Crime Alert 6AM 12.11.24 | Teen Charged With Murder After Trying to Bury Newborn

Published Dec 11, 2024, 11:00 AM

A Marietta, Georgia, teen now charged with murder after officers find Leticia Rodriguez's newborn baby dead on the ground. Rodriquez is digging a hole to bury the infant.  Rodriguez, had given birth just hours earlier, alone.  Police say they are investigating whether her family even knew about her pregnancy.

Crime Alert I Nancy Grace breaking crime needs now. Late night Mary Outa, Georgia, a seventeen year old girl digs a hole in her backyard. Concerned relatives called nine one one officers find Letitia Rodriguez newborn baby dead on the ground. The whole intended to be a grave. Rodriguez lives with her family and had gone into labor delivered the baby all alone. Now, just hours after birth, she needs immediate medical attention. Police say they're investigating whether her family even realized she was pregnant.

Nancy police are releasing new details about the gruesome crime scene, now saying the newborn baby boy was found clearly injured before his death. Rodriguez claim the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck, so she used a knife to cut it away, lacerating the baby's neck in the process. Rodriguez also used a second knife to quote cut out the baby's heart.

Rodriguez facing charges of concealing a death, abuse of a dead body, and abandonment.

Rodriguez has been additionally charged with aggravated assault and felony murder.

A TikTok influencer in Florida arrested for shoplifting after posting a video showcasing her stolen items. Merlena Velez twenty two, allegedly uses a fake barcode at a target's self checkout to steal five hundred dollars worth of stuff. After releasing surveillance footage of Valz in the store, Cape Coral police receive an anonymous tip from one of Velez's three hundred thousand followers. The footage matches a TikTok she posted showing her shopping at that target and the very same outfit. Officer Riley Carter says she essentially incriminated herself showing off her self checkout loot. Hey. Nobody said criminals were smart, didn't they? More Crime and Justice news after this. Now with the latest crimeing justice breaking these crime onlines John.

Limley, authorities are working to extradite Luigi Nicholas Mangioni, the twenty six year old suspect in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, back to New York to face murder charges. Mangioni, an Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family, was arrested Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a McDonald's customer recognized him and alerted police. Officers found Mangioni seated with a laptop wearing a mask. When questioned, he provided false identification but reportedly became visibly nervous when asked about New York. He was carrying a firearm similar to the one used in the crime, a fake ID linked to the shooter's check in at a New York hostel, and a document expressing hostility toward Corporate America. This according to police. Fifty year old Thompson was fatally shot last Wednesday in what investigators describe as a targeted attack. Surveillance footage indicates the gunman fled Manhattan by bus by bus. Mangioni, who remains jailed in Pennsylvania, was also charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm and other offenses. New York prosecutors have obtained an arrest warrant to expedite his extradition. Authorities continue to piece together Mangioni's background, which includes a stellar academic record and passed residency in Honolulu, where he reportedly struggled with chronic back pain. Police say Mangioni had ten thousand dollars in cash and a passport at the time of his arrest. In Indiana, justice has finally been served in a case that remained cold for nearly five decades. For more, we turned to Sydney Sumner of Crime Online.

Sixty nine year old Fred Bandy Junior of Goshen, Indiana, was sentenced to life in prison for the nineteen seventy five murder of seventeen rolled Laurel gen Mitchell. Mitchell vanished after leaving her job at a local church camp, and her body was discovered in the Elkhart River the following day. The long awaited sentencing was handed down by a Noble County judge. Bandy, convicted of first degree murder earlier this month and a bench trial, while now faced life behind bars with the possibility of parole. His attorney has yet to comment on the ruling. This case dates back to August nineteen seventy five, when Mitchell's disappearance shook the small community of North Webster, located about one hundred and forty miles northeast of Indianapolis. After years without answers, a major breakthrough came last year when Bandy, along with sixty nine year old John Wayne Lamam of Auburn, Indiana, was charged in connection with her death. Lamam, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, was sentenced to eight years in prison earlier this month. In a deposition this passed August, Laymam claimed that Bandy raped and drowned Mitchell. While he denied taking part in the killing, he admitted his fear of Bandy prevent him from intervening. The case was revived through advancements in DNA technology. Investigators were able to test evidence that had been preserved since nineteen seventy five, including Mitchell's clothing. A DNA profile linked Bandy to the crime, with testing determining it was thirteen billion times more likely that his DNA was present on the clothing than that of any other unknown person. Prosecutors were also armed with witness testimony. Three individuals, teenagers at the time of the murder, came forward decades later with information implicating both Bandy and Leimam.

Investigators say these witness statements, combined with the DNA evidence, were key in solving this nearly fifty year old mystery.

Thanks John, a car accident sets off a mysterious chain of events leading to the disappearance of twenty one year old Stefan Chan. On April two, twenty eighteen, Chan involved in a single car crash aace Templeton, Massachusetts. He calls an uber to get to irving, where he vanes. Tracker dogs briefly pick up a cent, then lose it. Chan's family describes him as visibly stressed in the week's prior Authorities conduct extensive searches, including ground teams drones, reviewing his social media for clues, but no new info emerges. Stephen chen Asian five eight five nine, one hundred and forty pounds, black hair, brown eyes, glasses. Anyone with info please contact Massachusetts State Police five zero eight eight two zero twenty three hundred. For the latest crime and justice news, go to crimeonline dot com and please join us for our daily podcast, Crime Stories with this crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace.

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