Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 03.20.23

Episode Date: March 20, 2023

Angry girlfriend shoots at Uber picking up her boyfriend. Quadruple murderer arraigned in Ohio. For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Marco Batista pulls up at an Indiana home to give an Uber ride to Rakesia Rogers. Batista sees Rogers arguing with a male in the home, and the man comes running out of the house, jumps in Batista's car, shouting, Drive! As Batista tries to calm the man down, Rogers starts firing shots at the Uber car, hitting Batista in the back.

The fight between Rogers and her boyfriend apparently began when he took her cell phone. In an interview with police, Rogers insisted that she fired shots into the air to scare her boyfriend. But video from cameras in Batista's car show the 20-year-old clearly firing directly at the car. The bullet went through the trunk, backseat, and driver's seat before striking Batista at waist level. Batista flees the scene before calling 911. He's taken to the hospital for a gunshot wound, expected to recover. Rogers, 20, who was aiming for her boyfriend, or should I say ex-boyfriend, now booked on ag battery. A man has been arraigned on two charges following the discovery of three men bound, gagged, and then shot in the head before their bodies were dumped in two places in Ohio last week, and authorities now allege there was a fourth potential victim.

Sydney Sumner is with Crime Online. 58-year-old Elias Gudino of Copley Township was arraigned in Barberton Municipal Court on one count of aggravated murder and one count of attempted aggravated murder in connection with one of the victims and with additional charges pending. He was ordered held without bail pending his next court appearance. Authorities say two bodies were found in a wooded area near Interstate 77 in Akron, and the third was found shortly afterward in a ditch about two miles away in Copley Township. The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office says that all three were from Youngstown, Ohio.

The office identified the two victims found in Akron as 25-year-old Enmer Reyes and 31-year-old Victor Varela Rodriguez. The victim found in Copley Township was identified as 35-year-old Domingo Castillo Reyes. Officials say the slayings are believed to be related and that Copley and Akron detectives are investigating them together. More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. The family of a Mississippi man whose dismembered body was found in November say his newly released

autopsy report shows he was murdered, and they're calling for a federal investigation into the case. 25-year-old Rasheem Carter was last seen October 2nd at a hotel in Laurel. On November 2nd, his decomposing body was found in a wooded area about 21 miles away in Taylorsville. At a news conference alongside Carter's family, prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump said the Justice Department should take up the case after local police said they had no reason to believe the man's death was the result of foul play. One thing is for certain, this was not a natural death. His head was severed from his body. They have recently found remains that they

believe are also Racine Carter and another part of where he went missing. This was a nefarious act. This was an evil act. Somebody murdered Racine Carter. In a statement on social media, the Smith County Sheriff's Department did not elaborate on why they believe there is no foul play or what led them to the wooded area where Carter's remains were found. Overseas now and to Germany, where police say two children are in custody suspected of killing a 12-year-old girl found dead earlier this week in the western town of Freudenberg in a case that has shocked the country. Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. The girl, who was only identified as Louise due to privacy reasons, went missing on March 11th after visiting a friend. She was found stabbed to death the next

day in a forest near a former railroad station after a massive police search. Police say the two suspects, who are only 12 and 13 years old, confessed to the killing. Citing the age of the suspects, officials refused to give any further details on their identity, gender, motive, or whether they knew the victim from school. The two children are below the age of criminal responsibility, which is 14 in Germany. They were therefore not arrested, but taken into custody of a youth welfare office. Police said the victim had several stab wounds and died of blood loss. The governor of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia,

where Freudenberg is located, said he was appalled by the killing. He promised that the authorities would do everything in their power to shed light on the reasons and circumstances of the crime. Ten more people have been charged in connection with a scheme to steal more than $250 million from a federal program designed to provide meals to low-income children in Minnesota. A total of 60 people have now been charged in the conspiracy, in which authorities say a group of people took advantage of rules that were relaxed during the COVID-19 pandemic and falsely claimed that they were providing food to children. Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andy Lugar said in September

that the conspiracy was the largest pandemic-related fraud scheme to date. At a news conference, Lugar said six people have pleaded guilty so far, and more information is coming about who organized the scheme. At the center of the plot, the indictments allege, was a Minnesota nonprofit called Feeding Our Future. Prosecutors say just a fraction of the money went toward feeding kids, with the rest laundered through shell companies and spent on property, luxury cars, and travel. For the latest crime and justice news, go to CrimeOnline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. You're listening to an iHeart Podcast.