Feb. 11, 2026

"BREAKING: SUSPECT DETAINED NEAR MEXICO BORDER IN GUTHRIE KIDNAPPING, MANGIONE'S DOUBLE JEOPARDY OUTBURST & DEADLY DIVORCE VERDICT"

"BREAKING: SUSPECT DETAINED NEAR MEXICO BORDER IN GUTHRIE KIDNAPPING, MANGIONE'S DOUBLE JEOPARDY OUTBURST & DEADLY DIVORCE VERDICT"

Reid Carter leads with breaking news - a man has been detained in a traffic stop near the Mexican border in connection with the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie. FBI and local police stopped a silver SUV in Rio Rico, Arizona, Tuesday night. Court-ordered search of his home underway. FBI Director Kash Patel confirms multiple persons of interest. Hours earlier, FBI released doorbell footage showing armed, masked suspect at Nancy's door at 1:47 a.m. Bitcoin ransom account shows activity. Luigi Mangione erupts - 'double jeopardy.' William Long convicted of murdering ex-wife Michelle. Life without parole.

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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

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in her pickup truck in her own driveway November twenty ninth,

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twenty twenty three, after a judge's ruling went against William

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in their contentious divorce proceedings. The day Michelle died, let

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me walk you through it. Michelle and William Long married

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and built a life together. Had a son, Brandon, but

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the marriage deteriorated. Michelle filed for divorce in April twenty

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twenty two. It got ugly fast, the kind of divorce

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where money becomes a weapon and hatred fills every filing.

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April twenty twenty three, the divorce was finalized. Michelle got

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the marital home, custody of Brandon, spousal support, child support,

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and William was ordered to pay one hundred thousand dollars

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to equalize the property division, plus hand over his share

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of a retirement account worth over two hundred and fifty

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thousand dollars. Her attorney, Lewis Katz, believed she should have

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received indefinite spousal support, but Michelle chose not to fight

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it further too much stress. She just wanted it over.

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William didn't comply, didn't transfer the deed, didn't follow court orders,

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found in contempt multiple times, appeals denied, The court kept

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ruling against him, and William kept getting angrier. His girlfriend's daughter,

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Alexis Kelly, testified that William was furious about the divorce,

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once said he wished Michele would die of ass cancer.

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His girl friend, Leanne Beadnell, described a tumultuous relationship with

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frequent arguments, often related to William's drinking. His cousin Robert Morris,

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said William drank more during the divorce, drank alone in

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his garage, became increasingly hostile toward Michele. There were text messages,

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video evidence, a history of verbal abuse, and threats by

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William toward Michele, including a direct threat to killer. The

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day before Michele died, another judgment went against William. More

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money he owed, more compliance he'd have to follow, more

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reminders that the courts weren't on his side, that he

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was losing. November twenty ninth, twenty twenty three, Michelle left

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work visited her attorney's office. Her lawyer later told detectives

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she'd expressed concern for her safety due to William's behavior.

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She stopped at Arby's, went to Walmart, arrived home around

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five forty five pm. Her neighbor, Robert Saltzgiver heard gunshots loud, close,

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unusual for the area despite hunting season, rural neighborhood, no

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street lights, quiet until it wasn't. Michelle's body wasn't found

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for hours. Around nine twenty eight pm, a nine to

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one to one call reported the shooting. Michelle's sister, Sarah Lewis,

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and Sarah's boyfriend, Robert Morris, had gone to check on

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her after she didn't pick up, Brandon found her truck

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on the road near the mailbox, glass scattered, Michelle inside,

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gunshot wounds, blood, unresponsive, six gunshot wounds head, face, left eye, lip, jaw, neck,

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right arm, torso plus a gray's wound. The medical examiner

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for found only caffeine in her system. Cause of death,

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gunshot wounds, manner of death, homicide. Morris called nine to

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one one described the scene. Police arrived, family gathered, Then

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William showed up about thirty minutes after the first deputy arrived.

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His demeanor disinterested, according to Deputy Rob Vokovich, didn't ask

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about Michelle's condition, tried to enter the house, was stopped,

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mirandized after inconsistencies in his statements. The investigation revealed William's

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movements cell phone data Life three sixty tracking surveillance video.

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He left his location at five eighteen PM. But here's

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the critical detail. Investigators believe he left his phone behind

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and drove a different vehicle to Michelle's house. William owned

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two trucks, a white Chevy and an older blue Chevy.

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His nephew, Kellen, testified that William sometimes drove the blue

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truck to keep it running on that day, William left

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in the blue truck, left the white one behind. The

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murder weapon was never recovered, but the evidence pointed to

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one gun, a Ruger point four to four magnum revolver

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that William owned listed in the divorce documents. Ballistic analysis

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confirmed the projectiles recovered from Michelle's body came from a

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point four to four magnum caliber revolver. A single point

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four to four magnum round was found in William's red charger,

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and the springfield pistol found in his white truck tested

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and eliminated not the murder weapon, but Alexis Kelly, his

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girlfriend's daughter, dropped the hammer. She testified that William kept

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a revolver in his night stand. After the incident, she

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deliberately checked the gun was gone. She last saw it

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at the end of October twenty twenty three, one month

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before Michelle's murder. William took the stand on day four,

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denied everything, said he had nothing to do with Michelle's death,

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but the evidence said otherwise. Cell phone data, digital evidence

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from his truck, the missing gun, the motive. Written across

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eighteen months of court filings closing arguments, the jury deliberated,

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came back guilty on all counts, life without parole plus

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fourteen years. William Long will die in prison. Here's the

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pattern we see over and over on this show. Contentious divorce.

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Man loses control, loses the house, loses custody, loses money,

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loses the power he thought he had over his wife,

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and instead of accepting it, instead of moving on, he decides,

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if I can't have her, nobody will Michelle Long saw

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it coming. She told her attorney she feared for her safety.

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She knew William was dangerous, and she was right because

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on the day after another court ruling went against him,

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he allegedly left his phone behind, drove his other truck

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to her house, and shot her six times while she

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sat in her pickup. The call is coming from inside

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the house. It always is. Michelle Long was fifty years old,

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school teacher, track coach mother. She spent her career shaping

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young minds, running STEM programs, coaching athletes. She should be

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grading papers right now, should be at track practice, should

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be watching her son grow up. Instead, she's gone because

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her ex husband couldn't accept that. The court said no.

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Rest in peace, Michelle. Someone has to say your name

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that celebrity trials for Wednesday, February eleventh, twenty twenty six,

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as of one am Eastern. These are the latest details

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in a rapidly changing story breaking. A man detained near

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the Mexican border in connection with Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping traffic

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stop in Rio Rico, Arizona. Court ordered search of his

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home under way. FBI Director Cash Patel confirms multiple persons

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of interest, hostage rescue team deployed. Hours earlier. FBI released

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doorbell footage of a masked, armed suspect at Nancy's front

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door at one forty seven am, the night she was taken.

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If you recognize this person, call one eight hundred, Call

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FBI fifty thousand dollars reward. Luigi Mangioni screaming double jeopardy

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as state and federal prosecutors fight over who tries him.

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First state trial June eighth, Federal in September, and William

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Long convicted of murdering ex wife Michelle in Ohio, shot

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six times in her truck Life without parole. I'm Red Carter.

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This story is moving fast. If an arrest comes in

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the Guthrie case, we'll be here with a breaking News episode,

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This is Celebrity Trials