Woman lured into kidnapping manages to escape and is shocked by her attacker's identity. California driver caught monkeying around.

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Just after the new year Ashley Elkins leaves home early in the morning. Her family sees her leave, wearing a long black coat with fur around the hood and black leggings, with the light freckles on her face. Just 10 minutes after Ashley leaves her mother Monika arrives wanting to share a dream with her daughter.

Ashley Elkins leaves her home on January 2nd at 8:30 am. Her mother, Monika Elkins, arrives 10 minutes later, wanting to tell Ashley about a dream she had. Having just missed Ashley, Monika sends a text to her daughter about the dream she had involving Ashley taking her mom's truck while leaving her car in the driveway. Ashley replies to the description of the dream, writing "Awe, man." Monika feels this is a strange and uncharacteristic response for Ashley and attempts a "face time" call immediately upon receipt of the text from Ashley's phone. But Ashley doesn't answer the facetime

Family members reach out to Ashley Elkins with minimal success. Hours after sending a text but not answering a face-time call from her mother, another family member gets a text from Ashley, saying she is going to a beauty supply store. This isn't the way Ashley Elkins usually communicates with the family and her mother says Ashley's phone is turned off after the text about going to beauty supply store, before it is turned back on again.

Joining Nancy Grace today

• Maurice Morton - Uncle to Ashley Elkins
• Ben Powers - Criminal Defense Attorney, Facebook: Legal Powers PLLC, https://legalpowers.com
• Dr. Shavaun Scott - Psychotherapist, Author of “The Minds of Mass Killers: Understanding and Interrupting the Pathway to Violence”
• Brian Fitzgibbons - Director of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security, uspasecurity.com, Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security, Fmr. Marine and Iraq war veteran
• Scott Eicher - founding member of the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team (C.A.S.T); Historical Cellular Analysis Expert; Former FBI agent of 22 years; Former Police Officer and Homicide Detective with Norfolk Virgina Police Dept. Precision Cellular Analysis, https://www.pcaexperts.com/
• Alexis Tereszcuk - Crime Online Investigative Reporter

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17-year-old helpless to stop 32-year-old sister from beating their mother to death. Battery by burger.

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At least 24 people are dead and dozens more unaccounted for, as fires fueled by severe drought conditions and strong Santa Ana winds continue across Southern California. Thousands of firefighters still battling blazes across 45 square miles of Los Angeles County. The Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades is the largest of the fires at 24,000 acres, thousands of homes and buildings destroyed and is only 11% contained. The Eaton Fire in Altadena is at more than 14,000 acres and is now at 27% contained, while the Hurst Fire near Sylmar is 89% contained having burned nearly 800 acres. The Kenneth Fire burned 1,025 and is contained. Over 105,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation and another 87,000 are under evacuation warnings. Still under investigation, how the fires started.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

• Allison Agsten - Witnessed looters as she was evacuating; Inaugural Director of USC’s Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communications Center;
• Bill Walker - Fire Chief, City of Bedford, TX; Former Fire Chief in Santa Monica, CA
• Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock www.drbethanymarshall.com/, Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
• Nicolle Brock - Firefighter, EMT, and arson expert
• Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
• Courtney Friel - Anchor / Reporter at KTLA in Los Angeles; website www.ktla.com; Twitter & Instagram: @courtneyfriel

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Store clerk shot in robbery over amount of cash in register. Upset customer drives 'lemon' through dealership!

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Nineteen some odd months after the fatal San Francisco stabbing of tech exec Bob Lee, his accused killer learns his fate. Nima Momeni was arrested after a nine-day manhunt. Tech entrepreneur and consultant Momeni's sister, who is at the center of the case testified. During the prosecution's case, the lead police investigator lead jurors through the twists and turns of the two-day drug binge Lee was on with Khazar Momeni. Nima Momeni reportedly believed his sister was also attacked by Lee.

Bob Lee made a name for himself in the tech world, as a founder of Cash App. The 43-year-old exec recently move to Florida but was in San Francisco for business. Around 2:30 a.m.

Lee calls police saying he had been stabbed. Surveillance footage captures Lee getting out of a car with another man. Quickly, the man drives away and Lee stumbles along Main Street in San Francisco's Rincon Hill neighborhood. When police reach Lee, he has been stabbed three times, including two wounds in his upper left chest.

The man driving the car that sped away is identified as 38-year-old Nima Momeni, also a tech executive. Texts from Momeni's married sister sent to Lee, show a connection between the two. Nima Momeni reportedly confronted, Lee implying "improper behavior"

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

• Jarrett Ferentino- Homicide Prosecutor in Pennsylvania, Facebook & Instagram: Jarrett Ferentino
• Dr. John Delatorre (D La Torrey) - Licensed Psychologist and Mediator (specializing in forensic psychology), Psychological Consultant to Project Absentis: a nonprofit organization that searches for missing persons; Twitter, IG, and TikTok: @drjohndelatorre
• Irv Brandt - Senior Inspector, US Marshals Service International Investigations Branch, Chief Inspector, DOJ Office of International Affairs; Author: “SOLO SHOT: CURSE OF THE BLUE STONE," and FLYING SOLO: Top of the World" AVAILABLE ON AMAZON; Top of the World" Twitter: @JackSoloAuthor
• Dr. Maneesha Pandey- Chief Forensic Pathologist for Forensic Pathologists LLC in Ohio, Board-certified forensic pathologist
• Ben Levitan- Telecommunications Expert, Columnist
• Jen Smith- Chief Reporter for DailyMail.com; Twitter: @Jen_e_smith

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Police confirm that a man has been arrested in connection to the deadly Kenneth Fire that is raging near the West Hills.

A Wisconsin judge grants the release of a woman who, at 12 years old, stabbed her classmate to gain favor with the fictional character Slender Man.

A prominent You Tube personality & content creator is accused of kidnapping and attacking two women, then abandoning them on a desolate Texas highway.

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