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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Toddler Drowns in Bucket of Bleach with Mom No Where to Be Found | Crime Alert 04.08.25

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Toddler found by their older sibling with head submerged in a bucket of bleach. Colorado cops chase down a... hopper?

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0:00.0

Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.

0:09.1

Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.

0:13.7

I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.

0:18.5

At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.

0:21.2

Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2, starting April 9th on the IHeart Radio

0:26.0

app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.8

Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking Crime News now.

0:33.8

Depeak, Iowa. Police arrive at a home to find a frantic child carrying an unconscious

0:38.4

baby screaming for help. Emergency responders rushed the baby to the hospital. The child

0:44.1

suffers acute respiratory failure and is transferred to University Iowa Hospital. Officers learned

0:50.3

the baby fell into a bucket of bleach. Head submerged an unknown amount of time after a four-month investigation.

0:58.8

Police arrest parents Scott Markov 30, Madeline Markov, 28, facing charges of neglect

1:05.8

or abandonment of a dependent child, causing serious injury.

1:10.3

Nancy, both parents were distracted,

1:12.6

leaving their three children ages 6, 4, and 1 to their own devices in the squall at home.

1:18.6

One of the older children discovered the toddler in the bucket and brought his lifeless body to his

1:23.6

mother, who called 911. First responders found the home infested with mice and roaches,

1:29.2

littered with dirty diapers, and unsafe substances like the bucket of bleach, left accessible to the

1:34.7

children. The incident occurred four months ago, but police have just concluded their investigation,

1:40.3

resulting in charges for the Markovs. Both parents released on $20,000 bail. Colorado cops really had to hop to

1:48.6

it to catch this fugitive. Erwin, a red juvenile kangaroo, escapes his owner and is hopping

1:55.5

through traffic downtown Durango. Cops question how best to capture the kangaroo worried about his kicks being stronger

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