hello everyone and welcome back to true crime mysteries
today we have our august crimes of the month in our crimes of the month series we cover
updates from previous cases notable crimes covered in the news and crime related events
a brief update on the cynthia cole case we covered back in march our goal is always always
to seek justice and to try to bring closure for victims and survivors marin county sheriff william
snyder says the story of a missing jensen beach woman is one he's never seen it was probably as
challenging a crime scene as i've ever seen i've been doing this 40 plus years i've never seen
anything like it after martin county sheriff's office found a body inside of a septic tank
buried four feet underground they strongly believe that body is 57-year-old cynthia cole
who had been missing for more than a week so we actually had to dig away to the flat top of that
septic tank then use a front end loader to pull it back all the while trying to preserve evidence
the remains will be sent for an autopsy the 57-year-old had been murdered in her home
by her handyman he had attempted to conceal her body in a septic tank on her property in florida
they had the man who murdered her and arrested him within two weeks he was charged with first-degree
murder assault battery and sexual battery third degree grand theft and grand theft of a motor
vehicle kiouki ilo dimich originally from olympia washington had a criminal history
and had been a registered sex offender from a conviction in 2004 where the victim was 12.
where we left off he was being held on a 750 000 bond while he awaited trial that is moving forward
he has pled not guilty and the prosecution has now brought forward a motion that would
ask for the death penalty if convicted they cited four statutory aggravators that are necessary in
order to pursue capital punishment number one it was committed during the commission of a felony
including sexual battery or burglary of dwelling with an assault or battery number two it was
committed for pecuniary gain meaning for something of monetary value three the killing was especially
heinous atrocious or cruel for it was committed in a cold calculated and premeditated manner
a trial date has not been set yet but let me know if you want me to cover that trial
on august 10 2022 26 year old only fans model courtney clennings was arrested and
charged in connection with the death of her boyfriend 27 year old christian toby abacelli
christian had been stabbed in the luxury condo they shared in miami on april 3rd 2022. clennings
had claimed she had acted in self-defense and had been released pending the investigation
she was arrested in hawaii where she was undergoing treatment for substance abuse and ptsd
miami state's attorney catherine fernandez-rundle held a press conference after clinton's arrest and
revealed some of the evidence that had led them to believe that clennings hadn't been truthful
about what had happened that night courtney and christian met in november 2020. the two had a
tumultuous relationship and they'd been on and off again throughout their entire relationship
both texas natives the two had immediately hit it off
initially his family liked courtney but they also noticed that soon after their relationship started
things between the couple weren't always good they revealed that they believed that
christian isolated himself from the family and his friends clannings had been previously arrested for
domestic violence in las vegas in july 2021 she admitted to throwing a glass at christian's head
and hotel security had been called the charges were dropped and she was eventually released
at clenning's miami condo the couple had numerous complaints from neighbors and building security
about fights with the couple so many in fact that clannings had been served an eviction notice
because security was tired of dealing with the constant issues the state's attorney released this
video which is cleanings assaulting her boyfriend taken only weeks before christian's murder
rundle said that it was one video of numerous that had been pulled from the building's
security cameras she revealed that additionally their neighbors had taken to filming the couple
whenever they were fighting outside the building or on their patio
all of this evidence which hasn't all been released yet as it will be trial evidence
shows that it was courtney clennan's who was the aggressor not christian obaseli they also revealed
a timeline of what happened based on evidence which doesn't align with statements courtney made
on april 3rd it seemed like a normal day the couple filmed themselves playing with their
dogs and hanging out at home christian is seen leaving the building around 1pm and he returns
at 4 33 p.m phone records show that while he was gone courtney had remained in the apartment
where she did an instagram live and then she called him twice while he was gone once at four
and once again as he entered the building in surveillance christian seems calm and
relaxed he's carrying two subway sandwiches and everything seems completely ordinary
shortly after christian walks into their unit calls to 9-1-1 from surrounding neighbors start
to trickle in about loud screaming coming from clennan's unit at 4 43 p.m phone records show
that kleenex called her mother and they had a six minute conversation they end the call
and clennings calls her mother again and then they speak for another seven minutes then at 4 57 pm
clanning calls 9-1-1 where she requests an ambulance because her boyfriend had been stabbed
in the 9-1-1 call christian was heard in the background saying i'm dying with cladding
saying i'm so sorry baby clinton was found covered in blood christian had a single stab
wound in his chest and the knife had severed a major artery near his heart he was rushed to
the hospital but his injuries were too severe and too much time had passed and he later died
clinton was taken into custody that evening under florida's baker's act which is a mental
health crisis prevention method for people who are believed to be at risk of harming themselves
in the days following christian's death she wasn't arrested or charged with anything
regarding the stabbing clennan gave inconsistent statements regarding what had happened that night
she first claimed that christian had attacked her when he entered the apartment and choked her
she said that he let her go and then she went to the kitchen grabbed a kitchen knife and threw it
from about 10 feet away the coroner determined that the six inch knife had with great force
been plunged into christian's chest from an upward angle they also stated that there wasn't any
plausible way for the injuries to have occurred in the way that cleanings had stated because
the knife had gone in at an angle the knife would have had to come from above christian
clennan had also waited 12 minutes before calling 9-1-1 blood evidence showed two large
pools of blood where it looked like christian fell and then had tried to crawl out of the
apartment before ultimately stopping clanning had also started to receive text messages from
her mother after her arrest saying remember to claim it was self-defense and advised her not
to say anything without an attorney which would suggest that clennings had attacked christian
and then called her mother about the situation before calling 9-1-1
additionally clenning didn't have any injuries to corroborate her story no bruises no defense
injuries there wasn't any evidence to back up her telling of what had happened that night
christian's family was incensed that clennings was released without any charges laid
their lawyer in a statement to the media claimed that clenning was receiving special treatment
as a white woman if roles had been reversed their lawyer claimed that christian would have
been arrested and held without bail while awaiting further court proceedings where
clennings was released and seen at a bar the day after christian's death clenning's lawyer
has gone on the defense to say that christian was in fact the abuser and the video evidence
presented by the state's attorney only shows a victim of domestic violence defending herself
her lawyer also said that we are confident she will be exonerated and courtney will be seen
for what she is a victim of domestic abuse that survived her abuser keep in mind that in this case
there has been a four-month investigation into christian's death and they didn't immediately
charge courtney clennan the state's attorney wouldn't have taken this case if there wasn't
overwhelming evidence to suggest that clennings had been the aggressor in the relationship
currently cloning is waiting extradition back to florida where she will be charged
it is anticipated that she will plead not guilty and a trial will be set at this time
she was denied bond as well let me know if you want me to keep following this case
53 year old jack chen from irvine california had been experiencing severe gastrointestinal distress
for a few weeks the radiologist went to see a doctor and was diagnosed with stomach ulcers
gastritis and inflammation of the esophagus the serious medical issues had come out of nowhere
jack said he'd never experienced anything like this before
he started noticing a lingering chemical metallic taste and began to be concerned he
was being poisoned but who was poisoning him his wife dermatologist emily you
jack stated that their marriage had also been abusive not only to himself
but also to their two children he accused emily of depriving the children of sleep
screaming at them and calling them names he set up a nanny cam in the home's kitchen and soon
after it was turned on he witnessed something he never thought was possible he caught his
wife pouring drano into a hot lemonade he drank every morning confirming his worst suspicions
he continued recording footage and got three separate instances of emily pouring drano into
his cup jack brought the video footage to a lawyer who helped him draft up a divorce
as well as a protective order for himself and his children she tried to kill him poisoned an irvine
husband says with drino dr jack chen has three videos to prove his wife is behind it according
to his lawyer these are screen shots which are contained in court documents from cameras hidden
in the couple's kitchen in july they allegedly show the suspect uu who is also a local physician
pouring drain cleaner into her husband's lemonade she takes up the bottle she pours it in she puts
the cap back on puts it back into the sink as though nothing else was happening in her day
it was very calm very methodical and then it went to law enforcement 45 year old emily you
was approached while she was leaving her place of employment and subsequently arrested on august 4th
while in custody she was served with a protective order barring her and her mother
from coming within 100 feet of jack their children their school or the family home she
was also notified that jack had sought emergency custody of their children which was granted
she was held on a thirty thousand dollar bail which she posted and was released
her lawyer has released a statement saying miss emily you vehemently and unequivocally denies ever
attempting to poison her husband or anyone else he said in a statement to media as a well-respected
physician her goal has always been to help people and never to harm people accordingly she also
strongly denies her husband's claim of abuse over him and her children her legal team has gone on to
say that emily was pouring drano into an empty cup next to the lemonade to prevent the chemical from
splashing and then she went on to use the cleaning product as intended on the drains in the kitchen
she denies ever putting drano into jack's drinks in response to the video evidence
her lawyer stated the video does not depict any wrongdoing on behalf of my client and does not
depict her trying to poison her husband that is all i can say now her legal team also stated that
jack fabricated the video evidence in order to get an upper hand in divorce and custody agreements
law enforcement has said at this time they don't believe there's any reason for previous clients
or patients of miss you to be worried as they believe this is isolated to domestic violence
her employer is said to be cooperating with law enforcement and have also stated that miss you
is no longer working at the hospital jack's lawyer has stated that his client is feeling
much better with the protective order and his physical ailments are improving over time
emily eu has not been charged yet her next scheduled court date is november 3rd
2022 now i just want to say that this case is still developing
in early august a new zealand woman placed a bid for the contents of an unclaimed storage unit
the unit had been noted as containing household and personal items this is a common practice for
storage units that have gone unpaid for some time the contents of the storage unit were successfully
won and the company safe store storage delivered the items to their home on august 11
2022 they started going through the contents there were children's toys a couple of strollers
and mostly normal household items they were sorting through the items when they came across
two matching suitcases they opened them up and made a horrific discovery the remains of two small
children were inside the suitcases law enforcement was called and the home was shut down while new
zealand crime scene investigators secured the scene and the contents of the storage unit
the children have been identified and so far only their ages have been released as five and ten
experts estimate that they have been deceased for three to five years the storage unit owner has
also been identified and is now living in south korea prior to her moving from new zealand she
did have two children with her and is believed she is the mother of the two found in the suitcases
korean law enforcement is working with new zealand to locate her and get dna confirmation however new
zealand law enforcement believes the children have relatives still in the country who may not have
been aware of their deaths in a statement to the media the lead investigator said the investigation
team is working very hard to hold accountable the person or persons responsible for the deaths of
these children at this point in time there is no cause of death but it is believed to be homicide
on august 4th 2022 three men were arrested thwarting a planned heist to steal 1.3
million dollars worth of seafood from natuno a seafood importer based in fort lauderdale
the three men had created an elaborate scheme posing as grocery store buyers
natuno started receiving orders from a man named brian gomez who claimed to be the buying manager
for a grocery chain in late june brian placed five orders and each time the orders were picked
up without any cause of concern once a grocery store was invoiced for the purchases it was then
discovered that there was no brian gomez who worked for the grocery store the email address
attached to brian was fraudulent police were alerted to the fraud scheme and a sting operation
was put in place to find those responsible in early august brian placed another order
this time it was the largest officers waited the warehouse to see who picked up the order
and sure enough at 9 35 am on august 4th a refrigerated truck arrived to pick up the order
law enforcement followed the truck which was also being accompanied by a red mustang
to warehouse in weston florida in 15 minutes three men were arrested
rene echeverria etchaman 33 ernesto aguilera buerte 36 and jose luis batista suarez 40
at the time of their arrest they had 300 000 worth of product and they were also charged
with the other deliveries totaling 1.3 million dollars the 14 charges include grand theft cargo
and obtaining property over five thousand dollars all three men have been identified as miami locals
and their next court appearances are unknown at this time well that is it for this video
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