Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Woman Kidnapped, Raped by Her Boyfriend's Killer | Crime Alert 05.20.25

Episode Date: May 20, 2025

Woman is kidnapped and raped in the aftermath of her boyfriend's shooting death. These surfers are anything but laid back! For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Brandon Tlaik, 31, has guests at his Columbus, Ohio home, including Arazia Richardson and his girlfriend. Tlaik and Richardson get in an argument. Tlaik shoots Richardson dead. Nancy, ring video footage from a neighbor's home shows Talik forcing Arazia's girlfriend to leave with him just after the shooting. When Talik is pulled over hours later in Indiana, the girlfriend tells police she's being held against her will and says Talik killed her boyfriend. She says Talik forced her to change clothes, get into the car with him, and that he raped her twice on the way to Indiana. A jury convicts Brandon Talik of murder, kidnapping, and rape.

He'll be sentenced later this month. Shannon Stanger, 58, goes surfing at The Hook, a popular area, Santa Cruz, California, but gets angry at a fellow surfer. Stanger and a friend go to, quote, talk to the surfer about surf etiquette. The conversation turns angry and Stanger allegedly stabs the, quote, talk to the surfer about surf etiquette. The conversation turns angry, and Stanger allegedly stabs the, quote, disrespectful surfer with a kubaton, a small rod-like self-defense keychain weapon. Stanger, now arrested on suspicion for assault with a deadly weapon, released on $30,000 bond.

More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Lindley. A Florida State University student accused of a deadly campus shooting is now behind bars facing multiple charges including murder. 20-year-old Phoenix Eichner was released from a Tallahassee hospital and taken to the Leon County Jail, where he was charged with two counts of first degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder. He's now being held in Wakulla County, a routine transfer since he's related to a Leon County sheriff's deputy. Investigators say Eichner, a political science major at FSU, opened fire near a campus parking garage on April 17th. Within just four minutes, officers confronted and wounded him. Police say

he used a handgun that once belonged to his stepmother, a veteran school resource officer with the Leon County Sheriff's Office. She's now on personal leave and has been reassigned. Authorities have not released a motive. Eichner has not entered a plea. A disturbing case of online exploitation that led to the death of a California teen is now seeing justice unfold overseas. Crime Online correspondent Sidney Sumner brings us the story of an international sextortion ring and the arrest made more than 5,000 miles away. Three years after 17-year-old Ryan Last of San Jose, California, died by suicide, four men in Cote d'Ivoire have been arrested for allegedly taking part in a global sextortion scheme. Last thought he was talking to a young woman on a meta platform in 2022 when he received sexually explicit images and responded in kind. Moments later, he was blackmailed. Investigators say he paid $150 in an attempt to keep the photos private. Hours later,

he died by suicide. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, one suspect arrested in April still had the original messages to Ryan on his phone at the time of the U.S. Department of Justice, one suspect arrested in April still had the original messages to Ryan on his phone at the time of the arrest. Three others were taken into custody on money laundering charges, and officials say the group targeted thousands of victims across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Because Cote d'Ivoire does not extradite its citizens, the four suspects will be prosecuted locally for cybercrimes. A fifth man connected to the case, arrested in Los Angeles in 2022, was sentenced to 18 months in U.S. federal prison. The FBI, San Jose police, and META

collaborated on the investigation. In a related case last year, two brothers from Nigeria received more than 17 years in prison for sexually extorting minors in the U.S., including a Michigan teen who also died by suicide. Federal agents say these arrests are just the beginning in a broader effort to dismantle international sextortion networks targeting young victims online. Thanks, John. Ashley Loring Heavy Runner hangs out at her parents' home on the Blackfeet Reservation, Montana. She messages friends on Facebook asking them to pick her up for a party in town. She packs clothes in a blue string backpack and says goodbye to grandma and runs outside to a

waiting car. Ashley, just 20, is spotted on video at the party on a sofa surrounded by people having a drink and chatting. She messages her older sister, Kimberly, and after a few messages, Ashley's never seen again. The Loring family reports Ashley missing to tribal police. Two weeks later, a tipster claims a young woman spotted running from a vehicle on a desolate stretch, Route 89. A search party is organized, but Ashley's not found. A gray sweater, believed to be Ashley's, found in a nearby dump. Ashley, 5'2", brown hair, brown eyes, about 90 pounds. The Bureau of Indian Affairs offering a $10,000 reward and the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council is offering a $5,000 reward. If you have info on Ashley Loring Heavy Runner's whereabouts, call the Bureau of Indian Affairs Missing and 2065 or contact the FBI 801-579-1400. Repeat 801-579-1400. For the latest crime and justice news, go to crimeonline.com and please join us for our daily podcast, Crime Stories,

where we do our best to find missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. You're listening to an iHeart Podcast.