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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Crime Alert 02.11.25 | Man Kills Pregnant GF, Claims She "Chose This"

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

An Indiana man strangles his pregnant girlfriend because they previously discussed not wanting children. An ankle monitor does not make you invincible!

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0:00.0

Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking Crime News now. Indiana cops respond to a welfare call from Vidal Wegener to find a pregnant woman's body in his home.

0:10.2

Wagner admits the woman's his girlfriend, Ariel Nevel's age 30, when asked if he killed her,

0:16.5

Wagner first says, quote, no dude, I didn't. She did this to herself. He explains when the couple

0:24.1

first started dating. They discussed not having any children, but when she became pregnant,

0:29.6

Ariel refused an abortion against his wishes. Wagner eventually tells police he strangled Ariel,

0:37.3

who was seven months along.

0:39.8

Nancy Wegener says he used both hands and his forearm to strangle Nevels in two different ways.

0:45.7

Wagner doubles down in his interview that Nevels was somehow responsible for her own murder.

0:51.3

Quote, I told her this is the way.

0:53.6

I had a beautiful future set up for us.

0:56.0

She wanted to act crazy. She chose this. It didn't have to be this way.

1:01.0

Needless to say, Vidal Wegener, 29, now charged with two counts of murder.

1:08.0

Florida sheriffs investigating a car crash when Sebastian Suarez, 23, approaches and

1:13.3

asked what happened. Deputies tell him there was a crash, but no one's injured and ask him to

1:19.1

step back. Suarez responds with more cursing, demanding to know who caused the crash. When they

1:25.4

ask him to back off, he yells, you can't tell me what to do.

1:29.6

Deputies inform him he will be arrested if he doesn't leave, and he responds,

1:33.9

You can't arrest me, I have an ankle monitor. Well, Suarez quickly learns his probation curfew

1:40.4

does not prevent his arrest. He is now charged with interfering with the first responder.

1:46.7

More crime and justice news after this.

1:51.3

Now, with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley.

1:55.7

A Detroit mother is facing murder charges after authorities say she's smothered her nine-year-old son and buried

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