An Arizona man faces multiple charges after his girlfriend told police she had escaped from a shed where he’d held her while assaulting her for several days.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm sending you somewhere early update and Arizona Man's faces
multiple charges after his girlfriend told police she had escaped
from a shed where he'd held her while assaulting her
for several days. Police received a nine one one call
late in the afternoon on July second from a home
in the neighborhood where thirty six year old Timothy James
Wood lived. The woman who called said that Wood, her boyfriend,
(00:22):
had locked her into the shed behind his father's home,
keeping her there by tying a toe strap to her ankle,
chaining the shed's double doors, and stacking bricks outside. She
told police that would beat her when she refused his
sexual advances and forced her to wear makeup to cover
the injuries on her face. He also used an electrical
cord to hit her and cut her foot with a woodsaw.
(00:45):
She further said that he knelt on her neck while
threatening to kill her, and at one point buried her
in a crawl space beneath the shed for two days.
Court documents say she was finally able to escape the
shed through a rear access door that he left unlocked.
She fled to a neighbour's home and called nine one
one police, who responded to the call noted several visible
(01:05):
injuries to her face and other parts of her body,
including bite marks. Hospital staff confirmed other injuries, including a
broken rib. Wood was arrested and charged with kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment,
sexual assault, criminal threats, assault, and aggravated assault. In court,
Wood denied the allegations, claiming the woman just got out
(01:25):
of the looney bin. Investigators, however, said they found evidence
corroborating the victim's story, including toe straps and a mattress
in the shed. A forensic nurse said the woman's injuries
were consistent with her story. Wood was ordered held on
a one hundred and fifty thousand dollars cash only bail.
A Nebraska man was denied bond on Monday, days after
(01:46):
he allegedly killed his elderly father with a sword. William
Pay fifty three reportedly admitted to investigators to stabbing his
father Sung Pay eighty five at the family's home in
Omaha on July third. Responding officers found William Pay sitting
in a chair in the living room before locating his
father with stab wounds at the bottom of the stairs
(02:06):
in the basement. Sung Pay was transported to the hospital,
but he succumbed to his injuries. Pay allegedly confessed to
attacking his father with a sword during an argument. Authorities
reportedly discovered the weapon in the home. Pay's public defender
claimed their client is reported to have mental health issues. However,
specifics regarding his mental health were not disclosed at monday's
(02:28):
court hearing. Pay, who has a clean criminal record, is
charged with first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
He's due back in court on August twelfth. More crime
and justice news After this, new court documents provided additional
details in connection with the death of a one year
old California child who was left inside a hot car
(02:50):
last month, with temperatures that reached one hundred and two
degrees that day. According to ABC thirty, twenty year old
Maya Hernandez is accused of leaving her two children, as
one and two, strapped inside car seats inside her vehicle
as she visited the Always Beautiful med Spat in Baker's
Field on June twenty ninth for a lip injection procedure.
(03:10):
At around four point thirty pm, Hernandez allegedly returned to
her car. A twenty twenty two Toyota Corolla hybrid and
discovered one year old Amelio Gutierras in distress and foaming
at the mouth. A customer took his two year old
brother into a restroom and poured water on his face
while first responders arrived. Although the two year old survived
the incident, Amelia was pronounced dead after failed resuscitation attempts.
(03:34):
Their grandmother, Katie Martinez, is devastated by the loss in
Hernando's's actions.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
I couldn't stop screaming. I just kept picturing them alone.
They were strapped in their car seats. They couldn't even
get up to save themselves. She literally locked them in
their car seats and shut the doors. I can't even
imagine what they went through.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Hernandez told police that she left the children inside the
vehicle with the air conditioner on, while an employee reportedly
said the children could have stayed in the waiting room
during the procedure. The employee said when booking the appointment,
Hernandez asked if she could bring her children with her,
to which she replied that wouldn't be a problem and
they could stay in the waiting room during her procedure.
(04:18):
A nurse at the spa said that Hernandez made no
mention of the children being with her when she arrived.
A bystander who grabbed the two year old from the
car said that the AC was not turned on. The
vehicle's manufacturer indicated that the air conditioner automatically turns off
after an hour of inactivity. According to what an expert
told Bakersfield police, the lit procedure typically takes around fifteen
(04:41):
to twenty minutes. The police said Hernandez left the children
in the car for over two hours, since the day
in question at the SPA had been unusually busy.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
She just stood there with her lips done. That's what
she gives their light. His life for was to have
that on her.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Police said Hernandez failed to check on the children the
entire time.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
I don't know what she was doing. She wasn't like that.
She was a really loving mom. She those boys loved her.
They really loved her, and they relied on her.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
On July seventh, Hernandez pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and
not guilty to two counts of willful cruelty to a child.
She remains behind bars at the Kern County Jail on
a one million dollar bond. She's due back in court Friday.
Grandmother Martinez has a warning for other parents.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
I mean, if you just take twenty minutes out of
your day and go in your car and sit in
your car and feel how it feels, I think that's
the only thing that will teach you how to know
what a kid feels, because I've done it like four
or five times already, and it's crazy now.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
In San Antonio, another manslaughter investigation is underway after a
five year old boy was reportedly forgotten in a hot
car and died. Aiden Martinez was found deceased in a
vehicle outside Pinnacle Kids, a cain aatmy in San Antonio.
Texas Police Chief William McManus said the boy's twenty two
year old mother thought she dropped him off at school,
but she had left him in the back seat while working.
(06:10):
Martinez's mother worked near the boy's preschool. She is believed
to have driven to the preschool to pick up her son,
unaware that he had been in her car the whole day.
That afternoon, Martinez's mother learned from preschool staff that she
had not dropped him off that morning. The boy was
discovered in the vehicle shortly after. Police are investigating whether
Martinez was accidentally or intentionally left in the car. He
(06:33):
is the fifteenth child to die in a hot car
this year. According to No Heat Stroke, thirty nine children
died in hot cars in twenty twenty four. For the
latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure to follow
the Crime Alert hourly update on her favorite podcast app
with this crime Alert, I'm Sidney Sumner.
I'm sending you somewhere early update and Arizona Man's faces
multiple charges after his girlfriend told police she had escaped
from a shed where he'd held her while assaulting her
for several days. Police received a nine one one call
late in the afternoon on July second from a home
in the neighborhood where thirty six year old Timothy James
Wood lived. The woman who called said that Wood, her boyfriend,
(00:22):
had locked her into the shed behind his father's home,
keeping her there by tying a toe strap to her ankle,
chaining the shed's double doors, and stacking bricks outside. She
told police that would beat her when she refused his
sexual advances and forced her to wear makeup to cover
the injuries on her face. He also used an electrical
cord to hit her and cut her foot with a woodsaw.
(00:45):
She further said that he knelt on her neck while
threatening to kill her, and at one point buried her
in a crawl space beneath the shed for two days.
Court documents say she was finally able to escape the
shed through a rear access door that he left unlocked.
She fled to a neighbour's home and called nine one
one police, who responded to the call noted several visible
(01:05):
injuries to her face and other parts of her body,
including bite marks. Hospital staff confirmed other injuries, including a
broken rib. Wood was arrested and charged with kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment,
sexual assault, criminal threats, assault, and aggravated assault. In court,
Wood denied the allegations, claiming the woman just got out
(01:25):
of the looney bin. Investigators, however, said they found evidence
corroborating the victim's story, including toe straps and a mattress
in the shed. A forensic nurse said the woman's injuries
were consistent with her story. Wood was ordered held on
a one hundred and fifty thousand dollars cash only bail.
A Nebraska man was denied bond on Monday, days after
(01:46):
he allegedly killed his elderly father with a sword. William
Pay fifty three reportedly admitted to investigators to stabbing his
father Sung Pay eighty five at the family's home in
Omaha on July third. Responding officers found William Pay sitting
in a chair in the living room before locating his
father with stab wounds at the bottom of the stairs
(02:06):
in the basement. Sung Pay was transported to the hospital,
but he succumbed to his injuries. Pay allegedly confessed to
attacking his father with a sword during an argument. Authorities
reportedly discovered the weapon in the home. Pay's public defender
claimed their client is reported to have mental health issues. However,
specifics regarding his mental health were not disclosed at monday's
(02:28):
court hearing. Pay, who has a clean criminal record, is
charged with first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
He's due back in court on August twelfth. More crime
and justice news After this, new court documents provided additional
details in connection with the death of a one year
old California child who was left inside a hot car
(02:50):
last month, with temperatures that reached one hundred and two
degrees that day. According to ABC thirty, twenty year old
Maya Hernandez is accused of leaving her two children, as
one and two, strapped inside car seats inside her vehicle
as she visited the Always Beautiful med Spat in Baker's
Field on June twenty ninth for a lip injection procedure.
(03:10):
At around four point thirty pm, Hernandez allegedly returned to
her car. A twenty twenty two Toyota Corolla hybrid and
discovered one year old Amelio Gutierras in distress and foaming
at the mouth. A customer took his two year old
brother into a restroom and poured water on his face
while first responders arrived. Although the two year old survived
the incident, Amelia was pronounced dead after failed resuscitation attempts.
(03:34):
Their grandmother, Katie Martinez, is devastated by the loss in
Hernando's's actions.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
I couldn't stop screaming. I just kept picturing them alone.
They were strapped in their car seats. They couldn't even
get up to save themselves. She literally locked them in
their car seats and shut the doors. I can't even
imagine what they went through.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Hernandez told police that she left the children inside the
vehicle with the air conditioner on, while an employee reportedly
said the children could have stayed in the waiting room
during the procedure. The employee said when booking the appointment,
Hernandez asked if she could bring her children with her,
to which she replied that wouldn't be a problem and
they could stay in the waiting room during her procedure.
(04:18):
A nurse at the spa said that Hernandez made no
mention of the children being with her when she arrived.
A bystander who grabbed the two year old from the
car said that the AC was not turned on. The
vehicle's manufacturer indicated that the air conditioner automatically turns off
after an hour of inactivity. According to what an expert
told Bakersfield police, the lit procedure typically takes around fifteen
(04:41):
to twenty minutes. The police said Hernandez left the children
in the car for over two hours, since the day
in question at the SPA had been unusually busy.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
She just stood there with her lips done. That's what
she gives their light. His life for was to have
that on her.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Police said Hernandez failed to check on the children the
entire time.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
I don't know what she was doing. She wasn't like that.
She was a really loving mom. She those boys loved her.
They really loved her, and they relied on her.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
On July seventh, Hernandez pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and
not guilty to two counts of willful cruelty to a child.
She remains behind bars at the Kern County Jail on
a one million dollar bond. She's due back in court Friday.
Grandmother Martinez has a warning for other parents.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
I mean, if you just take twenty minutes out of
your day and go in your car and sit in
your car and feel how it feels, I think that's
the only thing that will teach you how to know
what a kid feels, because I've done it like four
or five times already, and it's crazy now.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
In San Antonio, another manslaughter investigation is underway after a
five year old boy was reportedly forgotten in a hot
car and died. Aiden Martinez was found deceased in a
vehicle outside Pinnacle Kids, a cain aatmy in San Antonio.
Texas Police Chief William McManus said the boy's twenty two
year old mother thought she dropped him off at school,
but she had left him in the back seat while working.
(06:10):
Martinez's mother worked near the boy's preschool. She is believed
to have driven to the preschool to pick up her son,
unaware that he had been in her car the whole day.
That afternoon, Martinez's mother learned from preschool staff that she
had not dropped him off that morning. The boy was
discovered in the vehicle shortly after. Police are investigating whether
Martinez was accidentally or intentionally left in the car. He
(06:33):
is the fifteenth child to die in a hot car
this year. According to No Heat Stroke, thirty nine children
died in hot cars in twenty twenty four. For the
latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure to follow
the Crime Alert hourly update on her favorite podcast app
with this crime Alert, I'm Sidney Sumner.
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