Diddy Closing Arguments are Next | Crime Alert 6AM 06.25.25

The Diddy prosecution rests. Then, after just 23 minutes, the defense rests, in the ongoing federal racketeering/sex trafficking trial. Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday. A man convicted of a brutal rape and murder in Florida has been executed, ending a case that haunted Orlando for over 30 years. Lori Paige’s dad dies in jail before facing trial for the rape and murder of his 12-year-old daughter. An Irvine, California dog trainer is arrested after at least 11 dogs in his care die, many secretly cremated without their owners’ consent. Drew Nelson reports.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news. Now, I'm Drew Nelson.
That was quick. The prosecution rests, then the defense rests.
In the trial of Sean Diddy Comb's on Tuesday in
New York, the government ended its case, the defense then
resting after just twenty three minutes. No witnesses, only text
messages and written evidence were submitted. Combs told the judge

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he would not testify, quote, that is my decision, your honor.
It is solely my decision. It's my decision with my lawyers.
When asked how he was feeling, Combs replied, quote, I'm
doing great, your honor. I wanted to tell you you're doing
an excellent job. After the defense rested, prosecutors said they
would not present a rebuttal. The jury was dismissed until

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the return Thursday for closing arguments. Both sides agreed to
hold court all day Thursday and Friday. Prosecutors said they
do not expect deliberations to begin until Monday. Defense attorney
Alexandra Shapiro argues there was no proof of conspiracy in
the racketeering charge. She said Combe's employees were not part
of a criminal enterprise, only helping with travel or errands

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end quote didn't know much, if anything, about what went
on between mister Combs and his girlfriends in the hotel rooms.
She said the sex trafficking charges related to Cassie, Ventura
and Jane should be dismissed. Quote, there's no evidence he
used coercion. Domestic violence is not sex trafficking. Shapiro said
Ventura left when Combs became violent, and that there were

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no texts showing she objected to free coughs. The defense
focused on showing that Comb's girlfriends were willing in court.
They read texts from Cassie to Comb's In one exchange,
Combs asked, quote, you think you can fo without getting high? Lol,
and she replied quote yeah, I'll just have to be
at my level and what's good for me. Other messages

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showed Combs and ex girlfriend Jane setting up hotel meetings
with escorts. In one text, Jane said quote, baby is
all set. In a stipulation read into the record, The
defense highlighted that several key witnesses did not initially report
threats or sexual contact by Shawn Combs during early interviews
with law enforcement. For example, Mia did not say in

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her first three meetings that Combs initiated sexual contact. Don Richard,
the Dannity Kine singer, did not tell investigators in four
of her seven meetings that Combs had threatened her by saying,
quote where he comes from, people go missing if they
say things venture as friend Breonna Bongolin did not report
before trial that Combs said he could kill her at
a photoshoot. Comb's fate could be decided as early as

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next week in the racketeering and sex trafficking trial. He
faces life in prison. For more on the trial of
Sean Diddy Combs. Join Nancy tonight at her new time
seven pm and twelve midnight Eastern on Merritt Street Media.
Check your local listings four Channel Assignment, or follow crime
stories with Nancy Grace on your favorite podcast app. More
crime and justice news after this. A man convicted of

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a brutal rape and murder in Florida has been executed,
ending a case that haunted or Land for over thirty years.
Thomas Lee Goadinas, age fifty one, was put to death
by lethal injection on Tuesday at Florida State Prison in Stark.
He had been on death row since nineteen ninety five
for the killing of Michelle McGrath, a twenty seven year
old former homecoming queen. McGrath was attacked in the early

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morning hours of May twenty fourth, nineteen ninety four, after
leaving a downtown Orlando nightclub called Barbarella. She had spent
the evening out with a friend. Around two forty five am,
she walked alone to her car. Goodeenas, who had also
been in the club that night, followed her into the
parking lot. He dragged her into an alley, raped her,
and beat her to death. Her nude body was found
hours later by a school employee at a private girls' school.

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Witnesses placed Goadinas at the scene. A school worker saw
him fleeing the alley. A second woman testified that he
had chased her to her car the same night and
threatened to attack her for decades. Goodeenas argued that he
suffered from mental illness and was not fit to be executed.
He is the seventh person executed in Florida. In twenty
twenty five, A grieving mother's speaks for the first time

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after the loss of her three young daughters in Washington State,
where the girl's father remains on the run, charge with
their murders. In an unplanned moment before a crowd of
thousands at a memorial at Rocky Reach Park, Whitney Decker
stepped up to the mic, speaking of Peyton, Evelyn and
Olivia weeks after their bodies were found.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
Thank you everyone for being here tonight in the outpring
of love that you have shown me and my family
over the past few weeks. I truly hope that the
legacy of the girls lives lives in everyone's heart forever.
They were incredible.

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Meanwhile, the manhunt continues for their father, Travis Decker. He's
now been charged with their murders, and this is the
fourth week of the search for the outdoorsmen with Army
Ranger training. Police have not confirmed any sighting since early
this month. The girls were found with their hands bound
and plastic bags over their heads. Laurie Page's dad dies
in jail before facing trial for the rape and murder

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of his twelve year old daughter, whose body was found
nearly two years after she went missing. Andrew Wiley, thirty six,
suffered a medical emergency at the Leon County Jail. Preliminary
autopsy found he died from a pulmonary embolism. He had
been behind bars since April, charged with second degree murder
in the death of his daughter. Prosecutors believe she may
have been pregnant at the time of her disappearance and

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that Wiley was the father. They said Wiley had bought
the emergency contraceptive Plan B and was being treated for
STD around the same time Laurie vanished in June of
twenty twenty three. In April, during a prescribed burn in
the woods and Thomas County, Georgia, sirch cruise were led
to Lourie's body. Because of the condition of the remains,
the cause of death could not be determined. Wiley was

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arrested shortly after. At the time Wiley bought Plan B,
his girlfriend was away for National Guard training. Investigators believed
the pill and STD treatments he received from his own
medical appointments were meant for Louri. An Irvine, California dog
trainer is arrested after at least eleven dogs in his
care die, many secretly cremated without their owner's consent. Police

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arrested fifty three year old Kwang Chun Sit, who went
by Tony, and his twenty three year old girlfriend, King Fenglu.
The case began when a pet owner questioned why their
dog had been cremated without permission. Detectives soon linked Sit
to eleven dead dogs. They believed nine of the deaths
happened on the same day. Some remains were found at
local crematoriums, others already reduced to ash. In several cases,

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Sit and Lou drop the bodies off while pretending to
be the owners. Many families received only brief messages letting
them know like quote, Luna passed away peacefully during the night.
Luna has been lovingly cremated. Investigators believe cremation was used
to cover up what really happened. Three netcropsies have been completed.
Two died from heatstroke, one died from blunt force trauma.

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Sit Yes that's his real name. Sit. He owned a
business called Happy Can nine Academy. He faces nearly fourteen years.
His girlfriend is charged as an accessory and could face
up to four years. For the latest crime and justice news.
Follow crime alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app
with this crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson.