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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace and breaking crime needs Now.
Lonnie Hinton, twenty nine, is one of the first customers
of the morning Out of California Walmart. He shops and
checks out before seven am. Before he leaves, he pulls
a knife and stabs an employee without saying a word.
Jessica Morales dies of her injuries before she can get
to a hospital. Later that day, he walks into the
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Riverside County Sheriff's office and confesses he kills someone.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Hinton was on parole at the time of the attack
after serving a sentence for robbery. Police say there was
no interaction between Hinton and Morales before the stabbing, and
they did not have a prior connection. Morales worked at
Walmart for over twenty five years. Hinton is now held
at the Coespird Detention Center Robbery parole. Lonnie Hinton now
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charged with murder. Chick fil A employees are known for
wonderful customer service, but how about fighting off robbers. Four
point thirty am, a Chick fil A delivery driver alone
in the kitchen area when a masked man with a
gun smashes through the drive through window and demands the
employee open the safe instead. The delivery driver fight struggling
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for the thief's gun. When the driver wrenches it away,
the thief takes off through the back door. During the fight,
the driver pulled off the thief's mask and he is
identified as Tommy Williams from surveillance video. Williams fifty one
located and arrested, now facing a list of charges related
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to armed robbery. Well he got more than a chicken biscuit.
More crime and justice news after this.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Now with the latest crime in justice breaking news Crime
Onlines John Limley.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
We begin in New Mexico as authorities in southeast Albuquerque
investigate a tragic incident in which three people have been
found dead in a home in what appears to be
a murder suicide. Here's Sidney Sumner of Crime Online.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Albuquerque police reported that a t twenty two year old
man is believed to have fatally shot his twenty year
old sister and seventeen year old brother before taking his
own life. All three victims sustained gunshot wounds to the head.
A motive for the murder suicide remains unclear, and the
names of the deceased have not yet been released. Officers
responded to a call around eleven pm on August fourth,
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reporting three unresponsive individuals inside the residence. Upon arrival, they
pronounced all three dead at the scene. The man lived
in the home with his younger siblings and their mother,
who was not present during the shooting. She discovered the
bodies upon returning home and immediately contacted the police. At
a news conference, Gilbert Galagos with the Albuquerque Police Department
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said an investigation continues and said, quote, it's real tragedy.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal
thoughts or metal health batters, please call the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline at nine eight eight or eight hundred two
seven three eight two five five to connect with the
trained counselor, or visit the NSPL site that number. Once
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again nine eight eight or eight hundred two seven three
eighty two fifty five And Illinois sheriff's deputy has been
charged with murder and the death of a black woman
shot during a confrontation over a pot of water in
her home. Once again Crime Online.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Sidney Sumner Court documents detail the incident involving former Sangamon
County Deputy Sean Grayson who allegedly shot thirty six year
old Sonya Massey in the face and then discouraged his
partner from providing medical aid. Grayson, who has since been fired,
appeared in court where County Circuit Judge Ryan M. Catigan
denied his pre trial release, citing a significant deviation from
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societal norms. The shooting occurred on July sixth in Springfield, Illinois,
about two hundred miles south of Chicago, after deputies responded
to Massy's nine one one call about a potential prowler.
Prosecutors alleged that after Grayson allowed Massey to move a
pot of water from the stove to a counter, he
aggressively yelled at her, drew is nine millimeter pistol and
shot her as she tried to surrender. The thirty year
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old Grayson, who is white, feasts charges of first degree murder,
aggravated battery with the firearm, and official misconduct. He pleaded
not guilty during his initial court appearance.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Grayson is scheduled to return to court on August twenty sixth.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Thanks John, twenty seven year old Julianne Miller's boyfriend James Clayton,
moves into her Connecticut home things get serious, she deeds
half the property to him. A year later, their relationship
begins to sour and she wants his name off the property.
The day after, Julianne gets a quick claim deed for
Clayton to sign, she disappears. Julianne's parents report her missing
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when she doesn't answer their calls for a week. A
neighbor remembers hearing Julianne and Clayton arguing over the property
and hasn't seen her since. Clayton tells cops he last
saw Julienne leaving their home in a brown truck driven
by a man. Investigators find blood on Julianne's couch, bleach
spots on the living room carpet, and some for jewelry
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is found for sale at a pawnshop. James Clayton refuses
a polygraph. Julianne Miller five six, one hundred and ten pounds,
blonde hair, blue eyes, now missing forty two years. If
you have info on what happened to Julianne Miller, please
call Old Sabrook, Connecticut PD eight six zero three nine
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five three one four zero. For the latest crime injustice needs,
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I'm Nancy Grace