1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: Crime alert, imancy, grace breaking crimes. Now, Franklin Thompson lives 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: with his two adult daughters, who are getting extremely tired 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: of his smoking habit. When Heather Thompson catches her dad 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: lighting a cigarette inside again, she beerates him for stinking 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: up the house. Her sister is trying to ignore the 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: argument from her bedroom when she hears a gunshot and 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: finds Heather lying in a pool of blood. Calls nine 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: one one and starts CPR, but Heather is dead. When 9 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: EMT's arrive, police find Franklin Thomas walking near his home 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: with bloodstains on his shirt and a gun in his 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: pocket Nancy. 12 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 2: During an interview with investigators, Thompson admits to the shooting 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 2: and does not appear to feel any kind of remorse. 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: At his arraignment, Thomson's other daughters panicked and emotional. Nine 15 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: one one call is played in court. She could be 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: heard sobbing and screaming for help through the phone. Thompson's 17 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 2: attorney attempted to argue for lower bail, citing that Thompson 18 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: is an Army veteran and worked as a truck driver 19 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 2: for thirty years with no criminal record. The judge left 20 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: Thompson's bond at a million dollars, and he remains in 21 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 2: Hamilton County Justice Center waiting a grand jury's dismissal or indictment. 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: Franklin Thompson, sixty four, now charged with murder. A Loveland, Colorado, 23 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: bank teller is confused when a man hands her a 24 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: note without a word. She asks how she can help, 25 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: but he just nods toward the note. She unfolds the 26 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: paper to find illegible writing, at one point turning the 27 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: note completely upside down trying to read it. The increasingly 28 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: frustrated customer frequently looks around nervously, tapping his feet. Eventually 29 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: huffs and runs from the bank. After he leaves, the 30 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: teller finally makes out a threat, a demand for money. 31 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: Cops are called. Police have released security images of the 32 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: steel unidentified bank robber who foiled his own bank robbery 33 00:01:54,240 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: with bad handwriting. More crimeate Justice news after this Now 34 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: with the latest Crimeate Justice breaking news Crime on Line 35 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: John Limley. 36 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: A suspect is in custody following a deadly warehouse shooting 37 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 3: in New Albany, Ohio. Authorities say twenty seven year old 38 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 3: Bruce Reginald Foster the third was arrested at an apartment 39 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 3: in Columbus after refusing to surrender. US Marshal Chief Deputy 40 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 3: Dan Deville says officers had to force entry, but took 41 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 3: Foster into custody without incident. He was turned over to 42 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 3: New Albany police. The shooting happened at a warehouse northeast 43 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 3: of Columbus. One person was killed and five others, all employees, 44 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 3: were hospitalized. Police have not released their conditions. A handgun 45 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 3: was recovered at the scene. New Albany Police Chief Greg 46 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 3: Jones says there's no known motive, calling it a targeted attack. 47 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 3: About one hundred and fifty workers were evacuated. New Albany 48 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 3: Mayor Sloan Spaulding saysultiple agencies are investigating. Now to Georgia, 49 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 3: where a former district attorney has been cleared of charges 50 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 3: related to her handling of the Ahmad Arbury case. Here's 51 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 3: our Sidney Sumner with the latest. 52 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 2: Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson has been 53 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 2: acquitted of all charges stemming from allegations of misconduct in 54 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 2: the investigation of Ahmad Arbury's death. Senior Judge John R. 55 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 2: Turner dismissed the final felony charge against Johnson, citing technical 56 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 2: flaws in the indictment. Johnson was initially indicted in September 57 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 2: twenty twenty one after Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr ordered 58 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 2: an investigation into her actions following Arbury's fatal shooting in 59 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 2: February twenty twenty. Prosecutors alleged that Johnson used her position 60 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 2: to shield Greg McMichael and his son Travis McMichael, who, 61 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 2: along with the neighbor William Roddy Bryan, were later convicted 62 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 2: of Arbury's murderer. The trial faced challenges as key testimonies 63 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 2: undermined the prosecution's case. County Assistant Police Chief Stephanie Oliver 64 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 2: testified that she had no communication with Johnson regarding the 65 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 2: decision not to arrest the McMichaels immediately after the shooting. 66 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 2: Upon dismissing the charges, Judge Turner expressed sympathy for Arbury's mother, 67 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 2: Wanda Cooper Jones, acknowledging the profound sadness surrounding the case. 68 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 3: This acquittal concludes the legal proceedings against Jackie Johnson concerning 69 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 3: her involvement in the Yamat Arbury case. 70 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: Thanks John. Brianna Maitland seventeen, takes her ged early in 71 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: the morning and has a celebration launch with mom, then 72 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: heads to work at the Black Lantern Inn, Montgomery, Vermont. 73 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: She leaves her roommate of notes she'll be home after work, 74 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: then heads out in a nineteen eighty five Owls Sedan. 75 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: Eleven twenty PM. Brianna tells coworker she's headed home. Next afternoon, 76 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 1: of Vermont State trooper finds Brianna's oldsmobile rammed into the 77 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,239 Speaker 1: backside of an abandoned house a mile from the Black Lantern. 78 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: Anna's roommate away for the weekend, doesn't see the note 79 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: till she gets back and reports Brionna missing the next 80 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: morning after realizing she never came home. Brianna Maitland Caucasian, 81 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: brown hair, hazel eyes, scar on forehead near left eyebrow. 82 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: The FBI now offering a forty thousand dollars reward. If 83 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: you have info on Brianna Maitland, Please contact the FBI 84 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: one eight hundred call FBI that's one eight hundred, two 85 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 1: two five five three two four or Vermont State Police 86 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: one eight four four eight four. The tips for the 87 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: latest crime and justice news, go to crime online dot 88 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: com and please join us for our daily podcast, Crime Stories, 89 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: where we do our best to find missing people, especially children, 90 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: and solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert, I mean 91 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: see Grace