Speaker 1: Warning. This episode contains graphic crime scene detail. Please listen
Speaker 1: with discretion. All witnesses, suspects, and purses of interest are
Speaker 1: considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Primetime Crime. I'm your host, Kylie. Let's talk
Speaker 1: right now in true crime, and then together we're going
Speaker 1: to work on warming up some pulled cases. Let's go. Hey, guys,
Speaker 1: welcome to this week's episode of Primetime Crime. It's Kylie.
Speaker 1: We are going to get into a little right now
Speaker 1: in true crime. Right off the bat, I have Elec
Speaker 1: Murda news his new trial has officially been set for
Speaker 1: April fifth, twenty twenty seven. The judge that is presiding
Speaker 1: over this case, I really like her. She seems to
Speaker 1: really have everything together as far as what she wants,
Speaker 1: what she's going to allow, what she's not going to allow.
Speaker 1: She did say that the trial might end up having
Speaker 1: to be pushed back a couple of weeks, and she's
Speaker 1: willing to do that, but we're not going to be
Speaker 1: putting it back any further than that. So that is
Speaker 1: currently where things stand. Elex's team very much wanted him
Speaker 1: to be able to have his laptop so he could
Speaker 1: go through evidence and so on and so forth, and
Speaker 1: the judge ruled that no, he's not allowed to have
Speaker 1: his laptop. He is going to be treated like any
Speaker 1: other defendant and they aren't allowed to have their laptop,
Speaker 1: so he is not going to be allowed to have his.
Speaker 1: They also had asked that he not be in shackles
Speaker 1: and just be quote unquote normal in the courtroom, and
Speaker 1: that was also denied. So I do appreciate that she
Speaker 1: is treating him like any other defendant and he's not
Speaker 1: getting special privileges because he is who he is, because
Speaker 1: you know, he's eating this up. He is one thousand
Speaker 1: percent all about being back in front of everyone and everything.
Speaker 1: I'm really curious to see if he's going to testify
Speaker 1: what that's going to look like. But I'm already planning
Speaker 1: that April is going to once again take over my
Speaker 1: life because I didn't have this podcast back during the
Speaker 1: last trial, but it a million percent took over my
Speaker 1: life and actually is what prompted me to start my
Speaker 1: podcast essentially in a roundabout way. So I will continue
Speaker 1: to keep you guys updated on this one. I'm going
Speaker 1: to be following along as always. So next thing, I
Speaker 1: want to talk about is a little bit of Rex
Speaker 1: Heureman news, the Long Island serial killer. The big breaking
Speaker 1: news this week is that the therapist that was his
Speaker 1: therapist while he was in prison for three years is
Speaker 1: not licensed to practice. She's been practicing without a license
Speaker 1: four years and she is currently facing felony charges of
Speaker 1: tens of thousands of dollars in bogus insurance reimbursements. So
Speaker 1: her name is Alison Winter. She was fifty two. Like
Speaker 1: I said, Rex Hureman's jail house therapist for almost three years,
Speaker 1: and she definitely has a lot going on. She was
Speaker 1: apparently arrested in November of twenty twenty four on grand
Speaker 1: larceny charges as well as a scheme to defraud as
Speaker 1: well as fourteen counts of unauthorized practice of a profession
Speaker 1: for allegedly posing as a licensed social worker between twenty
Speaker 1: eighteen and twenty twenty four. I personally don't know how
Speaker 1: people get away with this and they're still billing insurance.
Speaker 1: It's just a wild, insane ride. I don't understand it.
Speaker 1: None of it makes any sense. But just another little
Speaker 1: bit of saga in the Rex Humorman case, because again,
Speaker 1: it seems to be every single week since he has
Speaker 1: been officially sentenced, there has been different things that have
Speaker 1: been coming out, So that is kind of the latest
Speaker 1: on that. I don't really know if there is anything
Speaker 1: more that will come of this one, but if there is,
Speaker 1: I will be sure to keep you guys updated and
Speaker 1: let you guys know one thing I totally forgot to
Speaker 1: mention on last week's Right Now in True Crime that
Speaker 1: I wanted to update you on because it is so
Speaker 1: so important. I have gotten to know Hokuten over the
Speaker 1: last couple of years and become familiar with her story,
Speaker 1: and I have had her on the podcast to talk
Speaker 1: about the tragedy that happened to her children, Alec and Lydia,
Speaker 1: and I have learned so much about phill aside and
Speaker 1: coercive control and everything that Hope went through and what
Speaker 1: she is doing to help change the laws and protect children.
Speaker 1: And I wanted to let you guys know that House
Speaker 1: built two nine nine five. The Alec and Lydia Act
Speaker 1: was officially passed and signed by Governor Hobbes in Arizona
Speaker 1: on the twenty second of June, which was a huge
Speaker 1: monumental way to honor Alec and Lydia and help save
Speaker 1: other children. So I just wanted to give a shout
Speaker 1: out to Hope for everything that she has done. She
Speaker 1: is hoping to save children and prevent what happened to
Speaker 1: her children from happening to any other families, and not
Speaker 1: just in Arizona, but hoping that this is going to
Speaker 1: go across the United States hopefully, because that is exactly
Speaker 1: what needs to happen. Children need to be at the
Speaker 1: front and center in family court, and ultimately, this passing
Speaker 1: of this bill is going to help save lives. And
Speaker 1: Hope truly has done this as a passion project and
Speaker 1: has been able to use her own pain and her
Speaker 1: own personal tragedy to put something like this in place
Speaker 1: so that way this doesn't happen to other children and
Speaker 1: it doesn't happen to other families. So I did want
Speaker 1: to take a minute to recognize her and all of
Speaker 1: her hard work, and just everybody that has supported Hope
Speaker 1: and shared posts and really been behind her as a
Speaker 1: voice against philocide, because it truly does take village. She
Speaker 1: is a really amazing woman and she worked her butt
Speaker 1: off to get everything passed through, but she couldn't do
Speaker 1: it alone. So everyone that has supported her and has
Speaker 1: been behind her, has shared her story, has been willing
Speaker 1: to listen to her story because her story is obviously
Speaker 1: very heartbreaking and a lot of people don't like to
Speaker 1: listen to stories that involve children, but it's so important
Speaker 1: and this is the reason that it's important, because laws
Speaker 1: are being put into place, things are going to change,
Speaker 1: and children's lives are going to be saved, and ultimately
Speaker 1: that is the end goal. So hope, if you're listening
Speaker 1: to this, I love you so much and I am
Speaker 1: so so proud of you, and I hope that you
Speaker 1: know how proud Alec and Lydia are of you. We
Speaker 1: do have an update in Charlie Adelson's appeal journey. His
Speaker 1: appeal has officially been denied, so we do not have
Speaker 1: to go through another trial for him again, and I
Speaker 1: am very grateful for that because, in my opinion, I
Speaker 1: think it is pretty obvious that Charlie Adelson is exactly
Speaker 1: where he needs to be. In other appeal news, Corey
Speaker 1: Richins has filed a motion to get a new trial,
Speaker 1: citing that the judge that oversaw her trial was unfairly
Speaker 1: biased towards the prosecution and that could have swayed the
Speaker 1: jury in some way, shape or form. I personally think
Speaker 1: that she is grasping at straws because I don't think
Speaker 1: that anything that the judge did made me feel like
Speaker 1: he was unfairly biased towards the state. They also talked
Speaker 1: about the fact that they were allowed to bring in
Speaker 1: all of the financial aspects of things, all of the
Speaker 1: potential financial crimes that were in Corey's past, and kind
Speaker 1: of made it a similarity to Elec Murda and how
Speaker 1: all of the financials were allowed in his trial and
Speaker 1: that led to him being convicted for the murders of
Speaker 1: his wife and son. And similarly, with Corey, she had
Speaker 1: quote unquote financial motivation and then was essentially convicted for
Speaker 1: the murder of her husband Eric. So there's a lot
Speaker 1: going on there with that one. I'll continue to keep
Speaker 1: you guys updated. If there is any breaking news on
Speaker 1: anything Corey Richard's related, I will be sure to bring
Speaker 1: it to you here. But that about does it for
Speaker 1: right now. On True Crime. I do want to do
Speaker 1: a little bit of a background episode on all that's
Speaker 1: going down in Ohio right now, but I need to
Speaker 1: be able to sit and dig in a little bit
Speaker 1: more on that, so I'll probably talk about that whole
Speaker 1: story on next week's episode right now on True Crime,
Speaker 1: but for now, we are going to go ahead and
Speaker 1: get into this week's case. Alrighty guys, Today we are
Speaker 1: diving into a brand new case. We are going to
Speaker 1: be discussing the abduction and subsequent murder of five year
Speaker 1: old Neveya Buchanan out of Monroe, Michigan in two thousand
Speaker 1: and nine. I do want to give a content warning
Speaker 1: on this episode. The details of this case are extremely
Speaker 1: disturbing and it also involves a child, so please take
Speaker 1: care when listening. I totally understand if this is one
Speaker 1: that you have to skip because it is tough, and honestly,
Speaker 1: with cases like this, I very much go back and
Speaker 1: forth on if I should cover them or not. But ultimately,
Speaker 1: exposure is key to getting justice because unfortunately, the person
Speaker 1: that did this to Nevea is still at large, and
Speaker 1: as long as they are out there and haven't been
Speaker 1: held accountable, we run the risk of this happening again.
Speaker 1: So talking about it and sharing about it is the
Speaker 1: first step. Let's go ahead and get into Nevea's story now.
Speaker 1: Nevea A Maya Buchanan was born on February third of
Speaker 1: two thousand and four to her parents, Jennifer Buchanan and
Speaker 1: Shane in a host. The next part of this is
Speaker 1: going to be taken directly from Nevea's obituary, so you
Speaker 1: can get an idea of who Nevea was. Novella was
Speaker 1: an excellent student. She enjoyed every day at preschool and
Speaker 1: recently had graduated from the Discovery Preschool program at Cantrick.
Speaker 1: She could often be found spending time at the playground
Speaker 1: or hanging out with her new best friend, Austin. She
Speaker 1: thought that she was hot stuff while driving her power
Speaker 1: wheels Escalade or riding her scooter. She also loved motorcycles,
Speaker 1: so that, like I said, was taken directly from her obituary.
Speaker 1: Nevea is also described as having a smile that could
Speaker 1: warm the room and a personality that could tame a
Speaker 1: wild heart. She had a huge love for life. Her
Speaker 1: favorite movie was The Jungle Book, and she was a
Speaker 1: tomboy who hated to wear dresses. Ended only five years
Speaker 1: old when her life was tragically taken. Nevea sounds like
Speaker 1: she was truly an amazing kid. So Nevea lived with
Speaker 1: her maternal grandmother Sherry and her mom, Jennifer, in Monroe, Michigan.
Speaker 1: Monroe is about twenty minutes from the Ohio border. They
Speaker 1: lived at the Charlotte Arms Apartments, located at one point
Speaker 1: one six' Six North Macomb street In, Monroe. Michigan it
Speaker 1: does appear that the complex has since been renamed and
Speaker 1: it is now Called Sterling Point. Apartments this apartment complex
Speaker 1: was considered lower income housing at the. Time the complex
Speaker 1: was three floors and one hundred and eighty. Units nevea
Speaker 1: and her family lived on the ground. Floor nevea's, Father,
Speaker 1: shane lived In, Toledo, ohio and it doesn't seem like
Speaker 1: he had a lot of involvement in her life prior
Speaker 1: to her going. MISSING i believe it had been about
Speaker 1: three years since he had had any communication With, nevea
Speaker 1: meaning the last time he had had any communication with
Speaker 1: her was when she was two years. Old, so needless to,
Speaker 1: Say shane And jennifer were not together at the time
Speaker 1: That nevea went. Missing navea's, Mom, jennifer had recently spent
Speaker 1: a few weeks in jail before being placed on probation
Speaker 1: in connection with a home. Invasion i've also seen additional
Speaker 1: reports that report That jennifer had also been in jail
Speaker 1: previously When navella was, younger which is why her, Grandmother
Speaker 1: sherry had legal custody Of nevea and still had legal
Speaker 1: custody of her at the time of her. Death But
Speaker 1: jennifer was back home now and she was focused on
Speaker 1: building a better life for her and her. Daughter so
Speaker 1: let's fast forward To, Sunday may twenty fourth of two
Speaker 1: thousand and. Nine it Was Memorial day. Weekend sherry was
Speaker 1: at work that, day So jennifer was home With. Nevea
Speaker 1: jennifer had a friend and her friend's child who was
Speaker 1: going to be spending the, night so they were. Over
Speaker 1: so the adults were hanging out and is, typical the
Speaker 1: children were outside. Playing it was the early months of
Speaker 1: summer and that is what they. Did there was a
Speaker 1: playground at the complex that the children would often spend time,
Speaker 1: at but they would also play around the, complex or
Speaker 1: they would go to other children's apartments in the complex
Speaker 1: and play. There this was not unusual For. Nevea she
Speaker 1: was always out. Playing so on this particular, day it
Speaker 1: was around five pm And nevea had had an. Accident
Speaker 1: she had used the restroom on. Herself she was so
Speaker 1: involved in playing that she accidentally used the restroom on.
Speaker 1: Herself so she went back home to change, clothes and
Speaker 1: she changed into a sleeveless light blue shirt with red
Speaker 1: and white horizontal stripes and a WHITE v neck collar
Speaker 1: and jean. Shorts she told her mom that she was
Speaker 1: going to go upstairs to her Friend austin's, apartment and
Speaker 1: she grabbed a popsicle and then went out the. Door
Speaker 1: So austin was a little, older he was, eight and
Speaker 1: he lived upstairs from the and he was her best.
Speaker 1: Friend this was honestly about a ten second commute From
Speaker 1: nevea's apartment To austin's. Apartment so around six thirty, pm
Speaker 1: the child of the friend who was staying with them
Speaker 1: at the apartment came in and Told jennifer That nevea
Speaker 1: was playing in the street on her, scooter which she
Speaker 1: wasn't supposed to. Do, now there's also reports that it
Speaker 1: could have been the parking lot that she was playing,
Speaker 1: in but, essentially wherever she, was it was an area
Speaker 1: that was off limits To, nevea and she knew that
Speaker 1: she wasn't supposed to be playing. There So jennifer knew
Speaker 1: that she said she was going to be going, upstairs
Speaker 1: so she wasn't even supposed to be. Outside she was
Speaker 1: supposed to be upstairs In austin's. Apartment So jennifer proceeded
Speaker 1: to get up from the couch and go outside and
Speaker 1: Find nevea and make sure that she was not doing
Speaker 1: something she wasn't supposed to. Do and she went out
Speaker 1: and couldn't F she asked some of the other kids
Speaker 1: who were outside if they had seen, her and they
Speaker 1: all said. No then in her, travels she ran across
Speaker 1: the apartment manager who also said the same. Thing she
Speaker 1: had also not Seen, nevea so she kept searching and.
Speaker 1: Searching she went door to. Door she was going to
Speaker 1: all Of nvea's friends apartments trying to find. Her she
Speaker 1: wasn't An austin's, apartment and then she eventually made her
Speaker 1: way to the back of the complex and that is
Speaker 1: where she Found nevea's, scooter but there was No nevea in. Sight,
Speaker 1: NOW i have seen various reports on what happened, next
Speaker 1: but from different Articles i've, seen it appears at this
Speaker 1: point in time That jennifer called a friend of, hers
Speaker 1: thirty nine year Old George kennedy to help her. Search
Speaker 1: george was close To jennifer And, nevea And nevea even
Speaker 1: called Him Daddy. George it does appear that at one
Speaker 1: point in Time jennifer And george had, dated but they
Speaker 1: were not actively dating at the time That nevea had.
Speaker 1: Disappeared So jennifer Asked george to help her look For,
Speaker 1: nevea and that's exactly what they. Did they searched the
Speaker 1: local playgrounds and also searched a Nearby kmart store that
Speaker 1: was kind of caddy corner to the apartment, complex thinking
Speaker 1: Maybe nevea had wandered off over, there but there was
Speaker 1: no sign of. Her so somewhere between eight and eight,
Speaker 1: fifteen a nine to one call was made to Report nevea.
Speaker 1: Missing jennifer also Called cherry to let her know That
Speaker 1: nevea was, missing And chery was just about to leave
Speaker 1: from work when she got the, call and she arrived
Speaker 1: back home before law enforcement showed up at the. Apartment
Speaker 1: Once nevea was reported, missing law enforcement set up a
Speaker 1: large scale search For. Nevea this included a canine unit and.
Speaker 1: Helicopters there were also police officers and volunteers From monroe
Speaker 1: because words spread. Fast Once nevea went, missing investigators began
Speaker 1: to Interview jennifer, extensively and it was at this point
Speaker 1: in time they realized exactly Who George kennedy. Was he
Speaker 1: was a convicted, Felon he had served time for home
Speaker 1: evasion and also was a registered sex. Offender once investigators
Speaker 1: realized he was close With jennifer and involved In nevea's,
Speaker 1: life they arrested him for violating his parole as he
Speaker 1: was to have no contact with children due to his
Speaker 1: sex offender. Status at twelve thirty am On, monday An
Speaker 1: amber alert was issued For. Nevea amber alerts In michigan
Speaker 1: in two thousand and nine were a bit different than
Speaker 1: they are present. Day they were facts to radio AND
Speaker 1: tv stations and then were sent to phones that opted
Speaker 1: into the, alert so not everybody got the. Alert when
Speaker 1: the alert was, issued all one hundred and eighty units
Speaker 1: of the complex were, searched as well as the residents,
Speaker 1: questioned and nearby quarry was searched by divers and sonar
Speaker 1: equipment and cadaver equipment were also brought. In Lake monroe
Speaker 1: was searched with no sign Of. Nevea the only possible
Speaker 1: witness at this point was a man Named Tim. Finley
Speaker 1: he had visited his sister who lived at the. Complex
Speaker 1: he left the apartment complex around seven pm and he
Speaker 1: said he hadn't noticed any children playing, outside but he
Speaker 1: did see a little red car speed out of the
Speaker 1: complex parking, lot and in his mind he thought that
Speaker 1: was a little. Weird but other than this, sighting no
Speaker 1: one saw or heard, anything and nobody Saw. Nevea as
Speaker 1: investigators continue to Question, jennifer they learned that she had
Speaker 1: another person in her life that had a sketchy passed
Speaker 1: a man Named Roy. Smith he was forty eight years,
Speaker 1: old and this is an individual Who jennifer had met
Speaker 1: Through George kennedy and no shock. Here he was also
Speaker 1: a registered sex. Offender in nineteen ninety, one he was
Speaker 1: charged with third degree sexual conduct for sexual assault and
Speaker 1: he was sentenced to fifteen years and had only been
Speaker 1: released a year. Earlier he was also taken into custody
Speaker 1: for parole violations as he also was not to have
Speaker 1: any contact with. Children there was also this really weird
Speaker 1: thing that was discovered That george And roy had traded vehicles.
Speaker 1: Recently roy had traded his van To, george And george
Speaker 1: ended up getting His thunderbird in. Exchange On may twenty,
Speaker 1: seventh investigators obtained a search warrant For George kennedy's, home
Speaker 1: which was really just a low budget motel room that
Speaker 1: he had been. Renting they found some stuff that set
Speaker 1: off alarm. Bells they found bloody clothes and blood on the,
Speaker 1: walls and there were pictures inside of underage, girls which
Speaker 1: we can assume were probably inappropriate given his. History, allegedly
Speaker 1: in my, opinion the clothing was sent off for comparison
Speaker 1: To NIVEAYA'S dna and it ended up coming back as
Speaker 1: not a. Match When george was questioned about where the
Speaker 1: blood came, from he said he didn't know how the
Speaker 1: blood got there and thought that maybe at some point
Speaker 1: he had cut his. Hand in a jailhouse interview he
Speaker 1: did With Mark, Reader George kennedy said the following, QUOTE
Speaker 1: i didn't take, her AND i definitely didn't kill. HER
Speaker 1: i have no. CLUE i wish THAT i did have some.
Speaker 1: CLUE i am hoping that she ain't. DEAD i still
Speaker 1: got my fingers crossed that they are going to find her.
Speaker 1: Alive end. Quote, so following the arrest of these two.
Speaker 1: Individuals they continue to Question jennifer and they ended up
Speaker 1: doing a thorough search of her home and her different electronic.
Speaker 1: Devices she said she had nothing to, hide and it
Speaker 1: was even noted that she never retained legal counsel and
Speaker 1: the reason for this is she said she didn't have
Speaker 1: anything to hide and she didn't need it because she
Speaker 1: did nothing. Wrong she also said that she had no
Speaker 1: idea who would want to hurt her. Child investigators continued
Speaker 1: to scour the apartment complex and question, neighbors and they
Speaker 1: followed up on all. Tips tips were pouring in by the.
Speaker 1: Dozens they had questioned at least two hundred and forty
Speaker 1: people related to her case at this. Point On may thirty,
Speaker 1: first another man came into the picture as a possible,
Speaker 1: suspect sixty five year Old James, easter who was reported
Speaker 1: to police as someone to look into because he was
Speaker 1: reportedly burning items in his backyard Following nevea's. Disappearance he
Speaker 1: also was a little. Sketchy he was charged with indecent
Speaker 1: exposure in the late nineties after he decided to take
Speaker 1: off his clothes behind them In Row library because he
Speaker 1: said it was a, nice warm day and he wanted
Speaker 1: to just relish in the, nice warm. Day two kids
Speaker 1: came across him and called the, cops so he was
Speaker 1: brought in for, questioning and they did everything they could
Speaker 1: to try to break. Him they were trying to Pin
Speaker 1: navea's abduction on, him and he said he had nothing
Speaker 1: to do with her, disappearance and he maintained his. Innocence
Speaker 1: he was let, go and once he got back, home
Speaker 1: he once again began to burn. Items they, were, however
Speaker 1: keeping an eye on him because they knew that there
Speaker 1: was something a little off about this. Guy so he
Speaker 1: was then arrested for charges related to burning property and
Speaker 1: then was officially named as a person of interest In navea's.
Speaker 1: Case james would go on to give several concerning statements
Speaker 1: about her. Disappearance following his, arrest he was asked by
Speaker 1: AN fbi agent what he thought had happened To, nevea
Speaker 1: and he said the following. Quote IF i was a
Speaker 1: bad guy AND i was looking for something like a
Speaker 1: little girl or a little, CHILD i would have drove
Speaker 1: my pickup in. THERE i would have made a horseshoe
Speaker 1: around the office and the POOL i would have pulled.
Speaker 1: Onto this turned on my hazard, lights pretending to have
Speaker 1: a car, problem and THEN i would have snuck up
Speaker 1: along the blind side of those pine. Trees and then
Speaker 1: he made a comment about how there's always maintenance workers out.
Speaker 1: There so, yes this is absolutely him describing how at
Speaker 1: the exact apartment complex That nvea was abducted, from how
Speaker 1: he would abduct a. Child and if you're asking, yourself
Speaker 1: how does he have familiarity with the apartment complex That
Speaker 1: nvella went missing, From i'm about to tell. You. So
Speaker 1: it turns out That James easter was dating a gal
Speaker 1: Named janie and she lived at that same, complex and interestingly,
Speaker 1: enough she may have been one of the last people
Speaker 1: to See. Nevea she told The Detroit Free press that
Speaker 1: around five or six, pm she Saw navea go by
Speaker 1: with a little boy behind her on her. Scooter she
Speaker 1: was riding her scooter like a normal, child and then
Speaker 1: minutes later she noticed the scooter had been abandoned under her.
Speaker 1: Window she said she didn't hear any yells or anything
Speaker 1: that stood out to her that would lead her to
Speaker 1: believe that anything bad, happened but that is an interesting little. Tadbit,
Speaker 1: nonetheless law enforcement then ended up Searching james's place and
Speaker 1: they found, pornography a duct, tape and gloves that were
Speaker 1: all in a trash, can and they also found several barbie,
Speaker 1: dolls which when they Questioned james about, them he said
Speaker 1: they were for his. Granddaughter in the next few, days
Speaker 1: they would announce That James easter was no longer a
Speaker 1: person of, interest and they announced that they were looking
Speaker 1: for the owners of a green van and a silver
Speaker 1: van that was last seen near an elementary school in the.
Speaker 1: Area they also stated that they were questioning another person
Speaker 1: of interest that drove an ice cream truck as. WELL
Speaker 1: a twenty thousand dollars reward at that point in time
Speaker 1: was being offered for information Into nevea's. Disappearance everyone in the,
Speaker 1: community of, course was on edge Since nevea had been,
Speaker 1: abducted and they all very much held out hope that
Speaker 1: she was going to Be fountain. Safe but the longer
Speaker 1: it went on without any word From, nevea it became
Speaker 1: more and more likely that they weren't going to find her.
Speaker 1: Safe On june fourth of two thousand and, nine the
Speaker 1: search For nevaa ended in a tragic. WAY a individual
Speaker 1: Named Guy bickley along with his, father decided that morning
Speaker 1: that they were going to go fishing down on The River.
Speaker 1: Raisin they arrived there about nine thirty am and they
Speaker 1: fished all. Morning then around twelve o'clock they decided to
Speaker 1: go to another, spot and that is where they made a.
Speaker 1: Discovery So guy reported that they had gone down on
Speaker 1: the banks and he saw some concrete kind of on
Speaker 1: the b and it was kind of described as being
Speaker 1: off to one side where they were going to be
Speaker 1: sitting up to, fish and he said there was some
Speaker 1: rocks adjacent to the cement, area and to, him in his,
Speaker 1: mind he thought that somebody had maybe tried to fill
Speaker 1: a hole with some cement that had just started to
Speaker 1: erode a little. Bit he didn't really think much of
Speaker 1: it and went to sit down on the rocks and
Speaker 1: put his feet on the concrete area so that way
Speaker 1: he could sit there and. Fish but once he sat,
Speaker 1: there he started to smell. Something he didn't know quite
Speaker 1: what it. Was he thought maybe there was some fish
Speaker 1: that had died somewhere and that's what he was. Smelling
Speaker 1: so he decided to get, up and when he got,
Speaker 1: up he realized that the concrete that he had been
Speaker 1: by had kind of started to crumble a little, bit
Speaker 1: so he was kind of using his shoe to kind
Speaker 1: of kick it around a little, bit, again not really
Speaker 1: thinking of, anything and that is when he saw what
Speaker 1: he believed to be human. Flesh he got his dad
Speaker 1: and then immediately they left and they called nine to one,
Speaker 1: one so investigators came out to the scene and they
Speaker 1: announced that they had indeed found human, remains and the
Speaker 1: remains were of a young, girl and they did believe
Speaker 1: that this young girl Was nevea because of the clothes
Speaker 1: that she was. Wearing they were found in a shallow
Speaker 1: grave that was dug alongside the river, bed and the
Speaker 1: remains had been placed there and concrete had been poured
Speaker 1: on top of the. Remains, obviously whoever did this put
Speaker 1: that cement there as a way to conceal the remains
Speaker 1: and probably believed that they wouldn't be. Found BUT i
Speaker 1: really think that day that Guy bickley and his father
Speaker 1: being there was a stroke of luck and they picked
Speaker 1: that spot to go, fishing because if, not who knows
Speaker 1: If nvea would have been. Found but of course they
Speaker 1: did have to wait to make sure that the forensics,
Speaker 1: matched and they were going to be doing other, testing of,
Speaker 1: course to confirm that this was in Fact. Nevea the
Speaker 1: sheriff did go on to make a statement that of
Speaker 1: course put the community on, edge and they basically, said
Speaker 1: whoever did this is likely still out and about In
Speaker 1: monroe in the. Community on that very same, day Both
Speaker 1: George kennedy And Roy smith were transferred from the jail
Speaker 1: to state. Prison not really sure if that was just
Speaker 1: coincidental or. What they never were arrested on any charges
Speaker 1: related To neva's. Death the remains that were found were
Speaker 1: sent to The Wayne County Medical examiner and investigators began their.
Speaker 1: Work they blocked off the area where the remains were,
Speaker 1: found and they were scouring everything they could to try
Speaker 1: to find any type of forensics to figure out who
Speaker 1: could have done. This around the same, Time jennifer was
Speaker 1: doing a lot of. Interviews jenna for Is navea's. Mom
Speaker 1: On june, ninth she went On Nancy grace alongside a
Speaker 1: friend of. Hers nancy questioned how she could let her
Speaker 1: daughter be around not just, one but two convicted sex.
Speaker 1: Offenders she responded and, said everybody deserves a second. Chance
Speaker 1: and as you can, Imagine Nancy grace did not respond
Speaker 1: well to that. Statement she also responded to the fact
Speaker 1: That george had been convicted of sexually assaulting a fifteen year,
Speaker 1: old and she responded That george had basically told her
Speaker 1: that it was a consensual, encounter and that is in
Speaker 1: fact what she, believed that it was a consensual. Encounter
Speaker 1: but as we, know fifteen is not the age of
Speaker 1: consent In, michigan so it was never consensual in any,
Speaker 1: way shape or, form And nancy was sure to tell her.
Speaker 1: That On june tenth of two thousand and, Nine jennifer
Speaker 1: went on The channel nine to five to Five mojo
Speaker 1: in The Morning show to say the cheat things that
Speaker 1: whoever did this To nevea was possibly somebody That george
Speaker 1: was involved, with maybe one of his girlfriends or somebody
Speaker 1: that he. Knew so at this point in, Time jennifer
Speaker 1: was out doing a lot of, interviews LIKE i, said
Speaker 1: and she was getting a lot of public, scrutiny and
Speaker 1: the media was having a heyday and they were picking her.
Speaker 1: Apart so it was at this point in time that
Speaker 1: she stopped giving, interviews which was probably a, really really
Speaker 1: good decision on her. Part so around the same, time
Speaker 1: the remains had officially been identified as those Of Nevea,
Speaker 1: buchanan but they still were awaiting autopsy, results so in the,
Speaker 1: Meantime nvea's family began to plan her. Funeral On june,
Speaker 1: thirteenth they had a beautiful funeral For nevea and there
Speaker 1: was a lot of people there from the community to
Speaker 1: support her and her. Family she was laid to rest
Speaker 1: At Saint Joseph cemetery and it was a full celebration
Speaker 1: honoring her. Life the next, day following the, funeral the
Speaker 1: autopsy report had come back and it had indicated That
Speaker 1: nevea's cause of death was indeed, exphyxiation and it led
Speaker 1: them to believe that the concrete had been poured on
Speaker 1: top of her while she was still, alive which is
Speaker 1: the most, horrific, inhumane horrible detail of this case THAT
Speaker 1: i cannot wrap my head. Around it's. Awful there was
Speaker 1: no other sign of trauma On. Nevea there was no
Speaker 1: other injuries to her body other than. That it was
Speaker 1: not reported whether or Not nevea had been sexually, assaulted
Speaker 1: but one thing, remains this crime is absolutely. Horrific they
Speaker 1: also determined that the cement had been mixed, incorrectly which
Speaker 1: is the reason why her remains ended up being found
Speaker 1: in the first. Place according To nivea's, cousin who was
Speaker 1: Named Sean, lawson there were also carp fibers that were
Speaker 1: found On nevea's body and underneath her. Fingernails at this
Speaker 1: point in the, investigation they had about twelve hundred tips
Speaker 1: that they had gone through and got over In nivea's,
Speaker 1: case but by the Time august had rolled, around the
Speaker 1: tips had significantly slowed. Down on the one year anniversary
Speaker 1: Of nevea's abduction and subsequent, murder they held a press
Speaker 1: conference where they shared that they had yet to make any,
Speaker 1: arrests but were questioning Another monroe resident as to their,
Speaker 1: involvement and they assured the community that the case was
Speaker 1: not closed and it was still open and very. Active
Speaker 1: they said at that point in, time they weren't at
Speaker 1: a point where they could go out and make an,
Speaker 1: arrest but it was progressing in that. Direction they then
Speaker 1: continued to say that they aren't publicly naming any suspects
Speaker 1: or persons of interest at that. Time by twenty, Twelve
Speaker 1: jennifer said that she hadn't spoken to the police About
Speaker 1: neva's case in nearly two, years every single time it
Speaker 1: seemed like they had a, lead they ended up right
Speaker 1: back at square one again for one reason or. Another
Speaker 1: the tips had stopped coming in as much and they
Speaker 1: were getting maybe one a month if that about In neva's.
Speaker 1: Case but everything changed On may twenty second of twenty
Speaker 1: fourteen when it was revealed In monroe's local paper that
Speaker 1: investigators thought they knew who Killed. Nevea they never gave
Speaker 1: this person's, name but they did say it was a
Speaker 1: male and somebody that was born and raised In, Monroe,
Speaker 1: michigan and this person had a lot of issues stemming
Speaker 1: from their teenage, years and they believed that this was
Speaker 1: a crime of, opportunity and also said at that point in,
Speaker 1: time this person was serving time in prison for domestic
Speaker 1: assault charges and that they were going to be in
Speaker 1: prison for at least ten, years and there was also
Speaker 1: another charge looming for allegedly trying to murder someone else
Speaker 1: at the. Prison AND i think it's wild that this
Speaker 1: was poorted, on especially because it was said they're ninety
Speaker 1: nine percent sure that this was the, person but nothing
Speaker 1: was done about, it which is so, frustrating and saying
Speaker 1: that this person's in prison for the next ten years
Speaker 1: doesn't exactly Give nevea any. Justice and still as the years,
Speaker 1: passed there have been no arrests made In nevea's. Case
Speaker 1: then in twenty, sixteen all of this was taken. Back
Speaker 1: they backtracked and said there's been nothing new that has
Speaker 1: come out In nevea's case since twenty. Twelve SO i
Speaker 1: assume that they wanted what they previously had said in
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen just to kind of go, away so they.
Speaker 1: Backtracked this abduction and murder changed everything For neva's. Family,
Speaker 1: Sherry neva's, grandmother moved out of the apartment shortly after the.
Speaker 1: Murder jennifer also left and went to move in with a.
Speaker 1: Friend nevea's dad now visits the river every year With
Speaker 1: neveus half siblings as a way to honor and remember,
Speaker 1: her AND i do have to give him a shout. Out,
Speaker 1: shane he was not super involved In deveya's life prior
Speaker 1: to her, disappearance at least in the last few years
Speaker 1: of her. Life when she went, missing he literally moved
Speaker 1: his life To, Monroe, michigan set up a tent in
Speaker 1: the parking lot of the apartment, complex and that is
Speaker 1: where he lived until they were able to find out
Speaker 1: what was going. On he was very present and always,
Speaker 1: there And i'm sure he made a lot of. MISTAKES
Speaker 1: i think he even had a worn out for his
Speaker 1: arrests for back child, support but he still showed. Up
Speaker 1: and sometimes people do. Change sometimes people make bad decisions
Speaker 1: and then something tragic happens and it changes their outlook and.
Speaker 1: Perspective SO i did want to recognize him for showing
Speaker 1: up and being, there because since he wasn't super involved
Speaker 1: in her, life he could have easily just not been.
Speaker 1: There there is a memorial that is set up down
Speaker 1: by Where nevea was, found And Guy bickley says that
Speaker 1: he often visits that area to remember her and he
Speaker 1: feels connected to. Her nivea's cousin Founded justice For, nevea
Speaker 1: which is an organization that helps advocate for her case
Speaker 1: as well as other cases of many other missing, children
Speaker 1: and they have done a lot in her honor to
Speaker 1: honor her and remember. Her the reward For nevea's case
Speaker 1: is up to fifty thousand. Dollars anyone with information can
Speaker 1: contact The Detective bureau at seven three four two four
Speaker 1: oh seven five three to zero or Crime stoppers at
Speaker 1: one eight hundred seven seven three two five eight. Seven
Speaker 1: so that is where everything stands With nevea's. Story thank
Speaker 1: you guys so much for. Listening if you made it
Speaker 1: to the end of this, episode thank. YOU i know
Speaker 1: it's a very tough. Case it was a hard one
Speaker 1: to do considering we are so many years down the
Speaker 1: line and there's still no. ARRESTS i figured exposure is the, key,
Speaker 1: Right so that is where we're. At so as, ALWAYS
Speaker 1: i appreciate you. Guys please leave a five star review
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Speaker 1: and ears on these. CASES i hope you guys have
Speaker 1: a good weekend AND i will see you. Soon. Bye