Dec. 13, 2025

"WALSH CLOSING ARGUMENTS, AMBER ALERT KILLER SENTENCED & MOM LEFT KIDS IN HOT CAR FOR LIP FILLERS"

"WALSH CLOSING ARGUMENTS, AMBER ALERT KILLER SENTENCED & MOM LEFT KIDS IN HOT CAR FOR LIP FILLERS"

Reid Carter covers closing arguments in the Brian Walsh murder trial - prosecutors argue the Google searches prove premeditated murder while defense claims Ana died suddenly and Walsh panicked. The "how to dismember a body" searches. The hacksaw with Ana's DNA. The tissue found in a dumpster. Walsh chose not to testify. Marine veteran Dustin Duren sentenced to 45 years to life for shooting girlfriend Caitlyn Naffziger in the head while she held their daughter - triggered an Amber Alert fleeing 170 miles. And Maya Hernandez on trial for leaving her two sons in a hot car while getting lip fillers - one-year-old Amillio died with an internal temperature of 107 degrees.

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Caalaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter Saturday, December thirteenth,

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twenty twenty five before we begin Starting tomorrow, Celebrity Trials

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presents the top ten crime and justice stories of twenty

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twenty five. From Sunday through December twenty third, I'll be

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counting down the cases that define the year. A music

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moguls empire collapsed in a Manhattan courtroom. A healthcare ceo

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was executed on the streets of Midtown. America's youngest conservative

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kingmaker was assassinated at thirty one. An Idaho killer finally

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confessed after nine hundred and sixty two days of lies,

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Hollywood's ugliest feud is heading to trial, and the Epstein

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files still being buried. Ten episodes, ten stories, assassinations, trials, verdicts,

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and cover ups. This is your year in crime. Don't

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miss a single episode. Now, let's talk about what's happening today.

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Massachusetts closing arguments in the Brian Walsh murder trial. Anna

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Walsh disappeared January first, twenty twenty three. Her body was

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never found, but her husband's Google searches tell the story.

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How to dismember a body, Best ways to dispose of

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body parts after a murder? Can you be charged with

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murder without a body? Yesterday Walsh chose not to testify.

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Today the jury decides whether he's a murderer or a

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man who panicked when his wife died suddenly in bed,

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New Hampshire. Dustin Duran was sentenced Thursday to forty five

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years to life in prison. We brought you his trial

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back in October. The marine veteran shot his girlfriend, Caitlin Nafzinger,

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in the head while she sat on the couch holding

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one of their daughters, then fled one hundred seventy miles

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with both kids. Triggered an Amber alert self defense. He

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claimed the jury didn't buy it. In California, Maya Hernandez

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is on trial for leaving her two sons in a

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hot car while she got lip fillers at a medical spa.

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One year old Emilio Gutierrez died with an internal temperature

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of one hundred and seven degrees. His two year old

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brother survived. Defense says it was a tragic mistake. Prosecution

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says it was murder. I'm reed Carter. Today google searches

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that prove guilt a marine who shot a mother and

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a baby who cooked to death in a car. This

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is celebrity trials. Let's start in Dedham, Massachusetts, Norfolk County

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Superior Court, Day ten of the Brian Walsh murder trial.

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Closing arguments begin today. If you've been following this case,

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you know the basics. If you haven't, here's what you

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need to know. Anna Walsh was thirty nine years old,

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Serbian immigrant real estate executive at Tishman Spire in Washington,

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d C. Married to Brian Walsh, fifty years old, three

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sons together. The family lived in Cohasset, Massachusetts, though Anna

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had purchased a townhouse in DC for work. January first,

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twenty twenty three, New Year's Day, Anna disappeared, or so

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Brian claimed. He told police. Anna left early that morning

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for a work emergency in DC, took a ride share

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to the airport, flew to Washington, never came back. Except

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none of that was true. Anna's phone last pinged near

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the Walsh home at three am on January second. She

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never booked a ride share, never boarded a plane, never

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used her credit cards, never showed up at work. Her

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employer reported her missing on January fourth, after Brian called

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asking if anyone had heard from her. What Brian didn't

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know police would find his Google search history. January first,

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twenty twenty three, starting at four fifty five am. Best

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ways to dispose of a body? How long before a

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body starts to smell? How long for someone to be

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missing for inheritance? Ten ways to dispose of a body

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if you really need to? How long does DNA last?

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Is it possible to clean DNA off a knife? Can

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identification be made on partial body parts? Best ways to

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dispose of body parts after a murder? Six ways to

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dispose of a body? Murder murder murder Cleaning up a

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dead body YouTube video? How to clean blood from a

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wood floor? Can I use bleach to clean my wood

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floors from bloodstains? What does bleach do to dead bodies?

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Want to get away with murder? Use special detergent? How

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to use hydrogen peroxide on bloodstains? Does the dishwasher get

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rid of bloodstains? January twod How to remove a SIM

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card from an iPhone? How to remove a hard drive

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from an Apple laptop? How long do stores keep security footage?

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How to saw a body? How to dismember a body?

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Hacksaw The best tool for dismembering a body. Can you

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be charged with murder without a body? No corpse, no problem?

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Can you identify a body with broken teeth? Disposing of

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a body in the trash? And my personal favorite, what

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part of mass smells the best? January third, cleaning up

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blood without leaving a trace. How long for dismembered body

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to decompose? Can a body decompose in a plastic bag?

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Can police get your search history without your computer? Yes, Brian,

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Yes they can. Surveillance video tracked Walsh's movements. January first,

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CVS Whole Foods, Walgreens purchasing bandages and ointment. January second,

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Home Goods, TJ Max buying candles and rugs, home depot,

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four hundred and fifty dollars in cleaning supplies, tarps and buckets.

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January third and fourth, multiple apartment complexes throwing garbage bags

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into dumpsters. Police found those moster's at Walsh's mother's apartment

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building in Swampscott inside Anna's green hunter boots, her COVID

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vaccination card, her purse, her bracelet, a TIVEK hazmat suit,

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a hacksaw, a hammer, tin snips, a hatchet, shears, towels,

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soaked in blood, a piece of carpet with blood clots

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embedded in it, and a piece of human tissue. DNA

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analysis came back this week. Day seven testimony, DNA analyst

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Saman Salim walked the jury through the results. The tissue

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found in the Swampscott dumpster. Female DNA single contributor Anna

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Walsh was thirty non million times more likely to be

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the contributor than anyone else. Brian Walsh excluded. The hacksaw

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female DNA on A Walsh thirty nine million times more likely,

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the hammer female DNA on A Walsh thirty no million

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times more likely. The HIVEX suit multiple stains Anna Walsh

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thirty no million times more likely. On one stain Brian

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Walsh excluded from that stain, but on the tape with

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gauze from one of the bags. Male DNA single contributor

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Brian Walsh twenty three octillion times more likely. Translation Brian

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wore the hazmat suit while dismembering his wife. Day eight

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brought more context. Anna's former boss and friend, Jem Mutlu

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testified he was the last person to see Anna alive.

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New Year's Eve twenty twenty two, visited the Walsh home

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around eight thirty pm, spent hours with the family, left

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around one or one thirty am on New Year's Day.

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Said the atmosphere was festive. Anna seemed happy, no injuries

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or concerns observed. But Anna's best friend, Alyssa Kirby told

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a different story. Said she met Anna on December twenty ninth.

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Anna was upset about her marriage, frustrated with Brian's legal troubles.

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He was on house arrest awaiting sentencing for federal art

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fraud charges. At the time. Anna had told her Brian's

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mother claimed a psychic said Anna was having an affair

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and didn't want her in the picture. That affair was real.

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Day four testimony. William Fasto, real estate broker, took the stand,

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helped Anna by her DC townhouse, became friends, became confidence,

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became lovers. Anna was planning to leave Brian. Brian found

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out on Christmas Day twenty twenty two. He searched William Fasta,

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d C Real Estate, Anna Walsh at Tishman Spire. Anna

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Walshe found dead December thirty first, twenty twenty two. Best

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divorce Strategies for men, Best states to divorce for a man.

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Washington d C divorce attorneys and laws. Then January first,

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twenty twenty three, the body disposal searches began. Day nine, Thursday,

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the defense's last chance to present their case. Brian Walsh

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chose not to testify. That's significant because the defense theory

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is extraordinary. Opening statements, Defense attorney Larry Tipton told the

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jury Anna died of sudden death syndrome. Brian woke up

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January first, found his wife dead in bed, panicked, and

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made terrible decisions. He searched how to dispose of a

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body because he was in shock. He dismembered her because

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he didn't know what else to do. He didn't kill her,

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he just covered up her death. The defense acknowledged Brian

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lied to police, acknowledged the incriminating searches, acknowledged the dismemberment,

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but argued Anna and Brian had a loving relationship. Text

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messages showed affection, no financial problems, no motive for murder

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except the affair, the divorce searches, the one million dollar

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life insurance policy with Brian as beneficiary, the fact that

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Anna was planning to leave him. Prosecutors will argue today

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that the timeline proves premeditation. The searches began at four

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fifty five am on January first. If Anna died suddenly

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in bed, why was Brian searching best ways to dispose

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of a body before dawn? Why not call nine one one?

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Why not call a funeral home? Why search for how

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long DNA lasts? The defense will argue reasonable doubt no

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body was ever found. The DNA proves Anna's biological material

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was in those bags, but doesn't prove Brian killed her.

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Maybe she died naturally. Maybe Brian's panicked cover up was

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the desperate act of a man in shock, not a murderer.

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But here's the problem with that theory. The searches started

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before Anna was supposedly found dead. The defense says Brian

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woke up and found her, But when, what time, and

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why was he already searching for body disposal methods at

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four fifty five am? Before the trial began. In November,

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Brian pleaded guilty to two charges, misleading a police officer

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and conveyance of a human body. Those charges carry up

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to thirteen years combined mind, but the murder charge carries

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mandatory life without parole. The jury will get the case

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after closing arguments Today, twelve people deciding whether Brian Walsh

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murdered his wife or merely dismembered her corpse after she

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died suddenly in her sleep. Make it make sense. Anna

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Walsh was thirty nine years old, mother of three, real

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estate executive, had an affair, Yes, was planning to leave

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her husband, Yes, but none of that justifies what happened

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to her. Cut apart with a hacksaw, stuffed in garbage bags,

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thrown in dumpsters, her tissue found rotting in a trash facility.

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If Brian Walsh is telling the truth, he found his

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wife dead and decided the appropriate response was dismemberment and disposal.

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If prosecutors are right, he murdered her because she was

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leaving him, then spent days trying to hide the evidence.

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Either way, Anna Walsh deserved better. Her body was never recovered.

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Her sons will grow up knowing their father either killed

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their mother or chopped up her corpse. No justice system

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can fix that. Rest in peace, Anna, someone has to

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say your name. We'll be right back with sentencing. In

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the Dustin Duran case, the marine veteran who shot his

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girlfriend in the head and fled with their daughters forty

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five years to life. Welcome back to celebrity trials. I'm reed, Carter.

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Quick update on a case we covered extensively in October.

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Dustin Duran, thirty eight years old marine veteran, convicted of

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second degree murder, reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, and

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child endangerment February twenty ninth, twenty twenty four, leap Day, Berlin,

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New Hampshire. Duran shot his girlfriend, Caitlin Nafzger in the

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head while she sat on the couch. Their four year

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old daughter, Elwin, was sitting next to her mother when

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the bullet entered Caitlyn's left temple. Their one year old

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daughter was also in the apartment. Duran loaded both girls

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into his car, drove one hundred seventy miles through the night,

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triggered an amber alert. Was arrested the next day in

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a keen Applebee's parking lot after a dispatcher recognized his vehicle.

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At trial, Durn claimed self defense, said Caitlin was demanding money,

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threatening to report him for kidnapping holding their daughter hostage.

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Said his marine training kicked in and he perceived a threat.

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The jury didn't buy it. Three hours of deliberation guilty

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on all counts. Thursday, December eleventh, Coop's County Superior Court

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sentencing day, nearly a dozen members of Caitlyn's family addressed

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the court. Her mother, Laurie Smith, described identifying her daughter's body.

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I stood near her, looked at her face, crying and shaking,

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and I told her goodbye, my girl. My heart was

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breaking again and I could barely breathe. Then I left

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her behind. Caitlyn's aunt, Brenda Plemondon told the court she

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and another family member were the last to see Caitlyn alive.

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They dropped her off to meet Duran. Within minutes of

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their arrival, the child said, daddy went pew pew, said

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daddy didn't like mommy anymore. Did my daddy like you?

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She knew if daddy didn't like you, he would kill you.

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A four year old understanding that her father killed her

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mother because he didn't like her anymore. Duran addressed the court, apologized,

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said there's no greater pain than losing a child, told

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Caitlyn's mother, I grieve for you and with you. Then

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he spoke to his daughters, love and stick together, even

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separated by distance, will always be together. The judge wasn't moved.

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You shot the unarmed mother of your two young children

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in the head. Judge Jonathan Frizzle said, I'm going to

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repeat that you shot the unarmed mother of your two

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young children in the head. Sentence forty five years to life.

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Durren will be eligible for parole at age sixty six.

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Also ordered to pay twelve thousand dollars in restitution. According

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to reports, Durrenn smiled and chatted with his lawyer throughout

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the hearing, seemed satisfied with his fate. Not bad for

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a man who executed his girlfriend in front of their

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four year old. Defense argued Dren's military service and PTSD

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should be considered mitigating factors requested twenty five years to life.

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Prosecutor Bethany Durand flipped that argument, if Drenn really has PTSD,

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he'll understand what his two daughters will suffer for the

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rest of their lives after witnessing their mother's execution. Caitlin's

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sister in law is raising both girls now, something friends

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and family said Caitlin had specifically requested. Caitlin Nafzger was

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thirty one years old, mother of two, shot in the

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head on a leap day because she wouldn't leave her

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ex boyfriend's apartment. Her daughters should be with her today. Instead,

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they're being raised by their aunt while their father serves time.

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Rest in peace. Caitlin New Case, Bakersfield, California, Kern County

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Superior Court. Maya Hernandez is on trial for second degree murder,

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involuntary manslaughter, and two counts of child endangerment. June twenty ninth,

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twenty twenty four. It was a hot day in Bakersfield

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temperatures in the nineties. Maya Hernandez had an appointment at

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a medical spa lip fillers. Cosmetic procedure should have taken

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fifteen to twenty minutes. She brought her two sons, Emilio Gutierrez,

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one year old, his other two years old, put them

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in their car seats in her Toyota Corolla, left the

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car running with the air conditioning set to sixty degrees.

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Went inside. The spa told her she could bring the

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children inside. They'd have to stay in the lobby during

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her procedure, but they could come in. Hernandez declined, left

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them in the car instead. Here's what Toyota says about

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hybrid vehicles like Hernandez's Corolla. The engine automatically shuts off

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after one hour of inactivity to prevent carbon monoxide build up.

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The children were in that car for almost two hours.

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Prosecutors say Hernandez's procedure took only fifteen to twenty minutes,

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but she didn't go back to check on her kids. Instead,

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she sat in the lobby, socialized with other clients, told

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people she had two children, never once walked out to

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the parking lot. When she finally returned to the car,

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both boys were in distress, red cheeked, overheated. Amelia was shaking.

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Hernandez thought he was having a seizure because her other

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son had experienced seizures before, but Amelia wasn't seizing. He

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was dying. One year old Emilio Gutierrez arrived at the

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hospital with an internal body temperature of one hundred seven

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point two degrees. He was pronounced dead. His two year

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old brother had an internal temperature of ninety nine degrees.

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He survived was placed in protective custody. Wednesday, day four

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of trial, jurors watched Hernandez's police interview. Detectives asked her

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to walk through the timeline she said she sat in

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the car until about one thirty pm, briefly went inside,

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returned to the vehicle around two pm, was called in

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for paperwork. Thought she'd be taken for her procedure, soon

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left the boys in their car seats. Thought she'd be

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inside fifteen to twenty minutes. She told investigators the car

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was running with the ac on. Said she didn't check

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on the boys because her phone was with them and

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she didn't know how long she'd been waiting, but surveillance

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footage shows Hernandez checking her Apple Watch multiple times, tredicting

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her claim that it had died and she lost track

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of time. Detective Kyle McNabb pressed her, you were in

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there for about three hours while they were in the car.

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Why did you think it was okay? I don't know,

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Hernandez answered, through tears. When McNabb told her Emilio had died,

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Hernandez began sobbing. Her grandfather was in the courtroom watching

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the footage, tears streaming down his face. This is not me,

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Hernandez told detectives. Everything I work for, everything I do

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is for them. Witnesses have contradicted her Nandez's account. A

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SPA employee testified she came out fifteen minutes after Hernandez

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and found her sitting in the car holding Amelio. The

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employee said she didn't think Hernandez had called nine to

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one one. Hernandez was just sitting there holding her dying baby,

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not getting help. Other witnesses said they didn't believe the

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vehicle was running when they approached. No sound, no vibration,

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The hybrid engine had apparently shut off, the AC stopped working,

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and two babies cooked in a sealed car in the

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California sun. The defense strategy is interesting. Attorney Terrell Wakeman

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told jurors in opening statements that this case is about

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a mistake, not murder. Said Hernandez made a terrible, awful mistake,

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portrayed her as a mother who ensured her boys were fed, hydrated,

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and cared for. Defense intends to concede to involuntary manslaughter

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and child endangerment. They're only fighting the second degree murder charge,

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asking the jury to find this was negligence, not intent.

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But here's the problem. Hernandez knew her children were in

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that car. She chose not to bring them inside when

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the SPA offered. She chose not to check on them

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for nearly two hours. She watched her Apple watch the

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entire time. When she finally went back and found them

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in distress, witnesses say she didn't immediately call nine one one.

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At what point does negligence become something worse? At what

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point does a choice to ignore your children's safety become

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criminal indifference to their lives? Second degree murder in California

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requires malice, a forethought That can mean intent to kill,

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or it can mean acting with conscious disregard for human life.

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Abandoning your one year old and two year old in

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a car in ninety degree heat while you get lip fillers.

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Is that conscious disregard? The prosecution thinks so. The defense

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says it was a tragic mistake, a mom who thought

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the car would stay running, who thought she'd only be

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a few minutes, who didn't understand the danger. But she

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was offered the chance to bring them inside, she refused.

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She had a watch that she checked repeatedly, she knew

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time was passing, and she still didn't go check on

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her babies. Trial continues next week with the second police interview.

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Jurors will see what Hernandez said after she was formally arrested.

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Emilio Gutierrez was one year old, should be celebrating his

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second birthday soon, should be learning to walk, to talk,

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to play with his brother. Instead, he died with an

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internal temperature of one hundred seven degrees, burned from the

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inside out, while his mother sat in an air conditioned

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lobby getting her lips done. Whatever, the jury decides, that

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baby is still dead, his brother is in protective custody,

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and his mother is facing the possibility of life in prison.

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Someone has to say his name, Emilio Gutierrez, one year

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old dead because his mother couldn't be bothered to check

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on him. That Celebrity trials for Saturday, December thirteenth, twenty

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twenty five. Brian Walsh murder trial heads to the jury

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after closing arguments, the Google searches, the hack, saw the

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tissue in the dumpster. Defense says Anna died suddenly and

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Brian panicked. Prosecution says the searches prove he planned her death.

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Verdict watch begins. Dust and Durham sentenced to forty five

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years to life for s shooting his girlfriend in the

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head while she sat on the couch with their four

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year old daughter. Smiled through his sentencing hearing, Will be

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eligible for parole at sixty six and Maya Hernandez on

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trial for leaving her babies in a hot car while

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getting lip fillers. One year old Amilio died with a

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body temperature of one hundred and seven degrees. Defense says mistake,

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prosecution says murder. Tomorrow, our countdown of the top ten

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crime and justice stories of twenty twenty five begins with

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number ten. Karen Reid acquitted of murder. The jury believed

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the frame up theory. Convicted only of drunk driving one

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year probation. Now she's suing everyone. The case that divided

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Massachusetts and proved that sometimes the conspiracy theories are true.

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I'm read Carter, see you tomorrow. This is celebrity trials.