Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 09.19.23

Episode Date: September 19, 2023

Estranged husband attacks children's mother during custody exchange. This guy grabbed a Snickers, but he wasn't hungry.  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, Steven Giraldo takes his three children to their mom, his estranged wife. As she walks toward the car to greet them, he tells the children to buckle up and hits the gas. Running mommy down, flipping the car. Geraldo then crawls over his 11-year-old son in the passenger seat to attack mom again, this time stabbing her through the liver. Nancy, Geraldo's estranged wife survived the brutal attack but was left with severe neurological damage, multiple broken bones, and of course, the stab wound. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement that

the fact that it was committed in full view of the victim's three young children stirred outrage and heartbreak across the city. The entire attack and a white Ford Explorer caught on surveillance video around 5.20 a.m. just days after Christmas. Geraldo, 36, plays guilty to attempted murder. Adele Quesada tries to buy a pack of cigs at a Florida Walgreens, but his ID, a driver's license, expired. Employees refuse to sell to him. Frustrated, he argues with them. They ask him to leave. He picks up an arsenal of Snickers bars and begins launching them at employees, prompting a call to police.

Quesada tells cops he, quote, didn't mean to hit anyone, but surveillance video shows his aim was pretty good. Quesada, 23, charged with two counts, misdemeanor, battery, assault by Snickers. More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. We begin in North Dakota, where a jury has found a woman guilty of murder in connection with last year's shooting death of her child's father. For more, we turn to Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. It's possible that 26-year-old Minot Air Force Base resident Heather Hoffman could receive a life sentence without the possibility of parole. According to our friends with KFYR-TV, the prosecution contends she confronted 22-year-old Alex Eckert about a custody dispute in April 2022 and shot him once, killing him in the doorway of

his Minot apartment. The prosecution's account of what happened the night of Eckert's killing and who was in possession of the murder weapon at that time was contested by Hoffman's defense attorney. The trial started on September 6th in Minot, which is located in north-central North Dakota. KFYR says that the jury arrived at their decision after roughly two hours of deliberation. Hoffman is still behind bars while awaiting her sentence. Meanwhile, a pre-sentence investigation has been requested by a state district court judge. A court docket indicates that Hoffman's sentencing is planned for December 1st. Overseas now, as Greek police say that six people have been shot and

killed in an attack at a beach resort close to Athens. A state-run TV station reported that officials believe the killings to have been gang-related. The victims were reportedly found near Artemida, about 12 miles east of Athens. No other information regarding the details behind the incident or the names of the victims were given. Investigators have reported that the shooting may have been related to a conflict between organized criminal gangs, this according to state-run ERT television. According to the report, all of the dead were men with gunshot wounds

and were discovered in and around a vehicle. Back in this country now, as authorities say that a California man's body found in a northwest Arizona desert location more than 27 years ago has been identified. Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. Officials from the Mojave County Sheriff's Office have reported that it was in January of 1996 that remains of a man between the ages of 30 and 40 were found close to Kingman, Arizona, about 100 miles southeast of Las Vegas. The man, who has since been identified as Sherman George from Metro Los Angeles, was buried in a shallow grave after dying from a gunshot wound to the head. Authorities believe he may have been a victim of homicide. Until sheriff's investigators sent a DNA sample to a Texas-based forensic research organization in February, attempts

to identify the remains had been fruitless. Scientists were eventually able to confirm that the body was that of George through cutting-edge DNA testing. According to sheriff's officials, before his death, George was an Army veteran who was known to frequently visit the deserts of California and Arizona with his military friends. Investigators say that George had never been reported missing and was separated from his family, who last saw him in late 1994. Marsha Lyle, a beloved youth group leader at her Florida church, stops communicating with family, so they ask for a welfare check. Police find Lyle at home in bed. She appears fine but still won't contact family.

Two days later, neighbors see Lyle pack her car, drive away. Her mom follows the money trail from their joint bank account to a gas station in Jasper, Florida. That afternoon, Marsha's caught on a Jacksonville Walgreens security camera. Two weeks after that, her car found abandoned in the parking lot of a strip center. Marsha now missing over three years. If you have info on Marsha Lyle, please call Russell County Sheriff's 334-298-6535. For the latest crime and justice news, go to CrimeOnline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. This is an iHeart Podcast.