Feb. 17, 2026

"SAVANNAH'S MOM STILL MISSING, MANSION MURDERER GUILTY & AU PAIR'S MAXIMUM SENTENCE SHOCKS COURTROOM"

"SAVANNAH'S MOM STILL MISSING, MANSION MURDERER GUILTY & AU PAIR'S MAXIMUM SENTENCE SHOCKS COURTROOM"
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Reid Carter covers the desperate search for Today show host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother Nancy, missing over two weeks from her Arizona home - FBI analyzing DNA from a glove matching doorbell camera suspect as daughter pleads for her return. Paul Caneiro convicted of four counts of first-degree murder after slaughtering his brother Keith, sister-in-law Jennifer, and their children Jesse and Sophia in their Colts Neck mansion over stolen business funds - then set both homes on fire. Au pair Juliana Magalhaes gets maximum 10-year sentence after judge rejects prosecutors' recommendation of time served - told her she deserves "nothing other than incarceration."

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Callaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter Tuesday, February seventeenth,

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twenty twenty six. Hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. Courts

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were closed yesterday for President's Day, but the news didn't stop.

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Let me catch you up on three major stories from

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last week. Savannah Guthrie's mother is still missing. Nancy Guthrie,

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eighty four years old, vanished from her Arizona home on

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February first. Over two weeks now, FBI analyzing DNA from

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a glove found near the home that appears to match

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one worn by a masked suspect captured on doorbell camera footage.

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Savannah posting video after video on Instagram pleading with whoever

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took her mother to do the right thing. No leading theory,

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no suspects identified. An eighty four year old woman with

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a pacemaker who needs daily medication gone. Friday was verdict

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day in two major cases. Paul Knaro, fifty nine, convicted

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of four counts of first degree murder in the Colt's

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Neck Mansion murders. Shot his brother Keith in the front yard,

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stabbed his sister in law Jennifer, stabbed his eleven year

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old nephew Jesse and eight year old niece Sophia, then

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set both homes on fire to cover it up. All

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over stolen business money. Jury deliberated five hours guilty on everything,

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same day, same courtroom, energy, different state. Juliana Paris Magilhays,

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the Brazilian ou pair who helped her lover Brendan Banfield,

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murder his wife and an innocent stranger, sentenced to ten

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years in prison maximum under her plea deal. Judge Penny

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Askarat rejected prosecutor's recommendation of time served and told her

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she deserves nothing other than incarceration and a life of reflection.

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Prosecutors wanted her to walk free. The judge said absolutely not.

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I'm read Carter today. A missing mother, a mansion murderer,

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and an o pair who thought cooperation would set her free.

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This is Celebrity Trials. February first, twenty twenty six. Somewhere

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in Arizona, Nancy Guthrie, eighty four years old, mother of

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Today's show co host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her home

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over two weeks later. Nobody knows where she is, whether

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she's alive, who took her, or why. Here's what we know.

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Doorbell camera footage from Nancy's home captured a masked person

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outside the residence the morning she vanished, wearing gloves face covered.

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The FBI released that footage publicly, hoping someone would recognize

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the build, the gait, the clothing. So far, nothing definitive,

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but there's a break in the evidence. A glove was

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recovered near Nancy Guthrie's home. FBI says it appears to

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visually match the gloves worn by the suspect in the

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doorbell camera. Footage from that glove is now being analyzed.

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The DNA will be run through CODIS, the FBI's combined

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DNA index system, which holds more than nineteen million offender profiles.

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If whoever touched that glove has a criminal history, there

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could be a match. If not, authorities will also submit

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the evidence to third party DNA mapping services, the same

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genealogical approach that helped identify Brian Koberger in the Idaho murders.

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Even if the suspect never submitted their own DNA, a

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family member might have and that's enough to start narrowing

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the field. How fast will results come? Former Fort Worth

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Police Chief Jeffrey Halsted told CNN. It could be anywhere

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from twenty four to forty eight hours, depending on the

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quality of the sample. The urgency of this case could

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expedite testing, but even touch DNA the kind you'd leave

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on a glove, can be significant if it ties directly

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to the person on camera. Meanwhile, Savannah Guthrie is doing

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what any daughter would do, fighting publicly, painfully. She's posted

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at least nine videos on Instagram since her mother disappeared,

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each one more heartbreaking than the last. The latest video,

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posted late last week, speaks directly to whoever has her mother.

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It is never too late to do the right thing,

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she said. You're not lost or alone, and it is

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never too late to do the right thing. Former FBI

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crisis negotiator Kyle Vowinkle analyzed the video, said Savannah is

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trying to give whoever took her mother a psychological off ramp,

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an appeal to whatever shred of decency might still exist

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in the person holding an eighty four year old woman.

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Vowinkel said she's appealing to the isolation of the captor

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while offering them a way to end this without making

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it worse. Earlier videos humanized Nancy showed childhood photos, family

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memories reminded whoever is watching that this is a real person,

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a mother, a grandmother, someone who matters to people. Later

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videos pivoted to asking the public for help, asking anyone

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who noticed anything strange around February first to contact law enforcement.

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Three major challenges are complicating this investigation. First, Nancy's safety.

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She's eighty four, has a pacemaker, needs daily medication. Every

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day that passes without those medications increases the danger. Investigators

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are operating blind on her condition and location. Second, the

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sheer volume of leads. Tens of thousands of tips have

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poured in. That sounds like good news, and it is,

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but it also buries investigators in information that has to

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be sorted, verified and pursued. Sometimes the most important tip

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is buried under ten thousand useless ones. The only way

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to find it is to go through every single one

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third the fish bowl. This is the mother of one

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of the most recognizable television journalists in America. Media attention

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is enormous, public in interest is intense, and that makes

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it incredibly difficult for investigators to hold back information that

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needs to stay behind the curtain. Every detail that leaks

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could compromise the investigation. Every press conference could tip off

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whoever has Nancy. Investigators have not identified a leading motive.

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They're looking at all possibilities, kidnapping for ransom, targeted attack,

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random crime. Nothing has been ruled out. Nothing has been confirmed.

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Nancy Guthrie is eighty four years old. She should be

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watching her daughter on the Today Show, should be enjoying

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her grandchildren, should be safe in her own home. Instead,

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she's been missing for over two weeks, and her daughter

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is on Instagram speaking into a camera begging a stranger

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to show mercy. If you have any information about Nancy

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Guthrie's disappearance, contact the FBI. Any detail, no matter how

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small a car, You saw a person who seemed out

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of place, something you overheard. It might be the tip

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that brings her home. Someone has to say her name.

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Nancy Guthrie, eighty four years old. Missing. We'll be right

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back with Friday's guilty verdict in the Colt's Neck Mansion murders.

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Paul Canero convicted of slaughtering his brother's entire family over

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stolen money, then setting both homes on fire. Welcome back

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to celebrity trials. I'm reed, Carter Friday, February thirteenth, Monmouth County,

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New Jersey. After five hours of deliberation, a jury convicted

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Paul Caniro of four counts of first degree murder, two

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counts of aggravated arson, weapons charges, theft, and hindering his

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own apprehension, guilty on everything. The victims Keith Caniro fifty,

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Jennifer Caniro forty five, Jesse Caniro eleven, Sophia Canaro row eight,

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an entire family wiped out November twentieth, twenty eighteen, just

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days before Thanksgiving. Coltsneck, New Jersey, wealthy community, horse country

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sprawling estates Keith Canaro's mansion on Willowbrook Road. Fire trucks

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responding to a blaze at the home around twelve thirty

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in the afternoon. Keith was found in the front yard,

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face down, shot once in the back, four times in

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the head. Inside the burning house, Jennifer shot and stabbed.

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Their children found on different levels of the home. Jesse

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near the staircase, Sofia on the landing between floors, both stabbed.

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Sofia had a stab wound to her left eye. She

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was eight years old. And here's the detail that will

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haunt you, Prosecutors said, the children were still alive when

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the fire started. Smoke inhalation was a contributing factor in

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their deaths. They survived the stabbing long enough to breathe

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in the flames. Their uncles to cover his crimes. While

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firefighters were still battling the Colt's neck blaze, police were

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already at another scene, Paul Kaneiro's home in Ocean Township,

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about thirty minutes away. A fire had started there around

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five am that same morning. Paul, his wife, Susan, and

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their two adult daughters escaped no injuries. Convenient, prosecutors said,

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Paul set his own house on fire, first made it

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look like the whole family was being targeted, then drove

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to his brother's mansion, disabled the electrical service box and

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turned off the backup generator to lure Keith outside. When

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Keith came out to check why the power failed, Paul

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shot him in the front yard, then went inside, killed Jennifer,

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killed the children, set the house on fire, drove home.

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The motive was money. Keith and Paul were business partners,

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co owned Square One, a technology firm in Asbury Park,

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and Eco Star, a pest control company. The Doris Duke

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Foundation contract made up more than ninety percent of Square

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One's revenue, and Paul was stealing from both companies. The

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day before the murders, Keith discovered that premium payments for

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his three million dollar Canada life insurance policy, held in

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a trust with Paul as trustee, had never been reaching

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the insurance company. Paul was pocketing them. Keith called Paul

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that afternoon. Home security cameras recorded Keith's side of the conversation.

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I need to know where the money went, Keith yelled,

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gave Paul a deadline eight pm that night. Paul never responded.

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Eight hours later, he started killing. Detective Debbie Bassenger from

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the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office traced the finances. Found sixteen

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transfers from Keith's trust account into Paul's personal account, no

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payments going back. Bank statements Paul provided to the family

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accountant had been altered compared to official records from the bank.

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Paul was cooking the book looks and stealing from his

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own brother. The evidence was overwhelming. Surveillance video showed Paul's

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Porsche may Can, identifiable by its distinctive tail lights, leaving

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his home and returning the mourning of the murders. Neighbors

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heard gunshots. One neighbor testified he heard the shots and

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thought someone just got whacked. A container found in Paul's

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basement held clothing in a latex glove with blood consistent

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with the victims. A nine millimeter unspent cartridge was found

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in the clothes, same ammunition type used to kill Keith

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and Jennifer. Paul's hands were injured. A fire marshal noticed burns.

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Paul claimed he'd hit his hand on a door while evacuating.

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Nobody believed him. The defense tried to point the finger

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at a third Caniro brother, who was never investigated. Said

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police developed tunnel vision, said two men were spotted near

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Keith's home before first responders arrived. Prosecutors dismantled both theories.

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The two men were first responders. The third brother wasn't

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the one Keith called demanding answers about missing money the

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night before he died. Paul Kniro rejected a plea deal

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in twenty twenty four. Prosecutors offered life without parole in

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exchange for guilty Please, he gambled on trial lost. Caniro

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sat motionless as the jury foreman read the verdict. His

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family cried, friends cried, He showed nothing. The judge had

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him taken into custody immediately. Sentencing is May twelfth. He

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faces multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole. His

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defense team says they planned to pursue all available post

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trial remedies translation appeals, but the evidence was overwhelming. Five

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hours of deliberation for a case this complex tells you

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everything about how the jury viewed it. Smart enough to

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plan murder, sophisticated enough to tamper with electrical systems and

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stage a cover up fire, too stupid to realize that

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surveillance camera would catch his car, that bloodstained clothing hidden

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in the basement would be found, and that altered bank

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statements would be compared to originals. Keith Kniro was fifty

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years old, business owner. Family man Jennifer was forty five. Wife, mother, Jesse,

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was eleven. Sophia was eight. They were children, stabbed by

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their uncle, left to die in a fire he set

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days before Thanksgiving. All because Paul couldn't stop stealing, All

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because Keith finally asked where the money went. All because

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greed and desperation turned a brother into a monster. The

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call is coming from inside the house, Keith, Jennifer, Jesse, Sophia.

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Someone has to say your names coming up the opair

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who helped murder her lover's wife gets the maximum sentence.

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Judge tells Juliana Mogilhayas she deserves nothing but prison. Prosecutors

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wanted her to walk free. Welcome back to celebrity trials.

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I'm reed, Carter. Also Friday, Fairfax County, Virginia, Chief Judge

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Penny Askarat sentencing hearing for Juliana Paris Maggle Hays, the

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twenty five year old Brazilian o pair who helped her

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employer and lover, Brendan Banfield, murder his wife Christine and

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an innocent stranger named Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors recommended time served.

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Mogglehis had been in custody over two years. She'd cooperated,

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testified at Banfield's trial helped secure the conviction. The deal

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was plead guilty to manslaughter, testify against Banfield, walk free.

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At sentencing, Judge Askarot had other ideas ten years maximum

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sentence under the Plea agreement plus two years suspended. After that,

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the judge looked at Magglhayes and said, your actions were deliberate,

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self serving, and demonstrated a found disregard for human life.

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Let's get it straight. You do not deserve anything other

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than incarceration and a life of reflection on what you

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have done to the victim and his family. May it

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weigh heavily on your soul. Prosecutors were stunned they'd made

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the deal, recommended time served. The judge overruled them. Let

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me remind you what happened. February twenty fourth, twenty twenty three, Herndon, Virginia,

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the Banfield Home. Brendan Banfield was an IRS criminal investigator.

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Christine Banfield was a pediatric intensive care nurse. They had

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a four year old daughter and they had a no pair,

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Juliana maglehis who arrived from Brazil and began a sexual

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affair with Brendan. Within a year, the affair became serious.

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Banfield wanted out of his marriage, but didn't want a divorce,

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didn't want to split assets, didn't want to share custody,

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so he devised a plan. According to Magglhays's testimony, Banfield

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used Christine's laptop to create a profile on fet Life,

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a fetish dating website. The profile name Anastasia nine. Posing

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as his wife, Banfield connected with Joseph Ryan, a stranger

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who was interested in violent role play. They exchanged messages

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for weeks arranged a meeting at the Banfield home. Ryan

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was told to bring restraints, a knife, and lubricant. He

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thought he was meeting a willing participant for consensual fantasy.

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The morning of February twenty fourth, Banfield left for McDonald's.

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Maggal high Has pretended to take the couple's four year

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old to the zoo. Christine was home alone when Ryan arrived.

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He went upstairs to the master bedroom brought exactly what

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he'd been told to bring. When Magalhays saw Ryan arrive,

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she called Banfield. He drove home. What happened next is

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where the stories diverge, but the outcome is undisputed. Banfield

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shot Ryan in the head, then stabbed Christine multiple times

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in the neck with the knife Ryan had brought. Maggalhayes

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fired a second shot into Ryan, killing him. They called

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nine to one one, told police they'd come home to

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find a stranger attacking Christine self defense, They said, heroic intervention.

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It took months for investigators to unravel the truth the

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fet life account the affair, the elaborate catfishing scheme. Maggilhays

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was arrested in October twenty twenty three. Banfield nearly a

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year later, in September twenty twenty four, Magalhyas eventually cooperated

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pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Ryan's death. Original charge

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was second degree murder, carrying a potential life sentence. The

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plea deal dropped it to manslaughter maximum ten years. Prosecutors

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recommended she walked free after time served. She testified at

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Banfield's trial in January, told the jury everything, the affair,

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the fet life scheme, the murder plan. Banfield took the

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stand and denied it all. Said Christine was the one

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using fet life, said he came home to find Ryan

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attacking his wife. Said he acted in self defense. The

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jury didn't buy it. February second, convicted on all charges,

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two counts of aggravated murder, automatic life sentence without parole

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in Virginia. Sentencing May eighth. Then came Friday's hearing from

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maggle Hays. Joseph Ryan's mother, Deirdre Fischer, gave a victim

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impact statement. She told the court her son's life was

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used and thrown away, seen as worthless and disposable by

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those who carried out his murder. Ryan's aunt spoke through tears,

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acknowledging Magalhias was a young woman in a foreign country

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who lost herself in a relationship, but insisting that telling

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the truth doesn't resolve her responsibility. Magalhyas read a prepared statement,

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apologized to both families, said she lost herself in the relationship,

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left her morals behind, said she knows her remorse cannot

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bring any one peace. Judge Ascarate wasn't moved, called the

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facts the most serious manslaughter scenario she had ever noted

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that the original charges carried a life sentence plus three years.

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The manslaughter plea was already an unprecedented reduction time served.

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On top of that was too much leniency for someone

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who helped plan and execute a double murder. Until today,

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you have shown no empathy for the victim in this case,

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the judge told her. Christine's family had prepared victim impact

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statements but weren't allowed to speak. Maggalhyas was only charged

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in Ryan's death, not Christine's. The legal technicality meant the

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family of the murdered wife had to sit silently while

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the woman who helped kill her was sentenced. Here's the reality.

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Maggalhays cooperated because she had no choice. She held out

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for months, wrote letters from jail professing her love for Banfield,

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vowed to take the blame for both of them, told

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his mother she'd give up her life for his. It

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was only when the prospect of spending decades in a

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Virginia prison became real, when she he was thousands of

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miles from her family in Brazil with no trial date

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in sight, that she flipped. She didn't cooperate out of remorse.

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She cooperated out of self preservation, and the judge saw

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writ through it. She was even negotiating with TV producers

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for a documentary deal while in custody, discussing exclusivity contracts

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with Netflix's representatives, holding out for more money, planning to

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cash in on the murders she helped commit. The judge

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knew all of this. Joseph Ryan was a stranger. He

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showed up at that house thinking he was meeting a

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willing partner. Instead, he walked into an ambush, shot twice,

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killed his life, used as a prop in someone else's

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murder plot. Christine Banfield was a nurse, a mother murdered

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by her own husband in her own bedroom while her

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four year old daughter was in the house. Magalhyes helped

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make it happen, helped create the fake profile, helped lure Ryan,

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helped stage the scene, then helped raise the daughter of

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the woman. She helped kids remember that exchange of victim

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services director overheard between the four year old and Maggle Hyas.

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The child asked, can I call you mommy now? Maggle

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Hyas said yes, are you going to marry my father?

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And Magglehay said, I wish that tells you everything about

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what this was really about. Christine Banfield Joseph Ryan. Two

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people dead, one because her husband wanted a new life,

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the other because he was in the wrong place at

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the wrong time, lured there by people he'd never met.

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Rest in peace to both of them. Someone has to

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say your names. That's Celebrity Trials for Tuesday, February seventeenth,

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twenty twenty six. Nancy Guthrie still missing over two weeks.

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FBI analyzing DNA from a glove found near her Arizona home.

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Savannah Guthrie pleading for her mother's safe return. Paul Kaneiro

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convicted on all comps ounce four murders. Two arsons killed

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his brother, sister in law, and their two children overstolen

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business money. Sentencing May twelfth. And Juliana magilheyis sentenced to

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ten years maximum under her plea deal. Judge rejected prosecutor's

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recommendation of time served, told her she deserves nothing but incarceration.

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I'm reed, Carter tomorrow. More updates as courts reopen after

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the holiday weekend. This is celebrity trials