Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Prosecutors Seek Death in Horrific 'Rolling Dungeon' Child Abuse Case | Crime Alert 09.08.26

Episode Date: September 8, 2026

Florida officials are seeking the death penalty for a truck driver and her fiancé accused of locking four young children inside a tractor-trailer cab for over six years while subjecting them to severe abuse. A St. Louis fast-food employee faces multiple felony charges after allegedly opening fire on a departing vehicle following an argument and shooting a 14-year-old girl in the leg. In Miami, police say a restaurant manager stabbed his visiting mother to death inside his 47th-floor high-rise apartment. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human. Behind every night spent making the kids' lunches, there's a lot of suspense. Will they finally eat the veggies? Will the pastos survive the first bite? Will the lunchbox come home empty, half full, or come home at all? And will you finish episode 8 before you're done slicing the cucumbers?

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. Crime alert, hourly update. Breaking crime news now. I'm Sidney Silvani. We begin in Florida, where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in a horrific child abuse case. Florida Attorney General James Uthmere announced his office will seek the death penalty for two adults accused of keeping four young children locked inside the cab of a commercial tractor trailer for a over six years. Fifty-one-year-old Keisha Monique Epps and her 37-year-old fiancé, Tamara Martian

Stewart, faced severe felony charges after authorities discovered four children, two five-year-olds, a six-year-old, and a nine-year-old trapped in what officials describe as a rolling prison. According to court documents and statements made by Attorney General Uthmire during a Kissimmee press conference, Epps worked as a long-haul truck driver operating between Miami, in Atlanta. She and Stewart allegedly lived inside the truck's cab with the children. Investigators report the children endured years of physical and sexual abuse, extreme neglect, and horrific living conditions. Florida law permits prosecutors to seek capital punishment for adults convicted of sexual battery against a child under 12, and Uthmere emphasized his office intends to pursue

execution. Law enforcement reports reveal the two young girls suffered repeated sex. abuse by Stewart for years. Stewart admitted during questioning that he committed three sexual batteries against one girl. When the two young boys witnessed the sexual abuse and confronted Stewart, he allegedly punched both boys in the head. Investigators note, one child was found to have an untreated sexually transmitted infection. Court filings detail that the children repeatedly reported the abuse to Epps and saw her witness the acts directly.

Rather than protecting them, Epps reported. reportedly called them derogatory names and left them alone with Stewart while driving, sleeping, or showering. The children were kept trapped inside the sleeper cab for the majority of their days, denied access to restrooms, showers, or outdoor exercise. Uthmeyer stated the children were forced to use plastic cups and paper bags as restrooms. While making stops along her route, the adults used restrooms and showered, leaving the kids locked inside what Uthmere termed a rolling dungeon. detectives noted the children walked with an unnatural gait due to prolonged confinement where denied schooling for five years were poorly fed and received zero medical care.

One girl recalled burning herself badly with cooked noodles, resulting in significant blood loss, yet neither adults sought medical treatment, leaving a permanent scar. Both adults were arrested August 6th and are held in Duval County Jail, facing multiple felony charges. More Crime and Justice News. after this. Behind every night spent making the kids' lunches, there's a lot of suspense.

Will they finally eat the veggies? Will the pastos survive the first bite? Will the lunchbox come home empty, half full, or come home at all? And will you finish episode 8 before you're done slicing the cucumbers? 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.com for details and to check availability. Connection is everything. Turning to Missouri, a dispute at a St. Louis fast food restaurant ended in gunfire, leaving a 14-year-old girl hospitalized in a worker facing heavy felony charges. The St. Louis Police Department reports the incident unfolded Saturday near Van DeVenter and La Claid Avenues. Court records identify the suspect as 27-year-old Adam White, an employee at a Jimmy John's restaurant where the confrontation began.

According to police statements posted on X and court filings, a verbal argument broke out inside the establishment involving a former female employee and several individuals associated with the restaurant, including White. The victim's mother, her mother's boyfriend, and the 14-year-old girl were present. The confrontation escalated into the parking lot. As the former employee, her boyfriend and her daughter drove away, White allegedly fired multiple rounds into the rear of the moving car. investigators found ballistic damage to the trunk, and one bullet struck the 14-year-old girl in her left leg. She was rushed to a hospital in stable condition. Police state White initially fled but returned and was taken into custody. After being read his Miranda rights, White admitted to firing at the vehicle and told detectives he hid the gun at his home.

White is charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and child endangerment, and is held without bond. Finally, in Florida, a Miami high-rise apartment became the scene of a fatal domestic stabbing early Friday morning. Authorities arrested 36-year-old Stefano Cremasco Cicero, an operating manager for an Argentinian restaurant, charging him with second-degree murder with a weapon following the death of his mother. According to an arrest affidavit, Miami police were called to the Solitaire Brick-El apartments just after 5 a.m. on September 4th. A food delivery driver reported that Cremasco Cicero let her in to the building, asked her to call 911, and passed his phone to her. When police arrived, Cromosco Cicero approached officers and allegedly stated, I was defending myself. Upon entering

his 47th floor apartment, officers discovered his mother lying behind the front door, covered in blood with multiple severe stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and investigators recovered several bloodstained kitchen knives inside. Miami police spokesperson Kenaya Follett noted the incident appears to be an isolated domestic event. Investigators contacted Kramasco Sucero's wife in Paris, who revealed he and his mother, who was visiting from Mexico, had not been closed since his parents' divorce, adding he was under heavy stress opening a new restaurant in Coconut Grove.

Surveillance footage captured the mother and son returning at 10.32 p.m., but at 4.26 a.m., Kramasco Sucero entered the elevator alone, wearing bloody clothing and carrying a knife. Records show he is held at Miami-day jail on an immigration hold. 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. Guaranteed human.