Mom Who Appeared on "Paternity Court" Cuffed for Shooting 4 Kids, Killing 2| Crime Alert 8PM 10.07.2025

A woman who once appeared on a reality show to ID her son's dad is now in the news for gunning down her 4 kids in a cold-blooded rampage. Two of the children survived the hail of bullets. 

An accused killer confesses to a half dozen more murders, telling a news crew, "I'm a beast" in a jailhouse shocker. Plus, a woman is seeing 'red' over her ex's new flame. Jennifer Gould reports. 

 

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Episode Transcript

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Crime al Art, hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm
Jennifer Gould. The woman police say executed two of her
own children in a devastating car attack, was once a
national spectacle openly confessing infidelity on the hit daytime show
Paternity Court. Aninda Romulus, thirty one, who stood before a

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TV judge a decade ago seeking to name the father
of her son, now stands accused of a far more
profound and sinister crime, the double murder of her thirteen
year old son and three year old daughter inside a
car in Brazoria County, Texas. Brazoria County Sheriff bo Stallman

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described the scene as a quote unthinkable, unimaginable tragedy end
quote during a somber press conference. Listen, it is impossible
to make sense of a senseless tragedy like this, but
we will do everything we can to seek justice for
these children. Thirty one year old Oninda Romulus is currently

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behind bars, charged with two counts of murder and two
counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following the
incomprehensible violence. The horrifying episode began around four forty five
am when Romulus herself placed a distress call to the
Sheriff's office, directing law enforcement to her location near a

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shell gas station in Angleton. Here's part of that call.
We multiple ambulances. When deputies arrived, they encountered a chilling
scene four young children, all with grievous gunshot wounds, confined
inside their mother's vehicle. Immediate efforts to render life saving

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aid were launched by the first responders until medical personnel
could reach the remote location. Tragically, Romulus's thirteen year old
son and three year old daughter were pronounced dead at
the scene. Her eight year old son and a nine
year old daughter, although severely injured, were rushed by helicopter
to a Houston area hospital. Authorities confirmed these surviving siblings

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are currently in stable condition. Investigators with the Brazoria County
Sheriff's Office concluded that the brutal attack incurred inside the
mother's car. Ramialus was taken into custody following the incident.
She's being held on a staggering fourteen million dollar bond
calculated at five million dollars per murder count and two

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million dollars for each charge of aggravated assault. Ramillis a
former tax agent who was originally from Haiti, recently relocated
her family to Texas from Georgia and reportedly had it
troubled past. In twenty thirteen, she appeared on the show
Paternity Court, seeking to id the father of her son, Okario,

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after admitting she cheated on her fiance, Dwayne Seymour, allegedly
quote out of spite end quote DNA testing, though ultimately
confirmed that neither Seymour nor the other man was the
child's biological father. In the meantime, the Montgomery County Sheriff's
Office is now assisting with the investigation as detectives worked

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to establish a motive for the horrific crime. The Texas
Department of Family and Protective Services confirmed no prior open
investigations involving Romulus. More crime and justice news. After this,
a man charged with one murder stunned investigators and the

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nation by casually confessing two six total slayings, brandishing himself
a quote unquote monster. In a brutal, unrepentant jailhouse interview,
Forty one year old Daniel Graham, facing first degree murder
charges and the savage beating death of a woman at
a California trailer park, spoke openly about his life of

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addiction and violence, detailing how he quote just blacked out
end quote before unleashing lethal force. The horrifying carnage centered
on the Rundown Superior Mobile Home Park in Bakersfield, California,
where sixty two year old Roxanna Joe Kelly was found
dead back on August fifteenth of twenty twenty four. This

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is what Graham told KGET news. I'm so sorry about
what happened to Roxanne, but it is what it is.
I could be your best friend, I can be your worst.
Name May authorities alleged Graham, a parole acting as a
bodyguard for a methan fetamine dealer, confronted Kelly over a
substantial unpaid debt. In the hour long interview, Graham described

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the confrontation with eerie detachment, saying, quote, it is what
it is end quote. Shackled, but strangely very calm, Graham
confessed he choked Kelly out in a hate he's of
rage and substance abuse. When he regained clarity she was dead,
he chillingly extended his admissions far beyond Kelly's murder, claiming

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responsibility for five additional homicides and tying them to his
decades long drug battle, which he traces back to childhood trauma, saying, quote,
I'm a beast. If I were me, I'd get rid
of me end quote. Graham's startling admissions complicate the ongoing
prosecution in Kern County. Graham, whose record includes a twenty

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eighteen battery conviction, awaits arraignment, potentially facing enhanced charges if
the additional murder claims are corroborated by law enforcement. And
finally talk about a messy breakup. Florida firefighter Gabrielle Franz
twenty eight is in seriously hot water after performing a

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trashy theatrical stunt mad her ex was dating someone new,
The smoke jumper allegedly drove to his DeLand home and
pulled a hostile tampon dump Yeah, cop say. She was
caught on video tossing seventy five feminine hygiene products onto
the lawn, all bizarrely painted red to simulate, well, you

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know what I'm talking about, a spectacular flow if you will. Franz,
who's now on paid leave, initially denied the menstrual mischief,
but she eventually confessed the theatrical gig was suggested by
her mom and aunt to create maximum drama, confirming though
the items were prop stained not used. Thanks for that,

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She's now facing misdemeanor stalking charges. This chaotic attempt to
stop the clock on her ex's new relationship, though, has
only left her own career in the red sorry and
her reputation burned. For the latest crime and justice news
followed the Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast
app with this crime Alert, I'm Jennifer Gould.