Vengeance after Eight-Year-Old's Body is Found in Trash Bag in His Mom's Attic | Crime Alert 2PM 06.13.25

A boy’s body is found stuffed in a trash bag in the attic of his home, and now a woman has pleaded guilty to his murder in an Ohio courtroom. A Florida sheriff warns protesters that if they use deadly force against law officers, deputies will "kill you graveyard dead." Drew Nelson reports.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news. Now, I'm Drew Nelson.
A boy's body is found stuffed in a garbage bag
in the attic of a home in Columbus, Ohio, and
now a woman has pleaded guilty to the boy's murder.
John Alowe admitted to killing eight year old Martonio Wilder,
the child found wrapped in a laundry bag placed in
a garbage bag in the attic of his home on

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Olmsted Avenue. Prosecutors said his life was filled with cruelty.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Multiple witnesses and some family members told detectives that miss
Wilder treated Martonio Wilder different than her other sons. They
spoke about unusual punishments for Martinio, including holding a weighted
ball and walking up and down the steps while naked,
and restricting food. The witnesses also stated in Martonio was
always hungry and stole food from other homes he was at,
including at his.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Schools low With sentenced to life in prison with the
chance of parole after fifteen years. She didn't say much
in court. Her girlfriend at the time was Martonio's mother,
Lashonda Wilder. She is also charged in the case and
is set to go on trial July fifteenth. Wylder's mother,
Mary Johnson, faces a charge of obstruction of justice. Six
hours before Martonio's body was found, his mother had reported

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him missing. Police began searching the home on June twenty
eighth of twenty twenty four after Wylder told nine one
one that her son had disappeared during the night. Low, Wilder,
and two other children then left the house. Officers brought
in a sniffer dog then triggered an amber alert. Authorities
found the other children hours later at Johnson's home. She
first told police she didn't know where they were, saying

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detectives hadn't asked her. She later called them to say
the children were safe. Low turned herself in the next day.
She told police that she and Wilder had planned to
blame one of Martonio's siblings for his death. She also
admitted to beating him two days before he died, and
autopsy showed Martonio was dehydrated, malnourished, and covered in bruises
and cuts. He weighed just thirty five pounds, sunk in

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eyes and stomach. His ribs, collarbone, pelvis, and knee caps
were visible through his skin. The cause of death was
deep neck compression with of asphyxia and blunt force trauma.
Lowe is now serving her sentence, while Wilder remains in
jail on two million dollars bond. More Crime and Justice news.
After this, a Florida Sheriff Warren's protesters that if they

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attack police during this weekend's anti ice demonstrations, if you
spit on us.

Speaker 3 (02:24):
You're going to the hospital and in jail. If you
hit one of us, you're going to the hospital and
jail and most likely get bitten by one of our big,
beautiful dogs that we have here. If throw a brick,
a fire bomb, or pointed gun at one of our deputies,
we will be notifying your family where to collect your
remains at because we will kill you graveyard dead.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
That was the message from Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivy
at a news conference Thursday ahead of the planned no
Kings protests. The rallies are expected to draw thousands nationwide
in response to recent immigration raids and President Trump's deployment
of federal troops. Speaking beside Florida Attorney General James Oathmeyer,
Ivy said his deputies would use deadly force if threatened

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Uttmayer backed up the sheriff and told people caught in
the middle of a violent protest to just keep driving.
He also rolled out a plan to crack down on
publishing identifying information about ICE agents over oney. Nine hundred
demonstrations are planned for Saturday, aligned with mister Trump's birthday
military parade in Washington, d C. Also on Thursday, a

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federal judge ruled that mister Trump's takeover of the California
National Guard is illegal and violates the Constitution, but within hours,
the Ninth Circuit temporarily blocked that order, keeping the Guard
under mister Trump's control for now. Twenty two year old
Denise Fagott and her one year old son, Daniel Spangle
were last seen in their Lancaster, California apartment six thirty

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am March second of nineteen eighty nine. Denise's boyfriend said
she got up to make him breakfast. He left for work.
Two hours later, Denise's sister arrived and found the door open,
niece and Daniel were gone. She called police. The sliding
glass door at the back was cracked open, even though
the day was very cold. A muddy footprint was found
outside on the air conditioning unit inside. The closet door

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in Daniel's room had been knocked off its track. Nothing
else looked disturbed. Daniel's car seat and diaper bag were
still there. Denise's clothes were untouched. Her car was parked
in its normal space. She had just paid the marsh
utility bills and had no plans to be away. Only
their social security cards were missing. Police later found those
cards at the home of Daniel's father. At first, police

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thought Denise may have left on her own. Some records
even listed Daniel's case as a family abduction. Her family
says she would not have taken off without a word.
Denise had just moved to Lancaster after ending her relationship
with Daniel's father. She wanted to live closer to family.
Daniel's father lived in Orange County. He had fought with
Denise over custody. Police interviewed him early on in the case,

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then about a decade later, he failed a polygraph test.
He claimed mother and son social security cards quote showed
up miss seriously in his mailbox. Denise's boyfriend was also questioned.
Neither men have been cleared. Denise's mother, Ginger Gossman, never
gave up telling CBS Los Angeles in twenty seventeen, quote,
it leaves me frustrated, It leaves me angry that, come on,

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somebody's got to know something, something happened. I know she's
in a better place. I know she's not here, and
I just pray that Danny is. Denise would be fifty eight,
Daniel would be thirty eight and may not know he
is considered a missing person. Anyone with information should contact
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office at two one three nine
seven four forty three forty six. For the latest crime

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and justice news. Follow Crime Alert hourly update on your
favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm Drewn Nelson.