Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Georgia Babysitter Abducts Two Young Sisters After Previous Alabama Kidnapping Case | Crime Alert 08.18.26

Episode Date: August 18, 2026

An Atlanta babysitter with a history of child abduction is arrested after allegedly kidnapping two young sisters while their mother was out for dinner. In Texas, a Plano man faces murder charges after police discover his estranged wife's body stuffed inside a vehicle trunk during a welfare check. Meanwhile in Massachusetts, a teenager is held without bail after allegedly using ChatGPT to research family murder scenarios before carrying out a violent attack against his mother and brother. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm Sydney Silvani. Police in Georgia have arrested a babysitter accused of kidnapping. two young sisters in Atlanta. Four-year-old Zola Cooper and 11-month-old Nora Cooper, who were once believed to be in extreme danger, have been safely recovered by the City of Atlanta Police Department. According to investigators, the girl's mother left her children in the care of Lakeisha Brown around 6 p.m. Saturday to go out to dinner. Brown had reportedly built a relationship with the mother and gained her trust over time. However, when the mother returned from dinner, she could not reach Brown or find her daughters, calling police at 10.30 p.m.

As reported by 11 alive, Atlanta Police Lieutenant Butler explains how the initial welfare check quickly became a kidnapping investigation. Approximately 1030 officers were dispatched to what originated as what we thought was a custody dispute. So our special victims unit took lead at that point. Through their investigation, they were determined this was indeed a kidnapping. so we were able to figure out that the female was known to our mother and had gained her trust over some time. Based on that information, homicide was called in and they responded and coordinated with special victims to take over the investigation. By Monday afternoon, police located the girls using technology that pointed officers to the Sylvan Road area.

When fugitive detectives arrived, they heard a baby crying inside a trailer on the property. Lieutenant Butler details the dramatic moment officers moved in. And while on scene, working with some of the people of the community, we learned about some information about our suspect possibly being in the area. Our fugitive detectives responded to that information, and while they were in the area, they heard the sounds of a baby crying. Based on that exigency, they executed an exit entry into a trailer on the property, and were able to locate the children and our suspect.

Officers executed exigent entry, safely rescued both children and arrested Brown. Disturbingly, investigators revealed that Brown was previously accused in a similar kidnapping in Alabama. In August 2021, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office arrested Brown for kidnapping four-day-old infant Camarian Taylor. Brown gained the trust of the baby's mother and grandmother before taking the infant while his mother napped. When questioned, Brown falsely cloned, claimed the baby was resting in his playpen. Authority safely recovered Camarian back then, and Brown was booked into jail. Now, Lakeisha Brown is back behind bars facing serious kidnapping charges once again.

More crime and justice news after this. Get Bell Pure Fiber Internet with Craved Netflix and Disney Plus from $94 a month. Price guaranteed for two years on internet with a two-year term and auto pay credit. Visit bell.ca for details and to check availability. Bell. Connection is everything. In Texas, 37-year-old Jake Begoni is in custody facing murder charges following a horrific discovery in Plano. Police conducted a welfare check Wednesday morning after a friend reported that Eliana Bigone failed to appear for a scheduled 8.30 a.m. breakfast and could not be reached.

Eliana was in the middle of divorce proceedings with Bigone and was on her way to pick up their two- and five-year-old children. According to arrest warrant documents, Bagoni's mother called police after her son phoned her, alleging he and Eliana got into a fight and that she was dead. Responding officers arrived at Bagoni's apartment and noticed a large bloodstain on his shirt, which he claimed came from cleaning. A search of the property revealed Eliana's body stuffed inside the trunk of a white Hyundai in the garage, having suffered severe trauma to her head and face.

Authorities confirmed the couple's two young children were present in such, the apartment during the alleged murder, but were physically unharmed. Bagoni, who allegedly has a history of violent behavior, was initially booked for felony abuse of a corpse before the murder charge was at it. He is currently held in jail without bond. Turning to Massachusetts, a 17-year-old boy is being held without bail after allegedly using artificial intelligence to explore fantasies about murdering his family before violently attacking his mother and younger brother. confirmed by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Arun Arraveind of Acton was arraigned Thursday

in Concord District Court on two counts of murder, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and two counts of assault and battery. Charged as an adult, Arraveined pleaded not guilty. Middlesex District Attorney Marion Ryan revealed that investigators uncovered concerning online activity prior to the killings, including Arraveind using chat GPT to explore theoretical scenarios and fantasies regarding killing his family. Court documents indicate the suspect's father had grown so alarmed by his son's recent behavior and internet searches that he had begun hiding knives inside the home. The family had recently moved to Acton, an affluent community 30 miles northwest of Boston,

partly for its school system. The bodies of 45-year-old Sudha Van Kattistan and 14-year-old Sidarth Araveen were discovered Tuesday evening inside their Martha Lane residents, after the father requested a police check when a tutor could not gain entry. Responding officers found Siddharth dead on the first floor and Van Kadasan dead in the finished basement, both having suffered severe blunt force trauma following a violent struggle. Araveen fled the scene in his mother's Green Honda Accord and was taken into custody without incident early Wednesday morning in nearby Wayland.

Investigators recovered items matching crime scene evidence from the vehicle. His defense attorney requested a mental health evaluation and Aravine is scheduled back in court on September 11th. For more crime and justice news, be sure to join us for crime stories with Nancy Grace on Fox 1, YouTube, Sirius XM, and now streaming on 2B. With this crime alert, I'm Sidney. This is an I-Heart podcast.

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