Crime Weekly - S3 Ep145: Quadruple Amputee Charged in Killing of Friend

Episode Date: April 1, 2026

Dayton James Webber, 27, a quadruple amputee and professional cornhole player from Maryland, has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of his friend Bradrick Michael Wells on March 22, 2026. Witnesses in the vehicle reported that Webber shot Wells twice in the head during an argument while driving.Try our coffee! - www.CriminalCoffeeCo.comBecome a Patreon member -- > https://www.patreon.com/CrimeWeeklyShop for your Crime Weekly gear here --> https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shopYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CrimeWeeklyPodcastWebsite: CrimeWeeklyPodcast.comInstagram: @CrimeWeeklyPodTwitter: @CrimeWeeklyPodFacebook: @CrimeWeeklyPod

Hey everyone, welcome back to Crime Weekly News. I'm Derek Lavascer. And I'm Stephanie Harlow. And the story today, it's a few days old by the time we're recording this, but this is an odd one. When you read the headlines, you just like, wait a second. What am I, am I on the onion right now? Something's off here. So some of you may have already heard about this story, but new to us, this is definitely a first-tier of Crime Weekly. We're talking about Dayton James Weber, who was a professional cornhole player, but also a quadruple amputee. And he's been accused of fatally shooting a passenger in the front seat of his vehicle.

This is a crazy story out of Maryland. Stephanie, you want to give us some more of the details because as an investigator, I've been doing this almost 20 years. This is definitely a first for me. And I thought I've heard everything. Yeah. So I think that when this first broke, I was seeing a lot of people, even like news channels being like, well, how did a quadruple amputee, which means he doesn't have his hands or, you know,

portions of his hands and arm, no hands. No hands. Portions of his arm were amputated as well as his legs. And this actually happened when he was a baby. I think he was 10 months old and there was some medical thing. And he had to have this quadruple amputation. And people are like, well, how did this person who has no arms and no legs shoot somebody?

Shoot someone, yeah. Let's get into the story. So this happened on March 22nd, 2026. and there was a, I guess they were in Dayton's Tesla SUV near La Plata, Maryland, when he allegedly shot his front seat passenger, 27-year-old Bradrick Michael Wells, during an argument. Now, then authorities say that Dayton Weber pulled over and he asked two passengers in the back seat. So there's people in the back seat, okay? It's not like this is a covert operation where he's like, let me take my friend on a drive and kill him. No, there was two people in the backseat and Dayton asked the two passengers in the back seat to help remove Bradrick's body from the vehicle.

They refused. They left the car and notified the police. And then Dayton Weber allegedly drove away with the body of his friend still in the car. And then he left the body in a yard in Charlotte Hall, Maryland, before driving to Charlottesville, Virginia. So he fled the scene. He was trying to get away. He was arrested at a hospital where he was seeking treatment for a medical issue. And he now faces charges, including first degree murder, second degree murder, and multiple related offenses. And yes, Dayton James Weber was a well-known professional in the American Cornhole League.

he lost his arms and legs as an infant due to a bacterial infection. But according to ESPN, which is a weird place to see this reported, there's online videos of him previously handling a firearm. Now, I haven't found those online videos of him previously handling a firearm, but one of his friends on their TikTok had posted a video of themselves and Dayton, I guess, playing with like Nerf guns. Yeah, you sent me this TikTok. So we can have Shannon put that up now.

But it kind of gives you an indication. I think when somebody lives their whole lives, it's not like he was 25 and had his arms and legs amputated. It's all he's ever known pretty much. So you're going to get really adept at doing things that everyone else can do without the things that everybody else has. I mean, he's driving a Tesla. You know, obviously there's ways. I know that there's like certain instruments that can be put in the car to allow this to happen. But he is very good at handling this Nerf gun.

And so I would assume that the same would go for any other kind of firearm. So we'll play that really quick. He's more capable than we are. Oh, my God. All right. So that's the Nerf video. And the reason we're showing you the Nerf video is because that's something we can show where it's not going to get flagged by YouTube. But if you would like, the video of him shooting a firearm, a handgun is on TMZ as well.

We're not going to show it here because YouTube's stupid about that where you can't even show someone firing a gun anymore. It's crazy. So we're not going to show it here. But clearly like Stephanie was saying, you can adapt. You can evolve. And this is all he's ever known. So he has found ways to use what he has available to him to try to do as much as everybody. else can do it. And in fact, I don't even know if we talked about this in depth, but in

23, ESPN actually did a story on him. It was like the story of inspiration where they were talking about how he rides dirt bikes, he played football, he wrestled all before becoming a professional cornhole player. And some of you may be like scoffing at the whole like, oh, cornhole player, a big deal. Like, dude, cornhole's awesome, first and foremost. And second of all, it's not as easy as you think. No. These good cornhole players, I've played played in a couple tournaments at like campgrounds and I thought I was good. You know, hey, I'm an athlete. I can do this and like I'll get like one out of four, one out of five in the hole. These cornhole players, the good ones, and I'm not even talking about like the really good ones.

I'm talking about the guys who are just at the campground drinking beer. They're hitting almost every single time in the hole. And when they don't hit it in the hole, they're putting it exactly where they want to. So to be a professional cornhole player is no small feat. And so he's, he's definitely skilled and he's used his body to his advantage in whatever way he can. But clearly, if there is any plan of making some type of defense against him not being able to physically shoot this person, it's not going to work because there's multiple videos out there showing him using a firearm efficiently. So that's out the window. Plus, as you mentioned, Stephanie, you have the two other witnesses that were in the vehicle as well. And this is a tragedy on multiple ends.

Obviously, Bradrick is no longer with us. And also you have this person who went through a lot in their life. and has overcome a lot of adversity and for some reason felt like in that moment the only way to solve whatever disagreement or confrontation they were having was to shoot this person, which regardless of what you are experiencing or what you've gone through, whatever trials and tribulations you've experienced, it doesn't give you the right to take someone else's life. So just like any other case we've covered, I have very little sympathy for him. He shouldn't have done this. This is not the way you conduct yourself. We don't handle

discourse with violence. And so, you know, I'm even looking at his, uh, his booking photo here. And he's like, he's smiling and stuff. I don't know. It's a little weird to me. Yeah, I, I have zero sympathy for him. I don't care what the hell he's got through in his life because it seems like he really leaned into it. He became a very talented person to be respected. And if you look at the video of him holding the gun, he's not a newbie at it. This is something he's done quite a bit. He's very proficient. So I don't know what the argument was about. I don't care what the argument was about. And then he turns to the two passengers who are probably friends to both him and

Frederick. And he's like, help me hide this body, the audacity, the ego on this person. I don't care what you've been through. I don't care what your situation is. You really thought that you were going to shoot somebody in broad daylight in a vehicle that you're driving, by the way, which is dangerous for everybody else in the car, not to mention the person you shot. I wonder if it was in like self-driving mode at that point.

I don't care. I'm just saying I'm just saying I'm trying to learn the facts of what happened here. I just, the car was in motion. The audacity that you thought, these two people who know you both most likely and they're going to just be like, yeah, sure, Dayton, let's help you cover up your murder of this person that you just forced us to witness. Yeah, absolutely.

We're going to do that for you, buddy. No, I don't know. There's something going on here that's beyond. what we know. There's, and I don't mean what they argued about, the context of that, because once again, I do not care. There's something going on with him mentally for you to think that you could do this. Have people who witnessed it unwillingly help you cover it up. And then when they don't want to cover it up with you, you flee thinking you're going to get away with this. There's something going on here. This kid's not right. 27 years old, a promising life down the drain, another young life

completely lost for no reason. And I have zero sympathy for. for him at all. Just to play devil's advocate as far as the entitlement, right? Could it be a mental illness? Could it be a mental illness? Of course. I think any time you kill someone, like in this fashion, there's definitely something off there. I also think if we really dive into what he's experienced for the last 27 years, there's probably been a lot of leniency. Like he's gotten away with stuff before? Yeah, yeah, because people understandably feel bad for him. And so people might have gone out of their way to help him, to try to make him feel as comfortable as possible. And maybe he was hoping for some sympathy here in this moment where, you know, look what I've been through.

Look what I've experienced. Look what I've overcome. Look what this other person said to me. You know, I had no choice. Help me here. And understandably, these people were not on board to do so. So it could be also that where he has developed basically a lifestyle where people have catered to him because of his disabilities, which I have no problem people helping you out,

but at the same time, it doesn't give you a free pass to go killing someone. Or like they, you know, he thought maybe that they would help him cover it up because they're like, oh yeah,

I feel bad for you. Right. You're, yeah, no, no, no. He might have even pulled that card. I, just from a legal perspective, am looking forward to seeing

how this one plays out because there's always precedents that are set. And I'm, we're obviously going to get context, right? Like what went down here, what the defense will be?

Is it going to be, an insanity plea? Is it going to be a self-defense plea or is it just going to be like, hey, I'm guilty. It is what it is. I would venture to say he's going to try to claim some form of self-defense. I want to know if the other person had a gun. I want to know if there was some type of threats made. I want to see what the argument is. The only barrier to entry that Dayton is going to have is there were two other witnesses in the car. Yeah. I mean, so you can't really claim too much that, you know, yeah. You have. You have. That's what I'm saying.

So you can't, if it was just a he said, she said thing and the victim is no longer with us, then you're in good shape. But having two other independent witnesses who clearly have already shown that they're not going to just follow you wherever you go and implicate themselves, they're going to come out and say the truth and they're either going to corroborate Dayton's story or they're going to come out and say, no, he's full of shit. They already pieced on him, right? I can't even believe he asked them to help him hide the body. Like, I mean, at that point, I have a question, and I want to hear from these two people, did he ask you?

Or did he still holding the gun threaten you? Yeah. Right? Like, I have the gun. I'm in control. Do this or you could be the next one. Yeah. Because I'm not like, I don't just see someone being like, hey, oh, what a terrible mistake I just made.

You guys mind helping me out here? just covering this up, you know, like, I'm sure there was more of a threatening aspect to it. And I would be curious to know that. And it's just going to kind of get more into the, once again, the entitlement that you thought you could do this, have people help you, and then flee the scene, drop this kid's body off in somebody's lawn like he was garbage, and then continue fleeing the scene and then go to a hospital in a different state thinking you were in the clear to seek me. medical treatment and not be caught. Like they, what they were just going to be like, well, it's just Dayton. You know, he's been through so much. Let's just look the other way on this.

No. Yeah. I do want to end this with more of just kind of an overall message because unfortunately, Dayton was an inspiration to a lot of people out there. A lot of young people, I'm sure, who are amputees who may be going through some adversity and thought, oh, my God, my life's over. You know, I basically am not going to be able to do. anything. And for for a lot of people, I'm sure Dayton represented hope that even in spite of some

limitations, you can still accomplish whatever you want. And regardless of what we're saying about Dayton now, we're holding him accountable for his actions regarding the murder. It doesn't change the accomplishments that he's had from a perspective of anybody out there who's looking at him and thinking, oh my God, this is going to, this hurts all of us. It doesn't change what he accomplished. And so for anybody out there who looked at him for inspiration when it came to things in your own personal life, those still hold true. Just because he did this, he made a really bad decision. He's going to pay for it. It doesn't change what he represents in a lot of ways, which is even in spite of adversity and whatever limitations you have, you can still accomplish whatever you put your mind to.

It reminds me of the other, the sprinter there. You're going to know the name because you're an encyclopedia with that stuff. I want to say his first name's Oscar, the track runner, the blade runner there. The last name he gets with the P. He killed his girlfriend. Piscatoris. Piscatoris, thank you. Piscatoris, something like that.

He's another example of someone who had limitations but was able to accomplish amazing things. Still an asshole for doing what he did shooting his girlfriend. And that doesn't change. But when you look at it from an overall perspective and what he was able to do, I still think that holds true. We can still look at him and say, you know what? not a fan of his decision-making process, but it doesn't change the accomplishment. So that would be my one takeaway. I don't think it changes the accomplishments.

I think it changes their personal accomplishments. I don't think it changes who they've inspired the people who've looked up to them. No, I don't think it changes that. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, does it change? No, I don't think that somebody, you could say the same thing about anybody. Like if you're going through the Epstein files and you see all these people who are talking about and doing terrible things and they're amazing, brilliant scientists who have come up with breakthroughs

and new technologies. But then they're also doing this and talking about this. And it's like, does it muddy the waters a little bit? Does it make what you've accomplished less pure? Yeah, I think it definitely does. And that's the sad thing because. Well, that's on him, though. Who cares?

I mean, I'm not sitting here glorifying him. What I'm simply saying is there's not a lot of people like him. And so what he represents for others that are in similar situations, it should not deter you from that. Yeah, because that took a lot of hard work, resilience, grit, a lot of focus and not giving up. Yeah. And yeah, you're right. You're like, you don't see that a lot. And so when you see something like that, you're like, here's what a human is capable of.

And it's inspiring. Not just people like him. It's inspiring to everyone. Right. And it makes you think it's like, hey, this guy's doing all this. and he's at such a disadvantage. I don't have that disadvantage. And I'm not doing anything, right?

I'm sitting here on my couch, doom scrolling. And he's sitting here. He's out here winning Cornhole championships with no arms. Like, I played Cornhole a few times, and I have full hands, and I am not good at it. Not good at it. Tragic story. Accomplished so much, 27 years old. Life is ruined at this point.

Never going to be the same now. And unfortunate. So we're thinking about everybody involved. especially in that community, but overall, anybody who look to this person for inspiration, you can still look at their accomplishments and be inspired by that. Maybe not the person itself. Any final words from you other than me getting into the CrimeCon giveaway? We're going to have the announcement here.

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Maybe at this point we're in contact, but CrimeCon is a great time. You're going to be going for free with a guest, and we can't wait to meet you. Absolutely. We loved meeting the CrimeCon ticket giveaway winner last year. I remember it very specifically because Derek was like, these are the, well, this is the girl who won, and then she brought a friend with her and we took pictures and hugged and we talked and it was great. So we are going to do that. Yep, we'll do that again.

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I love Vegas. So it balances out somewhere in the middle. But if you have the opportunity to get out there, we strongly recommend that you do so. Listen, that's going to do it for us, guys. Any comments? We want to hear your opinions on this case. What are your thoughts leaving this one?

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