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Caalaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm Reed Carter. Wednesday, February eleventh,
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twenty twenty six. As of one am Eastern Time. These
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are the latest details in a rapidly changing story. A
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man has been detained near the Mexican border in connection
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with the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, eighty four year old
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mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, taken from her
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million dollar home in Tucson, Arizona, ten days ago. The
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Pima County Sheriff's Department announced Tuesday night that the unidentified
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individual was taken into custody following a traffic stop in
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Rio Rico, Arizona, small town south of Tucson, right on
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the US Mexico border. He was driving a silver SUV.
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Witness Crystal Bachica told The Daily Mail she saw five
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or six unmarked cars and a marked Marana police vehicle.
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Two guys were out of a car and their hats
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said FBI. They pulled the car right in front of
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my apartment building. The suspect is currently being questioned. A
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court ordered search of a home near Interstate nineteen is underway.
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SWAT teams, a bomb squad, and the FBI's Elite Hostage
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Rescue team have been deployed to the area. FBI Director
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Cash Ptel told Fox News Tuesday night there are multiple
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persons of interest, said the bureau's outreach to the private
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sector has shown there might be persons of interest in
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and around the area related to this event. This comes
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hours after the FBI released doorbell camera footage showing an armed,
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masked figure at Nancy's front door at one forty seven am,
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the night she was taken. TMZ reports the detained individual
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is not a member of the Guthrie family. Also today,
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Luigi Mangione erupted in Double Jeopardy by any common sense definition,
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and William Long convicted of murdering his ex wife Michelle
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in Ohio Life without Parole. I'm Red Carter. Today a
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suspect detained, a kidnapper caught on camera, and the Guthrie
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case breaking wide open. This is celebrity trials. Let's start
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with the detention, then walk backwards through the day because
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Tuesday was the biggest day in this investigation since Nancy disappeared.
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Tuesday night. Rio Rico, Arizona population about eighteen thousand sits
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along Interstate nineteen roughly thirty miles south of Tucson and
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less than fifteen miles from the Negals border crossing into Mexico,
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a silver SUV was pulled over five or six unmarked
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vehicles FBI agents Marana police. A man was taken into
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custody and is being questioned in connection with the kidnaping
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of Nancy Guthrie. The Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed it
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the subject is currently being questioned in connection to the
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Nancy Guthrie investigation. Authorities are now executing a court ordered
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search of a home near Interstate nineteen associated with the
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detained individual. Court ordered meaning a judge signed off, meaning
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investigators presented enough evidence to convince a judge there's probable
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cause to search that property. That's significant. That's not a
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consent search like the one conducted over the weekend at
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Annie Guthrie and Tomasocioni's home. This is a warrant. This
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is we have evidence connecting this person to this crime.
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TMZ reports the detained person is not a member of
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the Guthrie family. That's the first thing everyone wanted to know.
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Not family, but FBI Director Cash Patel went on Fox
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News Tuesday, night and said something important. There are multiple
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persons of interest. The bureau's outreach to the private sector
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has revealed there might be persons of interest in and
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around the area related to this event. Patel didn't elaborate
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on who. Said. Authorities are working to eliminate anyone who
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might not actually be involved, but his first priority is
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finding Nancy. Right behind that is to find any others
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involved in this kidnapping case to make sure they're brought
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to justice. Others plural, This may not be a one
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man operation. Local SWAT teams, a bomb squad, and the
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FBI's elite hostage rescue team have been deployed to the area.
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You don't deploy a hostage rescue team unless you believe
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a hostage might still be alive. That's the most hopeful
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detail we've had in ten days. Now. Let me walk
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you back through Tuesday, because the detention was the climax
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of a day that started with a bombshell. Hours earlier,
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the FBI released the doorbell camera footage, images and video
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of an armed, masked figure on Nancy's front porch time
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stamp approximately one seven a m. On February first, the
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night she was taken Here's what you see. A person
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dressed head to toe in dark clothing, tight zipped up
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ski mask, what appears to be facial hair visible black
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latex gloves, a backpack that appears full, and a gun
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and a holster on the left side of his waistband.
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The figure approaches the door hunched over head bowed, finds
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the doorbell camera, tries to cover the lens with a
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clenched fist, searches the area around the door, rips a
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bunch of flowers from the entranceway and waves them at
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the camera, then rips the camera itself from its holder
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on the door frame. The device was missing by the
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time sheriff's deputies arrived that morning. Former FBI Assistant director
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Chris Swecker called the footage the lynchpin. Said, this is
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when it all breaks loose. The clothes are the key
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here and the mannerisms. If you know this guy, you
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are going to recognize him. That head shape is something
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people who know him will recognize. Swecker noted how relaxed
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the suspect appears, moving slowly deliberately. He's working at his leisure.
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It's dark, it's one forty seven in the morning, and
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he believes he's not being observed. That comfort level suggests
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he either knew the property or scouted it beforehand. Swecker
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also suspected the suspect wasn't acting alone, pointing to what
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appeared to be headlights in the background. The area has
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no yard lighting, a getaway driver possibly The gloves huge, puffy,
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hard to work with, but effective. He came ready, not
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to leave any DNA, Swecker said. Retired homicide detective Chris
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McDonough looked at the same footage. What's in the backpack?
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This isn't his first rodeo. He has a gun in
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his waistband, a light, gloves, a mask, and tightly zipped clothing.
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He's purposely trying to conceal himself. But here's the contradiction
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that puzzled experts. If this was a sophisticated, professionally planned kidnapping,
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why didn't the suspect bring a tool to properly re
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move the doorbell camera? Why improvise with flowers and then
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just rip it off. That suggests he may have been
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surprised by the camera's presence, had to adapt not quite
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as polished as we were told. Former FBI Special agent
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doctor Bryanna Fox noticed something else interesting. The gun sits
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on the suspect's left side, suggesting he's right handed, but
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he used his left hand to place the flowers over
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the camera. Inconsistency between his dominant hand and where he
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carries the weapon. Small detail, but details are how these
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cases get solved. Former FBI crisis negotiator Jason Pack said
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the release of the images put enormous pressure on the suspect.
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Drew parallels to Luigi Mangioni, identified and arrested after his
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image went national. The Boston marathon bombers caught after their
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photos were released. The photo release accelerated everything because the
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suspects knew their window was closing. Looks like it worked.
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Hours later traffic stop Rio Rico Silver SUV. FBI hats detention.
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Now the ransom situation. The bitcoin account referenced in the
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ransom notes sent to TMZ and two Tucson stations saw
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activity Tuesday. TMZ's Harvey Levin confirmed we have seen activity
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in the account. Local outlet Kgun later reported the activity
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amounted to less than three hundred dollars, not the six
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million dollars demanded. Unclear who made the transaction or why,
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but here's a detail from earlier reporting that matters now.
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Sources told TMZ that investigators believe the ransom notes were
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in fact written by the kidnapper, not a hoax, not
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a copycat, the real deal, and the notes reportedly contained
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details not shared with the public, specific references to damage
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at Nancy's home, the placement of some of her possessions,
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information only someone who was inside the house would know.
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The notes also reportedly provided clues about where the suspect lives.
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Sources said the person who sent the letters was intimately
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familiar with the media in Tucson, knew which stations to
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send them to, knew the media landscape, local knowledge. Rio
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Rico is about thirty miles south of Tucson, right along
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IYE nineteen, close enough to know the area, close enough
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to know the media market, close enough to have scouted
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Nancy's home in the Catalina Foothills and then retreated south
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toward the border. Meanwhile, throughout the day Tuesday, investigators were
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going door to door again around Annie Guthrie and Tomaso
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Chioni's home, searching a junkyard bushes behind their house, another
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property at the far end of their street, neighbor John
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Grove told The Daily Mail that investigators asked to search
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a dry river bed on his property. The cops wanted
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to know if they could go through that wash next
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to my house. I asked if it was related to
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the kidnapping, and they said, we can't tell you that.
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They're playing their the cards close to their chest. Grove added,
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something chilling. I just hope she didn't get into any
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difficulties around here. It's very harsh terrain. We had a
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guy the other day who just moved here and got
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lost and died. For someone like her, well, it wouldn't
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end well. Let me reset the full timeline. January thirty,
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first Saturday, Nancy took an uber to daughter Annie's house
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dinner and games around nine forty five pm Mountain time.
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Annie's husband Tomaso, drove Nancy home, saw her enter through
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the garage. Garage door closed at nine fifty pm. One
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forty seven am. Doorbell camera captures the masked figure. Camera
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is ripped off two twelve am. Smart home software detected movement.
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Two twenty eight am, Nancy's pacemaker app disconnected from her phone.
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She was out of Bluetooth range. Gone phone wallet daily medications,
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car all left behind, blood on the front porch confirmed
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as Nancy's DNA. Next morning, Nancy was supposed to watch
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a church live stream with a friend. Never showed. Annie
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and Sioni checked on her around eleven am, called nine
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one one at noon. Patrol didn't arrive until after two pm.
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Ransom notes demanding six million dollars in bitcoin, two deadlines passed,
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no proof of life. Bitcoin wallet showed less than three
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hundred dollars in activity Tuesday. FBI said Monday it was
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not aware of any continued communication. Investigators searched Annie and
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Sioni's home over the weekend, consent search not a warrant.
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A vehicle of interest was spotted at a circle k
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near Nancy's home during the abduction window. A car was
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towed from near her property Friday night, and now a
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man detained in Rio Rico. Court ordered search of his home,
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multiple persons of interest, per the FBI director, hostage rescue
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team deployed the biggest break in ten days. It's not
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clear whether the man detained Tuesday night is the same
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person seen in the doorbell footage. That's the question everyone's asking,
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but the timing isn't coincidental. FBI releases the footage hours later.
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Someone's in custody near the Mexican border. Nancy Guthrie has
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been missing for ten days. She's eighty four years old,
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has a pacemaker, needs daily medication for high blood pressure
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and heart conditions. Her family doesn't know if she's alive.
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America doesn't know if she's alive. But the FBI deployed
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a hostage rescue team, and that team exists for one reason,
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to bring hostages home alive. Make it make sense. We're
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trying to. We'll be right back with Luigi Mangione's courtroom
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outburst and the deadly divorced verdict in Ohio. Welcome back
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to celebrity trials. I'm reed Carter. Quick update on the
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CEO killer. Luigi Mangoni appeared in court Friday, New York
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State case, and for the first time since his arrest
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fourteen months ago, he spoke out. As court officers escorted
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him out of the courtroom, Mangione turned and addressed the
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judge directly. It's the same trial. Twice one plus one
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is two double jeopardy by any common sense definition. Here's
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the issue Mangone faces both state and federal charges for
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the December twenty twenty four assassination of United Healthcare CEO
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Brian Thompson. Two separate prosecutions, two separate trials, and they're
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stepping on each other. Judge Gregory Caro set the state
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murder trial for June eighth. Mangioni's defense attorney, Karen Friedman
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Agnifilo objected, said the defense would be consumed preparing for
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the federal trial at that point, mister Mangioni is being
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put in an untenable situation. This is a tug of
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war between two different prosecution offices. Be ready, Caro replied.
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The federal trial is set for September eighth, with opening
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statements and testimony beginning October thirteenth. Last week, the federal
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judge ruled prosecutors can't seek the death penalty. Also dismissed
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a federal murder charge as technically flawed, but the remaining
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federal charges still carry life in prison. Here's the double
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jeopardy problem Mangioni was complaining about. Under New York law,
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if the federal trial happens first and a jury is sworn,
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the Manhattan DA could be barred from trying Mangione on
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state murder charges, double jeopardy protections kick in. That's why
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the state is racing to go first, and why the
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federal prosecutors, who originally said the state could have first crack,
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appear to have changed their tune. Manhattan prosecutors accused the
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federal government of renegging on an agreement. Judge Caro said
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it plainly, it appears the federal government has renegged on
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its agreement to let the state, which has done most
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of the work in this case, go first. If the
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state trial gets delayed, there's a backup date of September eighth,
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same day as the federal trial begins. Someone's going to blink. Meanwhile,
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Mangioni's defense is fighting to exclude key evidence, the nine
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millimeter handgun prosecutors say matches the murder weapon, and a
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notebook where Mangione allegedly wrote about his intent to whack
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a health insurance executive. Federal judge already ruled those items admissible.
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State judge hasn't decided yet. Mengione has pleaded not guilty
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to all charges, both state and federal. He remains in custody.
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Next state court appearance in May two jurisdictions, two trials,
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one defendant screaming double jeopardy on his way out of
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the courtroom. Welcome to justice in America, Welcome back to
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celebrity trials. I'm reed, Carter Lisbon, Ohio, Columbiana County. Monday,
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the jury came back. William Long Junior, fifty one years old,
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guilty on all counts aggravated murder, murder, discharging a firearm
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over a public road three additional specifications. Immediately sentenced to
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life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus fourteen
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consecutive years. The victim, his ex wife, Michelle Long, fifty
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years old, school teacher at lee Tonia High School, track coach,
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STEM program coordinator, mother, shot six times as she sat