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True Crime Time For January 27, 2026 | Family Disputes, Shootings & Tragic Crimes
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Hello everybody and welcome to True Crime time for Tuesday, January 27, 2026 and I am Cindy Overton and today I am actually recording, obviously by myself. We are in the midst of preparing for the weather that we are experiencing right now and I hope that everyone across the country that is experiencing it, has experienced it or is about to stays safe and warm and just sending out good vibes and prayers for everybody that there's no catastrophes and all is well when this is done. But we're going to get started with January 27th of 2001. On this day, James Parker and Robert Tullock purchased SOG knives and went to half and Suzanne Kintop's residence and they were two teenagers and the two teenagers knocked on the Xantop's house intending to steal at least $10,000 and Tulak attacked the couple with a knife and killing them both. Police discovered a footprint and the knife sheath at the scene, leading them to Pulak and Parker. The pair ran the next morning and were given a ride by a trucker who reported them. Parker pleaded guilty to second degree murder and Tulak to first degree murder. So that's a little bit of history from True Crime in 2001 and now I'm going to give you some crime that has occurred recently.
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It's time for Worldwide Crime.
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Cindy Overton
Police have widened the search for a gunman suspected of killing his pregnant four former partner and two others in remote New South Wales as police explore whether the Lake Cargoligo local may be receiving help to evade authorities. Julian Ingram, who is 37 years old, was last seen driving out of Lake Cargoligo and New South Wales Central west on Thursday. Police suspect he is armed with at least one firearm but confirmed he has never held a firearms license. The New South Wales Police Assistant Commissioner Andrew Holland, said on Saturday morning that two properties in Ubalong were searched by police looking for Ingram the previous night. I want to reiterate at this time that the town of Lake Cargoligo is is now in lockdown, holland said. People are free to move about the town. We ask that they use extreme caution. Ingram is on bail for alleged domestic violence offenses against one of the shooting victims, Sophie Quinn. Quinn, who is 25 years old, was pregnant with his son and she was shot in a car on Bacara street around 4:20pm on Thursday. Another man in the car, John Harris, was also shot and killed. Police were then called to Walker street after reports of another shooting and found Nerida quinn, who was 50 years old, and Caleb McQueen, 19 years old, shot in the driveway. Quinn was an aunt of Sophie and she unfortunately later died. McQueen is in serious but stable condition. Asked whether other associates of Ingram's former partner should fear for their safety, holland said. I think everyone needs to be concerned for their safety at this point. He's a man with a firearm. He's obviously taken a violent action in a country location. One of the victims, his only link to the family was at the location. The offender, we can't tell what his actions are going to do in the first in the future, what he's going to do next. People need to use extreme caution when they're moving about and be mindful of the fact there is a person who is on the loose in the area and may have a firearm. Neighboring properties to the Bacara street address were being door knocked by police on Saturday morning. Several floral tributes have been left near a power pole outside the property where the shooting happened, and fragments of what appeared to be windscreen glass remained on the road. The daughter of an elderly couple who lived next door said she heard gunshots on Thursday afternoon but knew little else about the shooting. About a kilometer away in Walker Street, a neighbor said he heard five gunshots before rushing next door to find the victims in the driveway. He was expecting to speak to police later on Saturday. Residents of the Walker street property where the shooting occurred declined to comment. Holland said that Ingram regularly reported to police for bail as was required, and did so again at 8:12am the morning of the shooting. He said Ingram complied with his bail conditions and a threat assessment was carried out when bail was granted. He goes on to say when bail was made back in November, there was a risk assessment done at that time and at that time the risk was deemed suitable. The matter was put before the court three days later and obviously the court agreed with the decisions made by police as the bail was not changed. He said police had not received any information since the shooting that indicated the threat posed by Ingram may have increased since that original assessment. So let's go back. Ingram had been charged in relation to an offense on Nov. 12 and court documents show that Sophie Quinn had an apprehended domestic violence order which over there is an advo taken out against him in December that was due to be reviewed in court on February 3. Police granted Ingram bail on November 30 for domestic violence related charges. As part of his bail conditions, he was required to report to the Lake Cargoligo police station daily and to abide by the advo. The conditions included that he not go within 100 meters of Quinn, her home or her workplace. Ingram had pleaded not guilty to one count of stalking and harassment with the intention to cause physical harm, one count of common assault and One count of damage or destroying property. Holland confirmed police considered that Ingram knew the area incredibly well and was versed in bushcraft which had necessitated the force widening the search. Area officers checked with known associates, but Holland said it was possible he Ingram was receiving help to avoid police apprehension. QUOTE Mr. Ingram has worked in the area for a long time. He is known to a lot of people in the area and he's well known among the community. Holland said police were still investigating where the firearm or firearms used in the incident were sourced from, but crime scene investigators and had been able to get some indication of the type of weapon used. McQueen's grandmother Sandra Little said on social media that she was praying for his recovery and for the families of the other victims. Sophie Quinn's sister Katie Quinn said her indigenous family could have no peace while Ingram was at large. She said none of the victims families felt safe. All were locals. Police said Overnight a number of specialist personnel had been flown in by polair and the Defense Force, including a tactical operations unit, negotiators and homicide investigators. They described the car Ingram was reportedly in as a Ford Ranger utility vehicle with council signage, a metal trayback, high visibility markings on the side and an emergency light bar on the roof. Holland said on Friday that Ingram was last sighted driving out of Lake Cargoligo in the council vehicle. He said the gunman worked for the Lackland Shire Council. The ABC reported that Ingram was a council gardener working as a weeds officer and Lackland Shire Council was contacted for comment. Between 1300 and 1500 people live in Lake Cargoligo and Holland said on Friday the tragedy would have a big effect on the community. Any death in a small country town is confronting, but a scene where people are shot by firearms is obviously going to make people very, very tense and very concerned. He said the scene faced by an emergency services officers would have been horrendous. So I hope that the manhunt comes to a quick end. They find him. I hope by the time you hear this he has been found and hope there's an update showing that. Now we're going to go to California where we have a young man who was killed in a deputy involved shooting at a Michaels. So this is an updated press release that was published on January 23. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Information Bureau confirmed that a fatal incident at approximately 8:40pm on January 22nd where an adult male was shot and killed in a shopping plaza on the 6600 block of Fallbrook Avenue in the city of West Hills. An investigation is being conducted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide, and it has alleged that detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Major Crimes Bureau observed an armed robbery in progress. The agency also alleged that while attempting to prevent the robbery from occurring by detaining the man and to protect the female victim from harm, a deputy involved shooting occurred. During the altercation, a deputy shot the suspect and rendered aid to him until the Los Angeles Fire Department arrived, but the suspect was pronounced dead on scene at 8:48pm Authorities did not provide an a name or an age for the victim nor the deputy involved. A female accomplice fled the scene in a vehicle southbound on Fallbrook Avenue. She was located in the city of Agora Hills and detained without incident, investigators said. And then as the investigators also added that a loaded semiautomatic handgun was recovered where the suspect died, a woman who declined to share her name told KTLA that the person who was shot and killed was her 18 year old grandson. Have no idea what happened, the woman said. He just came to stay with me for a day last night and he went out with his girlfriend. The girlfriend called my daughter and told me my grandson got shot. I just can't believe it.
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His mother, who did not share her identity, also spoke to the news station. She said, this does not sound like my son at all. This is not something my son would do at all. He comes from a good family. He graduated high school last year. I'm heartbroken. I'm in shock. I don't know how to process it all. Authorities said they are continuing to investigate two recent armed robberies and an assault with a deadly weapon that occurred in the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station policing area involving a male suspect armed with a semiautomatic handgun. They have not said if the incidents are related and they encourage anyone with information to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau row We're going to go back, we're going to stay in California where we have two couples that are at the center of a deadly criminal investigation. Officers responded to an Anonymous tip around 12:26am on Monday, January 19th and there were two bodies that appeared to be bloodied on the 100 block of 27th Street. This is all said by the San Diego Police Department. When police arrived, they found the bodies of a male and a female who had been shot and officers tried unsuccessfully to revive them using CPR. Ruben Chavez, who was 31 years old, and Evelyn Vergin, who is 28, were identified as the victims. Police also said they saw three young children, all under the age of two, inside a nearby parked vehicle. They looked unharmed and the vehicle had been registered to Virgin. Homicide detectives learned Chavez and Virgin were in a relationship and investigators believed the couple had been involved in an ongoing dispute with Chavez's ex girlfriend who was 25 year old Princess Perez and her current boyfriend, 21 year old Ramses Rex Morales. Both Perez and Morales had been in the area when the shooting occurred but fled prior to police arrival. They were later detained by the Border Patrol at the San Ysidro Port of entry as they attempted to re enter the United States around 10am on Monday. On Thursday, January 22, Morales appeared in court where he pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Perez also appeared in court on an accessory charge for driving him to Mexico after Chavez and Vergin's death. She also pleaded not guilty. Morales is also facing three counts of child endangerment in connection with Virgin's children and should prosecutors pursue capital punishment? Special circumstances allegations could make him eligible for the death penalty if convicted, Deputy District Attorney Martin Doyle said. We have alleged in a complaint two special circumstances, one of which is multiple murders. The other is killing of the witness, at least in respect to the killing of the female victim. It's a complicated family situation. The investigation's ongoing as to everybody's respective relationship. Doyle said Chavez was involved in a custody battle with his ex girlfriend regarding their two children as he sought joint custody but only had supervised visitation. Perez and Morales were held without bail after Thursday's arraignment. The investigation remains ongoing. I hope those babies find a safe home with good parents to take care of them. It's so sad what happens in these family disputes. You just oh my goodness. Well, it's like Woody picked the stories for me. Today.
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It's time for Family Matters.
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Cindy Overton
It's another Family Matters and five people were going to Milwaukee and five people were injured in a Milwaukee fire which prosecutors allege was intentionally started by resident Keith Luko. A Milwaukee mother remains in intensive care after she pushed her nine year old daughter from a second story window to save her from a burning apartment as another resident of the building now faces multiple felony charges in connection with the fire. The blaze broke out just around 6:30am on January 16th at a building located on Fairdale Avenue near South 27th street and Loomis Road on the city's south side. Five people were hurt and the mother was identified as Kessie and she's 28 years old and her daughter is Nyla who is again, like I said, nine. Cassie and Nyla were trapped on the second floor as smoke filled the hallway which was the only exit from their unit, which made Kessie push her daughter out of the window in a desperate attempt to save her life. I can't imagine being put in that situation. A neighbor who had gone outside saw what was happening and managed to catch Nyla before she hit the ground. She's pushing her daughter out of the second floor, Diana Falcon, Nyla's grandmother, told CBS 58. At this point it's safer to throw her from the second story on the ground than for her to burn alive and Nila was treated at the hospital and later released with just a leg injury and minor smoke inhalation. A different child who escaped in the fire by jumping from a window suffered a broken pelvis, while other victims were hospitalized with injuries including severe smoke inhalation and lacerations. The injured ranged in age from 9 to 64 years old. Kessie remains in the ICU under heavy sedation and on breathing tubes. Firefighters responding to the scene were forced to rescue multiple residents from the second floor windows with some jumping to escape the smoke and flames. Investigators later arrested 44 year old Keith Luko, who was also a resident of the building. They obviously arrested him in connection with the fire, according to a criminal complaint. Surveillance video showed Luco moving personal belongings out of the building hours before the fire and fleeing the scene as as flames erupted behind him. After his arrest, Luco admitted to pouring gasoline in the hallway and igniting it with a lighter. He told investigators that he was angry that his neighbors were smoking marijuana inside the building and he's been charged with eight felonies including arson, first degree reckless injury and six count of first degree reckless endangering safety. The fire left all eight units in the building unlivable and displacing approximately 25 residents in a matter so apparently smoking pot in some people's brains warrants just catching the whole building on fire. That makes a lot of sense.
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It's time for Effed Up Professionals.
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Cindy Overton
We're going to Kentucky for this one and A Kentucky schoolteacher was arrested in December for having a sexual conversation with a minor under the age of 12, and now she's facing additional charges. Sydney Graf, 36 years old, was initially charged with procuring or promoting use of a minor by electronic means in possession of a controlled substance after that December arrest. But now she's facing additional criminal charges, including rape of a child under the age of 12, sodomy of a child under the age of 12 and an unlawful transaction with a minor under the age of 16. Those charges were all filed this week in Jefferson County Court. Louisville Metro Police said they were first contacted by police for Jefferson County Public Schools about the alleged exploitation of a juvenile victim by a teacher. Court documents say that police learned at that time that a female fifth grade math teacher engaged in sexual conversations with a fifth grade student. Investigators then obtained the conversations between the juvenile victim and the suspect, including one of which the suspect discussed oral sex and she said to the victim, I really need to taste that. I can't even say D. But she says the word for real, for real, which is frfr. The suspect then made arrangements to meet the juvenile on December 15, but upon her arrival, police were waiting and arrested her after being read her Miranda rights. She admitted to the conversation and upon executing a search warrant of her vehicle, pills were recovered, which later were identified as hydrocodone and Adderall. Graff, who is married and a mother of two, was booked in jail and later released. Court documents give no details about the most recent charges, but do reveal the case is expected to be presented to a grand jury early next week. Graff is now back in custody after the latest arrest and her bail has now been set at $500,000. Now, should she post bail, she will not be she will not be allowed to have any contact with the victim or any minors unless supervised, which I don't agree with. Years before her arrest, Graph went on social media to respond to a tweet from Hillary Clinton that was critical of President Donald Trump for attacking the late Senator John McCain. In response to Clinton's remarks, Graf wrote, not you, pedophile so apparently she didn't feel the same way anymore because that is what she now is.
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Beast Mode. It's time for Worldwide crime.
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Cindy Overton
A woman in England who stabbed her estranged husband when he told her he had euthanized their pet dogs has been found not guilty of attempted murder, but convicted of a lesser crime of wounding with intent. Geez. Claire Bridger is 64 years old of Taverham, or Taverham, Norwich, knew something was wrong when she pulled into the driveway of her estranged husband's home on July 17th of 2025, and she realized that she did not hear their dogs barking. When the mother of two asked Keith Bridger, which had been her husband of nearly 40 years, where the dogs were, he told her he had put them down. She said she flew into a rage, blacked out, and then stabbed him in the chest and abdomen with a knife she had in her car. During part of the 999 call, jurors heard Bridger could be heard yelling, you killed my dogs. Bridger was a nurse, and she was arrested and charged with attempted murder and wounding with intent. On January 13, a jury found her not guilty of attempted murder, as I said before, but convicted her of wounding with intent. During the trial, jurors heard the details of what led Bridger to stab Keith Bridger. The couple had separated in April of 2025 and were going to mediation sessions when the incident took place. Bridget initially cared for the two rescue dogs the couple and their two daughters had adopted, but left them with Keith when she went to visit her sister and niece in London for a week. Bridger said she left the couple's two rescue dogs with Keith when she went to visit the family in London and ended up staying for several weeks while dealing with the breakup. And during that time, he and their daughters cared for the dogs, which were described in court as having behavioral issues. At one point, one of the daughters told her to come home and get the dogs because they were having trouble caring for them and were going to put them down, Bridger didn't believe them. She told the jury. I thought it was nonsense, she said, adding that she thought her daughters just wanted her to come home. I thought they would just. I thought they would never put the dogs down, no matter what. And when she returned to Norwich, she drove over to Keith's house to drop off some of their daughter's belongings. And before she drove over, she said she drank a double gin and tonic. And there Keith was in the driveway when she pulled in and they spoke briefly and she was getting ready to leave when she realized that she didn't hear the dogs barking, which she thought was odd. And then she shouted, where are the dogs? He didn't answer her. I beeped my horn, she says, I beeped my horn and shouted it again. When she yelled a third time, she said, he turned around facing me in the car. And he said, he said, you know where the dogs are. The vets wrote to you. I said, I had a text from the vets. And he said, you know what happened to the dogs? The dogs are dead. I had to put them down. The moment she heard that he'd euthanized the dog, she said, it was like an explosion in my head. I could see my feet getting out of the car. And that was it. She said she blacked out and saw Red grabbing a bent knife from a trash bag in her car and stabbing Keith. When Bridget's defense attorney asked her if she was responsible for assaulting her husband with a knife and intended to do him really serious harm, she said yes, the defense attorney told jurors. A medical expert who performed a psychiatric assessment on Bridger found that a combination of alcohol and extreme emotional arousal during the incident could have caused amnesia. And she is scheduled to be sentenced on March 20th.
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Moving on to the next wonderful story of the day. Goodness gracious. You know, I have chosen all of these stories and I'm sitting here like in a trance that I cannot believe that I'm actually saying these things. I would try to pick some less violent ones, but these are mind blowing to me. But new details have emerged about a 13 year old girl who was killed in a house fire in England last year and investigators now believe the bray the blaze may have been set intentionally. According to reports from the Telegraph. Investigators said at an inquest hearing that Layla Allen of Prescott, Merseyside made no attempt to escape the fire that engulfed her bed in April of 2025. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service investigator Ruth Baller Wilson said at the hearing that it was likely she was asleep at the time of the fire, which her parents and five siblings survived. Investigators added during the hearing that it's likely that a lighter was used to set Layla's bedding on fire, but the exact circumstances of the blaze are still unknown. She goes on to say it's difficult to determine the exact sequence of events. However, the burn pattern suggests this fire ignited on the bunk bed, adding that the blaze began on the top bunk and developed within the bedding before it spread to the mattress supported by the oxygen from an open window by the bed. Layla was a fit, healthy 13 year old. She wasn't trapped and there was no reason why she would have not wouldn't have at least been able to get down from the bunk even if it was on fire. Therefore I believe it's more likely she was asleep at the time. If Layla did start the fire herself, there would be no reason why why she wouldn't escape the room. It's possible that her clothes may have ignited but I still would have expected her to get herself down from the bunk and attempt self rescue. According to Merseyside police, Leila died after the fire in Kingsway, Prescott on April 2, 2025 around 11:42pm In a previous release, police said firefighters found a blaze located in the first floor rear bedroom of a mid terraced house and the fire was extreme extinguished at 12:30am Coroner Anita Bajwaj said police cannot rule anything out in the case as Layla's parents have refused to allow other children to be interviewed about the incident, which has prevented police from gathering further evidence. Investigators also said during the inquest hearing that another member of the family set fire to a different bed in the house using a lighter six months prior to Layla's death. That was in one of the bedrooms at the front of the house. It was believed to be caused by a lighter baller Wilson's said it did cause considerable damage and there was smoke to the front of the house, according to the fire and rescue investigator. Fire officials offered to refer Leila's family to Safe Safety advice and fire education, but safe interventions were declined by Leila's mother and the incident was put down to a child playing with a lighter. I'm concerned about the fact that there has been a second fire within such a short period of time and I'm glad that social services are involved because they are clearly highlighted issues, bourgeois said. The ruling at the hearing eventually ended with an open verdict, as the coroner said she didn't have sufficient evidence to make findings a fact to reach any conclusion other than open conclusion. There are too many unanswered questions here. We don't know actually what happened. We don't know who started the actual fire. I cannot stress enough the importance of you as a family for the children to have the input of fire services to give you guidance and support in keeping your children safe, bajwaj said. This is the second fire in similar circumstances within a very, very short period of time involving lighters and this time the sad consequence was Laila's death. Goodness gracious. It's so very sad and it's so very sad that that parent doesn't want their child interviewed. Maybe you can speculate that they don't want to talk about. I don't, I don't know what you can speculate with that.
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It's time for Worldwide Crime Beast Mode.
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Cindy Overton
On Wednesday, January 7, the Greater Manchester Police received a report of an out of control dog biting a woman on Wolfenden street in Bolton. The victim, who hasn't been publicly identified, suffered minor injuries in the incident. The dog has been seized following the attack and one arrest was made. The suspect has been released on bail for further inquiries. The suspect arrested was not walking the dog at the time but is the owner and has a duty to ensure it is in control of someone responsible. We are still trying to identify the person who was walking the dog at the time of the attack. Footage obtained by the sun, the UK newspaper, shows a dog on a leash charging at the woman. A man then attempts to pull the dog back but is unsuccessful. The dog keeps attacking the woman and drags her to the ground. She eventually breaks free and escapes. The incident happened around 2:50pm local time and the breed of the dog has not been disclosed. A statement was released on Facebook that said this afternoon officers from Bolton north neighborhood team attended an address near Hollywell Road and have seized the dog believed to be involved in the attack. We have also arrested a 59 year old man on suspicion of having a dog dangerously out of control. The dog is currently being cared for at a secure kennel and the man was placed in police custody for questioning. The investigation is ongoing. So now I get to go edit this and listen to all of these horrible stories I told y' all today. But again, I hope y' all are staying safe and warm in this situation that is has engulfed basically the whole country. And as always, we want to say hashtag justice for Bradley, justice for ao, justice for Haley, hashtag justice for Barbara Blunt, and hashtag justice for everyone that needs justice. We ask that you continue to like and share the post, like and share the podcast. The more we share it with people, the more we bring awareness to these Justice 4 series. Hopefully will lead to a tip and we get justice for these victims and their families. And please consider donating to the GoFundMe for JusticeForHalie. We hit a running great start and we just, we still have to keep pushing through. We are not quite to $4,000 yet and we need a total of 10. I say we miss Barbara, I don't mean we miss Barbara to get the help that she needs to reconstruct the scene, to do all of the stuff that the evidence room will do to give her some more information about what happened that night. And we thank you for liking listening and sharing. We thank you for listening to us every day. We thank you for joining us on social media. If you are not in the app, please join us in the app. There's 40,000 people in there and we have some great, great, great conversations. We share pictures. It's just like our own little Facebook. It's our own little social media. You can come and post and tell us what's going on in your life and you know, it's just a big happy family in there and we're very, very grateful to have it and blessed for it. Thank you to all of our convicts and patrons. We are so grateful for you and everyone that listens to all lifers. We are so blessed and grateful to have this platform to be able to continue to do what Woody does. And thank you to those that understand Woody's position and the hashtag justice for Bradley and hashtag justice for AO case. Thank you for understanding and respecting that. It was not an easy decision and I'm just going to leave it at that. But please continue to listen because he will give updates when possible. We will see you tomorrow. And this has been true crime time for January 27th of 2026. And I am Cindy Overton and hopefully Woody will be back with me tomorrow. Or you possibly might just hear Woody and we'll get back on track once everything settles down with the weather and we're not literally passing the baton to each other. But y' all stay safe and warm.
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Janice
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