Teen cuts off aunt’s boyfriend’s head in grisly murder, leaves severed head as 'gift'

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A teen boy goes to live with his aunt and her boyfriend. The arrangement gets violent when the boy refuses to work and help out. What happens next is the makings of a horror movie as the teen attacks the boyfriend and dismembers him, leaving the body parts in his aunt's bed. Joining Nancy Grace today:Salena Diaz - Daughter of victim Sylvestre Diaz-Hernandez- Son of victimDarryl Cohen - Former Assistant District Attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, Defense AttorneyDr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Beverly Hills, ww.drbethanymarshall.com Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet" featured on "Poisonous Liaisons" on True Crime Network Rummana Hussain - Assistant Metro Editor, Chicago Sun-Times

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0:00.0	When we say the word Christmas, it evokes Christmas cards with happy families on the front,
0:12.7	firesides, Christmas trees, maybe Hanukkah for you, but all good things, all good things
0:20.6	at Christmas.
0:22.3	That is not true for everyone.
0:26.2	Why does Christmas resentment turn to anger, and what is that anger boil over into Christmas
0:33.9	violence?
0:42.2	You know, I could ask why all day long, but as a trial lawyer, I'm trained to look at
0:50.1	evidence.
0:51.1	I'm Nancy Grace.
0:52.7	This is Crime Stories.
0:54.2	Thank you for being with us here on Fox Nation and serious XM-111.
0:59.2	First of all, take a listen to this.
1:01.2	18-year-old Alexis Valdes has been living with his aunt and her boyfriend for about six
1:05.1	months.
1:06.1	He moved into the basement apartment with the understanding that he would go to school,
1:09.7	work, and help pay the bills, but that didn't happen.
1:12.5	In fact, Valdes quit his job, which led to tension in the household.
1:16.3	Neighbors say you could hear the arguments from inside the home.
1:19.6	Eventually, Valdes was told he would have to move out.
1:22.9	We are talking about Alexis Valdes, a teen boy or man under the law.
1:29.6	That's a man.
1:30.6	18-years-old.
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