Serial Broad Daylight Sex Assaulter Taken Off The Streets | Crime Alert 4PM 08.20.25

A man is under arrest after police say he carried out a string of at least five sexual assaults against women in Center City and South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A 5-year-old boy is dead in Georgia after finding a gun in a car and shooting himself in the head, and a 27-year-old man is facing charges. Drew Nelson reports.

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Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson.
A man is under arrest after police say he carried
out a string of at least five sexual assaults against
women in Center City and South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Officers found
thirty seven year old dan Nell Walker outside of Sam's
Club and Horsham, Pennsylvania, where he was charging his phone.
Police say an anonymous tip led them to him. He

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was taken into custody without incident. He's being held on
one point five million dollars bail and faces charges including
aggravated indecent assault, unlawful restraint, and false imprisonment. The Philadelphia
Police Department says it is also reviewing other cases to
see if he is tied to more attacks. It's really
surprising that it's happening in this area because there's not
a lot of crime around here, and you know, everybody's

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on there a little extra alert right now. That's neighbor
Judy Cahill on WCAU. The assaults took place between July
eighteenth and August third. Police say each case followed a pattern.
The man came up from behind a woman and groped her.
In some incidents, the attacks went further. Victims said he
sometimes spoke first, calling out something like quote good morning, beautiful.

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Police say one woman was walking her dog when she
was attacked. Another was entering her apartment building when she
was pushed to the ground. Others were assaulted while walking
home or heading to their car, or unlocking their front door.
Surveillance played a major role in this investigation, as well
as the media. The media paid a major role in
this investigation. The Citizen, Philadelphia and Horsham played a major

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role in this investigation. That's Captain Margot Elaine of the
Special Victims Unit. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced formal
charges against Walker. Police say he has more than twenty
prior arrests, though most of those are for drugs and theft,
none for sex crimes. They believe there could still be
more victims who have not yet come forward. More crime

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and justice news after this. A five year old boy
is dead in Georgia after finding a gun in a
car and shooting himself in the head, and a twenty
seven year old man is facing charges. Police said the
shooting happened someday at a storage facility on Carver Road

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in Griffin. In the Atlanta excerpts, officers tried to save
him until ems and fire crews arrived. The boy died
at the scene. Investigators say the child had been left
alone in the car. They said he found an unsecured
firearm and pulled the trigger, which quote tragically resulted in
his death. Police arrested Chase the Selle of Hampton, Georgia.
He was charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct. Record

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show he was booked into the Spalding County Jail and
denied bond. His relation to the boy has not been
made clear. Griffin Police Chief Connie Sampson called it a
heartbreaking case. Quote, this is an unimaginable tragedy for the
family and our community. Our sincere condolences are with them
during this time of loss. The incident remains under investigation.

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The case comes as Georgia has seen a rise in
child shootings linked to unsecured guns, with police calling each
one preventable. Every Town for Gun Safety says Georgia has
seen one hundred and ninety four injuries or deaths related
to children stumbling upon or playing with guns between twenty
fifteen and twenty twenty three. Hannah Up vanished in Saint

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Thomas in September of twenty seventeen, leaving her car, keys,
and clothes behind at Sapphire Beach just days after Hurricane
Irma and one week before Hurricane Maria. She was thirty
two years old at the time. Friends said she left
her sun dress, sandals, and keys on a stool near
the water. Her car was found nearby, with her wallet, phone,
and passport inside. Search crews combed the sea and shore

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for three days, but the effort was stopped when Hurricane
Maria struck. Some believe she may have drowned. Others think
she could have boarded one of the boats evacuating the island.
Up had a long history of a condition known as
dissociative fugue. In two thousand and eight, she went missing
in New York City while working as a Spanish teacher.
She was last seen jogging, then three weeks later, she
was found floating face down near Staten Eye. Two fairy

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deckhands pulled her from the water as she gasped per air.
The New York Times described the episode as if quote
the city had simply opened wide and swallowed her hole.
She later told the newspaper quote. I went from going
for a run to being in an ambulance. It was
like ten minutes had passed, but it was almost three weeks.
Doctors diagnosed her with dissociated FU, which is a rare

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state where a person loses memory of their identity and
may travel long distances in that time. She suffered another
episode in twenty thirteen in Maryland while working at a
Montesssori school. Her phone and wallet were found on a
walking path. She reappeared two days later in a creek
and called her mother. After that, up moved to Saint
Thomas and tried to build a new life. Her mother, Barbara,

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has never stopped searching. She moved to Saint Thomas and
continues to pursue leads and up as white five seven,
somewhere between one hundred and twenty and one hundred and
thirty pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, Her nose and ears
are pierced. She is fluent in Spanish. She has three tattoos,
a triangle with wave on her right ankle, a sunflower
on her right thigh, and a venus symbol on her

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lord torso. She may have been wearing a bathing suit,
shorts or a sports spra when she vanished. Anyone with
information is asked to call the Virgin Islands Police Department
at three four zeros seven seven two fifty six oh five.
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