Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 05.02.24

Episode Date: May 2, 2024

Memory care facility caregiver beats 93-year-old woman with her soiled diaper. Houston woman leaves her kids home alone while she takes a Puerto Rican cruise.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Danita Arrington, who works at a senior living facility, checks in on a 93-year-old patient with severe dementia. Finding the woman had soiled herself, Arrington explodes in rage and beats the senior with her own soiled diaper and chokes the woman. The entire attack caught on video. Nancy, the victim's family set up a nanny cam in her unit at the landings of Genesee Valley Memory Care Facility, which captured the entire assault. Arrington roughly yanks the woman's pants down while she's seated in a wheelchair, and upon discovering the soiled diaper, Arrington smacks the woman in the face with it at least 10 times. Arrington can then

be seen tipping the wheelchair back and choking the 93-year-old with her hand. Danita Arrington, 26, charged with vulnerable adult abuse, torture, and assault. Apartment neighbors call police after spotting mom Lakeisha Williams leaving her apartment with luggage, but she never came back. In Williams' nearly $4,000 a month apartment, Texas police find two children, eight and six, living alone in squalor. Trash, open food, and excrement, human feces everywhere. The children tell police that Mommy, Lakeisha Williams, went on a vacation a week ago and they don't know when Mommy's coming home.

Turns out, Mommy went on a cruise to Puerto Rico. Williams, 29, now charged with child abandonment. A cruise to Puerto Rico and she couldn't afford a babysitter? More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. We begin south of the border as prosecutors in Mexico City

are now attempting to minimize the case of an alleged serial killer who appeared to have targeted victims over a period of more than 10 years and who kept women's bones and a saw in his room. For the latest, we turn to Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. The chief prosecutor for Mexico City stated that contrary to some false allegations, only six women's remains were discovered in the suspect's rented room. Not 20, as some unfounded reports have suggested. Just three of the man's alleged crimes, according to city prosecutor Ulysses Lara,

happened during the present administration, which took office in late 2018. The prosecutor also claims that the three other crimes reportedly happened in 2012, 2015, and 2018, indicating the murderer eluded capture for a minimum of 12 years. Lara criticized reports that all the crimes happened in 2023 and 2024, while former Mayor Claudia Scheinbaum, who is currently running for president, was in office. Those reports, in his words, were absolutely false and unfounded. Because, quote, he showed no signs of violent or aggressive behavior in his daily life, the prosecutor says the killer was practically unstoppable. The suspect has, as of now, only been identified by his first name, Miguel,

this in accordance with Mexican law. Local media are reporting that the man was employed as a chemist. Laura did not provide details as to the nature of the remains that were discovered during last week's investigation of the suspect's rented rooms, but the local media says detectives found skulls. Along with other biological material, investigators are said to have discovered cell phones, missing women's ID cards, bloodstains, bones, and a saw in the suspects' rooms. Lara stated that five of the IDs belonged to women who have been found alive. However, he did not disclose the number of IDs that belong to women who are still unaccounted for or dead. Additionally, Lara has announced that last week's findings included, quote,

a series of notebooks that may well be narrations of the acts that Miguel carried out against his victims. The prosecutor refuted claims that Mexico City officials are not doing enough to look into missing women's cases until bodies begin to pile up, claiming that there are now fewer documented killings of women. Now to Eastern Europe, as a court in the capital of Romania has decided to move forward with the trial of American-British social media influencer Andrew Tate. Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. Tate is currently facing charges of rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal decided that Tate's case file satisfied all legal requirements, but it did not specify when the trial would begin. Mattia Petrescu, a spokesman for Tate, announced that the decision

has been appealed. It was in December of 2022 that the 37-year-old Tate was taken into custody near Bucharest, along with his brother Tristan Tate and two Romanian women. In June of last year, all four were formally charged by Romanian prosecutors. They have denied all of the accusations. Prior to the court's judgment, the legal case had been considered for months in the preliminary chamber stages, which allows defendants time to contest prosecutors' evidence and case file. With 9.1 million followers on X, formerly known as Twitter, Andrew Tate has stated repeatedly that Romanian prosecutors lack any proof against him and that there is a political plot to suppress him. Tate was previously prohibited from using a number of well-known social media sites for posting hate speech and expressing sexist opinions. Both Tates maintain

both U.S. and British citizenship. Thanks, John. Ray Collins, Dave Caffey, and Richard Berth quit their jobs in Winter Haven, Florida to spend three months on a gem mining expedition, Salida, Colorado. Three weeks in, Berth has a family emergency and heads back to Florida alone. About a week later, Dave Caffey returns to Florida driving Ray Collins' truck, but Collins is not with him. Caffey tells Collins' family Ray wanted to visit the Grand Canyon, so Caffey dropped him off at a bus station. The family thinks this is odd because Ray had visited the Grand Canyon a few years before. Comes to light, Caffey took $5,000 from both Collins and Berth to quote, lease the land they planned to mine. But the land was public. There was no required payment

to mine it. Caffey also purchased life insurance worth $50,000 on both men before the trip. Ray Collins disappeared 36 years ago. If you have info on Ray Collins, please call Chaffee County, Colorado Sheriffs 719-539-2814. For the latest crime and justice news, go to CrimeOnline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. This is an iHeart Podcast.