Oct. 30, 2025

"TEXAS MOM TRIED TO DROWN KIDS TO ESCAPE HUSBAND, MARINE VETERAN GUILTY & ANGELS KNEW"

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Reid Carter updates Jessica Quintana case with disturbing revelations - Texas mother tried to drown three kids with tequila and Nyquil because husband Domingo trapped her on 300-acre estate, took phone and car keys. Children desperate to see mother but terrified of father. New Hampshire jury finds Marine veteran Dustin Duren guilty on all counts after three-hour deliberation - shot girlfriend Caitlyn Naffziger in head, fled 170 miles triggering Amber Alert. Tyler Skaggs civil trial as Eric Kay's ex-wife Camela testifies Angels knew about addiction, saw pills for Skaggs, did nothing. Widow seeking $118 million.

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Callarogu Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter Thursday, October thirtieth,

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twenty twenty five. Three stories, three families destroyed. Let me

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tell you where we are. Texas. Update on Jessica Quintana,

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the mother who tried to drown her three kids in

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a pond on their three hundred acre estate. New details

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reveal why she did it. Her husband wouldn't let her leave,

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took her phone, took her car, keys, trapped her on

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the property, so she gave the kids tequila and niquill

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and tried to roll them into the water. The children

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are desperate to see their mother, but not their father.

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New Hampshire Marine veteran Dustin Duran found guilty on all

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counts yesterday. Second degree murder, reckless conduct, child endangerment. Shot

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girlfriend Caitlin Nafzger in the head. Claimed he was protecting

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their daughters from being kidnapped. Jury didn't buy it. Three

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hours of deliberation. Sentencing December eleventh, California. Eric Kay's ex

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wife takes the stand in the Tyler Skaggs wrongful death trial.

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Testifies she saw Angels players passing pills on the team plane,

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told team officials her husband was using drugs, had pills

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meant for Skags. They did nothing. Three months later, Skaggs

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was dead. Family wants one hundred eighteen million dollars from

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the Angels. I'm reed, Carter today. When domestic captivity leads

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to attempted murder, suicide, when self defense claims collapse under evidence,

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when MLB teams enabled drug dealers in their own front office,

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this is celebrity trials. Quick update on the Jessica Quintana

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case we covered yesterday September twenty ninth, twenty twenty five, Dayton,

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Texas Rancho Monte Carmelo, a three hundred acre estate, three

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million dollar property. Jessica Quintana, thirty nine years old, allegedly

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tried to drown herself and her three children, ages six, eleven,

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and fifteen, in an ornamental pond. Yesterday we told you

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what happened. Today we know why. According to affidavits from

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interviews with both Quintana and her fifteen year old daughter,

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the poisoning and drowning attempt was a back up plan

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to flee the isolated estate. Jessica and her husband, Domingo Quintana,

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sixty one, had been having problems for some time. The

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last straw came on September twenty eighth, when he took

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her phone and refused to return it. Plan A pack

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up the kids and leave home, but when Jessica went

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to leave, she discovered Domingo had taken her car keys.

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She was trapped on the three hundred acre property, so

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she allegedly carried out Plan B. September twenty ninth, Jessica

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began drinking tequila, told the kids to drink with her

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until they felt fuzzy, then gave them naiquil so they

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would pass out by the pond. Told them she would

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roll them into the water once they were knocked out.

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According to her six year old son, she assured them

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they wouldn't feel anything. Jessica allegedly told the children they

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had to go because she couldn't live with Domingo anymore,

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and if she only took her own life, there would

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be no one to protect them from him. Think about that,

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a mother so terrified of what her husband would do

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to the children that she decided killing them was the

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more merciful option. Domingo dragged them all out of the

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water before police arrived. Liberty County Sheriff's Office Captain David

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Meyers said Quintana was unconscious and unresponsive when pulled from

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the water. They pretty much went into the water together,

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and based on the evidence we have, the intent was

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that they would drown and not wake up. All four

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spent weeks in hospital. Jessica was arrested Friday morning as

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she was released from medical care, charged with attempted capital murder.

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Here's where it gets interesting. Despite their mother allegedly trying

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to kill them, reports showed the children were desperate to

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see their mother, but not their father. Quintana was eventually

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allowed brief supervised visitation with her children, but Domingo was

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blocked entirely. Courts wouldn't let him near them. Liberty County

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District Attorney Jennifer Bergmann refused to elaborate on what was

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going on between Quintana and her husband, but she made

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one thing clear. As of today, the father of the

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children will not be charged with the current murder suicide plot.

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That phrasing current murder suicide plot, not the murder suicide

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plot current, implying there might be other plots, other incidents,

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other reasons to charge him. Domingo was charged in an

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unrelated animal abuse case. Emaciated cat found on the property

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made his own court appearance last week. Ordered to remove

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his three dogs from his care without harming them, not

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allowed to own any non livestock animals. The court records

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showed Domingo Quintana named in multiple civil lawsuits, owes thousands

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in property taxes, accused of failing to pay contractors hundreds

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of thousands of dollars for work on Rancho Monte Carmelo.

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The Quintana family lived at the estate since twenty seventeen,

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but the children hadn't been enrolled in school for a

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little bit. Police said, isolated home, schooled, no outside contact.

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At least one previous nine to one one call for

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an alleged assault at the residence. Unclear if it involved

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the Quintana family, but it's on record. The three children

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were released into custody of Child Protective Services, then handed

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over to family members away from both parents safe. Here's

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the pattern. Controlling husband, isolated property, no school, no phones,

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no car, keys, no escape, wife so desperate she tries

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to kill herself and the kids rather than leave them

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with him. And the children who their mother tried to drown,

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are desperate to see her, but terrified of him. The

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courts saw it too. Supervised visits with mom, no contact

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with dad. Jessica Quintana may have committed an unspeakable crime,

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attempted to murder her own children, But the question nobody's

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asking what was happening in that house that made death

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seem like the better option? Will update you as this

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case develops. We'll be right back with the Dustin Duran

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verdict Marine veteran claims self defense. Jury says second degree murder.

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Tuesday October twenty eighth, Manchester, New Hampshire, Coups Superior Court

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Judge Jonathan Eazaul presiding the jury reached a verdict after

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three hours of deliberation. Dustin Durhan, thirty eight years old,

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guilty of second degree murder, Guilty of reckless conduct with

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a deadly weapon, guilty of child endangerment. As the verdicts

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were read, Durrenn put his hands on his head, appeared dismayed.

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Taken back into custody immediately. Sentencing scheduled for December eleventh

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at ten a m in Lancaster. Let me remind you

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what happened. February twenty ninth, twenty twenty four, Berlin, New

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Hampshire dustin Duran's apartment afternoon, he and his girlfriend, Caitlin Nafzinger,

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thirty one, got into an argument about money and travel arrangements.

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Their two daughters, ages four and one, were present. According

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to Durren's testimony, Nafziger threatened to report him for kidnapping

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if he didn't pay her money he didn't have, said

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she'd call police and have the girls taken away. At

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one point, they struggled over one of the children. Durrenn

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said the child started crying. That's when he crossed his line,

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grabbed his father's Beretta nine millimeter handgun, chambered around, grabbed

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his daughter by the shirt collar, pulled her forward to

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create distance from Caitlin, then fired one shot left side

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of Nafziger's head above the ear. Bullet passed through skull

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and brain exited above the right ear. She died instantly.

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Medical examiner doctor Mitchell Weinberg testified no markers of close

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range firing were present, no soot, no muzzle imprints, no

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gunpowder stippling. The shot was fired from at least three

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feet away, three feet not in the middle of a struggle,

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not in the heat of a physical altercation three feet away,

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aimed fired. Durham described it as muscle memory from his

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marine training. He served deployments to Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Iraq, Kuwait,

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honorably discharged as a sergeant in twenty eleven. Diagnosed with

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service related PTSD in twenty twenty one to twenty twenty two.

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After shooting Nafziger, Duran packed clothes for both daughters, put

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them in his twenty seventeen white Subaru, drove one hundred

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seventy miles south through the night, made a video for

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his parents showing the children were safe. Called his mother,

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told her he shot Caitlin. The girls were okay. He

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was going dark for a bit. Prosecutors asked if he

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was concerned enough to call police. Duran answered at that

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point he wasn't. He drove through New York, stopped at

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a gas station, slept in the car with his daughters.

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Next morning, decided to return to New Hampshire and turn

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himself in. Amber alert issued March first. Caroline Campbell, former

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Las Vegas police dispatcher, spotted the white Subaru in an

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Applebee's parking lot in Keene. Called nine one one followed

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the vehicle. Police arrived, Duran arrested. Both daughters found safe

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and unharmed. The defense argument self defense and child rescue.

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Nafziger was holding their daughter hostage, using her her as leverage,

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threatening to call police and make false kidnapping claims. Duran,

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a marine with PTSD, responded to a threat, saved his daughter.

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The prosecution argument rage and control. Duran demanded Nafziger leave

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his apartment. She refused. He shot her to silence her forever,

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then fled one hundred seventy miles to avoid consequences. The

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evidence destroyed the self defense claim. First, Nafziger was sitting

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on a couch wrapped in a blanket when shot, not

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holding a child hostage, not physically threatening anyone sitting on

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a couch wrapped in a blanket. Second, the shot was

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fired from three feet away, not during a struggle, not

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in immediate response to violence, from three feet away, after

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Duran chambered around and aimed. Third, Duran fled, immediately, drove

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one hundred seventy miles, didn't call nine one one, didn't

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render aid, didn't stay at the seat. If you truly

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act in self defense, you call police immediately. You report

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what happened. You don't trigger an amber alert and hide

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in an Appleby's parking lot. Fourth, Duran never mentioned kidnapping

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or self defense in his original police statement. That story

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didn't emerge until his first court appearance a year and

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a half after the shooting. That's not trauma induced memory lapse.

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That's a fabricated defense. Fifth, Nafziger had equal rights to

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her own child. There's zero evidence she was planning to

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kidnap anyone. She had no means to flee, no car,

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no transportation, no plan. The jury saw through it three

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hours of deliberation. Guilty on all counts. Senior Assistant Attorney

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General Joshua Spiker put it plainly in closing arguments, this

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was a situation that did not need to occur. Defendant

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tried to blame Caitlin Nafzger for her death. New Hampshire

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Attorney General John Formela released a statement, This verdict brings

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account of for the tragic and senseless death of Caitlyn Nafzinger.

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Caitlin was thirty one years old, mother of two, should

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be raising her daughters, watching them grow, building a life. Instead,

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she was shot in the head by the father of

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her children because she refused to leave his apartment fast enough.

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PTSD doesn't excuse murder. Marine training doesn't justify executing your

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girlfriend on a couch. Self defense doesn't mean shooting someone

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three feet away who's wrapped in a blanket, your tax

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dollars at work. Six day trial, jury of six men

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and six women, three hours to determine Dustin Duran murdered

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Caitlin Nafzinger, Rest in peace, Caitlin Santa Anna, California Federal Court,

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wrongful death lawsuit Tyler Skagg's family versus the Los Angeles Angels. Tuesday,

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October twenty ninth, Kamala Kay took the stand his wife

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of Eric Kay, the Angel's former communications director, currently serving

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twenty two years in federal prison for providing the fentanyl

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laced pill that killed Tyler Skaggs. Her testimony is the

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heart of this lawsuit. Both sides agree on that Kamala

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testified she saw Angels players partying, drinking, and passing pills

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on the team plane when she traveled with her husband.

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Saw at first hand players openly sharing drugs on the

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team plane while she was present. She said the pills

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were Percocet and Xanax. Her husband told her so she

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flew on the plane most recently between twenty thirteen and

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twenty sixteen. Twenty nineteen, Eric Kay was hospitalized for a

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drug overdose. Camella said she heard he had pills intended

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for Tyler Skaggs shared that information with the team's traveling secretary.

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Three months later, Skaggs was dead. The Angels failed, Eric,

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Kamella told the court, I am sitting in a courtroom

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for two days in front of a mother who lost

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her son and a widow. The father of my three

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children is in prison. The Angels failed Eric. Here's what else.

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Kamala testified. Twenty seventeen, she and other family members held

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an intervention with Eric over drugs. The next day, two

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Angels officials came to their house. One pulled plastic baggies

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containing white pills from the bedroom, fueled her concerns he

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was dealing. Twenty nineteen, Eric was driven home by an

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Angel's employee after he was found shirtless and dancing in

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his office at the stadium. Kamella found blue pills among

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his belongings. He was hospitalized three days for an overdose

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before going to rehab. Her sister in law visited Eric

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in the hospital, told Kamala that Eric said the pills

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were for Skags. Kamala found text messages on Eric's phone

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him discussing getting his candy at the stadium. She relayed

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this to his supervisor at the Angels also saw messages

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from Skags asking about candy. Eric told Commide while in

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rehab that he'd asked his boss to keep Tyler off

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his back. Medical records for Eric's twenty nineteen hospitalization showed

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he'd been battling addiction for twelve years, known to use norco, oxycodone, antidepressants, marijuana.

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Caamella expressed concern Eric was returning to work too quickly

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after only six weeks in rehab, taking on more responsibilities,

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traveling to Texas with the team less than three months

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after rehab. Tyler Skaggs was dead July first, twenty nineteen,

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South Lake, Texas, Dallas suburb Angels scheduled to open a

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four game series against the Rangers. Tyler Skaggs, twenty seven

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years old, found dead in his hotel room, choked on

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his own vomit, toxic mix of alcohol, fentanyl, and oxycodone

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in his system. Eric Kaye provided the pill counterfeit oxy

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codone laced with fentanyl killed Skags. February twenty twenty two,

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Eric Kaye convicted in federal criminal trial. Five MLB players

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testified they'd received oxy codone from him between twenty seventeen

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and twenty nineteen. Kay sentenced to twenty two years in

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federal prison. Now the family wants one hundred eighteen million

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dollars from the Angels, arguing the team knew kay was addicted,

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knew he was dealing, did nothing enabled him, let him

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travel with the team, gave him access to players, and

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that negligence killed Tyler Skaggs. The Angel's defense team officials

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didn't know Skags was taking drugs. Any drug use happened

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on personal time in the privacy of hotel rooms. Can't

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be held responsible for decisions players make in private. Angels

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attorney Todd Theodora Cross examined Kamala. How could she know

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what was going on with her husband's drug use when

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she was sleeping in a separate bedroom keeping her distance

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since twenty seventeen. The report about pills for Skags came

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when Eric was acting a radically during his overdose. Was

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that reliable? But here's the problem. For the Angels. They

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were told multiple times. Twoy seventeen officials came to the

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KA house after the intervention, found baggies of pills in

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the bedroom. Twenty nineteen employee found Eric shirtless dancing in

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his office, drove him home. He overdosed, hospitalized, went to rehab.

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Twenty nineteen, Camella told the Traveling Secretary Eric had pills

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intended for Skags. The Angels knew, and they sent Eric

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Kay right back to work, traveling with the team Access

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to players Communications Director position intact. Six weeks later, Tyler

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Skaggs was dead in a Texas hotel room. Mike Trout

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testified earlier in the trial. Three time MVP said he

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loved Skags like a brother, never saw drug use from him,

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but saw Eric Kay acting wired, sweating. The first thing

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that came to mind was drugs. It was clear k

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was using something. Players knew, Kemala knew, the Traveling Secretary knew.

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Did management know? That's what the jury has to decide.

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After Skag's death, MLB and the Player's Association started testing

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for opioids, referring players who test positive to treatment. Too

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late for Tyler, but maybe saves the next one. Tyler

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Skaggs was twenty seven years old, left handed pitcher, regular

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in the Angel's rotation since twenty sixteen. Struggled with injuries

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but kept fighting. Should be pitching today, should be mentoring

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young players. Should be alive. The trial continues, more witnesses

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expected could last weeks. Jury will decide if the Angels

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are liable for Tyler's death, if one hundred eighteen million

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dollars is appropriate compensation for failing to stop a drug

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dealer in their own front office. Rest in peace, Tyler.

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At celebrity trials for Thursday, October thirtieth, twenty twenty five.

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Jessica Quintana tried to drown her three kids because her

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husband trapped her on their estate, took her phone, took

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her car keys. She decided killing them was more merciful

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than leaving them with him. The children are desperate to

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see their mother, but not their father. Dustin Duran guilty

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on all counts, shot girlfriend in the head, claimed self defense.

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Jury didn't buy it. Three hours sentencing December eleventh, and

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the Angel's civil trial continues. Eric Kay's ex wife testified

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the team knew about his addiction and dealing, did nothing

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three months later, Tyler Skaggs was dead. I'm Red Carter,

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see you tomorrow. This is celebrity trials.