Crime Alert 12.03.24 | Man Admits to Killing Mother After Waking Up From Surgery

Man tells cops he also killed his mother, after going into surgery for a self-inflicted stab wound after attacking his hospitalized wife. Drunk husband calls his wife a "bible thumper" when she tries to keep him from driving. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert I Nancy Grace Breaking crimes Now. Hospital staff
show Frank McMillan to his wife's room in the hospital.
As soon as the room is clear of doctors and nurses,
he pulls a knife and stabs his wife, then himself.
Both McMillan and his wife rust to surgery survive. When
he wakes up from sedation, he immediately confesses that he

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also killed his own mother before attacking his wife.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Nancy. Police did find McMillan's mother dead inside her home
from a parent homicide. It's unclear what spurred the murder
and subsequent attempted murder and suicide from McMillan. Both McMillan
and his wife are in critical condition as a result
of the stabbings, but are expected to make full recoveries.
McMillan will be transferred from Keyeser Hospital in Vallejo, California,

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to the Solono County Jail once he is medically cleared.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
Frank McMillan's sixty three, now charged with murder and attempted murder.
Ronald Putt's wife, not happy when he comes home from
the bar intoxicated, immediately pours another glass of rum. They
argue over his drinking and she dumps out the rum,
enraging him. Foot It then pops open a beer and
picks up his car keys to leave. When his wife

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tries to take the keys, he shoves her onto the bed.
Cops her call foot It claims his Bible thumper wife,
his verds, not mine, attacked him, but six feet tall,
three hundred pound foot It is the one putting cuffs.
More crime and justice news after this Now with the

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latest crime and justice breaking news. Crime Onlines John Lenlay.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
Two Indianapolis police officers are on trial this week in
connection with the twenty twenty two death of Herman Whitfield.
The third a black man who died during a mental
health crisis after being tased and restrained by police. With more,
here's Sidney Sumner of Crime Online.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
Officers Adam Ahmad and Steven Sanchez were indicted in April
twenty twenty three and face charges including involuntary mess onslaughter,
reckless homicide, and battery. Both have been on administrative leave
and are being tried as co defendants. The incident began
on April twenty fifth, twenty twenty two, when Herman Whitfield's
parents called nine one one reporting their thirty nine year

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old son was in crisis at their home. Body camera
footage shows officers encountering Whitfield, a gifted pianist, naked in pacing.
As officers attempted to de escalate, Whitfield avoided contact. Moments later,
Sanchez deploted a taser, causing Whitfield to collapse. Officers, including
Ahmad and Sanchez, restrained him face down while handcuffing him.

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Whitfield could be heard saying can't breathe before falling silent.
He was later pronounced dead at a hospital. The Marion
County Coroner ruled the death of homicide, citing cardiopulmonary arrest
related to police restraint and taser use, with contributing factors
of obesity and heart disease.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
A civil lawsuit filed by Whitfield's family alleges excessive force
and seeks damages. That case is scheduled for federal trial
in July. Five Authorities in Massachusetts are pursuing charges against
three teenagers accused of assaulting a transgender boy in Gloucester
this summer. After a month's long investigation, Gloucester Police announced

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that they have requested criminal complaints against two sixteen year
olds and a seventeen year old. The charges, which include
assault and battery, now head to juvenile court, where a
magistrate will determine if there's enough evidence to proceed. The
alleged victim, Jaden Tkacich, says the attack happened in August
during an outdoor party. According to Takatcich, as many as

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a dozen teens surrounded him using homophobic slurs before chasing
him into the woods. He was later hospitalized with a
fractured bone under his eye, along with scratches and bruises.
Gloucester's police chief, Edward Connolly, confirmed that a specially trained
hate crime investigator was assigned to the case. However, after
consulting with outside experts, officials determine the evidence did not

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meet the legal threshold for hate crime charges.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
Thanks John.

Speaker 1 (04:05):
Jermaine Charlo twenty three co parents are two young boys
with ex boyfriend Michael de France, still good friends. They
had to Missoula, Montana for a night out around one
a m Jermaine seen on surveillance with de France leaving
the bad Lander next day. She doesn't answer calls, family
reports are missing. De France says he last saw her

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when he dropped her off near her friend Cassidy's home
in Missoula. Cops believe Jermaine lied about Cassidy, afraid to
tell him she actually intended to spend the night at
her new boyfriend's. Jermaine's phone, however, continues to ping all
the way back to Varro Hill on Flathead Reservation, where
former boyfriend De France lives. Searches turn up nothing. Jermaine

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Chrollo Native American, five nine, one hundred and thirty pounds, highlighted,
brown hair, brown eyes, tattoo of a fly in the
center of her chest, a deer on her left shoulder blade.
Last scene wearing a gray hoodie with a camo under
armour logo, jeans, cowboy boots, blue baseball cap. If you

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have info on Jermain Charlope, called Missoula, Montana PD four
zero six five five two sixty three hundred. For the
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Speaker 2 (05:32):
I'm Nancy Grace.