Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 03.22.24

Episode Date: March 22, 2024

An argument between lovers ends in dismemberment.   Jilted girlfriend uses spare key to destroy home.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. James Daborsik reported missing by his family just before Christmas. Girlfriend, Michalina Goodwin, the last one to see him. As Maryland PD investigate, Goodwin states the two had an argument. She says she grabbed a gun and it accidentally went off. She says she then dismembers James's body and disposes of it across two counties. Nancy Nelborchik's family reported

him missing about two weeks after the murder, telling investigators Goodwin had said she was breaking up with Nelborchik and he left town for Virginia in a work truck. Cops found no activity on his cell phone or bank accounts and began to treat the investigation as a homicide. When they spoke with Goodwin, she immediately admitted to the shooting. Ms. Shalina Goodwin, 46, found guilty of murder. A Florida man sees his jilted ex-girlfriend on his doorbell cam using the spare key to break into his apartment. He rushes home and calls police. Meanwhile, the girlfriend, Akiva Reddick, makes a big mess inside, dumping items from his fridge, including pickled pork, all over the couch and destroys several other items. When cops get there, she's arguing with

her ex, throws a bottle of soda at him, and lunges for him. Once cops separate the two, Akiva Reddick is loaded into a patrol car and carted off for burglary, battery, and mischief. Word to the wise, change your locks after a breakup. More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. The husband of a pregnant Amish woman who was slain inside her rural Pennsylvania home late last month has now testified, saying that after returning from looking at possible roofing jobs, he was informed of the tragedy by his two small children. For more, we turn to Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. At Sean Cranston's preliminary

hearing, Andy Beiler stated, I didn't really believe it. I walked in and saw her cap laying inside the door. Cranston is accused of two counts of homicide in the deaths of Rebecca Beiler and her unborn child on February 26th. During the hearing, the district judge determined that there was sufficient evidence to move the case to the Crawford County Common Pleas Court for trial. In addition, Cranston, a 52-year-old truck driver who resides in Corey, some eight miles from the Beiler residence near Spartansburg, is accused of trespassing and burglary. Carrie Allen Kern, the defense counsel, contends that the prosecution failed to provide a motive or a murder weapon, but District Judge Amy Nichols denied the request.

According to state trooper Samuel Hubbard's testimony, 23-year-old Rebecca Beiler was shot in the head and sustained deep wounds to her neck. Andy Beiler said that when he left that morning with a driver and a neighbor, his wife had been washing laundry. Beiler reported seeing his wife on the floor when he returned home and walked inside the house. As Beiler waited in a truck, the driver, Julie Warner, dialed 911. According to Warner, she entered the house to get the kids after attempting to calm Beiler. The children were playing with toys in the dining room when

Warner discovered them, so she took them outside to the porch. Warner testified that she told a 911 dispatcher that although she felt unable to check Rebecca Beiler's pulse, she determined that the victim's body was cold. Other witnesses reported seeing a red Jeep parked close to the Beiler residence that morning. One of the Beiler's neighbors told the court that C witnesses reported seeing a red Jeep parked close to the Beiler residence that morning. One of the Beiler's neighbors told the court that Cranston drove a red Jeep. The hearing was held in the Crawford County Courthouse with four rows on one side of the room occupied by members of the Amish community. Wearing a ballistic vest, Cranston remained silent during the proceedings. State police said in court filings that they found weapons,

ammo, knife components, and other materials during their search of the murder scene. Since being taken into custody on March 2nd, Cranston has been held without bond at the county jail. Now to the West Coast, as authorities announced that a coroner's probe into the death of a man in Los Angeles has turned up evidence indicating he was a suspect in a 2008 child rape case in Washington State. The man was thought to have committed suicide by jumping from a Puget Sound bridge years ago. Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. Police in Bremerton, Washington, reveal in a press release that 56-year-old Christian Robert Bassam died on February 26 at the age of 56.

Bassam had been living in Bremerton under an assumed name, that of Mark Clemens. His true identity was uncovered by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office, which notified the Bremerton Police Department on March 13. Police say that Bassam was detained in 2008, accused of second-degree child rape, and later freed on a $350,000 bond. According to investigators, on March 29, 2009, a witness claimed to have seen Bassam jump from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. After searches with boats and an aircraft were unsuccessful, his car and a suicide note were discovered.

Bassam lived in a downtown apartment complex in Los Angeles and was known as Clemens, a longtime maintenance worker. Tommy Kuehler, his next-door neighbor, told our friends with KABC-TV that when he moved into the apartment building 10 years ago, Clemens was already the complex's handyman. Kuehler told a KABC reporter his exchanges with the man he knew as Clemens were always pleasant. The cause of Basham's death has been listed as deferred in the medical examiner's online case record. This indicates that further investigation is necessary. Thanks, John. Caleb Harris, a student at Texas A&M, spends the evening with roommates and their new puppy at their off-campus apartment. The guys make plans to go fishing after

class the next day. They head to bed around 2 30 a.m. Caleb takes the puppy for one more walk, orders a late night door dash, and waits outside for the food. When Caleb's roommates wake up the next morning, he's not in his room, the door dash order still sitting on the front porch. They immediately report him missing. Cops say Caleb's phone was shut off right after he places the door dash order. Randy and Becky Harris say their son's a creature of habit. He would never leave the house without his keys, wallet, or shoes, which were all found inside the apartment. Caleb Harris, 21, now missing three weeks. If you have info on Caleb Harris, call Corpus Christi, Texas PD, 361-886-2840. 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.