Oct. 21, 2025

"FATHER TO PLEAD GUILTY TO DAUGHTER'S MURDER, MOTHER-SON KILL GIRLFRIEND & RAPPER'S KILLER ON TRIAL"

"FATHER TO PLEAD GUILTY TO DAUGHTER'S MURDER, MOTHER-SON KILL GIRLFRIEND & RAPPER'S KILLER ON TRIAL"

Reid Carter covers Delbert Cornish planning to plead guilty to murdering daughter Onyx after son Lucian disarmed him and escaped - Cornish told police he planned to kill both children then himself. Detroit mother Charla and son Jalen Pendergrass charged with murdering Jalen's teen girlfriend London Thomas - body found in sealed plastic bin in SUV parked two weeks. Alicia Andrews on trial today for murdering rapper Julio Foolio in Tampa gang war ambush - judge ruled she can't use domestic violence defense despite boyfriend Isaiah Chance allegedly abusing her. Opening statements begin Monday.

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Callarogus Shark Media, good morning, I'm reed Carter. Tuesday, October

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twenty first, twenty twenty five. Delbert Cornish's lawyer told a

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Canyon County, Idaho judge this week that his client plans

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to plead guilty to murdering his eighteen year old daughter Onyx.

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August eighteenth. Cornish shot Onyx to death, then told his

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fifteen year old son Lucian, I killed your sister and

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pulled a gun from under a pillow, fired a shot

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into the floor, tried to force Lucian toward Onyx's room.

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Lucian fought back, disarmed his father, ran two blocks, and

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called nine one one before Lucian escaped. Cornish said this

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is your last time seeing me. I'll be dead thirty

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seconds after you leave. Court documents show Cornish told police

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he planned to kill both children then himself formal plea

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hearing November twelfth, Detroit. Charlotte Pendergrass forty nine, and her

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son Jalen twenty three, are charged with second degree murder

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and tampering with evidence. The victim, London Thomas seventeen. Jalen's girlfriend,

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April fifth, London reported missing after being dropped at Jalen's

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house at four am April twenty sixth, Her body found

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in an suv in Southfield parked their two weeks. A

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male friend of Charla told police she asked him to

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transport a sealed plastic bin. He placed it in the

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suv April eleventh. That's where London's body was found. Both

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plead not guilty. Jalen held without bond, Charlat gets five

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million dollars cash bond, and Today in Tampa, Alicia Andrews

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on trial for first degree murder of rapper Juliofulio June

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twenty third, twenty twenty four, the Jacksonville rapper shot and

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killed in what prosecutors call an ongoing gang war. Andrews

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traveled with four co defendants, all gang members, as they

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tracked Fulio to three locations before killing him. Andrews wanted

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to introduce domestic violence evidence showing her her boyfriend Isaiah Chance,

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abused her. Judge ruled no, Florida law doesn't allow durest

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defense for premeditated murder. Opening statements begin today. I'm read Carter.

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One father pleading guilty, one mother son murder team, one

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woman on trial who can't mention why she helped kill

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This is Celebrity Trials. August eighteenth, twenty twenty five, Caldwell, Idaho.

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Fifteen year old Lucian Cornish comes home from school normal

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afternoon until his father, Delbert starts crying, not normal, crying,

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scream crying. Lucian asks what's going on? Delbert says, I

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killed your sister, then reaches into his pillow on the

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couch and pulls out a gun. In an exclusive interview

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with Scrip's News Boise, Lucian described what happened next. I

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just kept trying to get him to let me leave.

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After a while, he said said, turn around and walk

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behind you. I didn't want to face my back toward him,

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so I just walked backward. I said, Dad, I'm your son,

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Why are you doing this? And I think that touched him.

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Delbert tried to force Lucian toward Onyx's room, where her

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body was fired a shot into the floor to make

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Lucian comply, but Lucian kept resisting. Finally, Delbert pointed the

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gun directly at Lucian. Lucian knew it's either I'm going

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to have to fight or I'm just going to die.

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Lucian lunged at his father, grabbed the gun, pinned him

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against the wall, disarmed him. His own actions terrified him.

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He was fighting his father for his life. Before Lucian ran,

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Delbert made one final statement, this is your last time

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seeing me. I'll be dead thirty seconds after you leave.

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Lucian already figured that, said I know dad, I love you.

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Then Lucian ran two blocks called nine one one. I

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remember when I was running away, I thought to myself,

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am I dreaming? Like my brain was just going in

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different directions. This has to be fake. Police arrived found

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Delbert still alive. He hadn't killed himself. Found Onyx dead

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in her room shot. Also found Onyx's cat dead. Delbert

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had shot the cat too. Court documents show Delbert confessed immediately,

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I did it, dude, told police he planned to kill

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both his children and then himself. Didn't explain why, just

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that he'd decided to murder his kids. Delbert was charged

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with first degree murder, assault with intent to murder, use

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of a deadly weapon, and commission of a felony, and

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animal cruelty. This week, Tuesday, October fourteenth, Delbert appeared in

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court via video for arraignment his lawyer told Judge Jeremy

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Kleinfelter that Delbert plans to plead guilty. Onyx's mother, Crystal Thompson,

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was in court, first time seeing Delbert since he murdered

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her daughter. He just came out and my blood went cold.

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I started shaking, you know, and I just felt I

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felt despair. He made eye contact with me, and then

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he looked away and he never made eye contact again.

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Thompson says the guilty plea brings mixed emotions, relief that

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Lushan won't have to testify, won't have to relive that

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day on the witness stand, but also painful reminders of

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everything her family lost. It'll save Lucian from having to

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go through, you know, getting up on the stand. That's

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what I've been really worried about. I just want my

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daughter to have justice. That's why I'm here. I'm representing

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her because she can't represent herself. Formal change of plea

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hearings scheduled November twelfth. Delbert will officially plead guilty, then sentencing.

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First degree murder in Idaho carries life in prison or

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death penalty, given Delbert planned to kill himself anyway. Life

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in prison is probably the outcome. Think about what Lucian experienced.

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Came home from school, father told him, I killed your sister,

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pulled a gun, fired a shot, tried to force him

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to see Onyx's body. Lucian had to fight his own father,

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disarm him, run for his life, all while processing that

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his sister was dead and his father was the killer.

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Lucian is fifteen. That trauma is permanent. He'll never have

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a normal relationship with authority, with family, with trust. He

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had to choose between fighting his father or dying. No

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fifteen year old should face that choice, and Onyx was eighteen,

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just starting adult life. Whatever conflict existed between her and Delbert,

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we don't know the details. It didn't justify murder. Nothing

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justifies a father shooting his daughter to death then planning

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to kill his son. Delbert also shot Onyx's cat. That

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detail is chilling. The cat wasn't threat didn't do anything,

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but Delbert killed it anyway. That's cruelty Beyond the murders,

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that's someone destroying everything his daughter loved. The GoFundMe for

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Onyx's family remains active, trying to cover funeral expenses, therapy

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for Lucian, living costs. Crystal Thompson lost her daughter, has

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to help her son heal from trauma, has to attend

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court hearings and face the man who destroyed her family.

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November twelfth, Delbert formally pleads guilty, admits to murdering Onyx,

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admits to attempting to murder Lucian, takes responsibility for the

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horror he created. Then sentencing, and Delbert spends the rest

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of his life in prison thinking about what he did,

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thinking about Lucian disarming him, thinking about the son who

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loved him enough to say I love you, Dad, even

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while running for his life more in a moment. April fifth,

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twenty twenty five, Detroit, London Thomas, seventeen years old, is

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reported missing to Inkster Police department. Last scene around four

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am when she was dropped off at her boyfriend Jalen

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Pendergrass's house. Inkster police investigate, Detroit police join FBI gets involved,

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Michigan State Police assists major search for a missing teen.

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April twenty sixth, Three weeks later, London's body is found

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in an suv in Southfield. The vehicle had been parked

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on Millard Street for two weeks. Inside London's body in

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a sealed plastic bin. That same day, a male friend

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of Charlotte Pendergrass contacts Inkster police. He has information Charla

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had called him on April eleventh, fifteen days earlier, asked

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him to transport a sealed plastic bin. He agreed, picked

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up the bill in placed it in an suv on

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Millard Street in Southfield. That suv, that ben That's where

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London's body was found. October seventeenth, twenty twenty five, Wayne

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County Prosecutor Kim Worthy charges Charla Pendergrass, forty nine, and

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her son, Jalen Pendergrass, twenty three, with second degree murder

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and tampering with evidence. Prosecutors say London was Jalen's girlfriend,

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say both mother and son committed the homicide together. Friday arraignment,

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Jalen remanded to jail without bond, Charla given five million

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dollars cash bond. Both in custody. London's grandmother, Justina Martin,

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attended court. I want justice for my granddaughter. I want

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them to get the maximum penalty they can get for

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my granddaughter. I don't sleep good at night since this

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happened because I've been praying for justice. I miss her

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so much. I missed talking to my grandbaby because she

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always called me and was like Grandma, I love you

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and I miss her. I got her pictured all over

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my house. The timeline is damning. April fifth, London reported

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missing after being dropped at Jalen's house. At four am

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April eleventh, Charla calls her male friend asks him to

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transport a sealed plastic bin. He places it in an suv.

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April twenty sixth, London's body found in that suv in

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that bin six days between London going missing and Charla

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asking someone to move a sealed bin. What was in

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that bin? London's body? Where did it stay for those

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six days? Somewhere Charla and Jalen had access to it,

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Then another fifteen days with London's body sitting in an

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suv on Millard Street before discovery. The friend who moved

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the bin didn't know what was inside, just helped Charla

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as a favor. When police found London, he came forward

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told them what Charla asked him to do. That's how

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they connected Charla to the murder. Both Jalen and Charla

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maintain innocence. Their attorneys say let the evidence play out.

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Jalen's attorney, Adam clements, while it seems so many have

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rested judgment and already arrived at the conclusion that he

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is responsible and that he's the killer. I hope people

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will let the evidence play itself out and respect the process.

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Charla's attorney, Terry L. Johnson, I want to see what

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the new evidence is that they all of a sudden

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come forth in the middle of the night, arrested these

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folks and say we're here. Now, we've got a case.

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What's the evidence. The evidence includes a male friend who

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moved a sealed plastic bin at Charla's request, That bin

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containing London's body. London last scene at Jalen's house. No

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other explanation for how London ended up dead in a

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bin that Charla arranged to transport. This isn't a stranger abduction.

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London was Jalen's girlfriend, went to his house voluntarily, never left.

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Three weeks later, found dead in a bin his mother moved.

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Mother son murder teams are rare but not unprecedented. Usually

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involves a son who commits violence and a mother who

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helps cover it up. The maternal instinct to protect her

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child overrides morality. Overrides law, overrides the victim's humanity. But

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this wasn't just cover up. Both are charged with second

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degree murder. That means prosecutors believe both participated in killing London.

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Not Jalen killed her and Charla hid the body. Both

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killed her together. What happened in Jalen's house that morning

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London was dropped off at four a m. Did she

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and Jalen fight, did Charlie get involved, did it escalate

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to violence? Did they both attack her? And why? London

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was seventeen, had her whole life ahead of her. Her

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grandmother describes her as loving, affectionate, the kind of granddaughter

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who calls to say I love you. And she was

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murdered by her boyfriend and his mother, her body stuffed

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in a sealed bin and hidden in an suv for weeks.

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Prosecutor kim Worthy praise the investigation. I am proud of

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the excellent work that has been done in this case.

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It has taken countless hours of investigation and diligent work

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by the Michigan State Police, the Detroit Police Department, and

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the FBI. As a result of that work, we have

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been able to charge and bring the perpetrators of this

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cruel and deadly crime to justice. Cruel is right. Killing

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your son's girlfriend, helping your mother hide your girlfriend's body.

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That's beyond dysfunction. That's evil. Second degree murder in Michigan

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carries life in prison or any term of years. If convicted.

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Both face decades behind bars. Jalen loses his freedom, Charla

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loses her son and her own freedom. London's family loses

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her forever more. In a moment. June twenty third, twenty

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twenty four, Tampa, Florida, rapper Julio Folio real name Charles

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Jones is shot and killed. He was a documented member

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of the gang six Block from Jacksonville. His murder was

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the culmination of a gang war dating back to twenty eighteen.

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The rival gangs Ace's Top Killers, ATK and twelve hundred,

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allied gangs working together against six Block. Multiple shootings, multiple deaths,

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years of violence, and in June twenty twenty four, they

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tracked Fulio to Tampa and killed him. Five people charged

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with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder Alicia

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Andrews and her boyfriend Isaiah Chance, plus three other men.

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All the men are documented gang members of at K

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or one thousand, two hundred Andrews is not in a gang,

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but prosecutors say phone records show she traveled with her

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co defendants to Tampa, where they surveiled and tracked Fulio

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to three locations before killing him. Today, Monday, October twentieth,

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twenty twenty five, Alicia Andrews trial begins opening statements this morning.

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Jury selection complete, and Andrews faces a major problem. She

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can't tell the jury why she participated. Andrews wanted to

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introduce evidence of domestic violence, that her boyfriend Isaiah Chance

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abused her, that she feared him, that she helped track

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and kill Folio because Chance forced her to participate. August thirteenth,

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pre trial hearing, prosecutors moved to bar any mention of

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domestic violence. Judge Michelle Cisco granted the motion. Under Florida law,

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defendants charged with premeditated first degree murder cannot use duress

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as a defense. Because Andrews also faces conspiracy charges, any

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alleged domestic violence is legally irrelevant to whether she's guilty

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of murder. Andrew's attorney expressed disappointment, we would like to

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get it in our opening statement. Judge Cisco replied, I

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know I would like to be twenty pounds lighter. However,

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that's not going to happen anytime soon. Translation. I understand

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what you want, but the law doesn't allow it. Move.

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On August twenty ninth bond hearing. Despite the ruling, Andrews's

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defense presented domestic violence testimony, trying to get her released

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on bond while awaiting trial. They couldn't use it at trial,

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but maybe it would convince the judge to grant bond.

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Andrew's best friend testified Andrews sent photos and text messages

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showing injuries from alleged abuse by Chance. February twenty twenty four,

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text Andrews wrote Chance almost killed me. March twenty twenty

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four text exchange between the friend and Chance showed Chance

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admitting we were both wrong. Andrew's parents, testified by phone,

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said their daughter worked multiple jobs, Amazon substitute teacher for

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special needs children, facial care services, lived at home, never

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been in trouble. She wouldn't hurt a fly, her father said.

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Alicia has never been in trouble, never harmed anyone. She's

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not a violent person. A Jacksonville Sheriff's Office detective testified

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about a fallout between Chance and the ATK gang in

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November twenty twenty three, seven months before Fulio's murder, suggesting

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internal gang conflict might have motivated the killing. Prosecutors argued

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the new information didn't meet the standard for reconsideration of

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pre trial detention, that the domestic violence allegations and gang

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dynamics were known at the original hearing, that nothing had

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changed to justify bond. Judge denied. Andrews remains in custody

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awaiting trial. So today Andrews sits at the defense table

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facing first degree murder charges. Her attorney can't tell the

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jury she was abused, can't explain that she feared Chance,

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can't argue she participated under duress. Florida law strips that

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defense away. For premeditated murder, the prosecution's case phone records

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showing Andrews traveled with the four co defendants from Jacksonville

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to Tampa, Surveillance showing they tracked Fulio to three locations,

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evidence showing they ambushed and killed him. Andrews was there.

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Andrew's participated. Andrews is guilty the defense's case without the

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domestic violence evidence, what's left. Andrews isn't in a gang,

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had no personal motive to kill folio. Her only connection

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is dating chance. The defense will argue she didn't know

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what chance and the others planned, that she was just

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along for the ride, that she didn't participate in the

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actual murder. But phone records showing she traveled to Twampa,

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helped surveil multiple locations, was present during an ambush murder.

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That's conspiracy and premeditated murder doesn't matter. If she pulled

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the trigger, she helped plant helped execute it, that's first

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degree murder under Florida law. And the jury won't hear

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why won't hear about the abuse, won't hear about her fear,

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won't understand why a woman with no gang ties, who

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worked multiple jobs and lived with her parents suddenly decided

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to help murder a rapper in a gang war. That's

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the legal system. Florida law says. Duress isn't a defense

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to premeditated murder. The legislature decided that if you have

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time to plan a murder, you have time to seek help,

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to leave, to call police. Duress only works for spontaneous

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crimes committed under immediate threat. Prosecutors would argue Andrews had

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months to leave Chance, months to report the abuse, months

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to refuse to participate in gang violence. Instead, she got

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in the car, traveled to Tampa, helped track Folio, was

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present when he was killed. Those are choices, premeditated choices,

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The defense would counter, you don't understand domestic violence. Leaving

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an abusive relationship is dangerous, the most dangerous time for victims.

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Reporting abuse, when your boyfriend is a gang member, could

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get you killed. Andrews was trapped, had no safe options,

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participated because she feared for her life. But the jury

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won't hear that argument. Judge Cisco ruled it inadmissible. So

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Andrew's defense is severely limited. Her attorney can't explain her motive,

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can't give context, can only argue she didn't actually participate

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in the murder itself. That's a losing strategy. The evidence

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shows she participated in the conspiracy, traveled to Tampa, helped surveil,

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was present in Florida. That's enough for first degree murder conviction.

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Julio Folio is dead, Andrews is on trial. Isaiah Chance

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and three others face separate trials. The gang war that

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started in twenty eighteen continues in courtrooms years later, and

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Andrews sits facing life in prison, unable to tell the

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jury why she helped kill a man she'd never met.

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That's Celebrity Trials for Tuesday, October twenty first, twenty twenty five.

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Delbert Cornish, planning to plead guilty to murdering daughter Onyx

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son Lucian, disarmed him and escaped formal plea hearing. November twelfth,

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Detroit mother Charla and son Jalen charged with murdering Jalen's

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girlfriend London Thomas. Body found in sealed bin and suv

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after Charla asked friend to transport it. Alicia Andrews on

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trial today for murdering rapper Juliofulio. Judge ruled she can't

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use domestic violence defense despite boyfriend allegedly abusing her. I'm

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read Carter, see you tomorrow. This is Celebrity Trials