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"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"
"WALSH CLOSING ARGUMENTS, AMBER ALERT KILLER SENTENCED & MOM LEFT KIDS IN HOT CAR FOR LIP FILLERS"
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"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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0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter Saturday, December thirteenth, twenty twenty five before we begin Starting tomorrow, Celebrity Trials presents the top ten crime and justice stories of twenty twenty five. From Sunday through December twenty third, I'll be counting down the cases that define the year. A music moguls empire collapsed in a Manhattan courtroom. A healthcare ceo was executed on the streets of Midtown. America's youngest conservative kingmaker was assassinated at thirty one. An Idaho killer finally confessed after nine hundred and sixty two days of lies, Hollywood's ugliest feud is heading to trial, and the Epstein files still being buried. Ten episodes, ten stories, assassinations, trials, verdicts, and cover ups. This is your year in crime. Don't miss a single episode. Now, let's talk about what's happening today.

1:06 Massachusetts closing arguments in the Brian Walsh murder trial. Anna Walsh disappeared January first, twenty twenty three. Her body was never found, but her husband's Google searches tell the story. How to dismember a body, Best ways to dispose of body parts after a murder? Can you be charged with murder without a body? Yesterday Walsh chose not to testify. Today the jury decides whether he's a murderer or a man who panicked when his wife died suddenly in bed, New Hampshire. Dustin Duran was sentenced Thursday to forty five years to life in prison. We brought you his trial back in October. The marine veteran shot his girlfriend, Caitlin Nafzinger, in the head while she sat on the couch holding one of their daughters, then fled one hundred seventy miles with both kids. Triggered an Amber alert self defense. He claimed the jury didn't buy it. In California, Maya Hernandez is on trial for leaving her two sons in a hot car while she got lip fillers at a medical spa.

2:07 One year old Emilio Gutierrez died with an internal temperature of one hundred and seven degrees. His two year old brother survived. Defense says it was a tragic mistake. Prosecution says it was murder. I'm reed Carter. Today google searches that prove guilt a marine who shot a mother and a baby who cooked to death in a car. This is celebrity trials. Let's start in Dedham, Massachusetts, Norfolk County Superior Court, Day ten of the Brian Walsh murder trial. Closing arguments begin today. If you've been following this case, you know the basics. If you haven't, here's what you need to know. Anna Walsh was thirty nine years old, Serbian immigrant real estate executive at Tishman Spire in Washington, d C. Married to Brian Walsh, fifty years old, three sons together. The family lived in Cohasset, Massachusetts, though Anna had purchased a townhouse in DC for work. January first, twenty twenty three, New Year's Day, Anna disappeared, or so Brian claimed. He told police. Anna left early that morning for a work emergency in DC, took a ride share to the airport, flew to Washington, never came back. Except none of that was true. Anna's phone last pinged near the Walsh home at three am on January second. She never booked a ride share, never boarded a plane, never used her credit cards, never showed up at work. Her

3:39 employer reported her missing on January fourth, after Brian called asking if anyone had heard from her. What Brian didn't know police would find his Google search history. January first, twenty twenty three, starting at four fifty five am. Best ways to dispose of a body? How long before a body starts to smell? How long for someone to be missing for inheritance? Ten ways to dispose of a body if you really need to? How long does DNA last? Is it possible to clean DNA off a knife? Can identification be made on partial body parts? Best ways to dispose of body parts after a murder? Six ways to dispose of a body? Murder murder murder Cleaning up a dead body YouTube video? How to clean blood from a wood floor? Can I use bleach to clean my wood floors from bloodstains? What does bleach do to dead bodies?

4:32 Want to get away with murder? Use special detergent? How to use hydrogen peroxide on bloodstains? Does the dishwasher get rid of bloodstains? January twod How to remove a SIM card from an iPhone? How to remove a hard drive from an Apple laptop? How long do stores keep security footage? How to saw a body? How to dismember a body? Hacksaw The best tool for dismembering a body. Can you be charged with murder without a body? No corpse, no problem? Can you identify a body with broken teeth? Disposing of a body in the trash? And my personal favorite, what part of mass smells the best? January third, cleaning up blood without leaving a trace. How long for dismembered body to decompose? Can a body decompose in a plastic bag?

5:28 Can police get your search history without your computer? Yes, Brian, Yes they can. Surveillance video tracked Walsh's movements. January first, CVS Whole Foods, Walgreens purchasing bandages and ointment. January second, Home Goods, TJ Max buying candles and rugs, home depot, four hundred and fifty dollars in cleaning supplies, tarps and buckets. January third and fourth, multiple apartment complexes throwing garbage bags into dumpsters. Police found those moster's at Walsh's mother's apartment building in Swampscott inside Anna's green hunter boots, her COVID vaccination card, her purse, her bracelet, a TIVEK hazmat suit, a hacksaw, a hammer, tin snips, a hatchet, shears, towels, soaked in blood, a piece of carpet with blood clots embedded in it, and a piece of human tissue. DNA analysis came back this week. Day seven testimony, DNA analyst Saman Salim walked the jury through the results. The tissue found in the Swampscott dumpster. Female DNA single contributor Anna Walsh was thirty non million times more likely to be the contributor than anyone else. Brian Walsh excluded. The hacksaw female DNA on A Walsh thirty nine million times more likely, the hammer female DNA on A Walsh thirty no million

6:58 times more likely. The HIVEX suit multiple stains Anna Walsh thirty no million times more likely. On one stain Brian Walsh excluded from that stain, but on the tape with gauze from one of the bags. Male DNA single contributor Brian Walsh twenty three octillion times more likely. Translation Brian wore the hazmat suit while dismembering his wife. Day eight brought more context. Anna's former boss and friend, Jem Mutlu testified he was the last person to see Anna alive. New Year's Eve twenty twenty two, visited the Walsh home around eight thirty pm, spent hours with the family, left around one or one thirty am on New Year's Day.

7:43 Said the atmosphere was festive. Anna seemed happy, no injuries or concerns observed. But Anna's best friend, Alyssa Kirby told a different story. Said she met Anna on December twenty ninth. Anna was upset about her marriage, frustrated with Brian's legal troubles. He was on house arrest awaiting sentencing for federal art fraud charges. At the time. Anna had told her Brian's mother claimed a psychic said Anna was having an affair and didn't want her in the picture. That affair was real. Day four testimony. William Fasto, real estate broker, took the stand, helped Anna by her DC townhouse, became friends, became confidence, became lovers. Anna was planning to leave Brian. Brian found out on Christmas Day twenty twenty two. He searched William Fasta, d C Real Estate, Anna Walsh at Tishman Spire. Anna Walshe found dead December thirty first, twenty twenty two. Best divorce Strategies for men, Best states to divorce for a man.

8:46 Washington d C divorce attorneys and laws. Then January first, twenty twenty three, the body disposal searches began. Day nine, Thursday, the defense's last chance to present their case. Brian Walsh chose not to testify. That's significant because the defense theory is extraordinary. Opening statements, Defense attorney Larry Tipton told the jury Anna died of sudden death syndrome. Brian woke up January first, found his wife dead in bed, panicked, and made terrible decisions. He searched how to dispose of a body because he was in shock. He dismembered her because he didn't know what else to do. He didn't kill her, he just covered up her death. The defense acknowledged Brian lied to police, acknowledged the incriminating searches, acknowledged the dismemberment, but argued Anna and Brian had a loving relationship. Text messages showed affection, no financial problems, no motive for murder except the affair, the divorce searches, the one million dollar life insurance policy with Brian as beneficiary, the fact that Anna was planning to leave him. Prosecutors will argue today that the timeline proves premeditation. The searches began at four fifty five am on January first. If Anna died suddenly in bed, why was Brian searching best ways to dispose of a body before dawn? Why not call nine one one?

10:12 Why not call a funeral home? Why search for how long DNA lasts? The defense will argue reasonable doubt no body was ever found. The DNA proves Anna's biological material was in those bags, but doesn't prove Brian killed her. Maybe she died naturally. Maybe Brian's panicked cover up was the desperate act of a man in shock, not a murderer. But here's the problem with that theory. The searches started before Anna was supposedly found dead. The defense says Brian woke up and found her, But when, what time, and why was he already searching for body disposal methods at four fifty five am? Before the trial began. In November, Brian pleaded guilty to two charges, misleading a police officer and conveyance of a human body. Those charges carry up to thirteen years combined mind, but the murder charge carries mandatory life without parole. The jury will get the case after closing arguments Today, twelve people deciding whether Brian Walsh murdered his wife or merely dismembered her corpse after she died suddenly in her sleep. Make it make sense. Anna Walsh was thirty nine years old, mother of three, real estate executive, had an affair, Yes, was planning to leave her husband, Yes, but none of that justifies what happened to her. Cut apart with a hacksaw, stuffed in garbage bags, thrown in dumpsters, her tissue found rotting in a trash facility.

11:36 If Brian Walsh is telling the truth, he found his wife dead and decided the appropriate response was dismemberment and disposal. If prosecutors are right, he murdered her because she was leaving him, then spent days trying to hide the evidence. Either way, Anna Walsh deserved better. Her body was never recovered. Her sons will grow up knowing their father either killed their mother or chopped up her corpse. No justice system can fix that. Rest in peace, Anna, someone has to say your name. We'll be right back with sentencing. In the Dustin Duran case, the marine veteran who shot his girlfriend in the head and fled with their daughters forty five years to life. Welcome back to celebrity trials. I'm reed, Carter.

12:33 Quick update on a case we covered extensively in October. Dustin Duran, thirty eight years old marine veteran, convicted of second degree murder, reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, and child endangerment February twenty ninth, twenty twenty four, leap Day, Berlin, New Hampshire. Duran shot his girlfriend, Caitlin Nafzger in the head while she sat on the couch. Their four year old daughter, Elwin, was sitting next to her mother when the bullet entered Caitlyn's left temple. Their one year old daughter was also in the apartment. Duran loaded both girls into his car, drove one hundred seventy miles through the night, triggered an amber alert. Was arrested the next day in a keen Applebee's parking lot after a dispatcher recognized his vehicle.

13:21 At trial, Durn claimed self defense, said Caitlin was demanding money, threatening to report him for kidnapping holding their daughter hostage. Said his marine training kicked in and he perceived a threat. The jury didn't buy it. Three hours of deliberation guilty on all counts. Thursday, December eleventh, Coop's County Superior Court sentencing day, nearly a dozen members of Caitlyn's family addressed the court. Her mother, Laurie Smith, described identifying her daughter's body. I stood near her, looked at her face, crying and shaking, and I told her goodbye, my girl. My heart was breaking again and I could barely breathe. Then I left her behind. Caitlyn's aunt, Brenda Plemondon told the court she and another family member were the last to see Caitlyn alive.

14:11 They dropped her off to meet Duran. Within minutes of their arrival, the child said, daddy went pew pew, said daddy didn't like mommy anymore. Did my daddy like you? She knew if daddy didn't like you, he would kill you. A four year old understanding that her father killed her mother because he didn't like her anymore. Duran addressed the court, apologized, said there's no greater pain than losing a child, told Caitlyn's mother, I grieve for you and with you. Then he spoke to his daughters, love and stick together, even separated by distance, will always be together. The judge wasn't moved.

14:52 You shot the unarmed mother of your two young children in the head. Judge Jonathan Frizzle said, I'm going to repeat that you shot the unarmed mother of your two young children in the head. Sentence forty five years to life. Durren will be eligible for parole at age sixty six. Also ordered to pay twelve thousand dollars in restitution. According to reports, Durrenn smiled and chatted with his lawyer throughout the hearing, seemed satisfied with his fate. Not bad for a man who executed his girlfriend in front of their four year old. Defense argued Dren's military service and PTSD should be considered mitigating factors requested twenty five years to life.

15:35 Prosecutor Bethany Durand flipped that argument, if Drenn really has PTSD, he'll understand what his two daughters will suffer for the rest of their lives after witnessing their mother's execution. Caitlin's sister in law is raising both girls now, something friends and family said Caitlin had specifically requested. Caitlin Nafzger was thirty one years old, mother of two, shot in the head on a leap day because she wouldn't leave her ex boyfriend's apartment. Her daughters should be with her today. Instead, they're being raised by their aunt while their father serves time. Rest in peace. Caitlin New Case, Bakersfield, California, Kern County Superior Court. Maya Hernandez is on trial for second degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and two counts of child endangerment. June twenty ninth, twenty twenty four. It was a hot day in Bakersfield temperatures in the nineties. Maya Hernandez had an appointment at a medical spa lip fillers. Cosmetic procedure should have taken fifteen to twenty minutes. She brought her two sons, Emilio Gutierrez, one year old, his other two years old, put them in their car seats in her Toyota Corolla, left the car running with the air conditioning set to sixty degrees.

17:08 Went inside. The spa told her she could bring the children inside. They'd have to stay in the lobby during her procedure, but they could come in. Hernandez declined, left them in the car instead. Here's what Toyota says about hybrid vehicles like Hernandez's Corolla. The engine automatically shuts off after one hour of inactivity to prevent carbon monoxide build up. The children were in that car for almost two hours. Prosecutors say Hernandez's procedure took only fifteen to twenty minutes, but she didn't go back to check on her kids. Instead, she sat in the lobby, socialized with other clients, told people she had two children, never once walked out to the parking lot. When she finally returned to the car, both boys were in distress, red cheeked, overheated. Amelia was shaking.

17:57 Hernandez thought he was having a seizure because her other son had experienced seizures before, but Amelia wasn't seizing. He was dying. One year old Emilio Gutierrez arrived at the hospital with an internal body temperature of one hundred seven point two degrees. He was pronounced dead. His two year old brother had an internal temperature of ninety nine degrees. He survived was placed in protective custody. Wednesday, day four of trial, jurors watched Hernandez's police interview. Detectives asked her to walk through the timeline she said she sat in the car until about one thirty pm, briefly went inside, returned to the vehicle around two pm, was called in for paperwork. Thought she'd be taken for her procedure, soon left the boys in their car seats. Thought she'd be inside fifteen to twenty minutes. She told investigators the car was running with the ac on. Said she didn't check on the boys because her phone was with them and she didn't know how long she'd been waiting, but surveillance footage shows Hernandez checking her Apple Watch multiple times, tredicting her claim that it had died and she lost track of time. Detective Kyle McNabb pressed her, you were in there for about three hours while they were in the car.

19:11 Why did you think it was okay? I don't know, Hernandez answered, through tears. When McNabb told her Emilio had died, Hernandez began sobbing. Her grandfather was in the courtroom watching the footage, tears streaming down his face. This is not me, Hernandez told detectives. Everything I work for, everything I do is for them. Witnesses have contradicted her Nandez's account. A SPA employee testified she came out fifteen minutes after Hernandez and found her sitting in the car holding Amelio. The employee said she didn't think Hernandez had called nine to one one. Hernandez was just sitting there holding her dying baby, not getting help. Other witnesses said they didn't believe the vehicle was running when they approached. No sound, no vibration, The hybrid engine had apparently shut off, the AC stopped working, and two babies cooked in a sealed car in the California sun. The defense strategy is interesting. Attorney Terrell Wakeman told jurors in opening statements that this case is about a mistake, not murder. Said Hernandez made a terrible, awful mistake, portrayed her as a mother who ensured her boys were fed, hydrated, and cared for. Defense intends to concede to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. They're only fighting the second degree murder charge, asking the jury to find this was negligence, not intent.

20:37 But here's the problem. Hernandez knew her children were in that car. She chose not to bring them inside when the SPA offered. She chose not to check on them for nearly two hours. She watched her Apple watch the entire time. When she finally went back and found them in distress, witnesses say she didn't immediately call nine one one. At what point does negligence become something worse? At what point does a choice to ignore your children's safety become criminal indifference to their lives? Second degree murder in California requires malice, a forethought That can mean intent to kill, or it can mean acting with conscious disregard for human life. Abandoning your one year old and two year old in a car in ninety degree heat while you get lip fillers.

21:20 Is that conscious disregard? The prosecution thinks so. The defense says it was a tragic mistake, a mom who thought the car would stay running, who thought she'd only be a few minutes, who didn't understand the danger. But she was offered the chance to bring them inside, she refused. She had a watch that she checked repeatedly, she knew time was passing, and she still didn't go check on her babies. Trial continues next week with the second police interview. Jurors will see what Hernandez said after she was formally arrested. Emilio Gutierrez was one year old, should be celebrating his second birthday soon, should be learning to walk, to talk, to play with his brother. Instead, he died with an internal temperature of one hundred seven degrees, burned from the inside out, while his mother sat in an air conditioned lobby getting her lips done. Whatever, the jury decides, that baby is still dead, his brother is in protective custody, and his mother is facing the possibility of life in prison.

22:23 Someone has to say his name, Emilio Gutierrez, one year old dead because his mother couldn't be bothered to check on him. That Celebrity trials for Saturday, December thirteenth, twenty twenty five. Brian Walsh murder trial heads to the jury after closing arguments, the Google searches, the hack, saw the tissue in the dumpster. Defense says Anna died suddenly and Brian panicked. Prosecution says the searches prove he planned her death. Verdict watch begins. Dust and Durham sentenced to forty five years to life for s shooting his girlfriend in the head while she sat on the couch with their four year old daughter. Smiled through his sentencing hearing, Will be eligible for parole at sixty six and Maya Hernandez on trial for leaving her babies in a hot car while getting lip fillers. One year old Amilio died with a body temperature of one hundred and seven degrees. Defense says mistake, prosecution says murder. Tomorrow, our countdown of the top ten crime and justice stories of twenty twenty five begins with number ten. Karen Reid acquitted of murder. The jury believed the frame up theory. Convicted only of drunk driving one year probation. Now she's suing everyone. The case that divided Massachusetts and proved that sometimes the conspiracy theories are true.

23:46 I'm read Carter, see you tomorrow. This is celebrity trials.