True Crime Time For September 18, 2025 | Murder in Australia, Child Abuse Tragedies & The Dark Legacy of Art Theft

Summary

Real Life Real Crime: "True Crime Time For September 18, 2025"

Hosts: Woody Overton & Cindy Overton
Episode Theme: Deep dives into recent headline and cold cases involving child neglect, viral dangers, murder in Australia, art theft, and the justice system’s failings, all peppered with signature wit, outrage, and true-crime advocacy.
Date: September 18, 2025

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Episode Overview

Woody and Cindy Overton, leveraging Woody's veteran law enforcement and investigative experience, dissect a variety of recent and historical true crime stories: a near-miss roller rink tragedy, a TikTok-fueled child injury, a fatal shooting in Philadelphia, a brutal murder and coverup in Australia, an appalling child abuse case in New Orleans, and a Nazi-looted painting discovered in Argentina. The episode balances dark, gut-wrenching material with unfiltered banter, impassioned advocacy for victims, and sharp criticism of system failures.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Child Left Alone at Roller Rink: Parental Responsibility & Social Media Reactions

[04:43–09:30]

• Cindy recounts how Lauren Rodriguez dropped her 9-year-old daughter off at a Nevada roller rink party, only to return early and find Ashlyn alone and the party over – no host parent in sight, with Ashlyn left to fend for herself.
• Debates ensue online after Lauren takes the story to TikTok (over 2.5 million views). Critics and supporters discuss blame and responsibility.
• Woody provides personal anecdotes ("My parents left me in Astroworld...stuff like that happens.” [08:03]) but expresses sympathy for the mom's concern.
• Cindy notes, "Lauren advises parents do not do a birthday party drop off, emphasizing...host and the parents must communicate clearly and make sure children are never left alone."

Notable Quote

• Woody (08:03): “My parents left me in Astroworld...they just haul ass after church and stuff. I mean, shit like that happens. But I understand Mama's got the red ass.”

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2. The Dangers of Viral Challenges: Child Seriously Burned by TikTok Experiment

[10:02–16:55]

• Woody introduces the harrowing story of Kaden Ballard from Coleman, Texas, who attempted to recreate a TikTok "experiment" involving lighting rubbing alcohol in a bottle. Result: severe burns, hospital airlift, and permanent trauma.
• Cindy and Woody reflect on parenting, the unpredictability of social media influence, and the failings of TikTok moderation.
• Woody plays a news clip with the family’s words—including the mom’s shock and Kaden recalling the incident.
• Cindy laments, "They need to do a TikTok about that," highlighting the irony of negative challenges going viral but safety warnings not gaining traction.

Notable Quotes

• Kaden Ballard, via news clip (14:07): "It looked like the fire had gone out. So my brother grabbed it and said, here, throw it away. So I grabbed it, threw it in the trash can, and my shirt fell apart."
• Woody (15:12): "Hey, just skip lighting the bottle. Alcohol on fire. Good advice. I mean, yeah, come on, man. But I mean, who knows what's going to be next?"

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3. Fatal Shooting at Philadelphia 7-Eleven: Self-Defense or Murder?

[17:12–21:14]

• Cindy details the case of Lauren Jardine, who stepped in to break up a fight outside a Philadelphia 7-Eleven and ended up dead in a scuffle where both parties pulled weapons.
• Investigation revealed a struggle: Jardine attempted to stab John Kelly (the suspect, known locally as homeless and with a history at the location), and he shot her.
• Charges were adjusted from murder to voluntary manslaughter upon video evidence review, spotlighting complexities of legal definitions and self-defense.
• Woody and Cindy reflect briefly but move quickly to the next story.

Notable Quote

• Cindy (19:38): “Both Jardine and Kelly pulled out weapons. She had a gun and he had a screwdriver. They began to struggle physically... Jardine attempted to stab Kelly... Kelly responded by drawing the gun and shooting her.”

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4. Murder and “Self Defense” in Perth, Australia

[21:35–28:01]

• Woody pivots to Western Australia: Muhammad Abdur Rahaan Mareza charged with the murder of Helen Jeremy Solomon Marus, whose body was found with 16 stab wounds, dumped in the ocean.
• Details: Marus was reportedly lured under the guise of a drug exchange for sex. Mareza claimed self-defense, but evidence suggests otherwise—including entertaining a friend in the apartment while the body was stashed in the bathroom.
• Defense attorney’s logic is skewered by Woody: "He wasn't necessarily looking where he was stabbing" regarding the 16 wounds.
• Cindy (24:19): “Sure it was [self defense].”

Notable Quotes

• Woody (25:16): “He had a friend over while the victim's body's in the bathroom and they hung out and he hosts... but don't go to the bathroom.”
• Defense Attorney Quote (24:19): "He wasn't necessarily looking where he was stabbing."

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5. New Orleans Child Abuse: Systemic Failings Lead to Tragedy

[28:12–35:11]

• Warren McCoy, in a news segment, introduces the death of 12-year-old autistic, nonverbal Brian Vasquez, whose mother was charged with negligent homicide after Brian died from drowning following an alligator attack. She had a decades-long history of abuse and prior convictions, but the child was returned to her care regardless.
• Woody is incensed at systemic failures by DCFS and the family court, sharply criticizing the decision to return Brian to his abusive mother, despite her criminal record for child abuse.
• Cindy and Woody highlight the horror of the repeated abuse, the child’s desperate escapes, and his inability to plead for help verbally.

Notable Quotes

• Woody (31:39): “At what fucking point is it when you get convicted for breaking your kid's legs? Three months old, smashed in his skull, collapsing his lungs. You get convicted for it...do you think it [makes sense] to give this baby back?... I mean, y' all don't think that deserves the death penalty, right?”
• Cindy (34:17): "Imagine the daily abuse that child went through."
• Woody (34:20): “He’s trying to escape because of it. And he can’t even tell anybody about it because he can’t talk.”

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6. The Dark Legacy of Nazi Art Theft: A Stolen Masterpiece Surfaces

[35:40–44:06]

• Woody narrates how a Nazi officer’s daughter in Argentina was indicted for concealing a looted painting, “Portrait of a Lady” by Giuseppe Ghislandi, stolen during the Holocaust from a Jewish collector in Amsterdam.
• The painting, worth $3.4 million, was identified in a real estate photo and traced back through history. Woody connects the Nazis’ looting of art to today's global search for restitution.
• Satirical asides about the painting’s value versus the owners’ modest home.
• Discussion on how evil, greed, and legacy crimes resurface decades later.

Notable Quotes

• Woody (41:38): “The eagle eyed Dutch reporters tipped off authorities after spotting the masterpiece on full display in the living room... you think villa, you think seaside? This place is not that fancy.”
• Woody (44:06): "Evil exists, it's everywhere... But goodness exists also."

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Timestamps of Major Segments

| Segment | Topic | Start/End | |----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------| | 1 | Roller rink abandonment & TikTok fallout | 04:43–09:30 | | 2 | TikTok fire experiment injury | 10:02–16:55 | | 3 | Philadelphia 7-Eleven manslaughter | 17:12–21:14 | | 4 | Perth, Australia murder & dismemberment | 21:35–28:01 | | 5 | New Orleans child abuse & DCFS failings | 28:12–35:11 | | 6 | Nazi-looted art: ‘Portrait of a Lady’ surfaced in Argentina | 35:40–44:06 | | 7 | Woody’s closing & cold case advocacy updates | 44:06–46:01 |

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Woody (08:03): “My parents left me in Astroworld ... I mean, shit like that happens. But I understand Mama's got the red ass.”
• Kaden Ballard (14:07, via news): “I grabbed it, threw it in the trash can, and my shirt fell apart.”
• Woody (24:19): "He wasn't necessarily looking where he was stabbing.” (mocking defense)
• Woody (31:39): “At what fucking point...do you think it came across these people’s mind it’s a good idea to give this baby back to that woman?”
• Woody (44:06): “Evil exists, it's everywhere ... but goodness exists also.”

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Closing: Ongoing Cold Case Advocacy

[44:06–46:01]

Woody underscores the heartbreak and grind of unsolved cases—citing Ms. Barbara, Bradley Strasner, and others—expressing hope that "in the next two, three weeks one of these cases is about to bust,” and thanks listeners (“lifers”) for their support, reflecting on the show’s unlikely success.

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Tone & Style Notes

• The hosts strike a balance between irreverent, dark humor and heartfelt outrage.
• Woody’s law enforcement background and Cindy’s matter-of-fact delivery create a natural, unscripted feel, peppered with regional colloquialisms and banter.
• The show’s spirit is advocacy—never letting go of the victims’ stories.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode of Real Life Real Crime exposes the spectrum of human nature—parental failure, viral stupidity, legal ambiguity, institutional neglect, unspeakable violence, and the lingering reach of world-historical evil—filtered through the Overtons’ hard-earned perspective and empathy. Whether probing the gory details or calling out failed systems, Woody and Cindy keep the focus squarely on real lives, using every case as a rallying cry for justice and awareness.

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[Woody Overton]

Hello everybody and welcome to this episode of True Crime. Time for Thursday, September 18th, 2025. And I'm Woody Overton.

[Cindy Overton]

I'm Cindy Overton bringing it to you.

[Woody Overton]

Smoke it out, put it up. Crime stories. Let's switch you tuned in to here and we plan on giving you a plethora hashtag just for Bradley. Hashtag just Freya. I know y' all get tired of me talking about it, but evidently the people in Burning Paris don't because they're still calling their tips, calling you tips three one three RLRC tip and y' all the hopefully this week's episode will be out for Patreon convicts maybe tonight. Everybody else is going to get it on Saturday. And you know, Patreon convicts just don't get a release early. Release this commercial free and all that. And if you get tired here in commercials, you can look at that. Go to patreon.com, type in real life real crime or go to the App store and download the real life Real crime community app for free. And we affectionately call our subscribers and they're convicts. All right, that being said, what do you have for us today?

[Cindy Overton]

We're starting off with a kind of a, kind of a light one, but I think it could have gotten bad. We're going to Nevada. We're going to a roller skating rink in Nevada. And I kind of think you sent this one to me to trigger me a little bit.

[Woody Overton]

Probably not.

[Cindy Overton]

I'm just joking. In August of this year, a woman named Lauren Rodriguez dropped off her nine year old daughter Ashlyn at a birthday party at a roller skating rink. Before leaving, Lauren met briefly with the host parent and she signed Ashlyn into the party, got her fitted for roller skates and Confirmed the party would run until 5pm the host said it was okay for Lauren to drop off and run errands during that time. A lot of parents do that, like. But a lot of parents like me, I would stay, you know, most of the time. The host parents would prefer. If you're not like close friends with the parents, you would prefer for those parents to leave and kind of. So they don't have to entertain you on top of the kids and all that. So they were like, okay, drop her off. Go run your errands. Be back at five. So Lauren goes and runs a few errands, and she, of course, trusts that her daughter Ashlyn would be supervised. She gets back early according to the time frame. She arrives back at the roller rink at 4:30. And when she returned to the rink, she expected to pick up her daughter, naturally. But she found the party room was locked and dark and Ashlyn was all alone. Ashlyn did not have a phone, so she couldn't call her mom. And when asked, she told Lauren that everybody else had left. And while waiting in the rink, Ashlyn found a friend she knew from gymnastics who wasn't part of the party. And she hung out with her. So she wasn't entirely alone. But the family.

[Woody Overton]

She wasn't locked in the room?

[Cindy Overton]

No, she wasn't locked in the room, but the family. That mother that gave the party just left without making sure that little girl was picked up. Lauren tried to contact the host parent multiple times. It says eight calls and texts, and there was no response. And then she spoke to the rink manager who said the party had ended about an hour earlier, which was around 3:30, because she got there at 4:30. The group had moved out of the. Out of the party room to the lobby for what should have been the gift presentation. That's where they were going to open the presents. And neither Lauren nor Ashlyn had been informed about these changes. Lauren said her daughter hadn't eaten and didn't participate in the cake or gifts because none of these things were announced. The situation left her shocked, sad and guilty, saying, I felt like the worst mom ever because she had trusted the host's word. Well, what does she do? Where do you. What do you.

[Woody Overton]

I was going to say, first of all that the. My parents left me in Astroworld, which y' all don't know was an amusement park. My parents left me at church when I was altar boy. They just haul ass after church and stuff. I mean, shit like that happens. The. I'm pretty sure the kid was okay. They're in a roller rink skating their ass off with another little friend. But I understand Mama's got the red ass.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

So mama calls and texts, and then she's really got the red ass. So she. I'm assuming she drives over and pistol whips her.

[Cindy Overton]

No, she just goes to TikTok. Oh, and she posted a TikTok about what happened. And the video went viral. Over 2.5 million views. And of course, it sparked debate. Some defended Lauren, saying hosts and parents both share responsibility. Others felt Lauren should have not dropped off her daughter without kidding.

[Woody Overton]

Pedophiles. Yeah.

[Cindy Overton]

And now Lauren advises parents do not do a birthday party drop off, emphasizing how important it is for the host and the parents to communicate clearly and make sure children are never left alone in such situations.

[Woody Overton]

Okay. I mean, really not throwing shade on any of that because I don't understand it. So I don't know. But since you brought up Tick Tock, let's go to another Tick Tock story. Y' all go watch real life, Real crimes. Tick Tock posted on there every week. Probably got like 20, I don't know, way over 20,000 people that watch the videos.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

But anyway, well, you know, little boy named Kaden Ballard, he was watching Tick Tock and on August 16, he and his older brother were watching TikTok and they thought they saw something that was cool, and so they tried to recreate it. An experiment on TikTok. You can only imagine where this shit show is going to go, right? I don't know how in the. This stuff. I get my stuff taken down for no reason, but that you get to do experiments like this on TikTok. I mean, you can't put a gun on TikTok or you can't say gun. You have to say pew pew or whatever. Right. But the. Anyway, these two boys decide to recreate a TikTok video of an experiment of lighting a bottle filled with rubbing alcohol on fire to watch the flame rise. And this according to KX. I'm sorry, I were in Texas. Austin, Texas. KX A N or Coleman, Texas. KXAN Austin and KRBC TV and CBS 42. Everybody covered the story. So the. They did it and they lit the bottle on fire. And then, hey, they were like, this is cool. But it's a bottle of isopropyl alcohol which has, as we know from by swimming, knows for making moonshine. The more pure the alcohol, the clearer the flame. Right? Or the blue or flame. So the isopropyl alcohol has an almost invisible flame once ignited, you see where this is going. The cadence says it looked like the fire had gone out, so my brother grabbed it and said, here, throw it away. So I grabbed it to throw it in the trash can and poof, my shirt was on fire. Now Caden's mama Christina was home. The boy's mama was home, and she learns about the incident. You know what? Let me see if I can just play it. Can I play the audio? Because mama be sitting by Kaden in the hospital. Geez.

[Cindy Overton]

You probably have.

[Woody Overton]

And your children or grandchildren have certainly heard of the TikTok challenges or what.

[Cindy Overton]

Looks like fun activities on social media. And these youngsters that maybe they would enjoy being part of all for fun.

[Woody Overton]

But there is a much more serious side. Not all of those fun activities are safe. An example from right here at home. Recreating an experience on TikTok almost cost a Coleman boy his life. And now he and his mother are sending a message of safety to other families just like them. KTAB's Mariah Williams speaking with mom and son. But viewer discretion is advised. Some parts of the following video may be disturbing to some viewers.

[Cindy Overton]

It was just like any other day.

[Woody Overton]

Kaden and his older brother Cameron were sitting on the couch watching TV and scrolling on TikTok.

[Cindy Overton]

It was more of an experiment where you basically take some water, not water, fluid, rubbing alcohol, and you put it into a bottle.

[Warren McCoy]

That's when they came across an experiment.

[Woody Overton]

Video they thought they would try.

[Warren McCoy]

And then you light it on fire.

[Cindy Overton]

And the fire shoots out the bottle.

[Warren McCoy]

I did that, or me and my.

[Cindy Overton]

Brother did that and it was cool.

[Warren McCoy]

So they grabbed the materials from their.

[Woody Overton]

Cabinets and once they were done, or so they thought, that's when the unthinkable happened.

[Cindy Overton]

It looked like the fire had gone out. So my brother grabbed it and said, here, throw it away. So I grabbed it, threw it in the trash can, and my shirt fell apart.

[Woody Overton]

The right side of his body covered in second and third degree burns, leading him to be care flighted to Dallas.

[Cindy Overton]

I never expected for them to find videos like this.

[Woody Overton]

Kayden's mom Christina was on the other side of the property when she got a message from a nearby friend who heard the boys making a 911 call.

[Cindy Overton]

When I walked up to the porch, he was just face, chest, arms, stomach, covered in burns.

[Woody Overton]

His it looked like his skin had been melted away. Luckily, when the fire happened, Kaden's older brother stepped in into action to put him out. Christina now urging other parents to have.

[Warren McCoy]

That conversation with their kids to avoid repeating their story.

[Cindy Overton]

Just tell your kids because you never.

[Woody Overton]

Know when something they see online could.

[Cindy Overton]

End up putting them in the hospital or worse. We got very lucky. You see something that looks and could be dangerous. I would recommend just skip. Don't do it.

[Woody Overton]

Reporting in Abilene with coverage you can count on, I'm Mariah Williams, Keytown News. Hey, just skip lighting the bottle. Alcohol on fire. Good advice. I mean, yeah, come on man. But I mean, who knows what's going to be next? Yeah, but this is at least isn't licking the bluebell ice cream in the grocery store and sticking it back in the thing. Yeah, but you still. The. The. The video was graphic and that dude was burnt. Yeah, Crispy.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah, they need to do a tick tock about that.

[Woody Overton]

But how the this tick tock get away with. I mean that y'. All. They. I'm a content creator now and they have so many rules and restrictions. Like if you say a word. I was talking about I'm a burn burn and Paris down. But I, I mean I didn't say anybody specifically or I might have said I'm a burn burn it down. And they sit my down. Sent me a notice saying you violated community standards. For what? Saying burn. I didn't say I was going to kill somebody or blow somebody up or, you know, whatever. All the time. It's a little bitty things like that. One word will get you done. But yet you can have kids lighting rubbing alcohol on fire and shooting it in the air and that's okay.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah, yeah, that's okay.

[Woody Overton]

Well that's a crime within a crime. And you know, can't really fault the kids. I mean, I can, but we didn't have tick tock when I was a kid, but I did make Molotov cocktails, set myself on fire.

[Cindy Overton]

You did your own experiments. You didn't have to get them for someone else.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, but what I'm saying is. TikTok. Yeah, yeah, I straightened it up, but thank God we didn't have cameras and TikTok. All right, give us something else that's.

[Cindy Overton]

I'm going to Philadelphia.

[Woody Overton]

Philadelphia.

[Cindy Overton]

The Evening of Friday, September 5, around 5:45pm Philadelphia Police responded to reports of gunfire outside of a 711 and it was specifically the 711 at the corner of 12th and Chestnut Streets in Center City. Witnesses later described seeing three people involved in an altercation. One woman stepping between a man and another woman before a struggle ensued that ended in gunfire. Officers who arrived on the scene discovered 33 year old Lauren Jardine wounded and she was transported to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. But later died.

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[Cindy Overton]

Police quickly identified and arrested 45 year old John Kelly, who was known to be homeless and to frequent the area near the store and had a history of harassment there. Kelly was apprehended near the scene and taken into custody. Then there was the review of the surveillance video and footage and witness statements that revealed that Jardine had intervened in an argument between Kelly and his girlfriend despite not knowing either of them. And during the confrontation, both Jardine and Kelly pulled out weapons. She had a gun and he had a screwdriver. They began to struggle physically over the firearm. At one point, Jardine attempted to stab Kelly with the screwdriver and Kelly responded by drawing the gun and shooting her. So in the initial charging documents, Kelly was charged with murder, illegal firearm possession and related offenses. But prosecutors reviewed the video evidence showing Jardine's attempt to stab Kelly and they described the more appropriate charge was voluntary manslaughter along with the firearms offenses. Kelly remains in Custody and the preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 22nd. Yep. Fighting outside of a 7117 11.

[Woody Overton]

Homeless. Slurpee. Slurpee. SlurPee. And we're going to some. It's time for worldwide crime. What country we're going to.

[Cindy Overton]

Back to India?

[Woody Overton]

Nope. Australia. You can't get shit right today.

[Cindy Overton]

I can't.

[Woody Overton]

All right, so Australia, you know, man, woman, man stabs woman to death and then what does he do?

[Cindy Overton]

Runs.

[Woody Overton]

No.

[Cindy Overton]

Buries her. Lives with her.

[Woody Overton]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Cindy Overton]

Well, I mean I don't know why you're asking me because I can't get it any right.

[Woody Overton]

I was seeing the ESP was on earlier. Now it's all but the he stabbed her to death and then he dumps her body in the ocean. So the Western Australia Police Force confirmed that the body of a woman was found in the water near Success Boat harbor and South Fremantle in Perth, Western Australia by a member of the public. Okay. And police did not confirm the woman's name in the timeline and events and she. But she was ultimately identified as Helen Jeremy Solomon Marus, who's 25 from the suburb of Kung Gamia. According to the 90s authorities noted that a man was charged with one count of murder in relation to the death of. Five days later the WA Supreme Court confirmed in an email that Muhammad Abdur Rahaan Mareza is facing a murder charge relating to the offense state thought to be. And this goes back for a minute, I'll tell you why. December 1st of 2022, which was three days before Maru's spice was found. Now per the ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, it was a recreational fisherman who found the victim's body floating face down in the water and she suffered 16 penetrating sharp force injuries. In court, prosecutors accused Miraza, who's 23, of inviting the victim to his home to have sex with him in exchange for drugs. When he was first questioned by the police, Maraza accused a drug dealer of murdering Marusque, saying that he was also injured and threatened during the altercation. However, this is where Loose Lip Sync ships. He told an undercover operative that he was responsible for the murder, but he said it was an act of self defense. I'm sure 16 times, right?

[Cindy Overton]

Sure it was.

[Woody Overton]

So the pair had communicated via the message app Telegram and Marza alleged he was providing Marus, who was reportedly addicted to methamphetamine anyway supply them with the drugs and this according to abc. However, the victim got angry when she realized the suspect didn't have any drugs. And Miraza claims she armed Herself with a knife. Citing her multiple wounds, four which were potentially fatal. The prosecutor, Katrin Robinson pointed out the Miraza continued to attack the victim, who was much more injured than him. Right. Robinson alleged that the suspect didn't call an ambulance because he didn't want the police to get involved.

[Cindy Overton]

No.

[Woody Overton]

Stupid. Prosecutor said Maraza hid the victim's body in the bathroom for days before disposing it in the ocean. This during this time, you know, because of self defense and everything. Whatever. Well, you know what? He had a friend over while the victim's bodies in the bathroom and they hung out and he hosts hosted his friend during the apartment during that time. But don't go to the bathroom. So when, when the friend came over, he actually locked that bathroom door. Marisa kept the door to the room where her remains were locked. Now this is your favorite part. Defense lawyer Simon Waters insisted his client reached for the knife after mersuit became aggressive and upset. He said he wasn't necessarily looking where he was stabbing. What? That's not funny. But it is. So the. Anyway, the jury trial actually is in 2025 and the. The whole thing started with which I didn't tell you about it in the very beginning is quoted, says this. It's again a quote from the defense attorney says he wasn't necessarily looking where he was stabbing. Muhammad Abdur Raham Mazara's lawyer claimed, explaining that the victim had 16 stab wounds. Now that might be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Okay, the. Well, I mean self defense plea, what else are you gonna do? But then you stab her 16 times, leave her in your apartment, lock the door when your homeboy comes over. Y' all probably did some meth.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And you know, stay high for days and days and days and then go dump her in the water.

[Cindy Overton]

Just dump her in the water.

[Woody Overton]

But the, but the fence is she came over. I agreed to give her some meth. For sex. Yeah. And when she realized I didn't have any meth, I just wanted the sex. She attacked me.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

So I stabbed her 16 times. I wasn't looking, but I wasn't looking where I said, pretty sure if you're stabbing somebody 16 times, you're not actually looking at the knife going in. You're looking in their eyes. You know what I mean?

[Cindy Overton]

Oh my gosh. You always say, well strangling is the most intimate.

[Woody Overton]

But yeah, stabbing's pretty in that I would agree. Stabbing is right up there. This is breaking news.

[Warren McCoy]

Good Evening, I'm Warren McCoy. We start with breaking news tonight. New Orleans police arrest the mother of 12 year old Brian Vasquez in connection to his death. The NOPD says 34 year old Hilda Vasquez faces negligent homicide and second degree cruelty to a juvenile charges. She was taken into custody this evening around 5:30. The Orleans Parish coroner says that Brian died from drowning, an injury suffered from an alligator attack. This after he was reported reported missing from his New Orleans east home. Authorities aren't giving much details at this time but say Hilda Vasquez has a documented history of abuse against Brian. Records FOX 8 obtained tonight confirm that. And according to the records filed in a criminal district court, they say Brian escaped twice weeks before a third disappearance that resulted in his death. In an affidavit for her arrest warrant, detectives say there are two Department of Children and Family Services reports one resulting in a cruelty to juveniles conviction of against Brian. When Ms. Vasquez was arrested and convicted.

[Woody Overton]

For abusing Brian when he was three months old, she committed a skull fracture.

[Warren McCoy]

Broken legs and a collapsed lung. At that point he was removed from the home and then at some point subsequent to that DCFS returned him back to the home. And that's obviously part of the information that we're working with our DCF partners but that's in the public realm. That's, that's in our search warrant. I mean I'm sorry IRS warrant occupation.

[Woody Overton]

That she had that previous conviction. There was a period when he was removed from, from the home.

[Warren McCoy]

As we comb through these records they also say that a third report with DCFS was filed after Brian's body was found. Also Brian was diagnosed as a victim of child physical abuse when he was a baby. DCFS investigated lack of supervision of Brian and alleged neglect from his mother. Brian was non verbal and on the autistic spectrum. He reportedly escaped through a bedroom window from his home in the east on August 14th. He was last seen on doorbell camera video and a multi agency search went into finding him. Drones, airboats and dogs were deployed to help in a search that zeroed in on a lagoon on Severus Street. Also want to thank our local, state.

[Woody Overton]

And federal partners who all helped in this investigation as well as the Cajun Navy who was out there for several days. This was an emotional and really traumatic case not just for the community, the family, but also our own officers and every officer that was out there was not an easy time for anyone and we're again we wish the outcome would.

[Warren McCoy]

Have been different but it's not the case.

[Woody Overton]

But we have to pursue and seek.

[Warren McCoy]

Justice for Brian Brian's body was found in that lagoon on August 26th. And a lot of questions surrounded this investigation, including the NOPD's response time. And OPD data showed a roughly five hour gap between someone reporting a missing juvenile on Thursday, August 14, and the department dispatching an officer. The report came in at 10am and an officer came at 3pm but according to the records, Hilda Vasquez had conflicting statements when it came to what led up to his disappearance. She is booked into the Orleans Justice Center. The NOPD says this is still an ongoing investigation. Urges for anyone out there who knows something to say something and call Crime Stoppers.

[Woody Overton]

Tell y' all some the. All during that. Those videos, during the news clip the mama is out putting up Find me posts, what they call them missing posters. She's doing a march, she's doing all this shit while they're. And she fucking knows she murdered that baby. And he's autistic, nonverbal. You maybe because you fractured a skull and broke his ankles and when he was three months old. But I have a huge. Now look, I love ice. I mean, I worked with Child Protective Services all the time, unfortunately, and I had a great relationship with those ladies. But someone. At what fucking point is it when you get convicted for breaking your kid's legs? I'm a three month old, smashed in his skull, collapsing his lungs. You get convicted for it. At what point and at what time do you think it came across these people's mind that it's a good idea to give this baby back to that woman? I know, and I'm sure she was getting a government check form every month or whatever. And I mean, he tried this or he did escape twice in the weeks prior to this. Come on, man. I mean, y' all don't think that deserves the death penalty, right? Right, right. I mean, other than being 83 with dementia where you don't know who you are or whatever, and murdering somebody like that and raping them, you know, doing this to a baby that's a baby is 12 years old now, but it's been going on forever and you give them back. And ultimately drowned and murdered him in the gator porch, y'. All. That's just what gators do. That's not the gator's fault. It's not like the kid was swimming and the gator ate him and the gator would take him and probably I took so long to find. Because gators don't eat you right away. They take you down, they store you underneath, you know, debris or tree Trees in the water, whatever have you. And they come back and eat you later on. But this happened to a 12 year old boy.

[Cindy Overton]

Imagine the daily abuse that that child went through.

[Woody Overton]

He's trying to escape because of it. And he can't even tell anybody about it because he can't talk.

[Cindy Overton]

No, no.

[Woody Overton]

And this bitch is out there. If you could see the videos. This bitch is out there but pumping the street, giving news interviews, doing all this. That's why. I mean it's a horrible story regardless. But she's just out there. I'm gonna bring my baby home.

[Cindy Overton]

Was it Gerald Bordelon that did that?

[Woody Overton]

He didn't know. He didn't do anything. As far as the news interviews, who was.

[Cindy Overton]

Who is the one that I'm thinking of that was that raped and his. And killed his daughter's girlfriend. And he.

[Woody Overton]

His daughter's girlfriend.

[Cindy Overton]

His daughter. His girlfriend's daughter. I'm sorry, that is.

[Woody Overton]

That is Gerald Borlan. But he did not get on TV and beg for her to come home and shit like that. He did not help with search.

[Cindy Overton]

I thought he did.

[Woody Overton]

No. And. But a lot of other people do it. Susan Smith, Scott Peterson, the ones that you've heard about them. That woman murder by you all right now I up today.

[Cindy Overton]

That just sucks. I mean because you have mad respect for cps, the CPS workers.

[Woody Overton]

But they drop ultimately I'm tell you something, they had to, they had to get her approved by a judge to send that baby back. And that woman had to. To petition to get the baby back. And probably she's given about three, three grand a month between disability or whatever you want to call it. And so anyway here let's just do another good story. It's time for worldwide crime. And on the note of hatred in the world and all that, you know, you know it's not new. And we'll go back to World War II when the infamous Hitler decided he wanted to kill every Jewish person in the world. And look, it felt like you were autistic back then. They perform lab experiencements and on you, right? They want the superior race. Well, you know he had all his underlings that carried his out, the Nazis, right. So one of the things they did and I know people seen movies like the Monument men and stuff like that when they took over these European cities they if they didn't agree with the books and they burned them or the artwork of certain types of paintings. But a lot of the. Hitler was actually an artist. People don't know that he was a shitty artist. But he was an artist. He also was a corporal in World War I. He was served as a messenger boy running back forth between officers. But the. They would go in, they steal all the famous artworks and then when they realized they were losing the war, they buried a lot of them and different like that. Yeah, well, you didn't have to be just on an art theft squad to steal art. Regular Nazi soldiers and SS troops who go into people's homes, see something value, you know, looting, whatever, to the victor goes spoil back in their mind. They got their ass kicked. So. But one of the Nazis who stole a painting from a home of a Jewish man during the Holocaust, his daughter got the painting and she was charged on Thursday with concealing the artwork and the theft in the context of a genocide. This is in Argentina.

[Cindy Overton]

Okay.

[Woody Overton]

Now the. One of the big things that happened was when they realized they were losing is a lot of the Germans went to South America, Argentina and surrounding areas. They set up whole communities. They, they said they was going to continue the Reich and they thought it was going to happen all but it never did. And they arrested a lot of the Nazi war criminals down there afterwards and they were pretty much hiding them out.

[Cindy Overton]

You used to watch a show where they were looking for finding Hitler.

[Woody Overton]

Yeah, yeah. So. Patricia Kadigin and her husband had been placed under house arrest earlier this week as authorities probed whether they had obstructed the effort to locate the 18th century painting which her daddy stole 80 years ago. Cadence, whose late father Frederick Caden was a key aid to Adolf Hitler's evil litwaff chief Herman Guring. Guring was like he was, he was the. Like the air force and chief but he also had a mad love for paintings. So anyway him and Adolf used to sit around and drink tea I guess or not take probably beers and look at the paintings. But anyway the. Anyways. Kaden and her husband were charged with aggravated concealment of property over the possession of the painting Portrait of a Lady. And this according to Argentina outlet in Fabrias Portrait of a Lady you ever seen that you've probably seen in the museum somewhere. So in the portrait it's portrait of Contessa Collini by Italian artists Giuseppe Gasadi. In the they said the crimes being covered up are serious and it's linked to the crimes of genocide, death in the context of genocide and are related to a systematic plan to appropriate works of art and jury which perpetrated by the Nazi regime. That's according to the prosecutor Carlos Martinez. In 1743 the portrait of Contessa Collini by Italian artist Giuseppe Gasaldi. Suddenly reappeared after was spotted in a real estate photo for Kaden Mar del Plato's home last month. Yeah, right. Take a selfie in front of that. There's selfie was in the background. Somebody was like, oh, some art critic or whatever saw it, right. And I mean you'd have to know what it was. But it was stolen from Jacques Guta Sticker who's a Jewish art collector in Amsterdam back in 1940. Then it was taken to South America by Cadence father after he fled Europe at the end of the Second World War because he ran like a little bitch. The eagle eyed Dutch reporters tipped off authorities after spotting the masterpiece on full display in the living room. In the listing while investigating Cadence ties to Argentina. That's crazy. Caden. Who avoided punishment for the involvement in Nazi regime. The old man.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

Died in 1979. Argentina cops last week raided the villa but weren't immediately able to locate the painting after it was swapped out with a tapestry by Kaden and her husband. So they still getting the tips that the popo was coming? All right, they said we had indications that the pain might be in this residence. And the prosecutor Martinez said after the raid the painting wasn't in the house. But we see some documents related to engravings and drawings that might provide context. So the couple's lawyer later handed the iconic painting over to the prosecutor's office. All right, so the good sticker family have urged the courts and police to return the painting to them. And they should. They did a lot of that if you could prove it. But I mean, you know, it's like we buy hedge trimmer or something, or td, whatever. You never keep the receipt. No, they either think or they ask you do you want things for warranty? And I'm like, now I'm not paying $20 and breaks six months so later. But anyway, this. Look at this villa. I'm gonna show it to he to you and her. Then I'm gonna ask how much the pain was worth. This is where they were living. Okay, you think villa, you think seaside? Fancy, fancy place. This place is not that fancy. But let's find out how much this painting was worth. Is worth 1743. Portrait of Contessa Collini by Italian artist Giuseppe Gasadi. How much is it worth? $3.4 million. Yeah, that villa they're living in didn't cost $75,000. But you got your portrait of a lady hanging in your $63,000 home. $3.5 million. And your daddy's a Racist and evil exists. It's everywhere. It's on all sides of political parties. It's on. It's in the grocery store, it's in Walmart, it's in the dentist office. Whatever.

[Cindy Overton]

It's wherever.

[Woody Overton]

It's wherever evil goes. Right. But goodness exists also. Like Vernon Parish. There's lots of bad stuff, but lots of great, great, great people. And, you know, continue to call you tips 313RLRC tip. And I'm a whole steady to my statement I made the other day. I have a feeling in the next two, three weeks, one of these cases is about to bust. Right?

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And wouldn't that be something special? It would be amazing for the families.

[Cindy Overton]

Yeah.

[Woody Overton]

And I mean, we got Ms. Barbara still missing, murdered. Bradley's still missing, murdered. AO obviously lying about her situation and murdered calling it an overdose. And Haley they said was a suicide. And obviously it wasn't. But at least Haley and Austin's family got to bury him. Yeah. Bradley Strasner. October 30th will be six years. So in a month and two weeks. Six years, Ms. Barbara. 18 years, 19 years, whatever it is. So anyway, you got anything else? I love and appreciate each and every one of y'. All. You are awesome. Thank you for liking and listening and sharing. If you want to go, leave us a review. And we keep charting every week. Still in the top 200 in the world. We started over 750,000 podcasts. Now there's over 8 million, and we're still in the top 200. That's pretty special. Just a little couple from south Louisiana only because lifers are the best fans in the world. And I'm Woody Overton.

[Cindy Overton]

I'm Cindy Overton.

[Woody Overton]

We'll holler at y' all later. Love you. Peace. This is the story of the 1.

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