Crime Alert Recap Saturday 08.16.25

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 Mom of two missing. Ex arrested after "arm" seen handing 

Bryan Kohberger's phone getting much attention.

Tennessee quadruple killer's surprising court action.  

 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
On Jackie Howard. Hairstylist Ashley Elkins thirty disappears from her
Michigan home just after New Year's The mom of two
goes out to run errands but never comes home. Ashley's
family pushes hard for police to investigate her disappearance, and
as they do, video evidence indicates a terrible outcome. Authorities

(00:23):
begin investigating Ashley's ex, DeAndre Booker thirty three, after her
phone is tracked to Booker's home family member Sae. Days
before Elkin's disappearance, Booker allegedly showed up to Ashley's home
salon under a fake name. The hairdresser hid until he left.
Investigators then searched Booker's home, where Roseville police claim to

(00:46):
have recovered items which indicate Ashley is a violent crime victim.
Video evidence has also surfaced showing a man believed to
be Booker, pushing a cart toward a dumpster. According to
court testimony, the cart contained something covered in a white sheet.
The man struggles to lift the contents into the dumpster.
An officer testified that he saw what seemed to be

(01:10):
an arm hanging off from the cart. The man is
not clearly identifiable, but the detective says he appears to
have similarities with Booker's clothing from earlier that day. A
dark coat with a fur hood, black pants with holes
in them, a black hat, black shoes with white bottoms.
Similar clothing was found in Booker's home. Booker has been

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charged with first degree murder, tampering with evidence, disinterment, mutilation,
and concealing a death. He has pleaded not guilty. Ashley
Elkins's body has not been found. War Crime and Justice
News After this.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
I'm Nicole pardon, new details emerged concerning convicted killer Brian Kolberger.
On Christmas in twenty twenty two, Coburger celebrated the holiday
with his family, unaware it would be the last taste
of freedom he would experience. As many settled in for
the night with festivities and food, family and gifts, Coburger

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engaged in a chilling pursuit. He began downloading extensive information
about serial killers. This wasn't just a casual search. He
focused on over twenty specific individuals notorious for their crimes,
a task that kept him busy well into the early
hours of the next day. According to digital forensics expert

(02:36):
Heather Barnhardt, Barnhardt, a Sans Institute fellow and senior director
of forensic Research, was enlisted by the Leyta County Prosecutor's
office to investigate Coburger's cell phone and hard drive in
search of evidence. By the time her team received the devices,
much had been deleted. However, they uncovered a significant amount

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of downloads from the faithful. Due to one critical air
Coburger made, many believed that downloads made incognito mode remain private,
but that's a misconception, Barnhart clarifies. Although Colberger attempted to
erase his desktop and hard drive of incriminating files, he
overlooked clearing his Android device. This oversight led Barnhart to

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discover his downloads on notorious serial killers, including Betty Lou Beets,
Randy Kraft, William Lee, Cody Neil, Danny Rowling, Joyle Rifkin,
Ted Bundy, Glenn Rodgers, Carrie Stainer, John Wayne Gacy, Robert Hanson,
Gary Ridgeway, David Parker, ray Ed Kemper, Dennis Rader, and others. Interestingly,

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Barnhart noted that Coberger had previously researched Danny Rowling the
Gainesville Ripper. On November nineteen, just a week after the
murders took place. The Idaho murders bore a striking resemblance
to Rollings Heines acts of nineteen ninety, where he killed
five college students, four women, and one man by breaking
into their homes through the sliding glass door and fatally

(04:09):
stabbing them with a k bar knife. Similarly, Coburger also
murdered four college students, three women, one man, using the
same method of entry and the same weapon. The primary
distinction lies in the fact that Rolling sexually assaulted his victims,
while prosecutors have found no evidence suggesting Coburger did the same.

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Unlike Coburger, Rolling was executed for his crimes. In the
aftermath of the murders. Coburger closely followed the developments of
the case, downloading updates from the Moscow Police Department nine
times between November twenty six and December twenty eight, including
four different versions on December twenty eight alone. Just three

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days later, he was arrested by Pennsylvania State troopers, leading
to Barnhardt's involvement in examining his digital evidence. Having lent
her for forensic expertise to high profile cases, including Crystal Rogers'
case and the Delphi murders. Barnhart led a team that
included Jared Barnhart, Josh Hickman, In Whiffen, and others. They

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face the challenges of piecing together evidence left by Colberger,
a former criminology student who had been meticulous in erasing
his digital footprint. Fortunately, the extensive downloads on serial killers
provided a crucial breakthrough. In the end, everyone makes mistakes,
Barnhart concluded, Listen, this is a shooting that is so

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ridiculous in nature that you can't even explain it.

Speaker 3 (05:39):
I'm Drew Nelson. Four senior citizens are recovering after a
shooting at a Detroit senior living complex, and the police
say began as a love triangle. The incident happened at
Shared in Place apartments on East Jefferson Avenue. Prosecutors say
seventy eight year old James Albert Britton argued with a
sixty five year old man during a barbecue behind their building.

(05:59):
Witnesses if Britain was angry over his former girlfriend, a
sixty five year old woman dating the man, who is
in a wheelchair. Some neighbors first thought the conflict was
about loud music. Deputy Chief Arnold Williams said Britain told
the group if they did not stop, he would quote
come down and take care of them. He came down
star firing shots.

Speaker 1 (06:20):
Three people were wounded from him firing no shots. One
of the Eddivisions who was shot, tackled him.

Speaker 3 (06:25):
Took him to the ground.

Speaker 4 (06:26):
He dropped his weapon.

Speaker 5 (06:27):
Agus America picked a weapon up in a self defense,
fired a weapon and wounded him.

Speaker 3 (06:32):
All three victims thankfully survived.

Speaker 1 (06:34):
When you're in your seventies, this should not be what's
going on.

Speaker 3 (06:37):
All four people were taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital in
stable condition. Britain was arraigned on Thursday on four counts
of assault with intent to murder and multiple weapons charges.
He's being held on a half million dollar cash or
surety bond with conditions of GPS monitoring on house arrest.
A bond hearing is set for Monday, with more court
dates on August twenty seventh and September third. The shooting

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prompt Detroit Councilmember Mary Waters to call for the establishment
of conflict resolution teams and what she called quote unquote
high priority senior living facilities. She said her office will
work with police and health officials to address gun violence
and such trauma in those settings.

Speaker 4 (07:17):
I'm Jennifer Gould, a quadruple murder suspect accused of executing
four family members in a West Tennessee Slaughter is about
to become a father with a woman who is not
only a former prison guard where he was incarcerated, but
is also the relative of his victims. Austin Drummond, twenty eight,

(07:38):
who is facing the death penalty for the brutal killings,
appeared in court to face his charges, but the shocking
twist came when his attorney requested a judge modify a
no contact order so Drummond could communicate with his pregnant girlfriend,
Caitlin Speed. Drummond's attorney spoke to the media, the.

Speaker 5 (07:59):
Family's indicate at least reached out to me that she
would like to at least give him a message. We
don't want to violate any of the no contact restraining orders,
so I just wanted to clarify.

Speaker 4 (08:09):
The judge denied the request, but the public now knows
the full disturbing truth of their relationship. Speed, a former
corrections officer, is reportedly carrying Drummond's child, a boy due
in October. The baby will be a first cousin to
two of his alleged victims. The Heinus crime unfolded on

(08:30):
July twenty ninth, when the bodies of James Matthew Wilson
twenty one, Adriana Williams twenty, Courtney Rose thirty eight, and
Brayden Williams fifteen were discovered in a wooded area in Tiptonville.
Authorities later confirmed that all four victims had been shot
to death. A seven month old infant, the daughter of

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Wilson and Adriana Williams, was found abandoned but safe in
a front yard nearly forty miles away, was captured after
a week long manhunt, hiding in a poolhouse. The relationship
between Drummond and Caitlin Speed began while he was serving
a thirteen year sentence for armed robbery at Northwest Correctional Complex.

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At that time, Speed was a corrections officer at the
facility and is the sister of victim Courtney Rose. Photos
and videos posted on a Facebook account believed to belong
to Drummond show a disturbingly lavish prison life, with him
posing with cell phones, a handheld video game system, and

(09:37):
even a bottle of Chirock liquor. These privileges and contraband
items strictly prohibited have fueled speculation that his romance with
Speed enabled these actions. The Tennessee Department of Corrections fired
Speed in October of twenty twenty four, citing her relationship
with Drummond. Despite her termination, they continued their relationship. The

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motive for the killings remains under investigation. One of the
victim's relatives wrote on social media that Drummond had been
quote nothing short of amazing end quote to the family,
making the alleged crimes an even more profound shock to all.
Drummond's next court date is September fourth. For the latest

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crime and justice news, follow the Crime Alert hourly update
on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm
Jennifer Gooler.