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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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Dawn Viens, owner of a popular California eatery and wife of the chef disappears. Many including police believe Dawn left on her own accord, but the facts don't add up. What led to Dawn's disappearance?

When Dawn met her soon-to-be husband, she was a beautiful, vivacious front-end hostess. The man of her dreams, is David Viens. He is the chef of a popular eatery. The couple marry and set out to forge their own mark in the food industry. They settle down in California, opening their own very popular restaurant.

Dawn Viens disappears after her husband David, says the couple has an argument. Police talk with David Viens and Dawn's friends, but some things just don't add up. And then a friend gets a text from Pixie, Dawn's nickname saying she's starting over in another state.

It appears that David has also apparently moved on. He has a new girlfriend who has taken Dawn's place in David's restaurant and his home. Even more things don't add up, especially after the new girlfriend is seen throwing away Dawn's clothes. Police begin to look at all the evidence again.

The pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fall into place for detectives, and a new person of interest comes to light. Cops learn hard on good old-fashion street work to figure out what happened to Dawn Viens. After incriminating comments are made by David Viens' daughter that he was behind the supposed text, Viens becomes the prime suspect. The answer may have been right in front of them the whole time.

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On a Tuesday afternoon, a driver in the 700 block of 15th street in Miami Beach sees a 6-year-old boy running across 15th street, unsupervised and in a high traffic area. Calling 911, the driver relates what he is seeing, and officers arrive on scene in a matter of minutes. Police see the child leaving an apartment complex by himself and ask the boy where he lives. The child leads the officers to his apartment to show them he isn't lost and the apartment door is answered by the oldest person in the apartment, the boys 12-year-old sister.

Officers find there are a total of five children in the apartment between the ages of 6 and 12, with no adults in the home. The officers report a strong odor of urine, the children are not bathed, their clothes are dirty and there is no food in the house. The apartment doesn't have a functioning stove, no electricity, and no working toilet. . Asking the children if they are hungry, they all say 'yes' and tell the police their last meal had been around 10 p.m. the night before.

The children tell the police they have been without electricity for around two months. Trying to locate their parents, the children tell the police they have no way of contacting their mother, but they know she works at a hotel in Miami. They don't know where their father works.

Police officers finally contact the children's mother, Azra Nikocevic and get her to come to the police station. Officers question Nikocevic about what the children have told them about going to bed hungry and having no electricity. She tells investigators the electricity to their apartment has been cut off for about 6 weeks because they got behind on the bill. She also tells investigators she is trying to get assistance with food stamps but denies depriving her children of food.

Azra Nikocevic and Sanel Canovic are arrested after leaving their five children ages six to 12 unattended in a filthy apartment with no food, no electricity, and no working toilet. The mother gave a statement to police and denies depriving her children of food while the children's father refused to speak to police without an attorney. Both are charged with five felony child neglect charges, and the children were taken into protective custody while authorities investigate.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

• Derek Smith - Criminal Defense Attorney, www.dwsmithlegal.com
• Dr. Jeff Kieliszewski - Forensic Psychologist, Author: “Darksides", darksides.podia.com, YouTube: Dr. Jeff Kieliszewski, Forensic Psychologist
• Officer Christopher Bess - Miami Beach Police Department
• Dr. Michelle DuPre - Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Author: “Money, Mischief, and Murder: The Murdaugh Dynasty...the Rest of the Story" ; "Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Child Abuse Investigation Field Guide", Forensic Consultant DMichelleDupreMD.com
• Paula Rohde - Child abuse/welfare consultant and expert, Former Child Protective Services Administrator for Orange County, CA. abuse and neglect investigations. Paula Rohde Consulting LLC, Twitter: @PaulaRohde2.
• Chelsea Jones - Weekend Evening Anchor / Reporter at CBS News Miami, Emmy Award winner for 2024 National coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals, website: www.cbsmiami.com, X, IG and FB: @ChelseaJonesTV

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