He's charged in multiple violent crimes including rape and the deaths of three women. So how did Stewart Weldon escape police for so long?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 30 August 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:39.6 | Crime stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:43.8 | Did police accidentally not realizing what they were doing let Springfield serial killer slip |
| 0:52.3 | through their fingers when they let them out of jail with an ankle bracelet, you know, a monitor, |
| 0:59.1 | was she immediately cut off after it took nine cops armed with batons and stun guns to take him down. |
| 1:08.4 | The Springfield serial killer. How many women has he attacked? How many women has he killed? |
| 1:17.4 | We want justice. I mean, Nancy Grace, this is Crime stories. Thank you for being with us. |
| 1:23.4 | Take a listen to this. But start out with two cop cars. And then next thing, you know, the whole |
| 1:28.8 | street was filled with detectives. They moved in a while back, but they're sort of sort of quiet, |
| 1:35.7 | secluded. It's freaky. I feel like I'm watching TV and it's not real in my neighborhood. |
| 1:41.8 | It's very unnerving. I guess it was a nerving, especially when you find out |
| 1:46.2 | that there were at least three dead bodies of women inside the home he shared with his mother. |
| 1:53.2 | The bodies of America, Liden, Ernestine, Ryan's, and Kayla Escalante, all dead. The ball of yarn |
| 2:02.4 | is unraveling now. But will we ever know how many women Stewart, Weldon actually murdered |
| 2:10.1 | out to Chuck Roberts crime online.com investigative reporter. I want to try and start at the beginning. |
| 2:16.9 | But I've got to fast forward just a tiny bit. How did this guy? They've got him in jail for I think |
| 2:21.7 | six months. And then they let him go. What the hey? Exactly. I mean, and they let him go after |
| 2:28.8 | May. Basically, he leads police on a high speed chase. May 27, broken tail light was the cause. |
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