What would cause somebody to do this? What would cause a 26 year old woman from Queens to do this?

How does this happen?

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Hello and welcome to best case worst case. This is Jim Clemente retired FBI profiler former New York City prosecutor and writer producer of criminal lines.

And with me today is not one. It's just me and Francie apologizes for not being here, but she had a medical procedure.

And I wasn't able to record today, but I'm sure she feels almost exactly the way I do about what we're going to be discussing today, what I'm going to be discussing with you today.

And that is several cases of extreme elder abuse crimes against elderly women in particular. And this is something that.

I find as heinous.

If not more so, even then.

The crimes against children. Both groups are vulnerable people. And it is unbelievable how.

Calis and cold and disrespectful and.

Downright sadistic. Some people can be and we're going to talk a little bit about this today.

And the first case I want to talk to talk about is the case of Barbara.

Gastern. Barbara was an 87 year old woman. 87 almost 90.

And she was standing outside of her Chelsea apartment. And it was 8.30 p.m. on March 10, 2022.

And a young woman. Came across from across the street.

Yeld some horrible things at her and then literally threw her to the ground.

She smashed her head on the ground. And she started bleeding. This woman.

She watched from nearby. As.

Local people neighbors helped. Barbara back into her apartment building.

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