April 19, 2024 • 6 mins
Man poisons pregnant girlfriend, killing her and baby. Drug smugglers use a torta to conceal fentanyl.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Crime Alert, I'm Miss Grays breaking crime news now. Jade Benning,
five months pregnant, is rushed to a Nashville hospital when
her boyfriend, Blaze Taylor, calls nine one one to say
she's having an allergic reaction. Two days later, her unborn
baby dies. Benning's condition turns critical, and she dies nine
days after arriving at the hospital on her twenty fifth birthday.
(00:24):
Cops investigate, as Benning had no known allergies. Taylor now
accused of poisoning the mom to be Nancy.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Police have not revealed what Taylor used to poison Benning,
but opioids can cause allergic reaction type symptoms. Benning worked
as a pastry chef and ran her own catering business.
Benning was extremely excited about becoming a mother, posting several
photos holding sonogram pictures and a pint of ben and
Jerry's half baked to mark the milestone in her pregnancy.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Blaze Taylor, believed to be the baby's father, charged with
two charges first degree murder. The dac K Life without Parole,
Customs and Border Patrol agents in Texas reporting creative tactics
by drug smugglers. A drug sniffing dog alerts to an
item in a woman's car. Cops retrieve a torta, a
(01:13):
sandwich made with steak, ham and avocados. The woman nervously
jokes that dog must be hungry, but tucked inside that
sandwich is a baggy full of fentanyl. The sandwich discovery
adds to the nearly two hundred and fifty pounds of
drugs seized by customs in just two weeks. More crime
and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime
(01:38):
and justice breaking news. Crime on Lunes.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
John Lemley, in the case of a fatal shooting of
a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the
Western film Rust, a movie weapons supervisor, has now been
sentenced to eighteen months in prison. We turned to Sydney
Sumner with Crime Online for more.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
During the hearing, emotional relatives and friends testified, demanding justice
in a punishment that would increase accountability for safety on
film sets. It was back in March that a jury
found a movie armorer, Hannah Gutiera's read guilty of involuntary
manslaughter in the murder of cinematographer Helena Hutchins. She's been
behind bars at a county jail outside of Santa Fe
for more than a month. Gutiera's Reid was accused by
(02:17):
the prosecution of disobeying fundamental gun safety procedures and inadvertently
carrying live ammunition onto the Rust set where it was
specifically forbidden. Gutiera's read was unsuccessful in her request for
a reduced sentence, telling the judge that she was not
the monster that people had painted her to be and
that she had tried her hardest on the set despite
not having quote proper time, resources, and staffing. According to
(02:40):
an email from defense attorney Jason Bowles, Gutierra's Reid intends
to appeal the verdict and punishment. In October twenty twenty one,
at a movie rehearsal on a set outside of Santa Fe,
Alec Baldwin, the principal actor and co producer of Rust,
was pointing a gun at Hutchins when the revolver went off,
killing Hutchins and injuring director Jules Susa. Regarding the charge
of involuntari manslaughter against him, Baldwin has entered a not
(03:02):
guilty plea. His trial is set to take place in
July at a Santa Fe courthouse. The judge in charge
of the proceedings against Baldwin, Mary Marlow Summer of New Mexico,
also handed down the sentence against gutier As Reid. The
judge declared that considering the significant violent act that gutiers
Read's recklessness amounted to, anything less than the maximum punishment
would not be appropriate.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Gutiera's Read's defense attorneys set in court that their client
is remorseful and had breakdowns after Hutchins died. They also
pointed out systemic issues that contributed to the incident. Now
to the Midwest, where a court ordered psychiatric evaluation has
been imposed on a Northern Illinois man charged with killing
four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating, and
(03:46):
driving over them once again crime online Sidney Sumner.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Judge Deborah Schaeffer of Winnebago County ordered Christian Soto's evaluation
after the twenty two year old appeared in court by
way of video link for a first degree murder PLEA
May seventeenth had now been scheduled for Sodo's current arraignment.
Although a motive has not been determined, authorities have stated
that Sodo was responsible for a string of frenzied attacks
on March twenty seventh, which occurred at multiple homes in
(04:11):
a neighborhood of Rockford, Illinois. The dead have been identified
by the Winnebago County Coroner as fifteen year old Jenna Newcomb,
forty nine year old Jay Larson, twenty three year old
Jacob Schuteboch, and sixty three year old Ramona Shutboch. According
to Jay Hanley, the state's attorney for Winnebago County, Soto
told police that he had used marijuana with Jacob Shutboch
and it had made him paranoid because he thought the
(04:32):
drugs quote were laced with an unknown narcotic. Authorities alleged
that after Sodo fatally stabbed Shuteboch and his mother, he beat, stabbed,
and ran over Larsen, a mail carrier, with a truck.
Officials say he then beat Newcomb, her sister, and a
friend with a baseball bat inside one house, injuring three
more people inside another. The attacks all took place within
(04:52):
a couple of minutes. Investigators have stated that Sodo was
apprehended by Winnebago County sheriff officers while he was running
from another residence where Mary had also stabbed a woman.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Rockford, Illinois, is located approximately ninety miles northwest of Chicago.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Thanks John, Goldie Morse joins a friend to hunt blackberries
near Cobb, California's Black Rock golf Course. The friend heads
down the hill to the berries. When he comes back,
Goldie's gone, only her shoes left behind. Later that night,
people report seeing Goldie in a grocery store parking lot
about a mile away from the golf course in their
(05:28):
early morning hours. Next day, construction workers say Goldie as
to sit in their truck after crossing the Kelsea Creek bridge.
They offered her food and she walked away. Five hours later,
she knocks on a stranger's door and as to use
a phone. The homeowner offers to get her a pair
of shoes. When they return with the shoes, she's gone.
(05:49):
No one knows where Goldie may have gone or why.
Goldie Morse now missing two years. If you have info
on Goldie Morse, call Lake County, California's Share ups seven
zero seven two six three two six nine zero. For
the latest crime in justice news, go to crime online
dot com with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace
Crime Alert, I'm Miss Grays breaking crime news now. Jade Benning,
five months pregnant, is rushed to a Nashville hospital when
her boyfriend, Blaze Taylor, calls nine one one to say
she's having an allergic reaction. Two days later, her unborn
baby dies. Benning's condition turns critical, and she dies nine
days after arriving at the hospital on her twenty fifth birthday.
(00:24):
Cops investigate, as Benning had no known allergies. Taylor now
accused of poisoning the mom to be Nancy.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Police have not revealed what Taylor used to poison Benning,
but opioids can cause allergic reaction type symptoms. Benning worked
as a pastry chef and ran her own catering business.
Benning was extremely excited about becoming a mother, posting several
photos holding sonogram pictures and a pint of ben and
Jerry's half baked to mark the milestone in her pregnancy.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Blaze Taylor, believed to be the baby's father, charged with
two charges first degree murder. The dac K Life without Parole,
Customs and Border Patrol agents in Texas reporting creative tactics
by drug smugglers. A drug sniffing dog alerts to an
item in a woman's car. Cops retrieve a torta, a
(01:13):
sandwich made with steak, ham and avocados. The woman nervously
jokes that dog must be hungry, but tucked inside that
sandwich is a baggy full of fentanyl. The sandwich discovery
adds to the nearly two hundred and fifty pounds of
drugs seized by customs in just two weeks. More crime
and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime
(01:38):
and justice breaking news. Crime on Lunes.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
John Lemley, in the case of a fatal shooting of
a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the
Western film Rust, a movie weapons supervisor, has now been
sentenced to eighteen months in prison. We turned to Sydney
Sumner with Crime Online for more.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
During the hearing, emotional relatives and friends testified, demanding justice
in a punishment that would increase accountability for safety on
film sets. It was back in March that a jury
found a movie armorer, Hannah Gutiera's read guilty of involuntary
manslaughter in the murder of cinematographer Helena Hutchins. She's been
behind bars at a county jail outside of Santa Fe
for more than a month. Gutiera's Reid was accused by
(02:17):
the prosecution of disobeying fundamental gun safety procedures and inadvertently
carrying live ammunition onto the Rust set where it was
specifically forbidden. Gutiera's read was unsuccessful in her request for
a reduced sentence, telling the judge that she was not
the monster that people had painted her to be and
that she had tried her hardest on the set despite
not having quote proper time, resources, and staffing. According to
(02:40):
an email from defense attorney Jason Bowles, Gutierra's Reid intends
to appeal the verdict and punishment. In October twenty twenty one,
at a movie rehearsal on a set outside of Santa Fe,
Alec Baldwin, the principal actor and co producer of Rust,
was pointing a gun at Hutchins when the revolver went off,
killing Hutchins and injuring director Jules Susa. Regarding the charge
of involuntari manslaughter against him, Baldwin has entered a not
(03:02):
guilty plea. His trial is set to take place in
July at a Santa Fe courthouse. The judge in charge
of the proceedings against Baldwin, Mary Marlow Summer of New Mexico,
also handed down the sentence against gutier As Reid. The
judge declared that considering the significant violent act that gutiers
Read's recklessness amounted to, anything less than the maximum punishment
would not be appropriate.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Gutiera's Read's defense attorneys set in court that their client
is remorseful and had breakdowns after Hutchins died. They also
pointed out systemic issues that contributed to the incident. Now
to the Midwest, where a court ordered psychiatric evaluation has
been imposed on a Northern Illinois man charged with killing
four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating, and
(03:46):
driving over them once again crime online Sidney Sumner.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Judge Deborah Schaeffer of Winnebago County ordered Christian Soto's evaluation
after the twenty two year old appeared in court by
way of video link for a first degree murder PLEA
May seventeenth had now been scheduled for Sodo's current arraignment.
Although a motive has not been determined, authorities have stated
that Sodo was responsible for a string of frenzied attacks
on March twenty seventh, which occurred at multiple homes in
(04:11):
a neighborhood of Rockford, Illinois. The dead have been identified
by the Winnebago County Coroner as fifteen year old Jenna Newcomb,
forty nine year old Jay Larson, twenty three year old
Jacob Schuteboch, and sixty three year old Ramona Shutboch. According
to Jay Hanley, the state's attorney for Winnebago County, Soto
told police that he had used marijuana with Jacob Shutboch
and it had made him paranoid because he thought the
(04:32):
drugs quote were laced with an unknown narcotic. Authorities alleged
that after Sodo fatally stabbed Shuteboch and his mother, he beat, stabbed,
and ran over Larsen, a mail carrier, with a truck.
Officials say he then beat Newcomb, her sister, and a
friend with a baseball bat inside one house, injuring three
more people inside another. The attacks all took place within
(04:52):
a couple of minutes. Investigators have stated that Sodo was
apprehended by Winnebago County sheriff officers while he was running
from another residence where Mary had also stabbed a woman.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Rockford, Illinois, is located approximately ninety miles northwest of Chicago.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Thanks John, Goldie Morse joins a friend to hunt blackberries
near Cobb, California's Black Rock golf Course. The friend heads
down the hill to the berries. When he comes back,
Goldie's gone, only her shoes left behind. Later that night,
people report seeing Goldie in a grocery store parking lot
about a mile away from the golf course in their
(05:28):
early morning hours. Next day, construction workers say Goldie as
to sit in their truck after crossing the Kelsea Creek bridge.
They offered her food and she walked away. Five hours later,
she knocks on a stranger's door and as to use
a phone. The homeowner offers to get her a pair
of shoes. When they return with the shoes, she's gone.
(05:49):
No one knows where Goldie may have gone or why.
Goldie Morse now missing two years. If you have info
on Goldie Morse, call Lake County, California's Share ups seven
zero seven two six three two six nine zero. For
the latest crime in justice news, go to crime online
dot com with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace
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