The search for Travis Decker is back to square one after an alleged sighting of the fugitive child-killer father turns out to be a look-alike. Meanwhile, another witness is blasting cops saying they say on a sighting tip...for weeks.
A son decapitated, dismembered & dumped in the trash by his own father. Officials arrest & charge that dad as he was about to make a run for it. Plus, a Florida man gets a priority trip...to jail! Jennifer Gould reports.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alart hourly update, Breaking crime news. Now. I'm Jennifer Gould.
A Utah woman's heart stopping sighting of a man she
thought was Travis Decker, the ex army ranger accused of
killing his three little girls, is being met with anger.
She is blasting cops for sitting on her lead for weeks,
(00:20):
letting a potential killer melt into the shadows. Jennifer Rice,
forty two, swears she locked eyes with a shifty figure
near Rosewood Park back on June fifth, but claims Salt
Lake City police just brushed her off. Jennifer spoke with
Idaho six news. They listened to me, but that didn't
seem to if I remember correctly, the comment was, we
(00:42):
know where he is and we know what's happening, but
we'll write this down. Jennifer claims officials didn't return her
call until three weeks later. Rice described the man as
being five foot eight to five ten with a greasy ponytail,
black mesh cap, black gauged earring, a faded cream T shirt,
black shorts, and worn Vans or converse, hauling a black
(01:06):
JanSport backpack and a rolled up blanket. She says he
was acting elusive, avoiding eye contact with people, and seemed
quote out of place in the community end quote. Decker,
thirty two, a former Washington National Guardsman with elite survival training,
allegedly suffocated his daughter's Peyton nine, Evelyn eight, and Olivia
(01:26):
five with plastic bags and zip tied their wrists during
a May thirtieth custody visit in Shellan County, Washington. Their
bodies were found June twid at Rock Island Campground near
Decker's truck, with bloody hamprints and DNA sealing his presence
at the crime scene. Decker was reportedly homeless and suffering
(01:47):
from PTSD and other mental health problems at the time.
The hunt pivoted to Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest after a
July fifth siding of a bearded man with Decker's distinctive
twos spotted by campers near Bear Creek. US marshals chase
that lead, only to confirm on July ninth that it
(02:07):
was a doppelganger, a lookalike hiker, not Decker, halting the
Idaho search. Now, the six million dollars six week man
hunt for the thirty two year old fugitive is back
to square one. The US Marshal Service leading the hunt
is offering a twenty thousand dollars reward for tips leading
to his arrest. Whitney Decker, the girl's mom, demands he
(02:29):
be found quote unquote dead or alive. For closure. Authorities
urge anyone with information to call the Shelan County Sheriff's
office at five oh nine six six seven sixty eight
forty five or just call nine one one. Decker is
considered armed and dangerous, and the public is warned not
to approach him. More crime and justice news after this,
(02:54):
A father's sacred duty to protect was shattered in a
blood curdling crime that has wrought a quiet Minnesota suburb. Now.
Weeks after Jordan Manny Collins Junior disappeared, his own father
is charged with killing him. Jordan Dupre Collins Senior, thirty eight,
faces second degree murder charges for allegedly slaughtering, decapitating, and
(03:18):
dismembering his own sixteen year old son before tossing his
remains into an Elk River landfill like trash Andoka County
authorities revealed and autopsy confirmed the teen died by knife
decapitation with dismemberment wounds ruled a homicide per court filings.
Manny's distraught grandmother, Mary Berry, spoke to ABC five News.
(03:41):
I'm suffer every day of his natural boil life that
he got left in him. I hope he never be
released from prison never. Manny's mom, Ashley Berry, reported him
missing on May twelfth, after last hearing from him via
text at four am on May eighth, near his father's
apartment at forty nine eleven University Avenue, Northeast. Colin Senior
(04:03):
claimed Manny left that afternoon to visit his granny and
girlfriend in Saint Paul, but both said he never arrived.
Manny's girlfriend, who video chatted with him until two thirty
am that very day, said he seemed fine, with no
mention of travel plans. A May fifteenth search of Colin
Senior's apartment uncovered blood stained items in garbage bags, butcher
(04:26):
and hunting knives in a bedroom closet, and missing sections
of mattress and carpet. DNA tests confirmed the blood was Manny's.
Surveillance footage from May thirteenth showed a garbage truck emptying
a dumpster behind the apartment, leading to a week's long
landfill search. On June twenty eighth, Manny's dismembered remains, still
(04:48):
in his black windbreaker, were found. Authorities believed the teen
was killed around Mother's Day. Colin Senior was nabbed at
Minnetaka Community Center with thirteen hundred dollars in cash and
a curved knife. He claimed the blood was his own
and the mattress cuts were just for cleaning, but no
trace of his own DNA was found. Prosecutors, citing his
(05:09):
cash and plans to flee Minnesota, set bail at two
million dollars with conditions or three million dollars without them.
His next court date is set for August fourth. The
motive for the gruesome crime against his own son is
not known, and finally talk about express delivery to jail.
The Florida man, after allegedly trying to swipe nearly fifteen
(05:31):
hundred dollars in loot from Lows, tried to make his
great escape by hitching a ride on the back of
a ups truck. Did he say? Thirty one year old
Michael Diversa bolted from a pomp Coast Lows, ditching his
stolen goods, but his getaway plan was anything but parcel perfect.
A concerned citizen saw him clinging to the back of
(05:51):
that UPS truck on pomp Coast Highway talk about shipping
himself out of trouble. The UPS driver eventually pulled over,
forcing di Versa off, but it was too late. Detectives
hot on his trail quickly id'd him. Divers has now
booked on a fifteen thousand dollars bond for shoplifting. Looks
like his package is now securely delivered to court. For
(06:12):
the latest crime and justice news, follow the Crime Alert
hourly update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert.
I'm Jennifer Gould.
Crime Alart hourly update, Breaking crime news. Now. I'm Jennifer Gould.
A Utah woman's heart stopping sighting of a man she
thought was Travis Decker, the ex army ranger accused of
killing his three little girls, is being met with anger.
She is blasting cops for sitting on her lead for weeks,
(00:20):
letting a potential killer melt into the shadows. Jennifer Rice,
forty two, swears she locked eyes with a shifty figure
near Rosewood Park back on June fifth, but claims Salt
Lake City police just brushed her off. Jennifer spoke with
Idaho six news. They listened to me, but that didn't
seem to if I remember correctly, the comment was, we
(00:42):
know where he is and we know what's happening, but
we'll write this down. Jennifer claims officials didn't return her
call until three weeks later. Rice described the man as
being five foot eight to five ten with a greasy ponytail,
black mesh cap, black gauged earring, a faded cream T shirt,
black shorts, and worn Vans or converse, hauling a black
(01:06):
JanSport backpack and a rolled up blanket. She says he
was acting elusive, avoiding eye contact with people, and seemed
quote out of place in the community end quote. Decker,
thirty two, a former Washington National Guardsman with elite survival training,
allegedly suffocated his daughter's Peyton nine, Evelyn eight, and Olivia
(01:26):
five with plastic bags and zip tied their wrists during
a May thirtieth custody visit in Shellan County, Washington. Their
bodies were found June twid at Rock Island Campground near
Decker's truck, with bloody hamprints and DNA sealing his presence
at the crime scene. Decker was reportedly homeless and suffering
(01:47):
from PTSD and other mental health problems at the time.
The hunt pivoted to Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest after a
July fifth siding of a bearded man with Decker's distinctive
twos spotted by campers near Bear Creek. US marshals chase
that lead, only to confirm on July ninth that it
(02:07):
was a doppelganger, a lookalike hiker, not Decker, halting the
Idaho search. Now, the six million dollars six week man
hunt for the thirty two year old fugitive is back
to square one. The US Marshal Service leading the hunt
is offering a twenty thousand dollars reward for tips leading
to his arrest. Whitney Decker, the girl's mom, demands he
(02:29):
be found quote unquote dead or alive. For closure. Authorities
urge anyone with information to call the Shelan County Sheriff's
office at five oh nine six six seven sixty eight
forty five or just call nine one one. Decker is
considered armed and dangerous, and the public is warned not
to approach him. More crime and justice news after this,
(02:54):
A father's sacred duty to protect was shattered in a
blood curdling crime that has wrought a quiet Minnesota suburb. Now.
Weeks after Jordan Manny Collins Junior disappeared, his own father
is charged with killing him. Jordan Dupre Collins Senior, thirty eight,
faces second degree murder charges for allegedly slaughtering, decapitating, and
(03:18):
dismembering his own sixteen year old son before tossing his
remains into an Elk River landfill like trash Andoka County
authorities revealed and autopsy confirmed the teen died by knife
decapitation with dismemberment wounds ruled a homicide per court filings.
Manny's distraught grandmother, Mary Berry, spoke to ABC five News.
(03:41):
I'm suffer every day of his natural boil life that
he got left in him. I hope he never be
released from prison never. Manny's mom, Ashley Berry, reported him
missing on May twelfth, after last hearing from him via
text at four am on May eighth, near his father's
apartment at forty nine eleven University Avenue, Northeast. Colin Senior
(04:03):
claimed Manny left that afternoon to visit his granny and
girlfriend in Saint Paul, but both said he never arrived.
Manny's girlfriend, who video chatted with him until two thirty
am that very day, said he seemed fine, with no
mention of travel plans. A May fifteenth search of Colin
Senior's apartment uncovered blood stained items in garbage bags, butcher
(04:26):
and hunting knives in a bedroom closet, and missing sections
of mattress and carpet. DNA tests confirmed the blood was Manny's.
Surveillance footage from May thirteenth showed a garbage truck emptying
a dumpster behind the apartment, leading to a week's long
landfill search. On June twenty eighth, Manny's dismembered remains, still
(04:48):
in his black windbreaker, were found. Authorities believed the teen
was killed around Mother's Day. Colin Senior was nabbed at
Minnetaka Community Center with thirteen hundred dollars in cash and
a curved knife. He claimed the blood was his own
and the mattress cuts were just for cleaning, but no
trace of his own DNA was found. Prosecutors, citing his
(05:09):
cash and plans to flee Minnesota, set bail at two
million dollars with conditions or three million dollars without them.
His next court date is set for August fourth. The
motive for the gruesome crime against his own son is
not known, and finally talk about express delivery to jail.
The Florida man, after allegedly trying to swipe nearly fifteen
(05:31):
hundred dollars in loot from Lows, tried to make his
great escape by hitching a ride on the back of
a ups truck. Did he say? Thirty one year old
Michael Diversa bolted from a pomp Coast Lows, ditching his
stolen goods, but his getaway plan was anything but parcel perfect.
A concerned citizen saw him clinging to the back of
(05:51):
that UPS truck on pomp Coast Highway talk about shipping
himself out of trouble. The UPS driver eventually pulled over,
forcing di Versa off, but it was too late. Detectives
hot on his trail quickly id'd him. Divers has now
booked on a fifteen thousand dollars bond for shoplifting. Looks
like his package is now securely delivered to court. For
(06:12):
the latest crime and justice news, follow the Crime Alert
hourly update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert.
I'm Jennifer Gould.
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