Missing Toddlers Recovered in Mexico After Harrowing Week with 'Severely Depressed' Father | Crime Alert 05.29.26
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🗓️ 29 May 2026
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Summary
Two young boys recovered in Mexico after their father abandoned Utah home and violated custody agreement. Family grieving Chicago Honor Roll soccer captain shot dead on daily commute to school. Illinois three-decade cold-case finally solved, Randy Gail Sperino's killer behind bars. Sydney Silvagni reports.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.4 | Crime Alert, hourly update. |
| 0:07.5 | Breaking Crime News now. |
| 0:09.1 | I'm Sidney. |
| 0:10.7 | A terrifying search for two missing toddlers has culminated in a dramatic rescue across international borders, |
| 0:16.9 | exposing a mother's worst nightmare. |
| 0:19.5 | Lizzie Tomic reported her two young sons, 22-month-old |
| 0:22.7 | Will and 10-month-old Wesley Richmond, missing from their father's home in Saratoga Springs, Utah, |
| 0:28.0 | on Saturday, May 23rd. The children were last seen a full week earlier in Shelton, Washington, |
| 0:33.8 | where their father had picked them up from Tompich's residence. The Utah Department of Public Safety issued a critical Amber alert, stating that the two boys |
| 0:41.9 | were in imminent danger of serious bodily harm or death, officially naming their 46-year-old |
| 0:47.2 | father, Dane Stephen Richmond, as the primary suspect. |
| 0:51.0 | Tomic took to TikTok alongside her family attorney, begging the public for any information |
| 0:55.8 | that could lead to the recovery of her sons. The panic began Friday morning when Richmond |
| 1:00.6 | completely failed to appear for a scheduled legal deposition. I flew in on Thursday night of this week |
| 1:06.0 | for deposition on May 22nd. Minutes before the deposition was to start, we learned that Dane had |
| 1:13.3 | fired his attorney and would not be attended the deposition. I immediately contacted him via calling his |
| 1:21.9 | phone and texting. He did not respond. Tomic immediately requested a welfare check at Richmond's residence. |
| 1:28.5 | The home was entirely empty, stripped of personal belongings and abandoned. |
| 1:33.0 | We learned that the house was vacant and there were things being moved out. |
| 1:37.5 | There was no car and Dana the boys were not home. |
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