In Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Chazzity Candelario says she was trying to keep her son from eating too many hot dogs when she chained him to an oil tank. A Louisiana child abuse case is unfolding after a kindergarten age boy is found dead weighing less than a house cat, and investigators say his parents starved him to death. Human trafficking fears intensify in the search for a missing Texas teenager after a nonprofit group says it received a phone call believed to be from the girl herself. Drew Nelson reports.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert, Imancy Grace Breaking Crime News Now. Chasity Candelario
says she was just trying to keep her son from
eating too many hot dogs when she handcuffed the eleven
year old to an oil tank in the basement. After
nearly seventeen hours, the boy breaks three and calls nine
to one one straight out to Drew Nelson for more.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
That's right, Nancy. Prosecutors say what this eleven year old
describes as not an isolated incident. Lebandon County, Pennsylvania District
Attorney Pierre has Graff says the child told investigators this
type of punishment is nothing new.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
He sustains this type of treatment and has indeates prior
to this one that he has not ever witnessed his
siblings having the same punishments.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Graph tells Wgal the incident began earlier that morning when
the child was confronted over his eating habits.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
She starts braiding him that he eat too many hot
dogs in the days prior, she saw it on the
cameras and he was going to get his punishment.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Graph says. The punishment escalated as the child was taken
into the basement.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Grabbed the handcuffs and she actually handcuffed him to the
fuel tank. Mom then leaves and goes about her day.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
The child was left there alone in the basement for hours.
Prosecutors say he eventually managed to get free, but feared
what would happen when his mother returned.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
He goes upstairs and he actually re coughs himself to
his dad because the concern is when mom gets home
and I'm not caught the wheel tank anymore, What's going
to happen to me? What's going to happen to my siblings?
Speaker 2 (01:25):
After nearly seventeen hours without food, water, or a bathroom,
prosecutors say the child was able to get a phone
from a sibling and call nine one one. Police responded
to the home, and the child's mother later admitted she
had restrained him. Chasity Candelario is being held in Lebanon
County Prison with bail sit at one hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Thanks Drew. More Crime and Justice news.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
After this, an Ohio nursing home resident dies from hypothermia
after walking out an unlocked door overnight, later being found outside.
Her family now filing suit as criminal charges move forward.
WJW reports the civil lawsuit is pending in Cuyahoga County.
(02:08):
Criminal charges against a nurse are also active. The case
centers on what happened during a ten hour gap when
Alvera Mudy was unaccounted for. She was eighty four years old,
a patient at the Avenue at Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center.
On the evening of December twenty third, twenty twenty four,
Mudy was last seen in her room around eight forty pm.
(02:30):
She used a wheelchair and could not walk without help.
A nurse checked in around nine thirty pm, Muty was gone.
No missing person report was made, no search was started,
no supervisor or police were notified. The nurse later told
police she assumes Muty had left with a family member.
Even so, do you.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Check if somebody came in to grab her? Yeah, I
checked to see if some one had came in, though.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
I did not see that. There was no physics her
sign out record. The exit door near Mudie's room was unlocked.
It led to stairs and an outdoor patio. The door
locked behind her and could not be opened from the outside.
Around twelve thirty six am, the nurse says she tried
calling family members, no one answered. She continued her shift.
Around six thirty am, the nurse told her supervisor she
(03:19):
had not seen Muty all night. A code purple was
finally called.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
My name is Amiral Concord Avenue.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
I have a resident who eloped.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
And she is missing.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Police responded. Shortly after seven thirty am. Mudi was found
outside on the patio. She was lying on her back
in a corner. She was unresponsive and called to the touch.
She was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead later
that morning. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner ruled the cause
of death environmental exposure with hypothermia. Mudie's brother arrived after
(03:50):
learning she had been found.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
I've never got a call at night.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
I got a call this morning.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I don't know what they do there. Okay, but's wrong.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
The nurse on duty was Amber Henderson. She was later
indicted on one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of
patient neglect, and one count of tampering with records. In
addition to failing to report Muty missing, prosecutors say she
also falsified the required documentation. Henderson has pleaded not guilty.
Her next court appearance a schedule for January twenty seventh.
(04:23):
The lawsuit names Henderson and the facility's owners as defendants.
It alleges wrongful death, recklessness, and negligence. The filing claims
the facility was understaffed and improperly secured, and failed to
protect a resident assessed as being at risk of elopement.
The cases being handled in Cuyahogy County Common Please Court.
A child abuse case is unfolding in Louisiana after a
(04:45):
kindergarten age boy is found dead weighing less than a
house cat, and investigators say his parents starved him to death.
Marley Perelou was five. Investigators say he was bedridden and
apparently never left the apartment where he lived with his
family in guy Ma, Louisiana. His parents are Marlon Perelieu,
aged thirty three, and Raynisi, a young twenty seven. Both
(05:07):
are charged with negligent homicide, cruelty to juveniles, drug offenses,
and weapons violations. The parents are jailed in Ascension Parish
with no bond. Charges could still be upgraded. Investigators say
the case came to light on New Year's Day. Deputies
were dispatched after the parents called nine to one one
asking for help. They met law enforcement at a gas
station off Highway seventy three. Deputies began life saving efforts immediately.
(05:31):
Ascension Parish Sheriff's Colonel Donald Capello tells WAFB.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
They start a CPR on a child and within a
couple minutes, the child is transported to a local hospital,
where they continue to work on a child for about
forty forty five minutes before the child just passed away.
They couldn't save them.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Investigators say he was severely malnourished. The child was thirty
five inches tall weighed only nineteen pounds. Investigators described trash
throughout the apartment, mattresses on the floor, and debris everywhere.
Detectives believe the child died inside one of the bedrooms.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
This is probably the worst case of child and neglect
off seeing about thirty four years law enforcement.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Colonel Capello describes the dire physical condition of the child
after death.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
To put it in perspective, when the corners come out,
there are body bags for adults and there's body bags
for infants, and his child, five years old, fit in
an infant body bag.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Neighbors told WAFB they had no idea what was happening
inside the apartment. Several said the family had never asked
for help. Three other children living in the home were
removed by the state after the arrests, and autopsy is pending.
Investigators say it is still unclear when the child last ate.
The district attorney says the investigation is ongoing and will
(06:43):
include determining whether any other adults knew about the child's condition.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Thanks Drew for the latest crime and justice to use.
Go to crimeonline dot com and please join us for
our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best
to find missing people, especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides.
With this crime alerk I, Nancy Grace
Crime Alert, Imancy Grace Breaking Crime News Now. Chasity Candelario
says she was just trying to keep her son from
eating too many hot dogs when she handcuffed the eleven
year old to an oil tank in the basement. After
nearly seventeen hours, the boy breaks three and calls nine
to one one straight out to Drew Nelson for more.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
That's right, Nancy. Prosecutors say what this eleven year old
describes as not an isolated incident. Lebandon County, Pennsylvania District
Attorney Pierre has Graff says the child told investigators this
type of punishment is nothing new.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
He sustains this type of treatment and has indeates prior
to this one that he has not ever witnessed his
siblings having the same punishments.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Graph tells Wgal the incident began earlier that morning when
the child was confronted over his eating habits.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
She starts braiding him that he eat too many hot
dogs in the days prior, she saw it on the
cameras and he was going to get his punishment.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Graph says. The punishment escalated as the child was taken
into the basement.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Grabbed the handcuffs and she actually handcuffed him to the
fuel tank. Mom then leaves and goes about her day.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
The child was left there alone in the basement for hours.
Prosecutors say he eventually managed to get free, but feared
what would happen when his mother returned.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
He goes upstairs and he actually re coughs himself to
his dad because the concern is when mom gets home
and I'm not caught the wheel tank anymore, What's going
to happen to me? What's going to happen to my siblings?
Speaker 2 (01:25):
After nearly seventeen hours without food, water, or a bathroom,
prosecutors say the child was able to get a phone
from a sibling and call nine one one. Police responded
to the home, and the child's mother later admitted she
had restrained him. Chasity Candelario is being held in Lebanon
County Prison with bail sit at one hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Thanks Drew. More Crime and Justice news.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
After this, an Ohio nursing home resident dies from hypothermia
after walking out an unlocked door overnight, later being found outside.
Her family now filing suit as criminal charges move forward.
WJW reports the civil lawsuit is pending in Cuyahoga County.
(02:08):
Criminal charges against a nurse are also active. The case
centers on what happened during a ten hour gap when
Alvera Mudy was unaccounted for. She was eighty four years old,
a patient at the Avenue at Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center.
On the evening of December twenty third, twenty twenty four,
Mudy was last seen in her room around eight forty pm.
(02:30):
She used a wheelchair and could not walk without help.
A nurse checked in around nine thirty pm, Muty was gone.
No missing person report was made, no search was started,
no supervisor or police were notified. The nurse later told
police she assumes Muty had left with a family member.
Even so, do you.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Check if somebody came in to grab her? Yeah, I
checked to see if some one had came in, though.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
I did not see that. There was no physics her
sign out record. The exit door near Mudie's room was unlocked.
It led to stairs and an outdoor patio. The door
locked behind her and could not be opened from the outside.
Around twelve thirty six am, the nurse says she tried
calling family members, no one answered. She continued her shift.
Around six thirty am, the nurse told her supervisor she
(03:19):
had not seen Muty all night. A code purple was
finally called.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
My name is Amiral Concord Avenue.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
I have a resident who eloped.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
And she is missing.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Police responded. Shortly after seven thirty am. Mudi was found
outside on the patio. She was lying on her back
in a corner. She was unresponsive and called to the touch.
She was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead later
that morning. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner ruled the cause
of death environmental exposure with hypothermia. Mudie's brother arrived after
(03:50):
learning she had been found.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
I've never got a call at night.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
I got a call this morning.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I don't know what they do there. Okay, but's wrong.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
The nurse on duty was Amber Henderson. She was later
indicted on one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of
patient neglect, and one count of tampering with records. In
addition to failing to report Muty missing, prosecutors say she
also falsified the required documentation. Henderson has pleaded not guilty.
Her next court appearance a schedule for January twenty seventh.
(04:23):
The lawsuit names Henderson and the facility's owners as defendants.
It alleges wrongful death, recklessness, and negligence. The filing claims
the facility was understaffed and improperly secured, and failed to
protect a resident assessed as being at risk of elopement.
The cases being handled in Cuyahogy County Common Please Court.
A child abuse case is unfolding in Louisiana after a
(04:45):
kindergarten age boy is found dead weighing less than a
house cat, and investigators say his parents starved him to death.
Marley Perelou was five. Investigators say he was bedridden and
apparently never left the apartment where he lived with his
family in guy Ma, Louisiana. His parents are Marlon Perelieu,
aged thirty three, and Raynisi, a young twenty seven. Both
(05:07):
are charged with negligent homicide, cruelty to juveniles, drug offenses,
and weapons violations. The parents are jailed in Ascension Parish
with no bond. Charges could still be upgraded. Investigators say
the case came to light on New Year's Day. Deputies
were dispatched after the parents called nine to one one
asking for help. They met law enforcement at a gas
station off Highway seventy three. Deputies began life saving efforts immediately.
(05:31):
Ascension Parish Sheriff's Colonel Donald Capello tells WAFB.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
They start a CPR on a child and within a
couple minutes, the child is transported to a local hospital,
where they continue to work on a child for about
forty forty five minutes before the child just passed away.
They couldn't save them.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Investigators say he was severely malnourished. The child was thirty
five inches tall weighed only nineteen pounds. Investigators described trash
throughout the apartment, mattresses on the floor, and debris everywhere.
Detectives believe the child died inside one of the bedrooms.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
This is probably the worst case of child and neglect
off seeing about thirty four years law enforcement.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Colonel Capello describes the dire physical condition of the child
after death.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
To put it in perspective, when the corners come out,
there are body bags for adults and there's body bags
for infants, and his child, five years old, fit in
an infant body bag.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Neighbors told WAFB they had no idea what was happening
inside the apartment. Several said the family had never asked
for help. Three other children living in the home were
removed by the state after the arrests, and autopsy is pending.
Investigators say it is still unclear when the child last ate.
The district attorney says the investigation is ongoing and will
(06:43):
include determining whether any other adults knew about the child's condition.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Thanks Drew for the latest crime and justice to use.
Go to crimeonline dot com and please join us for
our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best
to find missing people, especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides.
With this crime alerk I, Nancy Grace
Host
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