Bones, Bullets, and a Dead Dog: Who Shot the Victim? And Who Killed the Dog Who Found His Skeleton? | Crime Alert 2PM 12.08.25

Human remains found by a dog in Alabama are now identified as a missing visually impaired man, and the same dog that led to the discovery has since been killed. A routine banking stop in Ohio turns into a drug arrest after suspected meth is mistakenly sent through a drive-through pneumatic tube at a small-town bank. Drew Nelson reports.

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Crime a art hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm
Drew Nelson. Human remains found by a dog in Alabama
are now identified as a missing, visually impaired man, and
the same dog that led to the discovery has since
been killed. Jefferson County's coroner confirmed on December fourth that
the skeletal remains belonged to Curtis Taylor Junior, aged twenty five.

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He had been reported missing in Center Point in February
of twenty twenty four. DNA analysis was used to confirm
his identity. His death is being investigated as a homicide
by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Taylor was last seen
live February sixth of twenty four at his home in
the thirteen hundred block of fifth Place Northwest. His family
reported him missing on February twenty first, after they were

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unable to reach him. The investigation began months later when
a neighborhood dog made a shocking discovery. On August twentieth,
twenty twenty four, the dog brought home a human skull.
The skull showed a gunshot wound. Four months later, in December,
the same dog found a leg bone, the tibia search
later uncovered additional bones. Investigators eventually located more remains in

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a wooded property behind the tailor family's home across the street.
The dog belonged to Paulina Mahia.

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I'm glad that he was being able to identify it,
and I'm also sad that how this situation turned out
to be.

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Mehia tells WBrC how she felt the moment her dog
first returned with human remains.

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It was shocking, as always said, to see my dog
do such a thing of finding human remains and bringing
them to the home.

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After the most recent bone was discovered, Maheas said her
dog was struck and killed by a vehicle.

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The last remain was found, and then somehow she got
rund over and you know, it just doesn't add up
because she was like kind of right next to a
stop sign.

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Miha says there are speed bumps and signage in the area.
She also says she no longer feels safe living there.
Investigators confirmed the remains were located through peded discoveries made
by the same dog over the course of a year.
At one point, a GPS tracker was attached to the
dog to help trace where the bones were coming from
the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the circumstances

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surrounding Taylor's death. Authorities have not yet released a cause
of death, beyond confirming the cases being treated as a homicide.
You know, other than the apparent gunshot wound through the skull.
Anyone with information has urged to contact the Sheriff's office
at two oh five three two five fourteen fifty more
crime and justice news. After this, a routine stop at

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a bank in Ohio turns into a drug arrest after
a suspected myth is mistakenly sent through the drive through
pneumatic tube at a small town bank in Woodsfield, tellers
received a tube that contained a baggie with the crystalline substance.
Tests later showed that the substance was a parent met amphetamine.
Deputies trace the delivery to Jason G. Smith, aged forty six,

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of Woodsfield. Investigators determined the packet had been sent unknowingly
during a routine transaction. Smith was later located in Wayne
Township by officers with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Deputies responded with the assistance of Canine Max. A search
of Smith's truck led to the recovery of additional suspected
drugs and drug related items. Smith was taken into custody

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and transported to the Monroe County Jail after his arrest.
Monroe County Sheriff Derek Norman used the case to issue
a public reminder quote, illegal drugs don't belong in bank
drive throughs, but they can be turned in at the
Sheriff's office. No charges, no handcuffs, just help. We'd much
rather safely take them off the street than see another
unexpected deposit. The investigation into the case remains open. Diamond

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Yvette Bradley was three years old when she disappeared from
Chicago July sixth of two thousand and one. Her sister,
ti on De Bradley was ten. Their mother, Tracy Bradley,
said she last saw both girls around six the thirty
am before leaving for work. She then returned home around
one pm and found a handwritten note written by Tianda
saying they were going to the store and then going

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to the school playground. Police launched an immediate search, officers
canvass the neighborhood. The sewers were checked, lagoons were searched,
abandoned buildings and factories were inspected. Nearly one hundred registered
sex offenders in the area were interviewed. The search turned
up absolutely nothing. The family believes the girls did not
leave with a stranger. A private investigator working the case

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raised oubts about a supposed plan trip, but nothing has
come of that. Chicago police say the investigation remains active.
At the time she vanished, Diamond was three feet tall,
forty pounds or so, black with black hair and brown eyes.
She had a medium complexion and wore her hair in
braided ponytails with purple ponytail holders when she disappeared. She

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has a scar on the left side of her scalp
along the hairline. She was described as timid but talkative.
At the time Teyanda vanished, she was four feet two
and a about seventy pounds, black, with brown hair and
brown eyes. A reward of up to ten thousand dollars
is being offered for information that leads to the current
whereabouts of Diamond and Tiana Bradley, who would both be
in their thirties. Anyone with information is asked to contact

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the FBI's Chicago Field office at three one two four
two one sixty seven hundred. For the latest crime and
justice news, follow Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite
podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson.