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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

3 y/o tot boy SHOT DEAD at own birthday party

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

While investigators search for whoever fired the shots that killed 3-year-old Elijah LaFrance at his own birthday party, authorities tripled the reward being offering for information. Elijah, just a few days short of a 4-year-old, and a 21-year-old woman were hit by bullets at about 8:15 p.m. Both were taken to hospitals. The woman, who hasn’t been identified, is expected to survive. Police said the shooting began with an argument in front of the property where the party was held — an AirBnB the boy’s family rented to celebrate the special occasion. Joining Nancy Grace today:Darryl Cohen - Former Assistant District Attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, Defense Attorney, Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen, LLC, www.ccealaw.comDr. Alan Blotcky Ph.D. - Clinical Psychologist (Birmingham) specializing in Criminal and Child Custody cases, Clinical Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet" featured on "Poisonous Liaisons" on True Crime NetworkTyler Hunt - Crimeonline.com Investigative Reporter Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Miami-Dade Police or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

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0:00.0

I distinctly remember my twins third birthday. It was a big blowout at a jumpy place and

0:15.7

there were balloons, massive cakes. Somebody got a bloody nose, somebody threw up. It was

0:22.7

a heck of a good time. How does a three year old birthday party turn into a double shooting?

0:36.8

How are there 60 cartridge cases found at a third birthday party? How does a little three year

0:46.6

old boy celebrating his birthday party end up dead? As you may correctly guess, I want answers.

1:05.5

Listen to this. Police responded to a call around 8 in the evening when they arrived they found

1:11.8

the toddler and a 21 year old woman shot. My officer swiftly picked up the child

1:16.9

into the hospital and unfortunately the child is deceased. The woman expected to be okay,

1:22.5

but police are still searching for the shooter responsible. You are hearing our friends at CBS Miami

1:29.0

along with Freddie Ramirez of the police department there. Let me introduce you an all star panel

1:36.1

of guests trying to make sense of what happened to this three year old tot. According to his parents,

1:43.7

he couldn't even say mommy and daddy yet. Not clearly. He's dead. Elijah is dead. It's a lot to take

1:54.9

in. With me, Gerald Cohen, former felony prosecutor, now defense attorney, you can find him at ccealawod.com.

2:03.0

Dr. Alan Blocky, a boy do we need a shrink clinical psychologist specializing in criminal cases.

2:11.7

Professor of psychology University Alabama Birmingham, Joseph Scott Morgan, professor of

2:19.0

Forensics, Jackson State University, author of Blood Beneath My Feet, and starved a brand new

2:25.8

series on true crime poisonous liaisons. Tyler hunt joining us from crime online.com. So let's

2:33.3

just start right there. Tyler, tell me about where this happened. Wasn't didn't the family go to

2:40.7

great lengths to rant a party venue for the third birthday party? Yeah, Nancy. So this is in Golden

2:48.2

Glades, Florida, which is a suburb just inside of Miami Day County. And yeah, the family had rented

2:54.7

a Airbnb house. It's a rental house for the birthday party. And I'd been frequently used

3:00.8

for parties in the past. It's sort of a party house. There was a pool there. And that was the

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