A tragic turn in the search for a missing tot: little Jonathan Boley has been found dead, his faithful dog refusing to leave his side. The sad turn of events comes hours after his dad is arrested for owning & making explosives.
Authorities in Miami are in a race against time to find a woman - caught on camera- being abducted in broad daylight. Plus, a woman jumping for joy after her exotic pet returns home. Jennifer Gould reports.
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Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Jennifer Gould.
A desperate New Year's Eve search ends in profound heartbreak
Friday when authorities discovered the body of four year old
Jonathan Everett Bowley just two miles from his father's Jasper,
Alabama home. On Friday afternoon, Sheriff Nick Smith confirmed the
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grim outcome. Little Jonathan was found dead in the woods.
His faithful dog Buck was found alive right next to him,
having guarded the boy until the very end.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Listen, like so many of you across our community were where,
we're where devastated, and we're devastated by this news. Jonathan
was an adventurous boy and he loved the outdoors. I
ask you to be respectful to the family. You know,
it's this is very gonna be a very hard time.
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It's gonna be a very hard time for our community.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
The todd vanished Wednesday morning while on a rare five
day visitation with his father, Jamison Kyle Bully forty, a
former military man, who reportedly waited over an hour to
report the boy missing. The search for the blonde haired,
blue eyed child, last seen wearing a yellow Mickey Mouse
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shirt and paw patrol shoes quickly transformed from a rescue
mission into a high stakes tactical nightmare. As deputies tried
to sweep the family property on Highway one ninety five,
The search was abruptly halted by the discovery of a
literal minefield. Investigators found unusual explosive devices inside the home
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and at least eight pipe bombs and booby traps scattered
in the thick hurlbrush outside the residents. The peril was
so extreme that fifty volunteer searchers were forced to flee
for their lives, clearing the wave for the FBI bomb
squad to neutralize the lethal landscape. Neighbors later reported hearing
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weeks of unexplained explosions, including a massive blast at four
a m. The very morning, Little Jonathan disappeared while Jamison
Bully was hauled away in handcuffs. Initially charged with unlawful
manufacturing of a destructive device and later hit with two
counts of chemical endangerment, the hunt for his son intensified.
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Thermal imaging drones scoured five hundred acres, while divers checked
murky ponds and helicopters circled overhead. The only glimmer of
loyalty in the darkness was Buck, the family's black lab
who had also vanished. The missing boy and his brother
lived with their mom in Florida. They were to return
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to their mother on Thursday. The cause of death as
yet to be determined and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone
with information or camera footage is urged to call the
Walker County Sheriff's Office at two oh five three eight
four seventy two eighteen more Prime and Justice news. After this,
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a woman's blood curdling cries of no shattered the early
morning calm of a Florida neighborhood as a man was
caught on camera allegedly forcing her into a pickup truck
in a broad daylight abduction. Highly A police released the
haunting surveillance footage showing the pair locked in a struggle
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at six forty five am, right outside the Lake Condominium
Complex at West twenty seventh Avenue and fifty second Street.
The grainy video captures a man dressed in all black
with a blue hat, initially speaking to the woman before
the encounter turns violent. He's seen physically overpowering the victim,
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shoving her toward a white Ford F one point fifty
Platinum Edition equipped with distinctive black rims. Neighbors reported hearing
two or three piercing screams that left them just too
paralyzed with fear to step outside. One resident recalled the
victim's final desperate please before the modified truck just sped
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away into the morning light. This neighbor, who did not
want to be idd spoke to NBC six please pray,
pray for her to be found. In a baffling twist,
authorities revealed that no missing person's report has been filed
for the victim. Described as a white female with long
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black hair. She was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt,
khaki sweatpants, and black sandals. While investigators do believe the
duo like knew each other, the lack of an official
report has left detectives in a significant challenge as they
scrambled to id the pair and confirm the woman's safety.
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They want to make sure she's okay. Cops are urging
anyone who recognizes the five foot seven suspect or the
unique white truck to call three zero, five, six eight seven,
twenty five, twenty five or Miami Dade Crime Stoppers. It
is all over online and finally, a pet owner is
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jumping for joy after her escaped wallaby returned home from
an impromptu walk about in New Jersey. Rex, a three
foot tall marsupial, sparked a Monroe township man hunt after
escaping a cold weather enclosure at Lots of Love Farm
due to an unlatched gate. Native to Australia, wallabies are
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a mid size member of the kangaroof family, and when threatened,
wallabies may thump their feet or deliver one forceful kick
with their back legs, making them really dangerous. Rex's owner
spoke to ABC News, It's really hard to catch a kangaroo.
I mean, I don't know if you've ever done that,
but it's hard. While police struggled as wallaby whisperers, Rex
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was spotted narrowly dodging traffic before being cornered at a
local walmart on a little retail run. A sharp tailed
mom and daughter spotted the assy icon hopping through the
parking lot and alerted the sanctuary. Volunteers successfully bagged the runaway,
who is now safe at home. Talk about a hoppy
reunion for the latest Crime and Justice News follow the
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