days of overwhelming testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>Judge Graff will rule on the trial advancement after reviewing

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<v Speaker 1>transcripts and written briefs. Oral arguments are set for September first.

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<v Speaker 1>Robinson has yet to enter a plea next. A North

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<v Speaker 1>Carolina couple accused of performing exorcisms on their adopted children

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<v Speaker 1>will spend decades in prison after pleading guilty too the

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<v Speaker 1>murder and abuse of their four year old son, Skyler Wilson.

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph Paul Wilson, forty five and Jody and Wilson, forty two,

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<v Speaker 1>pleaded guilty in Surrey County Superior Court to second degree

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<v Speaker 1>murder and child abuse related charges Both were sentenced to

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<v Speaker 1>thirty two to forty years in prison and waived their

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<v Speaker 1>rights to appeal. The Wilsons used dangerous disciplinary methods learned

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<v Speaker 1>from alternative parenting books, which escalated to prolonged physical restraint

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<v Speaker 1>with duct tape. On January fifth, twenty twenty three, Jody

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<v Speaker 1>wrapped Skyler in a bedsheet and used duct tape to

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<v Speaker 1>restrain him face down on the floor of their Mount

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<v Speaker 1>Airy home for several hours. Joseph knew of the restraint

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<v Speaker 1>and had purchased duct tape and bandages earlier that day

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<v Speaker 1>for that purpose. When Joseph returned home for lunch and

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<v Speaker 1>found Skyler restrained, he left him there and went back

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<v Speaker 1>to work. After Jody eventually released Skyler and realized he

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<v Speaker 1>was severely injured, she messaged her husband to hurry home.

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph later called nine one one, reporting Skyler was having

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<v Speaker 1>a seizure, while Jody could be heard in the background

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<v Speaker 1>saying it's my fault. Emergency personnel found Skyler unresponsive. He

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<v Speaker 1>died four days later at Brenner's Children's Hospital after being

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<v Speaker 1>removed from life support. An autopsy determined Skyler died from

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<v Speaker 1>a hypoxic ischemic brain injury caused by compressional and positional

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<v Speaker 1>asphyxia from prolonged restraint, with starvation keto acidosis as a

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<v Speaker 1>contributing factor. A former foster parent had reported concerns to

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<v Speaker 1>social services less than a month before his death. More

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<v Speaker 1>crime and justice news After this, A chaotic scene in

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<v Speaker 1>Summit County ended Tuesday night with the arrest of Julius Edwards,

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<v Speaker 1>a man wanted for attempted murder who led police on

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<v Speaker 1>a multi jurisdictional pursuit, including onto a golf course. The

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<v Speaker 1>violent chain of events began around six am in Canton,

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<v Speaker 1>where police responded to a home and found a thirty

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<v Speaker 1>three year old woman bleeding from apparent stab wounds on

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<v Speaker 1>the second floor with a large knife protruding through her

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<v Speaker 1>right arm. Officers found a blood trail leading to the driveway,

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<v Speaker 1>and a male voice came through the front door ring camera,

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<v Speaker 1>identifying himself as Edwards, stating he wanted to kill her

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<v Speaker 1>and believed he did. Hours later, troopers spotted Edwards driving

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<v Speaker 1>a gray Kia Tellur Ride he fled initiating a pursuit.

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<v Speaker 1>Edwards ran a red light on Arik's Road, causing a

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<v Speaker 1>serious crash that injured multiple people. Edwards then fled on foot,

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<v Speaker 1>fired at a pursuiting trooper, and vanished into the woods.

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<v Speaker 1>He then carjacked a silver Chrysler Town and Country minivan,

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<v Speaker 1>sparking a second pursuit. Edwards drove the stolen minivan directly

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<v Speaker 1>through the fox Den golf Course in Stowe, forcing golfers

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<v Speaker 1>to flee. News five Cleveland spoke with golfer's logan Conrove

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<v Speaker 1>and Joe Messina about the terrifying encounter. It was coming

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<v Speaker 1>right at us too, and my girlfriend was driving the

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<v Speaker 1>cart and I was like, you got to move the cart.

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<v Speaker 1>We got to move off to the left. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>he was going to flatten either my card or Joe's,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm glad we were able to get out of

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<v Speaker 1>the way and come out unscathed. The chase continued through

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<v Speaker 1>nearby properties. Resident Michael Burrows described the moment the pursuit

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<v Speaker 1>tore through his property to News five Cleveland. And I

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<v Speaker 1>heard these sirens and he could hear them. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>like they were in my yard. Well, they were in

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<v Speaker 1>my yard. He kept going through and then he went

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<v Speaker 1>out on the road and you can see the skid

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<v Speaker 1>marks out there. He made a quick left. The pursuit

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<v Speaker 1>ended near Saybrook Boulevard when Edwards crashed into a Summit

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<v Speaker 1>Metro Parks police cruiser, totaling it and causing it to

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<v Speaker 1>roll over. The officer managed to jump out of his

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<v Speaker 1>vehicle just eight seconds before impact, suffering only minor injuries.

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<v Speaker 1>Edwards attempted to run, but was captured by Stowe Police

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<v Speaker 1>and state troopers. He is now in custody while his

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<v Speaker 1>stabbing victim recovers in a hospital. For more crime and

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<v Speaker 1>justice news, be sure to join us for crime stories

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<v Speaker 1>with Nancy Grace on Fox one YouTube Serious XM and

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<v Speaker 1>now streaming on two B with this crime alert, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Sydney Silvannie