1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Sidney Sumner. 2 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: Testimony continues in a preliminary hearing for Tyler McCain, a 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: California man accused of killing his wife, Nicki McCain. Superior 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: Court Judge Thomas Bender is tasked with determining if the 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: murder case against Tyler will proceed. As of today, Nicki 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: is still missing and presumed dead. The Writing Police Department 7 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: said Nikki last spoke to her family on May seventeenth, 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: before someone picked her up from a home in Redding 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: near the Wind River Casino. Her truck was also reported missing, 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: but police later found it a two thousand and two 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: Chevrolet Avalanche on May twenty fifth in western Tahama County. 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: During a check of Nicky's avalanche, the vehicle was put 13 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: up on a lift where investigators discovered blood pooled on 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: top of the fuel tank. There was so much blood 15 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: some of it dripped down from the fuel tank. Shasta 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: County authorities reclassified Nicky's disappearance as a homicide and charged 17 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: Tyler McCain with the murder. Last month. Shasta County District 18 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: Attorney Stephanie Bridget said that Tyler McCain's motive had been 19 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: to keep Nicky, a mother of four, from testifying against 20 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: him in a domestic abuse case. On Wednesday, Tyler McCain's 21 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: former friend, Albert Nelson, took the stand and stated that 22 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: Tyler admitted that he had killed Nicky after wrestling her 23 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: in bed then strangling her. On May eighteenth, twenty twenty four, Nelson, 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: who has an unrelated felony warrant, arrived at the Redding 25 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: Courthouse in shackles. Nelson previously told investigators that he thought 26 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: Tyler McCain had been taking met at the time of 27 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: Nicky's death, and that Nicky had screamed I'm dying during 28 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,199 Speaker 1: the scuffle. During his testimony, however, Nelson recanted and claimed 29 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: he fabricated the incident in an attempt to get out 30 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: of jail. He also admitted he was on drugs when 31 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: he made the incriminating statements against McCain. Nelson also previously 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: said that his sister saw Tyler McCain suspiciously driving the 33 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: Avalanche during the time Nicky was last seen. Nelson told 34 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: the court that he lied about the incident. The preliminary 35 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: hearing is scheduled to conclude next week, a Florida man 36 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: was arrested after he allegedly chased and shot at a 37 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: man test driving a motorcycle in Lake County. Isaiah MacDonald 38 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: was charged with multiple counts relating to the incident, including 39 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,119 Speaker 1: aggravated assault with the deadly weapon, discharging a weapon into 40 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: an occupied vehicle, and discharging a firearm from a vehicle. 41 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: The Lake County Sheriff's Office said they were told by 42 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: the victim that he was test driving the bike when 43 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: he noticed a white jeep Cherokee following him closely and 44 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: behaving aggressively, prompting him to speed up and make multiple 45 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: turns in an attempt to evade him. At one point, 46 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: the jeep's driver pointed a firearm out the window, and 47 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: the biker said he heard two gunshots. The writer identified 48 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 1: the driver as MacDonald, who he said was a childhood friend, 49 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: but that they hadn't been in contact in recent years. 50 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: The victim showed officers a text he received from MacDonald 51 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: after the incident, asking when's a good time to come over. 52 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: The writer confronted him about the incident, but MacDonald denied involvement. 53 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: Police later located him and he again denied involvement. Investigators 54 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 1: say his story didn't add up, however, and they saw 55 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: a box of ammunition in the car. MacDonald consented to 56 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: a search of the vehicle, and deputies found more ammunition, drugs, 57 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: and drug paraphernalia. In addition to charges related to the 58 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: shooting incident, MacDonald also faces drug possession charges. MacDonald was 59 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: released Monday on bond More Crime and Justice News after this. 60 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: Police and the Adirondacks are looking for a man they 61 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: say stabbed to his girlfriend over the weekend and fled. 62 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: Anthony Beaschond, fifty three, was last seen in Brighton, New York, 63 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: on Sunday. His truck was located later that day at 64 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: the intersection of County Route sixty in State Route eighty six, 65 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:44,279 Speaker 1: where it apparently had been sitting abandoned for hours. Amanda Rodriguez, 66 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: forty one, was found dead Sunday morning at the home 67 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: she shared with Beshond, a landscaper in Cohos. Police said 68 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: that Rodriguez's mother had not heard from her and sent 69 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: a friend to check. The friend found her body. Authority 70 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: said they believed the murder took place on Saturday and 71 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: launched a manhunt for the suspected killer, whose truck was 72 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: seen at the home at that time. They put out 73 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: a call for tips Tuesday. New York State Forest Rangers 74 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: and US Border patrol are assisting in the manhunt, which 75 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: is focused in the Franklin County area where the truck 76 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: was found, which is about fifty miles from the Canada border. 77 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: Coho's mayor, Bill Keeler provided an update on the search. 78 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: Uniformed troop patrols are blanketing the area and BCI investigators 79 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: are continuing to conduct interviews and search the area in 80 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: unmarked cars, so there is a full court press going on, 81 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: but there have been no sightings to date. Beshond is 82 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: described as nearly six feet tall and about one hundred 83 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: and eighty pounds with brown hair. Police say he may 84 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: be armed and is definitely dangerous, so anyone who sees 85 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: him should steer clear and call police. An eighteen year 86 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: old Massachusetts man accused of making threats to shoot up 87 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: a school was released on bond Wednesday and sent home 88 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: to await trial. Concerns about Ian Fotheringham began in October 89 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: when he allegedly threatened to shoot up his former high school. 90 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: Last month, school counselors contacted investigators saying that the teen 91 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: wanted to shoot up a school and that he'd said 92 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: he was refurbishing weapons in his room, but when Falmouth 93 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 1: police searched his room, they found no illegal guns. Safety 94 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 1: monitors again contacted authorities on September third, saying they'd seen 95 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: a man identified as following him behind t Ticket Elementary 96 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: School and that he appeared to be casing the building. 97 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: Authorities obtained a search warrant for the teen's entire home 98 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: the next day and found photos in a journal referencing 99 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: the Columbine High School shooting, as well as a large 100 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: three D printer capable of making guns. Cape and Island's 101 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: Assistant District Attorney, Tom Flanagan said there are photographs that 102 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: police indicate were from the dark web, showing bloody victims 103 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: on the ground, to include the Columbine killers themselves. Fotheringham 104 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: was arrested on September eleventh, charged with threatening use of 105 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: a deadly weapon in a public building. Following a court 106 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: appearance on Tuesday, he was granted a twenty five hundred 107 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: dollars bail and released. He was ordered to wear a 108 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: GPS monitor and not leave home except of legal or 109 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: medical reasons. For the latest crime and justice breaking news. 110 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: Be sure to follow the Crime Alert hourly update on 111 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert, I'm Sidney Sumner.