October 29, 2025 • 7 mins
Utah shooting suspect Tyler Robinson will be allowed to wear civilian clothing in court while awaiting trial for the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but a judge has ruled he must remain restrained during proceedings for safety reasons. A North Carolina woman says a DNA test revealed she was conceived secretly using sperm from her mother’s fertility doctor more than 40 years ago. A man dressed as a Nazi officer is arrested in downtown Athens, Georgia, after allegedly hitting a University of Georgia student in the face with a glass pitcher. Drew Nelson reports.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime al Art hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm
Drew Nelson. Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson will be
allowed to wear civilian clothing in court in Utah while
he awaits trial for the assassination of the conservative activist,
but a judge's ruled he must remain restrained during proceedings
for safety reasons. During a virtual hearing on Monday, Judge
Tony Graff said Robinson's right to the presumption of innocence
(00:23):
outweighs the inconvenience of dressing him in street clothes, Noting
the case's extraordinary public attention. Robinson's lawyer argued pre trial
news coverage featuring his client in prison garb could result
in jurbias, but Graft did not go as far as
Robinson hoped. He denied the request to remove the restraints,
citing the seriousness of the aggravated murder charge, which could
(00:44):
bring the death penalty. Robinson, aged twenty two, appeared remotely
from jail with his camera off and his next schedule
to appear January sixteenth and January thirtieth. As Robinson prepares
for trial, his transgender partner Lance Twiggs has mysteriously vanished
from Saint George h Utah six weeks after the shooting
September tenth. Authorities say Twiggs, who is also twenty two,
(01:05):
received a string of text messages from Robinson confessing to
the killing and detailing his attempts to hide the weapon
before turning himself in. Twiggs, who had been living with
Robinson after being estranged from his devout Mormon parents, has
not been seen at the couple's eighteen hundred dollars a
month apartment since Robinson's arrest. His Infinity FX thirty five
now sits in his parents driveway. Neighbours say the home
(01:27):
has been quiet, and local police have not confirmed his
current whereabouts. Relatives and former friends described Twigs as a
bright student who struggled after being kicked out of his
family home in twenty eighteen. He reportedly reconciled with his
parents in recent years, as is shown by recent Venmo
payments labeled for prescriptions and gas money from family members.
Investigators maintained that Twiggs is not charged with any crime
(01:50):
and has been cooperating with authorities, but his disappearance has
fueled speculation amid the ongoing fallout from one of the
most politically explosive murders in modern US. His haid, Charlie Kirk,
aged thirty one, was the outspoken founder of Turning Point USA,
launched in twenty twelve to rally college students around Republican causes.
Kirk had been on a national campus tour aimed at
(02:11):
mobilizing young conservative voters when he was shot and killed
at Utah Valley University in Orum, his death sending shockwaves
through political circles and drawing tributes from President Trump and
other GOP leaders who called him a martyr for the
conservative movement. More Crime and Justice news. After this, a
(02:35):
North Carolina woman says a DNA test revealed she was
conceived through what she calls medical rape by her mother's
fertility doctor more than forty years ago. Now forty three
years old, Summer McKesson of Atlanta made the discovery after
years of medical problems that left doctors puzzled.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Back in twenty twenty, I found out that I had
blood clots in my heart and lungs. A year later,
I had to have open heart surgery.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
That surgery come at age forty. Her surgeon later noticed
her connective tissue was unusually fragile and suggested testing from
Marfan syndrome, which is a genetic disorder that can cause
cardiovascular failure if left untreated. When her geneticists confirmed the diagnosis,
McKesson tells CNN she was shocked neither of her parents
(03:19):
had the condition. She turned to genetic testing twenty three
and meters, hoping for clues about her health. Instead, she
found seven half siblings that she'd never met.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
My oldest half sibling is sixty one and the youngest
is thirty nine.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
One month later, one of those siblings sent a message
suggesting that she asked her parents if they had gone
to see a doctor named Charles Pete. Mckesson's mother, Laurie Kruppa,
confirmed that she had been a patient of doctor Pete
at Duke University Hospital in the early nineteen eighties. Kroppas
said Pete told her that donor sperm would come from
a medical resident. Instead, he secretly used his own.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I didn't even know that they had IVF for sperm
donation back then, and so it was a shock. It
was almost paralyzing when I first found out to find
out my dad wasn't my dad.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
McKesson and another half sibling Jim Harris, both discovered their
mothers were inseminated by Pete without consent.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Back then, they couldn't freeze firms, so it had to
be fresh, and it was supposed to be an anonymous
medical student that looks like my dad.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Doctor Pete, who died in twenty thirteen at age eighty nine,
was once a respected obgyn and mentor at Duke. DNA
testing now suggests he fathered at least twelve children outside
his family, possibly more. Duke Health later acknowledged quote unacceptable
actions by a former physician and said such conduct quote
(04:41):
should never have happened. Fertility fraud, which is when a
doctor misrepresents the source of donor material, is not a
crime in North Carolina, though fourteen other states have passed
laws against it. McKesson and her mother say they have
considered civil action, but see few options since Pete is
deceased and no criminal state applies. A man dressed as
(05:02):
a Nazi officer is arrested in downtown Athens, Georgia, after
allegedly hitting a University of Georgia student in the face
with a glass pitcher. Police identified the suspect as thirty
three year old Kenneth Morgan, who was charged with felony
aggravated assault and simple battery following the violin encounter outside
Cutter's Pub on Clayton Street. The confrontation, captured on video
(05:23):
shows Morgan wearing a black Nazi style uniform with a
red swastik armband as onlookers shout at him to leave.
You can hear the crowd reaction as the alleged assault
takes place.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
This is a terrible.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Is a serious, no, no, no no. Witnesses said Morgan
tried to enter the bar when a group of women,
including UGA student Grace Lange, confronted him, laying tells UGA's
newspaper and black. She tried to block him from entering
and grabbed for his armband. That's the moment that Morgan
(06:05):
allegedly swung a large glass pitcher, striking her in the face.
Lang said she suffered a broken nose that required four
stitches and swelling around her left eye. In a statement,
the University of Georgia says Morgan is not a student
and had no affiliation with the school. Quote his actions,
which were caught on videotape, are appalling and we are
grateful to Athens Clark County police officers for swiftly apprehending
(06:27):
and arresting him. The incident has shocked students across the campus,
especially members of Athens Jewish community, who called it a
disturbing act of hate. Rabbi Mihoil Refsen, the co director
of habbad Uga, spoke to wanf the Nazi symbol is
the symbol of absolute evil. It's a symbol of you know, hey,
it's painful, it's upsetting, and it's hurtful.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
You know, my grandmother was Outschwitz survivor.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Students have gathered near the bar and the days following
the attack, condemning the Nazi costumed perp and applauding those
who intervened. Rights groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center,
have also denounced the Nazi imagery, calling it an example
of quote hateful, violent speech that should not be tolerated.
Morgan spent four nights in the Athens Clark County jail
before posting a fifteen thousand dollars bond. The woman he
(07:15):
allegedly assaulted continues to recover from her injuries. For the
latest crime and justice news, follow Crime Alert's hourly update
on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm
Drew Nelson,
Crime al Art hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm
Drew Nelson. Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson will be
allowed to wear civilian clothing in court in Utah while
he awaits trial for the assassination of the conservative activist,
but a judge's ruled he must remain restrained during proceedings
for safety reasons. During a virtual hearing on Monday, Judge
Tony Graff said Robinson's right to the presumption of innocence
(00:23):
outweighs the inconvenience of dressing him in street clothes, Noting
the case's extraordinary public attention. Robinson's lawyer argued pre trial
news coverage featuring his client in prison garb could result
in jurbias, but Graft did not go as far as
Robinson hoped. He denied the request to remove the restraints,
citing the seriousness of the aggravated murder charge, which could
(00:44):
bring the death penalty. Robinson, aged twenty two, appeared remotely
from jail with his camera off and his next schedule
to appear January sixteenth and January thirtieth. As Robinson prepares
for trial, his transgender partner Lance Twiggs has mysteriously vanished
from Saint George h Utah six weeks after the shooting
September tenth. Authorities say Twiggs, who is also twenty two,
(01:05):
received a string of text messages from Robinson confessing to
the killing and detailing his attempts to hide the weapon
before turning himself in. Twiggs, who had been living with
Robinson after being estranged from his devout Mormon parents, has
not been seen at the couple's eighteen hundred dollars a
month apartment since Robinson's arrest. His Infinity FX thirty five
now sits in his parents driveway. Neighbours say the home
(01:27):
has been quiet, and local police have not confirmed his
current whereabouts. Relatives and former friends described Twigs as a
bright student who struggled after being kicked out of his
family home in twenty eighteen. He reportedly reconciled with his
parents in recent years, as is shown by recent Venmo
payments labeled for prescriptions and gas money from family members.
Investigators maintained that Twiggs is not charged with any crime
(01:50):
and has been cooperating with authorities, but his disappearance has
fueled speculation amid the ongoing fallout from one of the
most politically explosive murders in modern US. His haid, Charlie Kirk,
aged thirty one, was the outspoken founder of Turning Point USA,
launched in twenty twelve to rally college students around Republican causes.
Kirk had been on a national campus tour aimed at
(02:11):
mobilizing young conservative voters when he was shot and killed
at Utah Valley University in Orum, his death sending shockwaves
through political circles and drawing tributes from President Trump and
other GOP leaders who called him a martyr for the
conservative movement. More Crime and Justice news. After this, a
(02:35):
North Carolina woman says a DNA test revealed she was
conceived through what she calls medical rape by her mother's
fertility doctor more than forty years ago. Now forty three
years old, Summer McKesson of Atlanta made the discovery after
years of medical problems that left doctors puzzled.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Back in twenty twenty, I found out that I had
blood clots in my heart and lungs. A year later,
I had to have open heart surgery.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
That surgery come at age forty. Her surgeon later noticed
her connective tissue was unusually fragile and suggested testing from
Marfan syndrome, which is a genetic disorder that can cause
cardiovascular failure if left untreated. When her geneticists confirmed the diagnosis,
McKesson tells CNN she was shocked neither of her parents
(03:19):
had the condition. She turned to genetic testing twenty three
and meters, hoping for clues about her health. Instead, she
found seven half siblings that she'd never met.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
My oldest half sibling is sixty one and the youngest
is thirty nine.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
One month later, one of those siblings sent a message
suggesting that she asked her parents if they had gone
to see a doctor named Charles Pete. Mckesson's mother, Laurie Kruppa,
confirmed that she had been a patient of doctor Pete
at Duke University Hospital in the early nineteen eighties. Kroppas
said Pete told her that donor sperm would come from
a medical resident. Instead, he secretly used his own.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I didn't even know that they had IVF for sperm
donation back then, and so it was a shock. It
was almost paralyzing when I first found out to find
out my dad wasn't my dad.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
McKesson and another half sibling Jim Harris, both discovered their
mothers were inseminated by Pete without consent.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Back then, they couldn't freeze firms, so it had to
be fresh, and it was supposed to be an anonymous
medical student that looks like my dad.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Doctor Pete, who died in twenty thirteen at age eighty nine,
was once a respected obgyn and mentor at Duke. DNA
testing now suggests he fathered at least twelve children outside
his family, possibly more. Duke Health later acknowledged quote unacceptable
actions by a former physician and said such conduct quote
(04:41):
should never have happened. Fertility fraud, which is when a
doctor misrepresents the source of donor material, is not a
crime in North Carolina, though fourteen other states have passed
laws against it. McKesson and her mother say they have
considered civil action, but see few options since Pete is
deceased and no criminal state applies. A man dressed as
(05:02):
a Nazi officer is arrested in downtown Athens, Georgia, after
allegedly hitting a University of Georgia student in the face
with a glass pitcher. Police identified the suspect as thirty
three year old Kenneth Morgan, who was charged with felony
aggravated assault and simple battery following the violin encounter outside
Cutter's Pub on Clayton Street. The confrontation, captured on video
(05:23):
shows Morgan wearing a black Nazi style uniform with a
red swastik armband as onlookers shout at him to leave.
You can hear the crowd reaction as the alleged assault
takes place.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
This is a terrible.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Is a serious, no, no, no no. Witnesses said Morgan
tried to enter the bar when a group of women,
including UGA student Grace Lange, confronted him, laying tells UGA's
newspaper and black. She tried to block him from entering
and grabbed for his armband. That's the moment that Morgan
(06:05):
allegedly swung a large glass pitcher, striking her in the face.
Lang said she suffered a broken nose that required four
stitches and swelling around her left eye. In a statement,
the University of Georgia says Morgan is not a student
and had no affiliation with the school. Quote his actions,
which were caught on videotape, are appalling and we are
grateful to Athens Clark County police officers for swiftly apprehending
(06:27):
and arresting him. The incident has shocked students across the campus,
especially members of Athens Jewish community, who called it a
disturbing act of hate. Rabbi Mihoil Refsen, the co director
of habbad Uga, spoke to wanf the Nazi symbol is
the symbol of absolute evil. It's a symbol of you know, hey,
it's painful, it's upsetting, and it's hurtful.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
You know, my grandmother was Outschwitz survivor.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Students have gathered near the bar and the days following
the attack, condemning the Nazi costumed perp and applauding those
who intervened. Rights groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center,
have also denounced the Nazi imagery, calling it an example
of quote hateful, violent speech that should not be tolerated.
Morgan spent four nights in the Athens Clark County jail
before posting a fifteen thousand dollars bond. The woman he
(07:15):
allegedly assaulted continues to recover from her injuries. For the
latest crime and justice news, follow Crime Alert's hourly update
on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm
Drew Nelson,
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