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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Crime Alert 10.22.24 | Grandmother Found Bludgeoned Dead with Hammer

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Neighbor finds grandmother bludgeoned dead with a hammer in quiet neighborhood. Man takes an Uber to commit a crime, tells driver about his plans. 

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0:00.0

Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now.

0:03.5

A neighbor has not seen Cynthia, Lancaster, 76 in days and goes to check on her.

0:09.3

The neighbor sees the front door ajar and pushes it open inside. Cynthia's lying in a pool of blood a hammer at

0:15.5

her side.

0:16.5

The neighbor calls 911 while police process the scene Cynthia's grandson Joshua

0:21.1

Lancaster arrives. After after an interview cops determine

0:24.5

Manchester beats Cynthia to death with the hammer

0:28.0

Nancy cops have released very few details about why they think Joshua

0:32.1

Manchester is responsible and are remaining tight-lipped

0:35.1

about the investigation.

0:36.8

Neighbors described Cynthia as a kind and quiet woman who they never

0:40.4

expected to meet a violent end.

0:42.6

Joshua Lancaster waived his arraignment

0:44.7

and his next court date has not yet been scheduled.

0:47.2

Joshua Lancaster 23 charged with murder.

0:51.3

Carlos Flores orders an Uber to his friend's Florida home and strikes up a conversation with the driver.

0:57.0

He tells the driver he's upset. His friend hasn't paid him back the hundred bucks he loaned him the week before.

1:02.0

Flores tells the driver he has a laundry detergent container full of gasoline, a match, and a knife

1:08.5

and plans to burn the friends home down as soon as they get there. The second Flores gets out of the car, the Uber driver calls

1:15.5

911. Cops arrive just as Flores is about to light several trails of gas he poured around the home. Carlos Flores, 33 charged with arson, making

1:26.1

threats to kill, and ag assault. More crime in justice news after this. Now with the latest crime injustice breaking these crime online's John Lemley.

1:38.0

In Pennsylvania a mother has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the brutal murders of her two young children.

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