Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 10.20.22

Episode Date: October 20, 2022

Hotel owners shot over a pair of socks. Teen stab his mom. Cops make huge drug and gun bust. 911 operator caught drunk on duty.  More crime and justice news at crimeonline.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Two Idaho hotel owners found shot in the middle of the night. But what does a pair of socks have to do with that? Well, Nancy, earlier the couple confronted John Hart for entering other guest rooms and going through their things. The Mians confiscate a pair of socks from Hart, angering him for making him look like a thief. Hart returned to his room, then entered the lobby

where he shoots Rory and Sarah Meean dead. Hart facing murder one. 26-year-old Levi Davis stabs his mom, Carly Cantrell, multiple times in the neck and abdomen. Carly's husband found her lying in a pool of blood. Neighbors reported seeing Davis's car leave the home, and the husband tells cops they had recently evicted Davis from their home. Cops tracked down Davis, finding him with multiple injuries and bloodied clothes in the back of his car. Davis is now charged with second-degree murder. Holyoke Police working on a drug trafficking investigation, and the hard work pays off. Cops bust Anil Serrano for nine drug and weapons-related crimes.

They recover large amounts of heroin, cocaine, cash, and guns, including a ghost assault-style rifle from the 41-year-old. They hope this seizure will reduce violence in the area. Kentucky police noticed a 911 operator slurring words on the radio, and they head to dispatch to check it out. The cops find Shauna Staten at her desk, severely slurring her speech and reeking of alcohol. They perform a field sobriety test, which Staten fails. She blows a.193 and is charged with public intoxication and official misconduct. That's more than twice the legal limit.

More crime and justice news after this. With the latest from Crimeonline.com, here's John Limley. At this hour in Stockton, California, the man arrested in connection with six murders has now faced a judge for the first time. Wesley Brownlee is charged with three counts of murder right now, but prosecutors do say he is connected with the other three homicides. Our friends at KCRA-TV ask San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber-Salazar if hate crimes are now involved in the investigation, if targeting Hispanic men or people experiencing homelessness could have been his motive. We're looking into that. That's still part of the ongoing investigation and that there is a potential there could be additional charges

in that arena as well. So we're developing that evidence. As for what comes next for Brownlee, we know he's being held without bail as the judge and prosecutors believe that he is too much of a violent risk to the community. The last man seen with Kristen Smart has been convicted of killing the college freshman. Smart vanished from a California campus more than 25 years ago. Our friends at Crime Online have details. Paul Flores was taken into custody at his Los Angeles home just over a year ago. He was charged with murder during a rape or attempted rape. His father, Ruben Flores, was charged with being an accessory after the fact for reportedly helping hide Smart's body. A separate jury found the elder Flores not guilty. Smart's remains have never been found.

Paul Flores faces 25 to life at his December sentencing. Smart disappeared from California Polytechnic State University on the state's scenic central coast over Memorial Day weekend in 1996. The search for a missing Georgia toddler, presumed dead by police, has shifted to a landfill outside Savannah. This is where investigators are now sifting through trash for the child's remains. Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley said investigators had evidence that prompted the landfill search for the body of 20-month-old Quentin Simon, but he declined to say what it was. We believe that he was placed in a specific dumpster at a specific location and it was brought here by regular means of disposal. I have every belief that we will find his remains here at the landfill.

Police began searching for Quentin on October 5th, when his mother called 911 and said the boy had gone missing from his playpen. After more than a week spent searching the house and surrounding neighborhood, Hadley announced that police believe the child is dead. New video may show the last time Gabby Petito was seen in public with Brian Laundrie before her death. The surveillance video is from a Whole Foods store in Jackson, Wyoming, recorded on August 27, 2021, the date her parents believe she was killed. Our friends at Crime Online. The new video shows Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie

shopping at a Jackson Hole grocery store on the last day Petito was seen alive. The couple can be seen spending around 20 minutes at a Whole Foods in the town of Jackson. There's no audio, but it appears that Laundrie and Petito have very little conversation. They leave Whole Foods at around 2 30, heading back to the van. They sit there for 20 minutes before leaving. Laundrie is driving. A 78-year-old Florida woman caught with a thousand bucks of stolen merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue. Susan Stone removes the clothing tags in the bathroom, then tells police she didn't know what she was doing.

She was under the influence of marijuana. She's now charged with grand theft. For the latest in crime and justice news, go to CrimeOnline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. You're listening to an iHeart Podcast.