Reward Increased in Alicia Moore Murder Investigation

Catherine Ross, NBC 5 Collin County Reporter

Weeks after 16-year-old Alicia Moore was found dead in rural Van Zandt County, Collin County business owners are coming together to offer a reward to find her killer.

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For McKinney business owner Mark Cobb, it was a personal connection to the family of Alicia Moore that prompted him to action.

"Alicia Moore's Aunt Jessica works for me," said Cobb, owner of Kids R Kids. "I just felt the need to help out and do something."

Earlier this month, 16-year-old Moore was reported missing, last seen getting off the school bus near her Greenville home.

Moore's body was later discovered in a trunk on the side of the highway in rural Van Zandt County. Police are still investigating, but are remaining tight lipped.

"It is frustrating, that it's been two or three weeks and we haven't heard anything," said Cobb.

Over the past few weeks, Cobb has led a fundraising campaign, starting both a reward fund for information in Moore's death and a relief fund to help the teen's family.

By Wednesday afternoon, thanks to Cobb's own contribution, money given by his Kids R Kids parents and staff, and donations by his former boss at Greenville Chrysler and another Plano businessman, the reward fund had grown to $25,000.

"[It's] is a lot of money and it might get that right person to come forward and say what they saw," he said.

Cobb added the relief fund contains about $4,000.

The group of business owners has also rallied support for two billboards bearing Moore's picture and a plea for information, which will go up after Thanksgiving.

One will sit on Highway 380 in McKinney and the other outside of Greenville.

Cobb says the cost of the billboard rental was also donated.

Those who would like to donate to either fund can contact the West McKinney Kids R Kids location to speak with Mark Cobb.

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Balch Springs Man Beaten in His Home

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A Balch Springs man was severely beaten on Monday morning in his house.

Roberto Benevides said he heard the doorbell just before 6 a.m. and thought it was his son, who had just left for work. Instead, it was a man he didn't recognize, asking for someone named "Enrique."

"He was looking for an Enrique at this address and I said, 'I don't know any Enrique,'" he said.

But before the 63-year-old could close the door, the man pushed it open and rushed in -- along with two other men who were hiding out of sight.

"I tried to block my face, but he started hitting me, but then the other two came in, also hitting me in the face and the head," Benevides said.

The men knocked Benevides down, but not before breaking his nose and bruising five of his ribs. Benevides, a retired border patrol officer, said he tried to fight one of the men off until another man came over and threatened him.

"That's when I was trying to wrestle with the guy that was holding me down, when he told the other two, 'One of you help me. This viejo is trying to get up,'" Benevides said. "And that's when the guy
said, 'You try to get up and look at our face or what? You do that, and I'll pop you.'"

The threat convinced Benevides to stay on the floor.

The men took a 60-inch TV but never went upstairs, where Benevides' wife, son and two other family members were resting. Benevides said he is grateful that the men didn't decide to go upstairs.

"The material items, they can be replaced," he said. "But threatening my family or taking my son with them or my wife with them when they left -- there was no way I could stop them."

Balch Springs police released a composite sketch of the man who rang the doorbell. He's described as a young Hispanic man who is about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 150 to 160 pounds with light skin and light brown hair. Benevides said the man spoke Spanish.

Anyone who may have seen the men in the area are asked to call Balch Springs police and ask for Detective Bird at 972-557-6014.

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Two Arrested in Arrow Killing of Family Pet "Tom the Turkey"

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Two suspects have been arrested for killing a Florida family's pet turkey with an arrow days before Thanksgiving and carting him away for a holiday meal, authorities said.

Tom the Turkey's owners, Brian and Christa Caponi, of Gulf Breeze, were distraught over their pet's killing, but gathered enough clues that deputies swiftly arrested two suspects, according to a Santa Rosa sheriff's report.

The suspects, Joshua Warren Anderson, 19, and Jacob Hayden Provo, 18, were taken into custody Monday on charges that include burglary, trespassing, larceny and tormenting, depriving or mutilating an animal, the sheriff's report said.

Provo was the Caponi family's neighbor, the report said.

Tom was an eastern wild turkey whose estimated value was $300, NBC 6 South Florida reported. His killing caused Christa Caponi to become upset and start crying, the report said. "Christa told me that Tom was a very friendly pet who she loved," a sheriff's deputy wrote in his report. She said she also was scared that someone had entered her property, the report said.

The Caponi family had surveillance footage of two men entering their property about 10 p.m. Sunday, and one of the men taking away the turkey, the report said.

The Caponis told deputies that they also had seen Provo's white pickup parked near their home earlier in the week, even though "there would not have been a reason for him to be parked" there, the report said.

Deputies caught up with Provo, pulling him over in his pickup, the report said. When deputies asked Provo about the dead turkey in his vehicle, Provo said he had killed the turkey in Milton, a nearby city, the report said.

Provo later admitted to trespassing on the Caponi's property and killing Tom, the report said. Provo allegedly said that "he knew he should not have killed it and he should not have been there," the report said.

Riding in Provo's vehicle was Anderson, who "admitted to being with Provo while the turkey was killed and stolen," the report said.

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Wife's Body Found Cooking in Suspect's Kitchen

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A man neighbors said was known to stroll his southern California neighborhood dressed as a woman has been accused of cooking the flesh and bones of his 73-year-old murdered wife in their kitchen.

Anna Faris was found dead in her Oceanside home at 11:10 a.m. Friday after neighbors reported a foul odor coming from the residence, NBC 7 San Diego reported.

When officers went inside the home, they said they found the dismembered remains of the deceased woman cooking in pans in the couple's kitchen.

The heat was still on when authorities gain entrance into the residence, according to a complaint read by Katherine Flaherty, Deputy District Attorney with the County of San Diego.

Investigators also found Faris' head in the freezer and a work bench used for the mutilation in the bathroom. Near the work bench was a saw, a boning knife, other cutting instruments and pieces of bone in a plastic bag.

Flaherty said there was no evidence of cannibalism.

Detectives say they located the woman's husband, 68-year-old Frederick Hengl, in downtown Oceanside Friday. He voluntarily went with officers for questioning.

"After a brief conversation, police realized he was in the process of dismembering his wife's body," Flaherty said.

Prosecutors believe Hengl killed his wife on or between the dates of November 1 and 16.

In court on Wednesday, he pleaded not guilty to three charges filed against him, including first degree murder and committing an unlawful act with human remains. His bail was set at $5 million.

Police said they're familiar with the couple, but hadn't been to the residence recently on calls of domestic violence.

However neighbors told NBC 7 San Diego on Friday that the couple was known for some unusual tendencies.

"The husband is actually known for dressing up like a woman and walking around the neighborhood. It's just a permanent fixture, I guess. It doesn't freak us out anymore," said resident Jason Chandler. "[The wife] stands out here with a knife and she takes her clothes off out here on the corner."

"She always carried around a knife. Just really weird; hostile," recalled neighbor Eric Chavez.

The woman's name and official cause of death will be determined by the Medical Examiner and released at a later time.

Hengl was booked into the Vista Detention Facility on a first-degree murder charge.

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Jersey Shore Coaster May Stay Submerged as "Tourist Attraction"

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The roller coaster that was swept right-side up into the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Sandy slammed the Jersey Shore may not be torn down, according to Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers. Brian Thompson reports.

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A roller coaster that was swept right-side up into the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Sandy slammed the Jersey Shore may not be torn down, according to Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers. 

But Mayor Akers, in an exclusive interview with NBC 4 New York, said he is working with the Coast Guard to see if it is stable enough to leave it alone. 

If it is, Akers said it would make "a great tourist attraction."

Meanwhile, demolition crews have already finished removing all of the damaged boardwalk that was the heart and soul of the seaside resort, NBC 4 New York reported.

Businessmen like Mike Mergott of Mad Mike's Amusements said he is rebuilding because he is "one hundred percent sure" families want to come back. 

And Jim Loundy, who owned several buildings wiped away by the surge is confident he won't see another storm like this for "another fifty or sixty years."

Mayor Akers said construction on a new boardwalk should begin in January, and be ready by Memorial Day. 

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Woman, 70, Arrested After Crashing into Marshal

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Investigators believe a 70-year-old woman was driving drunk when she crashed head-on into a Fort Worth Marshal Wednesday night.

Sandra Bloxom hit the officer on Normandale Street when she pulled out in front of the officer, police said.

The officer suffered a minor injury when he hit his head on the steering wheel.

Both the officer and Bloxom were hospitalized.

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Fort Worth Diocese, Abuse Victim Reach Settlement

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The Fort Worth Catholic Diocese has reached a settlement in a sexual abuse case.

The victim claims he was abused by a priest over a five-year period in the 1980s and that it started when he was 16 years old.

The man sued after claiming the diocese did not take action when he reported the abuse in 2010.

Though they have reached a settlement, neither side are releasing the terms of that settlement.

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