They Let Him Die to Cover Up a Kidnapping: The Timothy Stone Case

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Before we begin, I need to warn
you.

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This episode contains
discussions of child abduction,

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domestic violence, suicide
attempts, and wrongful death.

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Listener discretion is strongly
advised.

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In October 2025, a listener
reached out to No Tears for

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Black Girls with a case that
stopped me cold.

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The subject line read Quote
Three children kidnapped due to

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government negligence.
End Quote, the e-mail began.

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Quote.
This case centers on the

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suspicious death of Timothy Paul
Stone after the Arizona

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government allowed the
kidnapping of his three

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children, two of whom are
autistic.

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A tragic and disturbing example
of how systemic government

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neglect within Arizona's child
protective system can lead to

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preventable loss.
End Quote.

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What I discovered in the
document sent to me was worse

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than I could have imagined.
This is the story of Timothy

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Paul Stone, a black father who
spent the last 54 days of his

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life desperately trying to
rescue his children from a

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system that not only refused to
help him, but actively protected

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his children's abductors.
Timothy's parents, Reverend John

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and Shirley Stone, are 69 and 75
years old.

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They have given me permission to
tell their son's story and

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nearly two years after Timothy's
death, his three young sons,

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Winston, Timothy Junior and
Marcel are still missing.

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This is their story.
Picture this.

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It's 4:00 in the afternoon on
January 9th, 2024.

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Timothy Paul Stone pulls into
the parking lot of his apartment

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complex at 12,945 W Greenway
Rd., Apt E2O6 in El Mirage, AZ.

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He's 33 years old.
He's exhausted.

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Just hours earlier, he was in
the intensive care unit at

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Boswell Hospital, his blood
sugar spiking over 800, his

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brain swelling from the diabetic
crisis that nearly killed him.

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The doctors had stabilized him.
They'd sent him home to rest.

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All he wants to do is see his
three boys, hold them, tell them

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he's OK, tell them Daddy's home.
He walks up the stairs to his

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apartment.
The door is unlocked.

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He steps inside.
The apartment is silent.

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He calls out, Winston, Timothy,
Junior, Marcel.

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No answer.
He walks through the living

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room, empty, the kitchen empty,
their bedroom empty.

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His three sons are gone.
Timothy's hands are shaking now,

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not from the diabetes, from
panic.

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He pulls out his phone and calls
the babysitter.

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Brittany Houston, Where are my
kids?

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Where are my boys?
And Brittany Houston, the woman

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Timothy had trusted to care for
his children, the woman he had

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let live in his home rent free
for eight months, tells him

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something that stops his heart.
I took them.

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I put them in your car, and I
gave them to Saraya.

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Saraya, his estranged wife, the
woman who had abandoned their

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children 10 months earlier.
The woman who had fled to Las

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Vegas.
The woman who was under a court

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order to stay away from Timothy
and the children because a judge

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had found credible threats that
she would kidnap them.

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Timothy's worst nightmare had
just come true.

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He calls 911.
His voice is breaking.

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My children are missing.
They've been taken.

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I need help.
Officer Matthew Jacobs of the El

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Mirage Police Department
responds to the call.

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Timothy tells him everything.
About the protective order,

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about Surya abandoning the
children, about Brittany having

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no authority to take his sons,
about the court order that says

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Surya is dangerous.
Officer Jacobs takes notes.

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He files a report, and then he
does nothing.

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The children are not rescued.
Surya is not arrested.

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Brittany is not charged and
Timothy Paul Stone begins a 54

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day nightmare that will end with
his death.

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But before we get to those 54
days, before we talk about what

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the system did to Timothy, you
need to understand who Timothy

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was.
Because the people who failed

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him want you to believe he was
nobody.

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Just another black man who
couldn't get his life together.

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Just another angry ex-husband in
a custody dispute.

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Just another statistic.
They want you to forget that

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Timothy Paul Stone was a human
being, a son, a father, a man

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who fought every single day of
his life just to survive.

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Timothy was born February 28th,
1990 in the Phoenix area.

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His parents, Reverend Johnstone
and Shirley Stone, were devoted

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to their son.
They raised him with love, with

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faith, with the belief that he
could be anything he wanted to

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be.
And then, when Timothy was just

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two years old, everything
changed.

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Imagine being a parent and
watching your toddler suddenly

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start losing weight, drinking
water, constantly wetting the

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bed, lethargic, sick.
You take him to the doctor,

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terrified, not knowing what's
wrong, and the doctor tells you

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your baby has type 1 diabetes.
Not type 2.

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Not the kind you can manage with
diet and exercise.

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Type 1 juvenile diabetes, an
autoimmune disease where the

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pancreas stops producing
insulin, where the body can't

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regulate blood sugar on its own,
Where without constant

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monitoring, without multiple
daily injections, without

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vigilance, every single hour of
every single day, your child

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could slip into a coma and die.
Timothy was 2 years old, and for

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the next 32 years of his life,
he would live with a disease

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that could kill him at any
moment.

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Think about what that means.
Every meal calculated.

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Every carbohydrate counted.
Multiple finger pricks a day to

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check blood sugar.
Insulin injections before

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breakfast, before lunch, before
dinner, before bed.

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Waking up in the middle of the
night drenched in sweat because

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your blood sugar dropped too
low.

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Feeling your hands shake, your
vision blur, your heart race

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because the insulin dose was off
by just a little bit.

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Living with the knowledge that
if you forget your insulin, if

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you can't afford your insulin,
if someone tampers with your

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insulin, you could die.
Timothy carried this burden

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every day of his life, and he
never let it stop him.

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He went to high school, he
played sports, he fell in love.

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Her name was Saraya.
They were teenagers when they

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met young.
Love, first love, the kind of

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love that makes you believe in
forever.

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They were together for over 15
years.

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They moved in together in 2010.
They built a life and in 2011

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they had their first son,
Winston Lee Han Stone, born

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November 21st, 2011.
Two years later, July 19th,

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2013, their second son arrived,
Timothy Paul Stone Junior, named

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after his father.
A legacy, a continuation.

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And then in 2017, Timothy and
Saraya got married.

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Reverend Johnstone, Timothy's
father, performed the ceremony.

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It should have been the happiest
day of their lives, but by then

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cracks were already forming.
Saraya was struggling mentally,

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emotionally.
She would disappear for days,

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check herself into behavioral
health centers, come back

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different, come back worse.
And still Timothy stayed because

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he loved her, because he
believed she would get better.

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Because they had two boys who
needed their mother.

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In 2020 they had a third son,
Marcel Orion Stone, born

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December 4th, 2020.
A pandemic baby, born into a

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world that was falling apart,
born into a family that was

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falling apart.
And then came the diagnosis that

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would change everything.
In 2015, Timothy Junior started

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showing signs that something was
different.

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He didn't make eye contact the
way other children did.

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He had trouble with social
interactions, repetitive

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behaviors, sensitivity to sounds
and textures.

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The doctors confirmed what
Timothy and Soraya had started

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to suspect, Autism Spectrum
disorder.

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Timothy junior needed therapy,
special education, extra

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patience, extra love.
Timothy gave it to him.

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And then in 2022, Marcel was
diagnosed too Autism Spectrum

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Disorder. 2 of Timothy's three
sons were autistic. 2 of his

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three sons would need
specialized care for the rest of

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their lives.
Do you understand what that

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means?
Timothy was managing A chronic

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illness that could kill him at
any moment.

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He was working full time.
He was raising three young boys.

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Two of them had special needs
that required constant

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attention, therapy appointments,
individualized education plans,

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sensory accommodations, and he
was doing it.

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All of it.
Timothy had worked for Cox

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Communications since 2012,
almost 12 years with the same

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company.
He started in an entry level

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position and worked his way up.
By 2024 he was a sales engineer

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and team leader.
His colleagues respected him.

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His managers saw potential in
him.

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He had a future.
He was building something.

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He loved music.
He would play it for his boys,

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dance with them in the living
room.

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He loved sports.
He would take Winston to games,

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teach Timothy Junior how to
throw a ball, let Marcel toddle

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around the yard.
He loved to cook.

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He would make meals for his
sons, trying to get them to try

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new things, laughing when Marcel
made a face at vegetables.

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He was a good father, a present
father, a father who showed up.

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But at home, something dark was
growing, something that would

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eventually consume everything
Timothy had built, something

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that would lead to his death.
Saraya was deteriorating.

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Throughout 2022, Saraya's mental
health spiraled.

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She was admitted to psychiatric
wards multiple times.

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She would tell Timothy she
couldn't handle the children,

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that she wanted to give up, that
she wanted to end it all.

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And then in November 2022, she
stopped threatening and started

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acting.
November 5th, 2022.

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Timothy described it later in
court documents as a minor

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argument, something small,
something that shouldn't have

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escalated.
But Saraya's reaction was

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anything but minor.
She gathered Timothy and the

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children together.
Winston was 11 years old,

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Timothy Junior was 9.
Marcel was not yet 2.

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And Saraya looked at them and
said she wasn't strong enough,

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that she was going to kill
herself, that they would have to

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live without her.
She walked out of the house,

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just left, disappeared for
hours.

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The children were terrified.
Winston was crying.

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Timothy Junior, who struggles to
process emotions because of his

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autism, was shutting down.
Marcel was too young to

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understand, but he could feel
the fear in the room.

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Saraya eventually came home.
She didn't apologize, she didn't

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explain, she just came back.
Three days later, she did it

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again.
November 8th, 2022, another

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argument, and this time Saraya
walked into the kitchen and

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grabbed her prescription bottle.
Antidepressants.

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She opened the bottle in front
of Timothy, in front of Winston,

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in front of Marcel, and she
swallowed 25 pills, the entire

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bottle, one after another, after
another, while her children

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watched.
She said I won't be here

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anymore, you'll have to live
without me now.

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She threw the empty pill bottle
at Timothy's head.

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It hit him in the face, and she
walked out the door.

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Timothy called 911 immediately,
he was shaking, his voice was

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breaking.
He told the operator his wife

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just took an entire bottle of
pills.

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She's trying to kill herself.
My kids are here.

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They saw everything.
Please help.

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The police found Saraya a few
blocks away.

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She was fine.
She hadn't actually swallowed

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the pills.
She had put them in her mouth,

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walked out of the house and spit
them out.

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It was a performance, a show, a
weapon she used against Timothy

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and the children to inflict
maximum emotional damage.

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The police told Timothy what
she'd done, that she had faked

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it, that she was manipulating
him.

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But they didn't arrest her.
They didn't charge her.

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They didn't remove the children
from her care.

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They told Timothy to work it
out.

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Six days later, Saraya did it
for real.

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November 14th, 2022.
Another fight, another pill

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bottle.
But this time Saraya actually

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swallowed them 20 antidepressant
pills.

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She called 911 herself, told
them she'd overdosed, told them

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she wanted to die.
The paramedics rushed her to the

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hospital.
Her stomach was pumped, she was

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stabilized, and then she was
transported to Saint Luke's

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Behavioral Health Center, where
she stayed for a week.

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Do you know what week that was?
The week of Winston's birthday.

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Winston turned 11 years old on
November 21st, 2022, and his

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mother was in a psychiatric
facility because she had tried

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to kill herself.
Timothy tried to explain it to

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Winston, tried to help him
understand that mommy was sick,

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that she needed help, that it
wasn't his fault.

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But how do you explain that to
an 11 year old?

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How do you make that make sense?
You can't.

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You just hold your son while he
cries and you tell him you love

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him and you promise him you'll
keep him safe.

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But Timothy couldn't keep his
promise because the system was

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about to turn on him.
December 11th, 2022 Surya spent

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8 hours screaming at Timothy
from 10:00 in the morning until

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8:00 at night.
Yelling, cursing, calling him

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names, degrading him in front of
Winston, in front of Timothy,

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Junior, in front Marcel.
Timothy took Winston outside.

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Father and son sat on the steps
of the apartment building and

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Timothy asked his boy, Does the
yelling bother you?

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Does it hurt you when mommy
screams like that?

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Winston, this brave 11 year old
boy, said yes, it hurts.

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Timothy explained that mommy
wasn't well, that her brain

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wasn't working right, that maybe
if Winston told her how he felt,

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she would stop.
Winston didn't want to, he was

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scared, but he loved his father
and he wanted to help.

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So he went back inside, his
hands shaking, and he walked up

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to his mother.
Mommy, you're hurting my

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feelings when you yell, can you
please stop?

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Saraya looked at her son.
She said OK baby for you I'll

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stop. 5 minutes later she
started screaming again.

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Timothy had had enough.
He'd watched his wife attempt

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suicide in front of their
children.

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He'd endured months of verbal
abuse.

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He tried to protect his sons
from the chaos, but it kept

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getting worse.
On December 18th, 2022, during

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another one of Saria's episodes,
Timothy called 911.

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The Avondale police showed up,
and they made a decision that

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would change everything.
They arrested Timothy.

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Why?
Because during the argument,

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Saria had been on the phone with
a friend, wearing Bluetooth

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headphones.
Timothy, trying to get her to

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stop yelling, had gestured
toward her.

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The headphones fell off her
head.

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They broke.
Saraya told the police Timothy

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had attacked her, that he'd
choked her, that he'd beaten

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her, that he'd broken her
headphones in a rage.

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None of it was true.
Timothy had never hit her, never

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choked her, never laid a hand on
her.

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She would later admit this in
court.

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But that night the Avondale
police looked at a black man and

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a woman claiming abuse, and they
made their choice.

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They handcuffed Timothy
Paulstone.

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They took him away from his
children, they charged him with

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criminal damage for breaking
headphones that he had purchased

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with his own money, and they
left three vulnerable children

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in the custody of a woman who
had tried to kill herself in

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front of them twice in the last
month.

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The next day, December 19th,
2022, while Timothy was still in

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jail, Surreya went to court.
She filed for an order of

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protection.
She listed herself and all three

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children as the protected
parties.

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She claimed Timothy was violent,
that he was a threat, that he

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had hurt her.
The judge, who only heard

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Saraya's side of the story
because Timothy was

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incarcerated, granted the order.
Timothy Paul Stone, the man who

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had never been violent, who had
called the police for help, who

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had just wanted to protect his
children, was now legally

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prohibited from going home, from
seeing his sons, from being a

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father.
On January 6th, 2023, Timothy

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had to rent his own apartment.
He was forced out of the home

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he'd been paying for, away from
the children he'd been raising,

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all because of a lie.
But on January 17th, 2023,

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something important happened.
There was a hearing on the order

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of protection.
Timothy was finally able to tell

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his side.
And during that hearing, Saria

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Mccree admitted the truth.
She admitted Timothy had never

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hit her, never choked her, never
hurt her physically.

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The judge dismissed the children
from the order of protection.

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Winston, Timothy Junior and
Marcel were allowed to see their

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father again, but the order
stayed in place between Timothy

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and Saraya.
And then on February 1st, 2023,

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the Department of Child Safety
got involved.

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ADCS specialist named Michelle
Ortiz held an aftercare meeting.

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She reviewed the case.
She spoke to both parents and

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she made it clear both parents
needed to support the children.

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Saraya needed to continue
therapy.

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For a few weeks, it seemed like
things might stabilize.

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Surya was calmer.
Timothy had his boys back.

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They were working toward a
divorce.

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It was going to be amicable,
cooperative for the sake of the

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children.
And then March 2023 came, and

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Surya made a decision that would
set in motion everything that

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followed.
In March 2023, Surya petitioned

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to dismiss the order of
protection against Timothy.

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She didn't tell him she was
doing it, she just went to court

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and had it dropped.
Why?

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Because she was planning
something.

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Something Timothy wouldn't see
coming.

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March 22nd, 2023, It was a
Wednesday.

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Saraya told Timothy she needed
to drop the boys off at his

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apartment for a little while.
He didn't think anything of it.

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They've been Co parenting.
She'd bring the kids, he'd watch

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them, she'd come back.
But this time was different.

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Saraya pulled up to Timothy's
apartment.

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She brought Winston inside, then
Timothy Junior, then little

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Marcel, who was only two years
old and still being breastfed.

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She set them down.
She told them be good for daddy,

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I'll see you soon.
And then she walked out.

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She got into the family car, a
2018 Ford Escape with license

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plate DNA. 7 ME a car that was
in Timothy's name, a car she had

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no legal right to take, and she
drove to Las Vegas, NV to her

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sister Eris Dupree's apartment
at 1750 Karen Ave.

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Apt 158.
She didn't come back that night,

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or the next night, or the night
after that.

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Timothy called her.
No answer.

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He texted her.
No response.

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He asked when she was coming to
get the boys.

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Silence.
Days turned into weeks, Weeks

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turned into months, and Saraya
Mccree never came back.

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She had abandoned her children,
all three of them, left them

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with their father, and
disappeared across state lines.

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For the next 10 months, from
March 2023 to January 2024,

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Saraya Mccree did not contact
Winston, Timothy, Junior or

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Marcel.
Not a phone call, not a text

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message, not a birthday card,
not a dollar of child support.

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Nothing.
Timothy became a single father

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overnight.
He was working full time at Cox

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Communications, managing his
Type 1 diabetes, raising three

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boys, two of them autistic, one
of them still in diapers.

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And he did it every day.
He got up, He checked his blood

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sugar.
He gave himself insulin.

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He made breakfast for his boys.
He got Winston ready for school.

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He worked with Timothy Junior on
his therapy exercises.

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He changed Marcel's diapers.
He went to work.

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He came home.
He made dinner.

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He helped with homework.
He gave baths.

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He read bedtime stories.
He tucked them in.

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He was everything those boys
needed, father and mother,

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provider and caretaker, their
entire world.

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But Saraya wasn't done with
them.

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Because on April 5th, 2023, two
weeks after abandoning her

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children, Timothy's phone rang.
It was Saraya, and she wasn't

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alone.
Her sister, Eris Dupree, was on

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the call too, and they had a
message for Timothy.

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If you keep asking for child
support.

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If you keep trying to get the
car back, we're going to come to

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Arizona, we're going to hurt you
and we're going to take those

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kids.
Timothy, a man who had never

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been in a fight, who had never
threatened anyone, who just

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wanted to raise his children in
peace, was now being threatened

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with violence and kidnapping by
the mother of his children and

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her sister.
He recorded the conversation.

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He saved the threats.
And the next day, April 6th,

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2023, he went to the El Mirage
Municipal Court.

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He filed for an order of
protection, not just for

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himself, for Winston, for
Timothy Junior, for Marcel.

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The case was assigned to Judge
Michael Parascandola.

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Timothy presented the evidence,
the recorded threats, the

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abandonment, Surreya's history
of mental instability, the

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suicide attempts, the fear that
she would follow through on her

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threat to kidnap the children.
Judge Parascandola reviewed

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everything and he made a
finding.

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He found that there were
credible threats of kidnapping

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and abuse, that Surya Mccree and
Ayres Dupree posed a danger to

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Timothy and the three children.
On April 6th, 2023, Judge

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Parascandola issued 2 separate
orders of protection, one

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against Surya Mccree, one
against Ayres Dupree.

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Both orders listed Timothy Paul
Stone, Winston Stone, Timothy

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Junior Stone, and Marcel Stone
as the protected plaintiffs.

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The orders were clear.
Saraya and Harris were

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prohibited from contacting
Timothy or the children.

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They were not to come near them.
They were not to approach them.

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They were to stay away.
Judge Parascandola ordered the

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El Mirage police to immediately
serve the orders.

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The orders were sent to Las
Vegas.

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Deputy Sheriff Robert Wyant of
the Clark County Sheriff's

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Office was assigned to serve
them.

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On April 19th, 2023, Deputy
Wyant went to 1750 Karen Ave.

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Apt 158.
He knocked on the door.

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Eris Dupree answered.
He served her with the order of

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protection.
She took it.

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It was done, but Saraya Saraya
wouldn't come to the door.

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Deputy Wyant tried on April 7th,
2023.

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No answer.
He tried again on April 12th, no

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answer.
He tried again on April 14th, No

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answer.
He tried again on April 20th.

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No answer. 4 attempts to serve
Soraya Mccree with a court order

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designed to protect three
children.

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Four times she hid.
Four times she evaded service.

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On April 21st, 2023, Deputy
Wyant filed an affidavit with

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the court.
In it he stated that he had

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spoken with Eris Dupree, that
Eris had confirmed Saraya was

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living there, that Saraya knew
the police were trying to serve

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her, and that Saraya Mccree was
intentionally evading service of

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the order of protection.
Saraya knew she knew there was a

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court order.
She knew a judge had found her

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to be a danger to her children.
She knew she was supposed to

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stay away, and she hid from it.
For the next nine months, that

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order of protection kept Timothy
and his boys safe.

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Saraya stayed in Las Vegas.
She stayed away.

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The boys had stability.
They had routine.

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They had their father.
Timothy thought the worst was

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over.
He thought he'd protected his

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children.
He thought they were safe.

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But in April 2023, someone else
entered Timothy's life.

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Someone who would betray him in
the worst way possible.

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Someone who would help Surya
Mccree do exactly what Judge

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Perescandola's order was
designed to prevent.

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Her name was Brittany Houston,
and she told Timothy she needed

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help.
Timothy met Brittany Houston

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through Surya.
They were best friends, had been

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for years.
When Surya abandoned the family

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in March 2023, Brittany reached
out to Timothy.

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She told him she was going
through a hard time.

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She had her own children, 8 of
them.

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She was struggling.
She needed a place to stay.

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And Timothy, because he had a
good heart, because he believed

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in helping people, said yes.
In April 2023, Brittany Houston

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moved into Timothy's apartment
at 12,945 W Greenway Rd.

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Apt E2O6.
The arrangement was simple.

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She would help Timothy with the
boys, watch them when he was at

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work, help with meals, with
bedtime, with the chaos of

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raising three children, two of
them autistic.

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In exchange, she could live
there rent free.

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She wouldn't have to pay
utilities, she could get back on

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her feet.
Timothy showed Brittany the

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orders of protection, the ones
against Saraya and Heiress.

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He made it clear.
These women are not allowed near

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my children.
If they contact you, you tell

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me.
If they show up, you call the

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police.
My boys are protected by court

457
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,480
order, and I need you to help me
keep them safe.

458
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,040
Brittany said she understood.
She said she would protect the

459
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,520
boys.
She said Timothy could trust

460
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,560
her.
For months, the arrangement

461
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:18,200
seemed to work.
Brittany watched the children.

462
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,520
Timothy worked.
The boys had stability.

463
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,160
Winston was doing well in
school.

464
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,480
Timothy junior was making
progress in therapy.

465
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,760
Marcel was growing, hitting
milestones, learning to talk,

466
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,320
but behind the scenes, something
else was happening, something

467
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,600
Timothy didn't know about.
Brittany Houston was still in

468
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,800
contact with Saria Mccree.
They were still best friends and

469
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,960
they were talking, planning,
coordinating, and Brittany

470
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,560
Houston had secrets, dangerous
secrets.

471
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:57,040
On December 6th, 2023, Brittany
Houston was at Surprise

472
00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,520
Elementary School.
There was an incident, witnesses

473
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,520
said Brittany became aggressive
with a teacher that she

474
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:07,760
assaulted a 14 year old student.
The El Mirage police were called

475
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:12,440
when they arrived they arrested
Brittany Houston for aggravated

476
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:18,280
assault on a minor and assault
on a school faculty member and

477
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,880
when they ran her name through
the system they found something

478
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,120
alarming.
Brittany Houston had eight

479
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,760
active bench warrants, 8
separate warrants for her

480
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,800
arrest, all of them related to
crimes against her own minor

481
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,960
children, 8 warrants, and she'd
been living in Timothy's home

482
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,920
caring for his children for
months.

483
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,680
Brittany's mother posted bond.
Brittany was released, and she

484
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,160
came back to Timothy's apartment
like nothing had happened.

485
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,920
Timothy was horrified.
He trusted this woman with his

486
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:56,440
sons, with Winston and Timothy,
Junior and Marcel, and she had

487
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,600
eight warrants for crimes
against children.

488
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,360
He told her she needed to leave,
that she was fired, that he

489
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,880
would give her time to find
another place, but she couldn't

490
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,640
stay.
She couldn't be around his boys

491
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:13,520
anymore.
On January 2nd, 2024, Timothy

492
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:17,040
went to the El Mirage Municipal
Court, the same court where

493
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,240
Judge Parascandola had issued
the orders protecting him from

494
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,720
Saraya and heiress.
Timothy filed A petition for an

495
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,960
order of protection against
Brittany Houston.

496
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,480
In the petition, Timothy
detailed what he discovered, the

497
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:35,600
arrest, the warrants, Brittany's
violent behavior, the threats

498
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,880
she'd made against him when he
told her to leave.

499
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,040
He listed himself and all three
children as the plaintiffs who

500
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,800
needed protection.
Judge Parascandola reviewed the

501
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,800
petition and he denied it.
No order of protection was

502
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,440
granted.
Brittany Houston was free to

503
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:57,040
stay in Timothy's home, free to
be around his children, despite

504
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,600
the warrants, despite the
violence, despite everything.

505
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,880
Timothy was terrified, but he
had no choice.

506
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,120
He couldn't physically remove
her.

507
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,320
He couldn't change the locks and
risk her retaliating.

508
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:15,280
He had to keep working, had to
keep providing for his boys, had

509
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,400
to keep managing his diabetes
and his job and his life.

510
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:24,720
And then on January 3rd, 2024,
something strange happened.

511
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,320
Timothy's insulin went missing.
Timothy was meticulous about his

512
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,160
insulin.
He had to be.

513
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:35,080
His life depended on it.
He kept it in the refrigerator,

514
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:39,560
same place every day.
He checked it multiple times a

515
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:43,560
day, made sure he had enough,
made sure it was stored

516
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:48,600
properly, made sure it was safe.
But on January 3rd, when Timothy

517
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:52,120
went to get his insulin for his
evening injection, it wasn't

518
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,000
there.
He searched the refrigerator,

519
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:59,040
the cabinets, the bathroom, his
bedroom, everywhere.

520
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,240
It was gone.
He asked Brittany if she'd seen

521
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,320
it.
She said no, she didn't know

522
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,000
where it was.
Maybe he misplaced it.

523
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,640
Timothy knew he hadn't misplaced
it, but what could he do?

524
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:17,720
He went to the pharmacy, got an
emergency supply, came home, put

525
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:22,040
the new insulin in the
refrigerator on January 5th,

526
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:26,160
2024.
Two days later, the missing

527
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,000
insulin reappeared.
Brittany found it.

528
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,480
She brought it to Timothy, said
it had been in the refrigerator

529
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,240
the whole time, that he must
have just overlooked it.

530
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,480
But Timothy looked at the vial.
Something was wrong.

531
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,200
The seal looked tampered with.
The liquid looked slightly

532
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:47,280
different, not quite the right
consistency, not quite the right

533
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,360
color.
He didn't use it, he threw it

534
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:54,760
away, kept using the new supply
from the pharmacy, but the

535
00:33:54,760 --> 00:34:00,400
damage was already done.
On January 9th, 2024, at 2:00 in

536
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,880
the morning, Timothy Paul Stone
woke up feeling wrong.

537
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:08,920
His vision was blurry, his head
was pounding, his skin felt hot

538
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,159
and dry, his mouth was so dry he
could barely swallow.

539
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:16,080
He checked his blood sugar over
800.

540
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:20,760
For reference, normal blood
sugar is between 70 and 100.

541
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,120
Anything over 180 is considered
high.

542
00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:29,800
Over 250 is dangerous.
Over 400 is a medical emergency.

543
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,600
Timothy's blood sugar was over
800.

544
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:37,719
He was in diabetic ketoacidosis.
His body, unable to use glucose

545
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,760
for energy because of the lack
of insulin, was breaking down

546
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:41,679
fat.
Instead.

547
00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:45,760
The process was producing
ketones, acidic compounds that

548
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,040
were poisoning his blood.
His brain was swelling.

549
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:53,280
His kidneys were failing.
Without immediate treatment, he

550
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:58,440
would slip into a coma and die.
Timothy called 911.

551
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,760
The ambulance arrived.
The paramedics loaded him onto a

552
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:07,920
Gurney and at 2:30 in the
morning on January 9th, 2024,

553
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,920
Timothy Paul Stone was rushed to
Boswell Hospital and taken

554
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,960
directly to the intensive care
unit.

555
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:18,560
The doctors worked quickly.
Intravenous fluids to rehydrate

556
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:23,400
him, insulin drip to bring down
the blood sugar, monitoring for

557
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,440
brain swelling, for kidney
function, for cardiac arrest.

558
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,960
Timothy was critical.
He could have died, but he

559
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,880
didn't.
The doctors stabilized him by 10

560
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,520
in the morning.
His blood sugar was coming down,

561
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,560
the swelling in his brain was
reducing, the ketones were

562
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,920
clearing.
He was going to survive.

563
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:48,880
The doctors discharged him
around noon with strict

564
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,040
instructions.
Rest.

565
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,280
Monitor your blood sugar
closely.

566
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,080
Take your insulin exactly as
prescribed.

567
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,480
Come back immediately if you
feel any symptoms returning.

568
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:04,080
Timothy went home.
But while Timothy was in the ICU

569
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:08,320
fighting for his life, something
else was happening, something

570
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:12,560
that would destroy him more than
any diabetic crisis ever could.

571
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,360
Brittany Houston had called
Saria Mccree.

572
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,400
Saria, who had abandoned the
children 10 months earlier.

573
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,320
Saria, who was under a court
order to stay away from them.

574
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:28,800
Saria, who had evaded service of
that order four times in Las

575
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,480
Vegas.
Saria, who had not contacted her

576
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:36,960
sons in nearly a year.
Brittany told Surya that Timothy

577
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:41,560
was in the hospital, that he was
in the ICU, that the children

578
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,360
were alone in the apartment with
her.

579
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,600
And Surya told Brittany exactly
what to do.

580
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,840
Take the children, put them in
Timothy's car and bring them to

581
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,600
me.
At some point between 2:00 AM

582
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,280
when Timothy left in the
ambulance and 4:00 PM when he

583
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,520
returned home, Brittany Houston
walked into the bedroom where

584
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,520
Winston, Timothy, Junior and
Marcel were sleeping.

585
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,960
She woke them up.
She told them to get dressed.

586
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,240
She said they were going to see
their mother.

587
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,480
Winston, who was 12 years old,
asked where Daddy was.

588
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:17,080
Brittany said Daddy was sick,
that he was in the hospital,

589
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,080
that their mother wanted to see
them.

590
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:23,920
Timothy Junior, who was 10 years
old and autistic, started to get

591
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,480
upset.
He didn't understand.

592
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,520
He didn't like sudden changes.
He wanted his father.

593
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,200
Brittany told him to be quiet,
to get in the car.

594
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,200
Marcel, who was three years old,
was crying.

595
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,120
He wanted his daddy.
He didn't remember his mother.

596
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,640
He hadn't seen her in 10 months.
He was scared.

597
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:50,120
Brittany didn't care.
She took Timothy's car keys, the

598
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:54,880
keys to the 2018 Ford Escape
that Saraya had stolen and used

599
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:59,000
to flee to Las Vegas the year
before, the car that Timothy had

600
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,280
somehow gotten back, the car
that was his only

601
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,680
transportation.
She forced all three boys into

602
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,640
the car.
She locked the doors and she

603
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:14,600
drove away from 12,945 W
Greenway Rd., away from the only

604
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,680
home those boys had known, away
from their father.

605
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:23,000
She drove to Mesa, AZ to the
Cube Smart storage facility on E

606
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:28,840
Mckellips Rd. and there waiting
for her was Surya Mccree, the

607
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:32,120
woman who had abandoned these
children, the woman who was

608
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,560
under court order to stay away
from them, the woman who had

609
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:39,640
threatened to kidnap them.
Brittany Houston handed Winston,

610
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:44,200
Timothy Junior, and Marcel over
to Surya Mccree, and then she

611
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:48,600
drove back to El Mirage, back to
Timothy's apartment, like

612
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:52,480
nothing had happened.
When Timothy came home at 4:00

613
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:56,400
PM, the apartment was silent.
He called out for his boys.

614
00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:00,480
No answer.
He checked their room, Empty.

615
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,440
Their beds were unmade, their
shoes were gone, their jackets

616
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,040
were gone.
Panic set in.

617
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,720
He called Brittany, Where are my
kids?

618
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,200
Where are my sons?
Brittany's voice was cold,

619
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,360
detached.
I took them to their mother.

620
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,760
Timothy felt his world collapse.
You what?

621
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,560
Where?
Where did you take them?

622
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,160
I'm not telling you.
Timothy's hands were shaking.

623
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,320
You had no right.
You had no authority.

624
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,280
There's a court order.
She's not allowed near them.

625
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,560
Where are they?
Where are my children?

626
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,280
Brittany hung up.
Timothy immediately called 911.

627
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,880
It was 4:47 PM on January 9th,
2024.

628
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,240
The El Mirage police dispatch
recorded the call.

629
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:54,480
Timothy's voice was breaking,
frantic, desperate.

630
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,280
My children are missing.
My babysitter took them without

631
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:01,040
my permission.
She gave them to their mother,

632
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,360
who is under a court order to
stay away from them.

633
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,720
I need help.
I need my children back.

634
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:10,160
Please help me.
Officer Matthew Jacobs was

635
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:13,440
dispatched to 12,945 W Greenway
Rd.

636
00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:19,320
Apt E20 6HE arrived with backup.
They took Timothy's statement.

637
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:21,840
Timothy showed them the orders
of protection.

638
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:27,160
The ones from April 6th, 2023.
The ones that listed Winston,

639
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,840
Timothy, Junior and Marcel as
protected plaintiffs.

640
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,320
The ones that prohibited Saria
Mccree from coming near the

641
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:36,960
children.
He showed them the court file

642
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:48,040
number M-0759-P02023000017.
He showed them that the order

643
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:51,680
had been issued by Judge
Parascandola, that it was valid,

644
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,560
that it was active.
Officer Jacobs reviewed the

645
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,360
documents.
He confirmed that the orders

646
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,360
were legitimate.
He confirmed that Surya Mccree

647
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,600
was prohibited from contact with
the children.

648
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:07,440
He confirmed that Brittany
Houston had no legal authority

649
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,760
to remove the children from
Timothy's custody.

650
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,600
And then Officer Jacobs did
nothing.

651
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,640
He didn't go to Cube Smart.
He didn't track down Surya

652
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,800
Mccree.
He didn't arrest Brittany

653
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,520
Houston.
He didn't issue an Amber Alert.

654
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,720
He didn't treat this as a
kidnapping.

655
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:31,000
He filed a report case
#24-000456, and he left.

656
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:35,080
Timothy was devastated.
He called his father, Reverend

657
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,280
Johnstone.
He was sobbing.

658
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,280
Dad, they took my boys.
The police won't help me.

659
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,720
I don't know where they are.
I don't know if they're safe.

660
00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:47,360
What do I do?
Reverend Stone, 69 years old,

661
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:52,200
dropped everything.
He and his wife, Shirley, 75

662
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,600
years old, drove to Timothy's
apartment.

663
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,440
They found their son in a state
of complete despair.

664
00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:01,960
His blood sugar was still
unstable from the morning's

665
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:05,200
crisis.
His hands were shaking, he

666
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:08,560
couldn't stop crying.
The three of them stayed up all

667
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:12,760
night, calling police stations,
calling the courts, trying to

668
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:16,920
figure out what to do, how to
get the children back, how to

669
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:21,760
make someone listen.
The next morning, January 10th,

670
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:26,840
2024, Timothy went back to the
El Mirage Municipal Court.

671
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:31,120
He filed an emergency petition
for an order of protection

672
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:35,240
against Brittany Houston.
In the petition, Timothy

673
00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:39,160
detailed everything that
Brittany had forcibly removed

674
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:44,240
his three children from his home
on January 9th, 2024 without his

675
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:47,960
permission or authority.
That she had transported them in

676
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,800
his stolen vehicle to an unknown
location.

677
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:54,840
That she had delivered them to
Surya Mccree, who was under an

678
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:58,280
existing order of protection to
stay away from the children.

679
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:00,760
That the children were in
danger.

680
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,840
Judge Parascandola held a
hearing that same day.

681
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:09,400
He reviewed the petition.
He acknowledged that on January

682
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:15,120
9th, 2024, Brittany Houston had
unlawfully abducted the children

683
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:18,960
without authorization and
transported them to Surya Mccree

684
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:23,040
and Harris Dupree, both of whom
were under previous protective

685
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,800
orders.
Judge Parascandola issued an

686
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,960
order of protection against
Brittany Houston.

687
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:32,600
The order listed Timothy Paul
Stone, Winston Stone, Timothy

688
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:36,240
Junior Stone, and Marcel Stone
as the protected plaintiffs.

689
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:40,120
The order prohibited Brittany
from contacting Timothy or the

690
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:43,200
children.
It granted Timothy exclusive use

691
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:46,000
of the residence.
It ordered law enforcement to

692
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,520
immediately serve the order on
Brittany Houston.

693
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,360
The El Mirage police were
dispatched to serve the order.

694
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,800
They went to Timothy's apartment
where Brittany was still living.

695
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:00,880
When the officers arrived at the
door, Brittany Houston opened

696
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:02,760
it.
She saw the police.

697
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:06,200
She saw Timothy standing there
and she smiled.

698
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:10,600
She looked Timothy in the eyes
and said you will never see your

699
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,720
kids again.
And then she took the order of

700
00:44:13,720 --> 00:44:17,200
protection from the officer's
hand, turned around and walked

701
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,360
back into the apartment.
The police did nothing.

702
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:22,840
They didn't arrest her for the
kidnapping.

703
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:25,840
They didn't charge her with
custodial interference.

704
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,680
They didn't force her to tell
them where the children were.

705
00:44:29,240 --> 00:44:31,480
They served the paper, and they
left.

706
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:35,520
Timothy stood in the hallway of
his own apartment building,

707
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:39,280
unable to go inside because
Brittany was there, unable to go

708
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:41,960
home, unable to sleep in his own
bed.

709
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:44,120
And he realized something
terrible.

710
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,560
The system was not going to help
him.

711
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:49,720
The courts had given him
protective orders, but the

712
00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:51,440
police were not going to enforce
them.

713
00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:55,520
Saraya had his children,
Brittany had helped her take

714
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:57,960
them, and no one in authority
cared.

715
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:03,800
Over the next few days, Timothy
and his father, Reverend Stone,

716
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:07,680
tried everything.
They called the El Mirage Police

717
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:11,120
Department every day.
They called the Mesa Police

718
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,600
Department.
They called the Maricopa County

719
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,000
Sheriff.
They called Child Protective

720
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,040
Services.
No one would help.

721
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:25,400
On January 15th, 2024, six days
after the kidnapping, Timothy

722
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,400
and Reverend Stone went to the
El Mirage Police Department in

723
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:30,920
person.
They demanded to speak to an

724
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,080
officer.
They needed an update.

725
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:35,840
They needed to know what was
being done to rescue the

726
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:40,000
children.
Two officers names, redacted in

727
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:44,040
the reports but referred to as
John Doe Officers, met with them

728
00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:46,840
in the parking lot.
They pulled up the case on their

729
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:50,480
patrol car's computer system.
The officers confirmed

730
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:53,640
everything.
Yes, the orders of protection

731
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:57,400
against Surya Mccree and Heiress
Dupree were valid and active.

732
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,120
Yes, the children were listed as
protected plaintiffs.

733
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:05,360
Yes, Surya Mccree was prohibited
from contact with the children.

734
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,320
Yes, the orders had been issued
by Judge Parascandola.

735
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:13,320
The officers told Timothy and
Reverend Stone that they

736
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:16,800
understood the seriousness of
the situation, that they

737
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:20,520
acknowledged Surya, Heiress and
Brittany represented a danger to

738
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,880
the children, that the
protective orders were in place

739
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,760
for a reason.
And then the officers said

740
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:28,920
something that would haunt
Timothy for the rest of his

741
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:31,920
life.
We know where the children are.

742
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,560
We believe they're at the Cube
Smart Storage facility in Mesa

743
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:39,000
where Surya Mccree works.
But you cannot go there

744
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,320
yourself.
You cannot try to get your

745
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:43,640
children back.
That's our job.

746
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,640
We will handle it.
Do not take matters into your

747
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,480
own hands.
Timothy asked when they would go

748
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,240
get the children.
The officers said soon.

749
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,000
They said they were working on
it.

750
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:57,920
They said to be patient.
Timothy and Reverend Stone left

751
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:00,960
the police station believing
that help was coming, that the

752
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:03,720
police were going to rescue
Winston, Timothy, Junior and

753
00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:06,960
Marcel, that the nightmare was
almost over.

754
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:13,360
But days passed, then a week,
then two weeks, and the police

755
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:16,800
did nothing.
Timothy called every day.

756
00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:19,800
Every single day.
He called the El Mirage Police

757
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:22,200
Department and asked for an
update.

758
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,360
Where are my children?
When are you going to get them?

759
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:30,560
Why haven't you arrested Saraya?
Why haven't you charged

760
00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:33,560
Brittany?
The answers were always the

761
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:35,920
same.
We're working on it, We're

762
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:37,760
investigating.
Be patient.

763
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:42,400
But Timothy was running out of
patience, and he was running out

764
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:47,480
of time.
By late January 2024, Timothy's

765
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:50,800
health was deteriorating.
The stress of the kidnapping,

766
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,800
combined with his diabetes was
destroying him.

767
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:56,440
His blood sugar was spiking
constantly.

768
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:59,160
He couldn't sleep.
He couldn't eat.

769
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,840
He'd lost weight.
His brain fog was getting worse.

770
00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:05,440
He was having trouble
concentrating at work.

771
00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:10,520
But he kept fighting because his
boys needed him, because Winston

772
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:13,160
and Timothy, Junior and Marcel
were out there somewhere,

773
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:17,280
scared, confused, wondering why
their father hadn't come to get

774
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:22,120
them.
On January 25th, 2024, Timothy

775
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:25,400
and Reverend Stone drafted a
formal criminal complaint.

776
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:30,360
They titled it, quote, Certified
criminal complaint, a child

777
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,280
abduction alert.
End Quote.

778
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:36,400
The complaint was addressed to
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs,

779
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:40,520
Arizona Attorney General Chris
Mays, and all Arizona State and

780
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:42,400
federal law enforcement
agencies.

781
00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:47,520
The subject line read Quote Your
urgent help requested and needed

782
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:51,960
to locate and bring home safely
the three minors listed herein

783
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:56,320
that were taken from their home
on January 9th, 2024.

784
00:48:57,240 --> 00:49:00,000
End Quote.
The complaint detailed

785
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:04,280
everything the kidnapping, the
protective orders, the police

786
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:07,000
failure to act, the danger to
the children.

787
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:10,280
It cited Arizona statutes that
had been violated.

788
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:15,640
ARS section 13-1302 Custodial
interference.

789
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:25,960
ARS section 13-1304 kidnapping.
ARS section 13-3623 Child abuse.

790
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,920
ARS section 8-531 Child
abandonment.

791
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:35,120
The complaint explained that
Timothy had called 911 on

792
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:40,560
January 9th, 2024, that the El
Mirage police had responded,

793
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:44,760
that they had confirmed the
protective orders, and that they

794
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:48,840
had refused to rescue the
children, the complaint stated.

795
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:54,480
Quote El Mirage Police, by their
own acts and non acts when there

796
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:59,440
is a duty to act, are continuing
to block access to three missing

797
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:02,320
children, two of which are
autistic.

798
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:07,200
They have spoken to the child
abductor slash kidnapper and

799
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:10,520
continue to keep the location of
their whereabouts concealed

800
00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:14,280
while threatening the father and
others with harm if they attempt

801
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:16,360
to locate and rescue the
children.

802
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:20,400
End Quote.
Timothy and Reverend Stone had

803
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:24,720
the complaint notarized on
January 25th, 2024.

804
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:29,080
They attached a missing persons
poster with photos of Winston,

805
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:33,800
Timothy, Junior and Marcel.
Three beautiful black boys

806
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:39,080
smiling at the camera.
Innocent, vulnerable, missing.

807
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:45,520
On January 26th, 2024, they
officially served the complaint.

808
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:49,520
They sent copies by e-mail to
Governor Katie Hobbs, to

809
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:53,840
Attorney General Chris Mays, to
El Mirage Mayor Alexis Hermesio,

810
00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:57,080
and to El Mirage Police Chief
Paul Marzuka.

811
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:01,880
Reverend Stone personally hand
delivered a copy to the Arizona

812
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:06,440
Attorney General's office at
2005 N Central Ave. in Phoenix.

813
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:10,720
Reverend Stone personally hand
delivered a copy to the Arizona

814
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:15,280
Attorney General's Office at
2005 N Central Ave. in Phoenix.

815
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:21,640
And then they waited.
On January 29th, 2024 at 11:32

816
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:24,400
AM, Governor Katie Hobbs
responded.

817
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:28,120
Her e-mail was brief.
She acknowledged receipt of the

818
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:31,000
criminal complaint.
She said her office would review

819
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:35,920
it and get back to them.
That same day, at 9:43 AM,

820
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:39,720
before the governor had even
responded, Police Chief Paul

821
00:51:39,720 --> 00:51:43,040
Marzaka sent an e-mail to
Timothy and Reverend Stone.

822
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:48,160
The e-mail said, quote, Mr.
Stone, I have my investigations

823
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:50,880
Bureau looking into this matter.
End Quote.

824
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:54,680
Timothy and Reverend Stone were
cautiously hopeful.

825
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:58,600
Finally, someone in authority
was paying attention.

826
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:02,480
Finally, the governor and the
police chief were taking this

827
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:05,600
seriously.
Finally, the children would be

828
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:09,080
rescued.
At 12:11 PM, Timothy and

829
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,840
Reverend Stone responded to
Chief Marzaka's e-mail.

830
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:16,120
They emphasize the urgency.
They wrote, quote, two of the

831
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:19,120
children are autistic and every
minute that passes further

832
00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:24,000
endangers my children.
End Quote with the word children

833
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:27,400
in all capital letters.
They attached copies of the

834
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:29,720
Arizona statutes that had been
violated.

835
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:33,240
They explained the police
department's accomplice criminal

836
00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:36,600
liability for aiding the
kidnapping, for blocking the

837
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:40,480
children's rescue, for hindering
the arrest of the kidnappers,

838
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:43,680
and for grossly violating the
children's rights while

839
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:48,200
obstructing justice.
They sent the e-mail and waited

840
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:54,200
for Chief Marzaka's response.
At 4:35 PM on January 29th,

841
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:59,760
2024, Chief Marzaka responded
and his response shattered any

842
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:03,760
hope Timothy had left.
The e-mail said that Officer

843
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:07,200
Matthew Jacobs had reported
that, quote, at the time the

844
00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:09,640
three minor children were taken
without the decedent's

845
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:12,600
permission.
The decedent was incapacitated

846
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:17,240
and, quote, incapacitated
because Timothy had been in the

847
00:53:17,240 --> 00:53:21,080
ICU, because he'd been fighting
for his life against diabetic

848
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:26,080
ketoacidosis, because his blood
sugar had been over 800 and his

849
00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:29,640
brain had been swelling.
The police were using Timothy's

850
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:32,800
disability against him.
They were claiming that because

851
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,960
he'd been hospitalized, Brittany
Houston had the right to take

852
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:39,840
his children, that because he
was physically unable to stop

853
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:44,600
her at that exact moment, the
kidnapping didn't count, Chief

854
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:48,240
Marzaka's e-mail continued.
He stated that Officer Jacobs

855
00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:51,960
had advised Timothy at the time
that they had conducted a proper

856
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:55,320
and thorough investigation and
that the El Mirage Police

857
00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:58,120
Department would not be rescuing
the children or apprehending the

858
00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:01,000
kidnappers.
Timothy and Reverend Stone

859
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,560
responded immediately.
They sent a detailed rebuttal.

860
00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:08,440
They explained that Timothy
being in the hospital did not

861
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:12,040
give Brittany Houston authority
to take the children, that she

862
00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:16,800
was not a legal guardian, that
she was not family, that she had

863
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:21,320
no custodial rights whatsoever.
They explained that even if

864
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:24,800
Timothy had been incapacitated,
which he wasn't, because he was

865
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:28,080
discharged and came home that
same day, the children should

866
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:32,520
have been turned over to family,
to Timothy's parents, to someone

867
00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:36,080
with legal authority, not to a
woman who was under court order

868
00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:39,000
to stay away from them.
They cited the law.

869
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:41,200
They cited the protective
orders.

870
00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:45,480
They begged Chief Marzaka to
reconsider, to do his job, to

871
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:49,360
rescue three innocent children.
There was no response.

872
00:54:50,240 --> 00:54:52,160
Chief Marzaka never replied
again.

873
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:54,680
The Governor's office never
followed up.

874
00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:58,080
The Attorney General's office
never took action.

875
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:01,560
The El Mirage police never went
to Cube Smart to get the

876
00:55:01,560 --> 00:55:04,560
children.
The Mesa police never arrested

877
00:55:04,560 --> 00:55:09,640
Saraya Mccree. 3 black children,
two of them autistic, one of

878
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:13,480
them only three years old, were
being held against their will in

879
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:18,320
violation of court orders, and
every single person in authority

880
00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:20,880
who could have helped them chose
to do nothing.

881
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:26,920
Timothy was breaking.
On February 1st, 2024, three

882
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:30,320
weeks after the kidnapping,
Timothy called Saria Mccree.

883
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,280
He was desperate.
He was furious.

884
00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:35,400
He was terrified for his
children.

885
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:40,520
The conversation escalated.
Timothy, under extreme emotional

886
00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:44,400
duress, threatened Saraya.
He told her that if she didn't

887
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:47,840
return the children immediately,
if she hurt them in any way,

888
00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:51,480
there would be consequences.
He would make sure she paid for

889
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:54,120
what she'd done.
It was a mistake.

890
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:57,680
Timothy knew it was a mistake
the moment the words left his

891
00:55:57,680 --> 00:56:00,240
mouth.
But he was a father who hadn't

892
00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:02,000
seen his children in three
weeks.

893
00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:06,280
A father who'd been told by the
police to wait, to be patient,

894
00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:09,920
to let them handle it.
A father who'd watched the

895
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,920
system fail his sons over and
over again.

896
00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:17,440
And Saraya Mccree, the woman who
had abandoned those children for

897
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:20,960
10 months, who had evaded a
court order designed to protect

898
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:24,160
them, who had conspired with
Brittany Houston to kidnap them,

899
00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:28,920
called the police.
She called 911 and reported that

900
00:56:28,920 --> 00:56:33,480
Timothy had threatened her.
Mesa Police Officer Damien

901
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:38,480
Ryden, badge number 23685, was
dispatched to the Cube Smart

902
00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:44,000
Storage facility at 135 E
Mckellips Rd. in Mesa, AZ

903
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:47,400
Officer Ryden spoke with Saraya
Mccree.

904
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:51,120
She told him about Timothy's
phone call, about the threats.

905
00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:54,360
She said she was scared, that
she just wanted to keep the

906
00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:57,200
children safe.
She didn't mention that she'd

907
00:56:57,200 --> 00:57:00,880
abandoned them, didn't mention
the protective order, didn't

908
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:03,800
mention that she'd evaded
service four times, didn't

909
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:05,880
mention that the children had
been kidnapped.

910
00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:11,200
Officer Ryden called Timothy and
instead of asking Timothy why he

911
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:14,000
was so desperate, instead of
checking to see if there were

912
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:18,360
court orders in place, instead
of doing his job, Officer Rydon

913
00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:22,480
threatened Timothy Paul Stone.
He told Timothy that if he tried

914
00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:26,280
to come get his children, there
would be consequences, that he,

915
00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:30,640
Officer Rydon, would personally
make sure Timothy was arrested,

916
00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:35,080
that he had spoken with the El
Mirage police and they agreed

917
00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:36,920
with his handling of the
situation.

918
00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:42,360
Officer Rydon told Timothy to
leave Saraya alone, to stop

919
00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:45,680
harassing her, to stop trying to
find his own children.

920
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:48,760
And then Officer Rydon did
something even worse.

921
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:52,600
He encouraged Surya Mccree to go
to court and get her own

922
00:57:52,600 --> 00:57:55,840
protective order against
Timothy, to legally block him

923
00:57:55,840 --> 00:57:58,840
from his children, to use the
system to cover up the

924
00:57:58,840 --> 00:58:02,000
kidnapping.
Shortly after Officer Rydon's

925
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:06,960
call, Timothy received another
call, this one from a John Doe

926
00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:10,160
officer with the El Mirage
Police Department.

927
00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:12,960
The officer repeated the same
threat.

928
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:17,440
Stay away from Saraya.
Stop trying to get your children

929
00:58:17,640 --> 00:58:21,040
or you'll be arrested.
Timothy hung up the phone and

930
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:24,760
realized something horrific.
The police weren't just refusing

931
00:58:24,760 --> 00:58:27,920
to help him, they were actively
protecting his children's

932
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:30,560
kidnappers.
They were using their authority

933
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:34,800
to keep him away from Winston,
Timothy, Junior, and Marcel.

934
00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:37,440
They were participants in the
crime.

935
00:58:38,920 --> 00:58:44,560
On February 5th, 2024, Timothy
and Reverend Stone drafted an

936
00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:48,160
addendum to the January 25th
certified Criminal complaint.

937
00:58:48,720 --> 00:58:51,800
They detailed the new
developments, Officer Ryden's

938
00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:56,120
threats, the El Mirage officers
threats, the complete failure of

939
00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:59,600
law enforcement to enforce the
protective orders or rescue the

940
00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:01,920
children.
They sent the addendum to

941
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:06,240
Governor Hobbs, Attorney General
Mays, Mayor Hermaceo, and Chief

942
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:08,800
Marzocca.
No one responded.

943
00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:13,560
On February 13th, 2024, they
drafted a second addendum.

944
00:59:14,080 --> 00:59:17,760
More details, more evidence,
more desperate pleas for

945
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:21,320
someone, anyone to help.
No one responded.

946
00:59:22,120 --> 00:59:25,080
But something else was
happening, something Timothy

947
00:59:25,080 --> 00:59:28,120
didn't know about yet.
Because while the El Mirage

948
00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:31,120
police were refusing to serve
Saraya Mccree with the April

949
00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:35,840
6th, 2023 protective order,
someone else was trying.

950
00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:41,480
Timothy had hired a private
process server, Hotshots Process

951
00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:47,600
Service, and on February 21st,
2024, ten months after Deputy

952
00:59:47,600 --> 00:59:51,080
Sheriff Wyant had tried and
failed to serve Saraya in Las

953
00:59:51,080 --> 00:59:53,680
Vegas, the process server
succeeded.

954
00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:58,040
They got into the Secure Cube
Smart storage facility in Mesa.

955
00:59:58,960 --> 01:00:02,880
They found Saria Mccree and they
served her with the Order of

956
01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:09,400
Protection, the one from April
6th. 2023, the one that

957
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:13,080
prohibited her from being near
Winston Timothy Junior and

958
01:00:13,080 --> 01:00:17,200
Marcel Saraya took the order.
She read it.

959
01:00:17,560 --> 01:00:21,800
She knew exactly what it said,
that she was the defendant, that

960
01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:24,720
the children were the
plaintiffs, that she was legally

961
01:00:24,720 --> 01:00:27,840
required to stay away from them,
and she ignored it.

962
01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:31,000
She kept the children.
She didn't bring them back to

963
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:33,520
Timothy.
She didn't turn herself in.

964
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:36,720
She didn't acknowledge that she
was violating a court order.

965
01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:40,800
She just kept Winston, Timothy
Junior and Marcel in her custody

966
01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:47,280
as if the order didn't exist.
By late February 2024, Timothy

967
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:50,600
Paul Stone had been separated
from his children for six weeks.

968
01:00:51,120 --> 01:00:53,360
Six weeks of not knowing if they
were safe.

969
01:00:53,880 --> 01:00:57,160
Six weeks of not being able to
hug them, read to them, tuck

970
01:00:57,160 --> 01:01:00,440
them in at night.
Six weeks of Winston missing

971
01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:03,160
school.
Six weeks of Timothy Junior

972
01:01:03,160 --> 01:01:04,840
missing his therapy
appointments.

973
01:01:05,640 --> 01:01:08,200
Six weeks of Marcel crying for
his daddy.

974
01:01:09,160 --> 01:01:12,520
Timothy's health was collapsing.
His blood sugar was staying

975
01:01:12,520 --> 01:01:18,680
elevated constantly over 600 /
700, sometimes over 800.

976
01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:22,640
His body was in a constant state
of ketoacidosis.

977
01:01:23,240 --> 01:01:26,200
His kidneys were struggling.
His vision was blurry.

978
01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:29,640
His brain fog was so severe he
could barely think straight.

979
01:01:30,560 --> 01:01:35,720
But on February 29th, 2024,
Timothy did something incredibly

980
01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:38,360
brave.
He went back to Court One more

981
01:01:38,360 --> 01:01:41,200
time.
He filed an emergency motion

982
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:44,960
with Judge Parascandola.
The motion was titled, quote,

983
01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:49,680
Emergency Motion for Violations
of this Court's Order and Motion

984
01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:53,000
in the Interest of Justice and
to prevent the furtherance of a

985
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:56,000
miscarriage of Justice.
End Quote.

986
01:01:57,080 --> 01:02:00,000
In the motion, Timothy laid out
everything.

987
01:02:00,680 --> 01:02:03,880
That Surya Mccree had been
served with the protective order

988
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:09,800
on February 21st, 2024.
That she had been in violation

989
01:02:09,800 --> 01:02:12,920
of the order for six days before
requesting a hearing.

990
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:17,240
That she was currently at that
very moment holding the children

991
01:02:17,240 --> 01:02:19,600
in gross violation of the
court's order.

992
01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:23,240
That she refused to release them
as the court had commanded.

993
01:02:24,640 --> 01:02:30,960
The motion cited ARS section
13-3602, Interfering with

994
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:37,160
judicial proceedings.
ARS Section 13-2810, Contempt of

995
01:02:37,160 --> 01:02:39,800
court.
It detailed how Saraya had

996
01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:45,360
evaded service in Las Vegas in
April and May of 2023, how she

997
01:02:45,360 --> 01:02:48,880
had waited until after being
officially served to request a

998
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:52,320
hearing showing her willful
disregard for the court's

999
01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:56,320
authority, Timothy wrote.
Quote The defendant has

1000
01:02:56,320 --> 01:02:59,760
displayed to this court that she
is subject to disregard any

1001
01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:03,120
order this court issues.
The defendant has also shown

1002
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:05,880
that she will abandoned her
children whenever she feels like

1003
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:08,120
it.
She believes there should be no

1004
01:03:08,120 --> 01:03:11,040
consequences for emotionally
abusing her children.

1005
01:03:11,560 --> 01:03:14,760
End Quote.
He pointed out that Saraya knew

1006
01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:18,120
two of the children were
autistic, that her actions were

1007
01:03:18,120 --> 01:03:20,720
quote cold blooded.
End Quote.

1008
01:03:21,280 --> 01:03:24,720
That she had made the children
watch her attempt suicide on 2

1009
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:28,160
separate occasions, then
abandoned them for months, then

1010
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:32,000
orchestrated their kidnapping.
Timothy attached the certified

1011
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:36,320
criminal complaints as exhibits.
He asked the court to read them

1012
01:03:37,040 --> 01:03:39,760
to understand the full scope of
what had happened.

1013
01:03:40,360 --> 01:03:43,960
He asked Judge Parascandola to
force Saraya to abide by the

1014
01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:48,360
protective order to return the
children immediately, to order

1015
01:03:48,360 --> 01:03:52,480
the El Mirage Police, the Mesa
Police and the Maricopa County

1016
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:55,480
Sheriff to enforce the order and
arrest Saraya for her

1017
01:03:55,480 --> 01:03:59,440
violations.
Judge Parascandola scheduled a

1018
01:03:59,440 --> 01:04:05,800
hearing for March 4th, 2024.
Timothy was hopeful, terrified,

1019
01:04:06,200 --> 01:04:09,720
but hopeful.
Finally, a judge would hear him.

1020
01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:13,600
Finally, someone would make
Saraya bring the children back.

1021
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:19,280
Finally, after 54 days, he would
see Winston, Timothy, Junior,

1022
01:04:19,320 --> 01:04:22,840
and Marcel again.
He marked March 4th on his

1023
01:04:22,840 --> 01:04:25,560
calendar.
He prepared his evidence.

1024
01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:28,720
He wrote down everything he
wanted to say to the judge.

1025
01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:31,800
He practiced his testimony with
his father.

1026
01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:36,600
He told his boys through
messages relayed by others that

1027
01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:41,000
Daddy was coming, that he was
going to bring them home, that

1028
01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:46,640
everything was going to be OK.
March 4th, 2024 was three days

1029
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:49,520
away.
But Timothy Paul Stone would

1030
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:54,160
never make it to that hearing
because on March 2nd, 2024,

1031
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:57,440
something happened.
Something that ended Timothy's

1032
01:04:57,440 --> 01:04:59,840
fight.
Something that left three boys

1033
01:04:59,840 --> 01:05:02,640
orphaned and two elderly parents
destroyed.

1034
01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:09,040
On March 2nd, 2024, the El
Mirage police received a call.

1035
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:15,280
It was a welfare check request
for 12,945 W Greenway Rd.

1036
01:05:15,640 --> 01:05:19,840
Apt E2O63.
John Doe officers were

1037
01:05:19,840 --> 01:05:22,480
dispatched.
They arrived at the apartment,

1038
01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:25,560
they knocked on the door.
No answer.

1039
01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:28,440
They used the building managers
key to enter.

1040
01:05:29,200 --> 01:05:31,560
Inside, they found Timothy Paul
Stone.

1041
01:05:32,080 --> 01:05:34,840
He was unresponsive.
His body was cold.

1042
01:05:35,160 --> 01:05:38,040
There were no signs of trauma,
no signs of a struggle.

1043
01:05:38,520 --> 01:05:41,560
He was just lying in his bed
like he'd gone to sleep and

1044
01:05:41,560 --> 01:05:45,160
never woken up.
The officers called it in.

1045
01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:47,280
The medical examiner was
notified.

1046
01:05:48,080 --> 01:05:52,000
Timothy Paul Stone, 34 years
old, was pronounced dead.

1047
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:56,000
The police called.
Reverend Johnstone, Your son is

1048
01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:58,320
dead.
We found him in his apartment.

1049
01:05:58,680 --> 01:06:01,520
We don't know what happened.
You need to come identify the

1050
01:06:01,520 --> 01:06:05,840
body.
Reverend Stone, 69 years old,

1051
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:09,640
collapsed.
His wife, Shirley, 75 years old,

1052
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:12,680
screamed.
They couldn't breathe, couldn't

1053
01:06:12,680 --> 01:06:15,680
think, couldn't process what
they were being told.

1054
01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:18,760
Their son was dead.
Their baby boy.

1055
01:06:19,320 --> 01:06:22,920
The child they'd raised, who'd
fought diabetes his entire life,

1056
01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:27,040
who'd been such a good father to
his own children, who'd been

1057
01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:31,080
trying so hard to bring his boys
home, gone.

1058
01:06:32,520 --> 01:06:35,040
The autopsy report has never
been publicly released.

1059
01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:37,880
The cause of death has never
been officially confirmed.

1060
01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:42,560
But the timeline tells a story.
Timothy had been in diabetic

1061
01:06:42,560 --> 01:06:46,200
ketoacidosis multiple times in
the previous two months.

1062
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:49,600
His blood sugar had been
dangerously high for weeks.

1063
01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:53,000
The stress of the kidnapping had
been destroying his body.

1064
01:06:53,560 --> 01:06:56,120
He'd lost weight.
He wasn't sleeping.

1065
01:06:56,360 --> 01:06:59,800
He wasn't eating properly.
His organs were shutting down.

1066
01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:03,040
And for 54 days, he begged for
help.

1067
01:07:03,800 --> 01:07:07,280
For 54 days, he told every
person in authority that he was

1068
01:07:07,280 --> 01:07:11,040
in danger, that his children
were in danger, that he needed

1069
01:07:11,040 --> 01:07:15,560
someone to intervene.
And for 54 days, they told him

1070
01:07:15,560 --> 01:07:19,440
to wait, to be patient, to let
the system work.

1071
01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:26,680
The system killed Timothy Paul
Stone on March 4th, 2024, two

1072
01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:29,840
days after Timothy's death.
The hearing he'd scheduled was

1073
01:07:29,840 --> 01:07:33,840
still on the court calendar.
Judge Parascandola's courtroom,

1074
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:38,800
9:00 AM Reverend John and
Shirley Stone went to the

1075
01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:40,760
hearing.
They were in shock.

1076
01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:44,000
They barely slept.
They were wearing the same

1077
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:46,760
clothes they'd worn to identify
their son's body.

1078
01:07:47,600 --> 01:07:51,360
But they went because Timothy
had fought so hard for this

1079
01:07:51,360 --> 01:07:54,920
hearing, because the children
were still out there, because

1080
01:07:54,920 --> 01:07:58,480
someone had to speak for
Winston, Timothy Junior, and

1081
01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:02,240
Marcel.
Saraya Mccree was there in

1082
01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:04,880
person.
Heiress Duprey was with her.

1083
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:08,200
They walked into the courtroom
like they had every right to be

1084
01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:11,240
there.
Judge Parascandola called the

1085
01:08:11,240 --> 01:08:13,960
case.
Before he could begin, Reverend

1086
01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:17,200
Stone stood up.
Your Honor, I need to inform the

1087
01:08:17,200 --> 01:08:20,560
court Timothy Pallstone passed
away 2 days ago.

1088
01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:24,680
My son is dead.
The courtroom went silent.

1089
01:08:25,399 --> 01:08:28,160
Judge Parascandola looked at the
papers in front of him.

1090
01:08:28,760 --> 01:08:31,800
He looked at Saraya Mccree.
He looked at Reverend and

1091
01:08:31,800 --> 01:08:35,720
Shirley Stone, this elderly
couple who just lost their son,

1092
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:37,920
who were begging for their
grandchildren.

1093
01:08:38,720 --> 01:08:42,319
And Judge Parascandola refused
to rule on Timothy's emergency

1094
01:08:42,319 --> 01:08:44,399
motion.
He said he had read it.

1095
01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:49,080
He acknowledged it, but he would
not address the violations Saria

1096
01:08:49,080 --> 01:08:51,720
had committed.
He would not order the children

1097
01:08:51,720 --> 01:08:54,240
returned.
He would not enforce his own

1098
01:08:54,240 --> 01:08:57,520
protective order.
Shirley Stone stood up.

1099
01:08:58,040 --> 01:09:01,359
She was crying.
Your honor, please.

1100
01:09:02,120 --> 01:09:04,560
The children are still protected
under the order.

1101
01:09:05,200 --> 01:09:08,279
Timothy is gone, but the
children are still listed as

1102
01:09:08,279 --> 01:09:10,720
plaintiffs.
They still need protection.

1103
01:09:11,160 --> 01:09:13,240
Saraya is still violating the
order.

1104
01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:16,920
Please help them.
Judge Parascendola told Shirley

1105
01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:20,160
Stone that he would make a note
of her concerns in the record,

1106
01:09:20,760 --> 01:09:23,279
but that he did not have
jurisdiction to rule on the

1107
01:09:23,279 --> 01:09:27,560
felonies alleged in Timothy's
emergency motion that the matter

1108
01:09:27,560 --> 01:09:30,319
needed to go to Superior Court
and law enforcement.

1109
01:09:30,840 --> 01:09:33,800
The same law enforcement that
had refused to help Timothy.

1110
01:09:34,640 --> 01:09:37,200
The same law enforcement that
had protected Syria.

1111
01:09:38,160 --> 01:09:41,240
The same law enforcement that
had told Timothy to wait and be

1112
01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:44,439
patient while his children were
being held hostage.

1113
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:48,040
Judge Parascandola then did
something that defies

1114
01:09:48,040 --> 01:09:50,680
explanation.
He dismissed the protective

1115
01:09:50,680 --> 01:09:55,360
order against Saria Mccree, the
order that he himself had issued

1116
01:09:55,360 --> 01:10:00,520
on April 6th, 2023.
The order that listed Winston,

1117
01:10:00,680 --> 01:10:05,720
Timothy Junior and Marcel as
protected plaintiffs, the order

1118
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:09,920
that Surya had evaded for 10
months, violated for six weeks

1119
01:10:10,240 --> 01:10:13,760
and was actively violating at
that very moment by keeping the

1120
01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:18,400
children from their family.
Judge Parascandola dismissed it.

1121
01:10:19,080 --> 01:10:20,880
He said the children's father
was dead.

1122
01:10:21,680 --> 01:10:24,680
That changed things, that he
couldn't enforce the order

1123
01:10:24,680 --> 01:10:27,000
anymore.
But the children were still

1124
01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:29,440
alive.
Winston was 12.

1125
01:10:29,960 --> 01:10:33,200
Timothy Junior was 10.
Marcel was 3.

1126
01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:35,880
They were still the plaintiffs
on that order.

1127
01:10:36,360 --> 01:10:38,760
They were still in danger from
Surya Mccree.

1128
01:10:39,480 --> 01:10:42,920
The order was still supposed to
protect them, but Judge

1129
01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:44,880
Parascandola dismissed it
anyway.

1130
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:48,560
Surya Mccree and Eris Dupree
walked out of that courtroom

1131
01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:51,720
with smiles on their faces.
They still had the children.

1132
01:10:52,280 --> 01:10:54,440
No one was going to make them
give the boys back.

1133
01:10:54,880 --> 01:10:58,320
No one was going to arrest them.
No one was going to hold them

1134
01:10:58,320 --> 01:11:01,400
accountable.
Timothy had died trying to save

1135
01:11:01,400 --> 01:11:06,120
his sons, and even in death, the
system refused to help him.

1136
01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:09,880
Reverend John and Shirley Stone
walked out of that courtroom

1137
01:11:09,880 --> 01:11:13,440
destroyed.
They'd lost their son, and now

1138
01:11:13,440 --> 01:11:16,240
they'd lost any hope of getting
their grandsons back.

1139
01:11:17,040 --> 01:11:21,200
But the nightmare wasn't over,
because Saraya Mccree had one

1140
01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:23,520
more way to hurt Timothy Paul
Stone.

1141
01:11:23,840 --> 01:11:27,520
Even in death, she was about to
steal everything he'd left

1142
01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:30,320
behind.
Reverend John and Shirley Stone

1143
01:11:30,320 --> 01:11:32,240
walked out of that courtroom
destroyed.

1144
01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:36,440
They'd lost their son, and now
they'd lost any hope of getting

1145
01:11:36,440 --> 01:11:40,040
their grandsons back.
But the nightmare wasn't over,

1146
01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:43,760
because Surya Mccree had one
more way to hurt Timothy Paul

1147
01:11:43,760 --> 01:11:47,320
Stone.
Even in death, she was about to

1148
01:11:47,320 --> 01:11:49,240
steal everything he'd left
behind.

1149
01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:53,920
But the nightmare wasn't over,
because Surya Mccree had one

1150
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:56,120
more way to hurt Timothy Paul
Stone.

1151
01:11:56,360 --> 01:12:00,120
Even in death, she was about to
steal everything he'd left

1152
01:12:00,120 --> 01:12:05,440
behind.
On March 9th, 2024, seven days

1153
01:12:05,440 --> 01:12:09,240
after Timothy's death, Reverend
Johnstone received a phone call

1154
01:12:09,240 --> 01:12:12,240
from Cox Communications.
It was the Human Resources

1155
01:12:12,240 --> 01:12:15,400
department they were calling
about Timothy's life insurance

1156
01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:18,880
policy through MetLife.
Timothy had been a dedicated

1157
01:12:18,880 --> 01:12:22,680
employee for almost 12 years.
He'd worked his way up from an

1158
01:12:22,680 --> 01:12:26,120
entry level position to sales
engineer and team leader.

1159
01:12:26,840 --> 01:12:30,120
And like many responsible
parents, he'd taken out a life

1160
01:12:30,120 --> 01:12:33,720
insurance policy through his
employer to protect his children

1161
01:12:33,720 --> 01:12:35,280
if anything ever happened to
him.

1162
01:12:36,200 --> 01:12:39,400
The HR representative explained
the policy details to Reverend

1163
01:12:39,400 --> 01:12:41,520
Stone.
Timothy had listed the

1164
01:12:41,520 --> 01:12:45,880
beneficiaries as follows.
Primary beneficiary Saraya

1165
01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:51,200
Mccree, contingent beneficiaries
Reverend Johnstone and the three

1166
01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:54,360
children Winston, Timothy,
Junior and Marcel.

1167
01:12:55,280 --> 01:12:58,720
Reverend Stone felt sick.
Timothy had set up that

1168
01:12:58,720 --> 01:13:02,520
beneficiary designation years
earlier, when he and Saraya were

1169
01:13:02,520 --> 01:13:06,520
still together, when he still
believes she would be there for

1170
01:13:06,520 --> 01:13:09,680
their children.
Before the suicide attempts,

1171
01:13:10,200 --> 01:13:15,280
before the abandonment, before
the kidnapping, Timothy had

1172
01:13:15,280 --> 01:13:18,080
never updated it.
He'd been so focused on getting

1173
01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:21,720
his children back, on fighting
the system, on surviving each

1174
01:13:21,720 --> 01:13:24,640
day, that he hadn't thought to
change his life insurance

1175
01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:29,640
beneficiaries.
And now Saraya Mccree, the woman

1176
01:13:29,640 --> 01:13:33,400
who had abandoned those children
for 10 months, who had conspired

1177
01:13:33,400 --> 01:13:36,760
to have them kidnapped, who had
violated court orders to stay

1178
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:40,400
away from them, who was actively
keeping them from their family,

1179
01:13:40,800 --> 01:13:43,600
was about to receive a life
insurance payout from the man

1180
01:13:43,600 --> 01:13:49,880
whose death she may have caused
on March 13th, 2024, Saraya

1181
01:13:49,880 --> 01:13:53,960
posted on Facebook.
The post said quote, I was kept

1182
01:13:53,960 --> 01:13:56,160
from my children for almost 10
months.

1183
01:13:56,880 --> 01:13:58,800
End Quote.
Read that again.

1184
01:13:59,400 --> 01:14:02,000
I was kept from my children for
almost 10 months.

1185
01:14:02,760 --> 01:14:06,800
Surya Mccree publicly admitted
on social media that she knew

1186
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:09,680
she'd been separated from the
children for 10 months.

1187
01:14:10,320 --> 01:14:12,120
She knew about the protective
order.

1188
01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:14,800
She knew she wasn't supposed to
be near them.

1189
01:14:15,400 --> 01:14:19,360
She'd known the entire time, and
she violated the order anyway.

1190
01:14:19,920 --> 01:14:24,720
On March 18th, 2024, Reverend
Johnstone sent a notarized

1191
01:14:24,720 --> 01:14:28,520
letter to MetLife.
In the letter, he contested

1192
01:14:28,520 --> 01:14:31,280
Saraya Mccree's designation as
beneficiary.

1193
01:14:32,080 --> 01:14:35,640
He explained that Saraya had
abandoned the children, that she

1194
01:14:35,640 --> 01:14:38,680
was under court order to stay
away from them, that she had

1195
01:14:38,680 --> 01:14:42,040
orchestrated their kidnapping,
that she was currently holding

1196
01:14:42,040 --> 01:14:45,880
them in violation of that order.
He attached copies of the

1197
01:14:45,880 --> 01:14:49,680
protective orders, copies of the
certified criminal complaints,

1198
01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:54,440
copies of police reports, copies
of court filings, everything

1199
01:14:54,440 --> 01:14:58,480
documenting Saria's abandonment,
her evasion of service, her

1200
01:14:58,480 --> 01:15:01,720
violations, her conspiracy with
Brittany Houston.

1201
01:15:02,520 --> 01:15:06,240
He invoked the Slayer statute.
This is a legal principle that

1202
01:15:06,240 --> 01:15:09,200
exists in most states, including
Arizona.

1203
01:15:09,880 --> 01:15:12,840
It says that a person who
unlawfully and intentionally

1204
01:15:12,840 --> 01:15:16,320
kills another person, or who
substantially participates in

1205
01:15:16,320 --> 01:15:19,760
causing that person's death,
cannot inherit from that person

1206
01:15:19,760 --> 01:15:21,600
or benefit from their life
insurance.

1207
01:15:22,800 --> 01:15:26,000
Reverend Stone argued that
Surreya's actions had directly

1208
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:29,400
contributed to Timothy's death.
That the stress of the

1209
01:15:29,400 --> 01:15:33,120
kidnapping combined with
Timothy's diabetes had killed

1210
01:15:33,120 --> 01:15:35,640
him.
That Surya and her Co

1211
01:15:35,640 --> 01:15:39,640
conspirators had emotionally and
psychologically tortured Timothy

1212
01:15:39,840 --> 01:15:43,160
for 54 days.
That they had stolen his

1213
01:15:43,160 --> 01:15:45,760
insulin.
That they had prevented him from

1214
01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:49,080
getting medical care.
That they had used his chronic

1215
01:15:49,080 --> 01:15:54,120
illness as a weapon against him.
MetLife responded that they

1216
01:15:54,120 --> 01:15:57,640
would investigate, that they
needed time to review the

1217
01:15:57,640 --> 01:16:01,240
documentation, that they would
make a determination.

1218
01:16:02,160 --> 01:16:06,640
Weeks went by, then months.
Reverend Stone sent additional

1219
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:09,960
documentation, more evidence,
more proof.

1220
01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:14,360
He followed up repeatedly,
called their office, sent

1221
01:16:14,360 --> 01:16:17,640
certified letters, begged them
to do the right thing.

1222
01:16:18,880 --> 01:16:24,640
And then on April 10th, 2024,
Reverend Stone received 2 phone

1223
01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:29,080
calls that changed everything.
The first call was from Eris

1224
01:16:29,080 --> 01:16:33,040
Dupree, Saraya's sister, the
woman who had threatened to

1225
01:16:33,040 --> 01:16:36,680
kidnap the children back in
April 2023.

1226
01:16:37,360 --> 01:16:39,960
The woman who had been served
with a protective order.

1227
01:16:40,520 --> 01:16:43,360
The woman who had been helping
Saraya hide the children in

1228
01:16:43,360 --> 01:16:47,960
Nevada.
Eris left a voicemail, and in

1229
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:51,400
that voicemail she said
something that proved the entire

1230
01:16:51,400 --> 01:16:54,280
conspiracy.
She told Reverend Stone that

1231
01:16:54,280 --> 01:16:58,120
Timothy deserved his torturous
death, that he had brought it on

1232
01:16:58,120 --> 01:17:01,280
himself, that he should have
just left Saraya alone.

1233
01:17:02,560 --> 01:17:05,640
And then she admitted it.
She admitted that she had told

1234
01:17:05,640 --> 01:17:10,160
Brittany Houston to take the
children on January 9th, 2024,

1235
01:17:10,920 --> 01:17:14,560
that it had been her idea, that
she and Saraya had planned it

1236
01:17:14,560 --> 01:17:17,440
together.
Reverend Stone recorded the

1237
01:17:17,440 --> 01:17:22,040
voicemail, saved it.
It was a confession, a direct

1238
01:17:22,040 --> 01:17:24,520
admission of conspiracy to
commit kidnapping.

1239
01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:28,080
The second call came later that
same day.

1240
01:17:28,760 --> 01:17:31,040
This one was from Saria Mccree
herself.

1241
01:17:32,120 --> 01:17:35,840
Soraya left her own voicemail,
and what she said was even more

1242
01:17:35,840 --> 01:17:38,840
chilling.
She told Reverend Stone, quote,

1243
01:17:39,360 --> 01:17:42,480
I knew Timothy was going to die.
End Quote.

1244
01:17:43,160 --> 01:17:47,640
Not I'm sorry for your loss.
Not I wish things had been

1245
01:17:47,640 --> 01:17:50,920
different.
Not I'm devastated that the

1246
01:17:50,920 --> 01:17:55,240
father of my children is gone.
I knew Timothy was going to die.

1247
01:17:56,040 --> 01:17:59,040
What did she mean by that?
Did she know his health was

1248
01:17:59,040 --> 01:18:01,120
failing because of the stress
she'd caused?

1249
01:18:01,680 --> 01:18:03,760
Did she know about the insulin
tampering?

1250
01:18:04,520 --> 01:18:07,080
Did she and Brittany plan
something more sinister than

1251
01:18:07,080 --> 01:18:11,120
just kidnapping the children?
Reverend Stone sent both

1252
01:18:11,120 --> 01:18:14,440
voicemails to MetLife.
He sent them to the Attorney

1253
01:18:14,440 --> 01:18:17,800
General's office.
He sent them to the FBI.

1254
01:18:18,560 --> 01:18:21,120
He sent them to every authority
who would listen.

1255
01:18:21,800 --> 01:18:25,880
These were confessions, evidence
of a conspiracy, proof that

1256
01:18:25,880 --> 01:18:28,800
Saraya and heiress had
orchestrated Timothy's torture

1257
01:18:28,960 --> 01:18:34,800
and possibly his death.
And on September 11th, 2024, six

1258
01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:38,320
months after Timothy's death,
MetLife made their decision.

1259
01:18:39,080 --> 01:18:42,000
They refused to disqualify
Saraya Mccree as the

1260
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:44,080
beneficiary.
Why?

1261
01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:48,560
Because according to MetLife,
the El Mirage police report from

1262
01:18:48,560 --> 01:18:53,280
January 9th, 2024, the day of
the kidnapping, didn't

1263
01:18:53,280 --> 01:18:56,680
specifically list the
allegations that Reverend Stone

1264
01:18:56,680 --> 01:18:59,800
was making.
The same El Mirage Police

1265
01:18:59,800 --> 01:19:02,600
Department that had refused to
rescue the children.

1266
01:19:03,320 --> 01:19:07,240
The same Police Department that
had ignored Timothy's 911 call.

1267
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:10,920
The same Police Department that
had protected Syria and

1268
01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:14,080
threatened Timothy.
The same Police Department that

1269
01:19:14,080 --> 01:19:17,440
had filed A minimal report
specifically designed to cover

1270
01:19:17,440 --> 01:19:20,920
up the kidnapping.
MetLife use that inadequate

1271
01:19:20,920 --> 01:19:25,760
police report as justification
to pay Saria Mccree, the woman

1272
01:19:25,760 --> 01:19:29,440
who had abandoned her children,
who had violated court orders,

1273
01:19:29,760 --> 01:19:32,880
who had conspired to kidnap
them, who had admitted on a

1274
01:19:32,880 --> 01:19:36,120
recorded voicemail that she knew
Timothy was going to die.

1275
01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:40,200
She got the money.
Every penny that Timothy had set

1276
01:19:40,200 --> 01:19:43,600
aside to protect his children if
something happened to him went

1277
01:19:43,600 --> 01:19:45,600
to the woman who had destroyed
his life.

1278
01:19:46,440 --> 01:19:48,920
Reverend John and Shirley Stone
were devastated.

1279
01:19:49,560 --> 01:19:54,240
They were 69 and 75 years old.
They were on fixed incomes,

1280
01:19:54,800 --> 01:19:56,960
Social Security and pension
checks.

1281
01:19:57,680 --> 01:20:00,680
And now they had to pay for
their son's funeral, pay for

1282
01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:04,280
attorneys, pay for the fight to
get their grandchildren back,

1283
01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:07,760
all while Saraya Mccree cashed a
life insurance check.

1284
01:20:08,440 --> 01:20:12,120
But Reverend Stone refused to
give up because Winston, Timothy

1285
01:20:12,120 --> 01:20:16,080
Junior and Marcel were still out
there, still missing, still in

1286
01:20:16,080 --> 01:20:21,320
danger.
On July 26th, 2024, Reverend

1287
01:20:21,320 --> 01:20:24,760
Johnstone, as the personal
representative of Timothy Paul

1288
01:20:24,760 --> 01:20:28,760
Stone's estate, filed A wrongful
death lawsuit in Maricopa County

1289
01:20:28,760 --> 01:20:32,720
Superior Court.
The lawsuit named Surya Mccree,

1290
01:20:33,120 --> 01:20:37,720
Brittany Houston, Aris Dupree,
Officer Matthew Jacobs, El

1291
01:20:37,720 --> 01:20:41,280
Mirage Police Chief Paul
Marzaka, the City of El Mirage,

1292
01:20:41,720 --> 01:20:45,400
Mesa Police Officer Damien Ryden
and the city of Mesa as

1293
01:20:45,400 --> 01:20:48,560
defendants.
The lawsuit alleged wrongful

1294
01:20:48,560 --> 01:20:52,720
death, kidnapping, custodial
interference, civil rights

1295
01:20:52,720 --> 01:20:57,600
violations, conspiracy, elder
abuse, intentional infliction of

1296
01:20:57,600 --> 01:21:00,240
emotional distress and insurance
fraud.

1297
01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:03,360
The case was assigned to Judge
Joseph Herod.

1298
01:21:04,440 --> 01:21:10,280
On August 8th, 2024, Reverend
Stone filed 8 emergency motions.

1299
01:21:10,680 --> 01:21:13,200
Motions to compel the defendants
to appear.

1300
01:21:13,640 --> 01:21:16,000
Motions to enforce the
protective orders.

1301
01:21:16,240 --> 01:21:18,840
Motions to locate and rescue the
children.

1302
01:21:19,560 --> 01:21:21,840
Motions for temporary
restraining orders.

1303
01:21:22,280 --> 01:21:26,520
Motions for injunctive relief.
The children had been missing

1304
01:21:26,520 --> 01:21:29,400
for seven months.
Every day that passed was

1305
01:21:29,400 --> 01:21:33,600
another day of trauma, another
day of Winston, Timothy, Junior,

1306
01:21:34,040 --> 01:21:37,040
and Marcel wondering why their
father hadn't come to get them,

1307
01:21:37,720 --> 01:21:41,360
why their grandparents couldn't
find them, why no one was saving

1308
01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:45,400
them.
On August 9th, 2024, the case

1309
01:21:45,400 --> 01:21:51,160
was reassigned from Judge Herod
to Judge Aaron Ryan Toohill, and

1310
01:21:51,160 --> 01:21:54,200
Judge Ryan Toohill denied every
single motion.

1311
01:21:54,760 --> 01:22:00,040
All eight of them denied she
didn't hold hearings, didn't

1312
01:22:00,040 --> 01:22:03,240
require the defendants to
respond, didn't acknowledge the

1313
01:22:03,240 --> 01:22:08,120
urgency, just denied them.
Reverend Stone appealed.

1314
01:22:08,800 --> 01:22:12,040
He filed objections.
He explained that the children

1315
01:22:12,040 --> 01:22:16,360
were still missing, that they
were still in danger, that every

1316
01:22:16,360 --> 01:22:21,160
moment counted.
On September 12th, 2024,

1317
01:22:21,600 --> 01:22:23,200
something extraordinary
happened.

1318
01:22:23,760 --> 01:22:27,400
Judge Margaret Sabor, who was
not assigned to the case, held

1319
01:22:27,400 --> 01:22:29,480
what she called a negotiation
hearing.

1320
01:22:30,200 --> 01:22:33,760
Judge Zabor met with Surya
Mccree's attorney, and according

1321
01:22:33,760 --> 01:22:37,320
to court records, Judge Zabor
encouraged Surya to remain in

1322
01:22:37,320 --> 01:22:41,800
Nevada, to stay hidden to avoid
Arizona jurisdiction.

1323
01:22:42,360 --> 01:22:46,040
Judge Zabor told Surya's
attorney that as long as Surya

1324
01:22:46,040 --> 01:22:49,400
stayed in Nevada, the Arizona
courts couldn't force her to

1325
01:22:49,400 --> 01:22:52,560
return the children, that she
should not cooperate with the

1326
01:22:52,560 --> 01:22:54,800
lawsuit, that she should wait it
out.

1327
01:22:55,520 --> 01:22:58,600
A sitting Arizona judge was
advising a defendant in a

1328
01:22:58,600 --> 01:23:00,760
kidnapping case to evade
justice.

1329
01:23:01,600 --> 01:23:05,600
Reverend Stone was horrified.
He filed complaints against

1330
01:23:05,600 --> 01:23:08,640
Judge Zabor.
He filed motions to have her

1331
01:23:08,640 --> 01:23:11,920
recused.
He demanded to know why a judge

1332
01:23:11,920 --> 01:23:15,120
who wasn't even assigned to the
case was meeting secretly with

1333
01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:18,520
defendants and advising them how
to avoid accountability.

1334
01:23:19,240 --> 01:23:22,480
No one responded.
No disciplinary action was

1335
01:23:22,480 --> 01:23:25,160
taken.
Judge Zabor faced no

1336
01:23:25,160 --> 01:23:29,760
consequences.
And then in late September 2024,

1337
01:23:30,200 --> 01:23:33,600
Reverend Stone received legal
advice that broke his heart.

1338
01:23:34,520 --> 01:23:37,720
His attorneys told him that the
Maricopa County Superior Court

1339
01:23:37,720 --> 01:23:41,120
was too corrupt, that the judges
were protecting each other.

1340
01:23:41,360 --> 01:23:45,960
The judges, Herod Ryan Touhill
and Zabor, were coordinating to

1341
01:23:45,960 --> 01:23:49,440
obstruct the case, that he would
never get justice in state

1342
01:23:49,440 --> 01:23:51,760
court.
They advised him to withdraw the

1343
01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:55,640
lawsuit, to refile in federal
court where the judges might

1344
01:23:55,640 --> 01:24:01,480
actually follow the law.
On October 3rd, 2024, Reverend

1345
01:24:01,480 --> 01:24:05,120
Johnstone voluntarily dismissed
the wrongful death lawsuit in

1346
01:24:05,120 --> 01:24:09,640
Maricopa County Superior Court.
He'd spent thousands of dollars

1347
01:24:09,640 --> 01:24:11,720
on filing fees and attorney
costs.

1348
01:24:12,080 --> 01:24:15,840
He'd endured months of judicial
obstruction, and he was back to

1349
01:24:15,840 --> 01:24:19,840
square one.
But he didn't give up because

1350
01:24:19,840 --> 01:24:21,640
those three boys were still out
there.

1351
01:24:22,800 --> 01:24:28,040
On November 7th, 2024, Reverend
Johnstone individually and his

1352
01:24:28,040 --> 01:24:30,960
personal representative of the
estate of Timothy Paul Stone,

1353
01:24:31,400 --> 01:24:34,600
filed a federal lawsuit in the
United States District Court for

1354
01:24:34,600 --> 01:24:41,600
the District of Arizona.
The case number is CV2404158PH

1355
01:24:41,680 --> 01:24:45,600
XS MB, Judge Susan M Brunovich
presiding.

1356
01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:50,200
The lawsuit is 47 pages long.
It names 18 defendants.

1357
01:24:50,640 --> 01:24:55,640
Saraya Mccree, Brittany Houston,
Aris Dupree, Officer Matthew

1358
01:24:55,640 --> 01:25:00,320
Jacobs, El Mirage Police Chief
Paul Marzocca, The City of El

1359
01:25:00,320 --> 01:25:04,960
Mirage, Mesa Police Officer
Damien Ryden, The City of Mesa,

1360
01:25:05,280 --> 01:25:09,680
Judge Michael Paris Candola,
Judge Joseph Herod, Judge Aaron

1361
01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:14,920
Ryan Tuhill, Judge Margaret
Zabor, The State of Arizona, Cox

1362
01:25:14,920 --> 01:25:18,760
Communications, MetLife
Insurance, and several John Doe

1363
01:25:18,760 --> 01:25:22,520
officers and Jane Doe CPS
workers whose identities are not

1364
01:25:22,520 --> 01:25:25,800
yet known.
The lawsuit alleges violations

1365
01:25:25,800 --> 01:25:31,680
of federal civil rights under 42
United States Code section 1983,

1366
01:25:32,320 --> 01:25:35,720
conspiracy to violate civil
rights under 42 United States

1367
01:25:35,720 --> 01:25:42,000
Code Section 1985, wrongful
death, Kidnapping under 18

1368
01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:47,560
United States Code Section 1201,
Custodial interference, elder

1369
01:25:47,560 --> 01:25:52,120
abuse, intentional infliction of
emotional distress, Negligent

1370
01:25:52,120 --> 01:25:55,720
infliction of emotional
distress, insurance fraud,

1371
01:25:56,160 --> 01:25:59,320
judicial misconduct, obstruction
of justice.

1372
01:26:00,200 --> 01:26:05,240
The lawsuit details everything.
Timothy's entire story, The 54

1373
01:26:05,240 --> 01:26:08,680
days of hell.
The 200 ignored warnings to

1374
01:26:08,680 --> 01:26:12,440
government officials, the police
refusal to rescue the children,

1375
01:26:12,720 --> 01:26:16,360
the judicial obstruction, the
insurance fraud, the ongoing

1376
01:26:16,360 --> 01:26:18,760
kidnapping.
The lawsuit demands the

1377
01:26:18,760 --> 01:26:23,480
immediate location and return of
Winston, Timothy, Junior and

1378
01:26:23,480 --> 01:26:28,000
Marcel to their family.
It demands compensatory damages

1379
01:26:28,000 --> 01:26:32,240
for Timothy's wrongful death,
for the children's trauma, for

1380
01:26:32,240 --> 01:26:34,760
Reverend John and Shirley
Stone's suffering.

1381
01:26:35,640 --> 01:26:38,600
It demands punitive damages
against every defendant who

1382
01:26:38,600 --> 01:26:43,440
participated in this conspiracy.
It demands injunctive relief to

1383
01:26:43,440 --> 01:26:46,080
prevent this from ever happening
to another family.

1384
01:26:47,520 --> 01:26:53,240
On November 18th, 2024, Reverend
Stone filed emergency motions

1385
01:26:53,240 --> 01:26:57,000
for preliminary injunction and
temporary restraining order.

1386
01:26:57,880 --> 01:27:00,760
He asked the federal court to
immediately compel Nevada

1387
01:27:00,760 --> 01:27:05,120
authorities to locate the
children to enforce the Arizona

1388
01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:09,320
protective orders across state
lines to arrest Soraya Mccree

1389
01:27:09,320 --> 01:27:13,800
for kidnapping to rescue
Winston, Timothy Junior and

1390
01:27:13,800 --> 01:27:16,200
Marcel before another day
passed.

1391
01:27:17,160 --> 01:27:22,240
As of today, December 1st, 2025,
that lawsuit is still pending.

1392
01:27:22,560 --> 01:27:26,360
The emergency motions are still
pending and the children are

1393
01:27:26,360 --> 01:27:30,280
still missing.
Let me repeat that as of today,

1394
01:27:30,640 --> 01:27:35,840
December 1st, 2025, Winston
Stone, Timothy Paul Stone

1395
01:27:35,840 --> 01:27:40,440
Junior, and Marcel Orion Stone
have been missing for 692 days.

1396
01:27:41,160 --> 01:27:46,760
692 days since Brittany Houston
forced them into a car and

1397
01:27:46,760 --> 01:27:51,560
delivered them to a woman who
had abandoned them. 692 days

1398
01:27:51,760 --> 01:27:56,560
since they've seen their
grandparents. 692 days since

1399
01:27:56,560 --> 01:28:01,400
they've been home. 692 days
since they've been safe.

1400
01:28:02,480 --> 01:28:05,920
Winston is now 13 years old.
He's missed over a year and a

1401
01:28:05,920 --> 01:28:09,000
half of school.
He's missed birthdays, holidays,

1402
01:28:09,000 --> 01:28:12,280
his entire childhood.
He last saw his father in a

1403
01:28:12,280 --> 01:28:16,000
hospital bed on January 9th,
2024.

1404
01:28:17,360 --> 01:28:19,040
He doesn't know his father is
dead.

1405
01:28:19,840 --> 01:28:22,920
He doesn't know his father
fought for 54 days to bring him

1406
01:28:22,920 --> 01:28:25,480
home.
He doesn't know his father died

1407
01:28:25,480 --> 01:28:29,440
trying to save him.
Timothy Junior is now 11 years

1408
01:28:29,440 --> 01:28:31,160
old.
He's autistic.

1409
01:28:31,680 --> 01:28:35,800
He needs routine, structure,
therapy, special education,

1410
01:28:35,800 --> 01:28:38,520
services.
He was getting all of that with

1411
01:28:38,520 --> 01:28:41,440
his father.
Now he's being held by a woman

1412
01:28:41,440 --> 01:28:44,720
who hasn't cared for him in
years, a woman who doesn't

1413
01:28:44,720 --> 01:28:49,520
understand his needs, who sees
him as a trophy, not a child.

1414
01:28:50,960 --> 01:28:54,880
Marcel is now 4 years old.
He was 3 when he was taken.

1415
01:28:55,520 --> 01:28:59,120
He barely remembers his father.
He doesn't remember living in

1416
01:28:59,120 --> 01:29:01,120
the apartment on West Greenway
Rd.

1417
01:29:01,520 --> 01:29:03,360
He doesn't remember his
grandparents.

1418
01:29:04,040 --> 01:29:07,880
His entire conscious memory is
of being held by strangers who

1419
01:29:07,880 --> 01:29:11,120
tell him lies about why his
family doesn't want him.

1420
01:29:11,960 --> 01:29:15,040
These children are victims of a
crime that is still ongoing.

1421
01:29:15,840 --> 01:29:19,240
Every single day they remain
with Saraya Mccree is another

1422
01:29:19,240 --> 01:29:23,080
count of kidnapping, another
violation of federal law,

1423
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:27,520
another moment of trauma.
And the people who could rescue

1424
01:29:27,520 --> 01:29:30,480
them.
Governor Katie Hobbs, Attorney

1425
01:29:30,480 --> 01:29:35,960
General Chris Mays, the FBI, the
Department of Justice are doing

1426
01:29:35,960 --> 01:29:38,800
nothing.
Now, let me address the question

1427
01:29:38,800 --> 01:29:42,520
that some people ask when they
hear stories like this, the

1428
01:29:42,520 --> 01:29:46,640
question that defense attorneys
love to use to confuse juries

1429
01:29:46,840 --> 01:29:49,920
and minimize the severity of
parental abduction.

1430
01:29:50,640 --> 01:29:52,840
Is it a crime to kidnap your own
child?

1431
01:29:53,360 --> 01:29:56,120
The answer is yes, absolutely
yes.

1432
01:29:56,800 --> 01:30:03,160
Under Arizona Revised Statute
section 13-1302, custodial

1433
01:30:03,160 --> 01:30:06,880
interference occurs when a
person knowing or having reason

1434
01:30:06,880 --> 01:30:10,920
to know that the person has no
legal right to do so takes,

1435
01:30:10,960 --> 01:30:14,800
entices, or keeps a child from
the child's lawful custodian.

1436
01:30:15,600 --> 01:30:20,120
This is a Class 3 felony
punishable by up to 8 1/2 years

1437
01:30:20,120 --> 01:30:26,760
in prison under Arizona Revised
Statute section 13-1304.

1438
01:30:27,280 --> 01:30:30,440
Kidnapping occurs when a person
knowingly restrains another

1439
01:30:30,440 --> 01:30:33,760
person with the intent to
interfere with the performance

1440
01:30:33,760 --> 01:30:37,200
of a governmental function.
When that restraint involves a

1441
01:30:37,200 --> 01:30:42,240
child under 15 years of age,
it's a Class 2 felony punishable

1442
01:30:42,240 --> 01:30:46,720
by up to 12 1/2 years in prison.
But this case goes beyond

1443
01:30:46,720 --> 01:30:50,480
Arizona State law because when
Saria Mccree took those children

1444
01:30:50,480 --> 01:30:53,600
and kept them in Nevada, she
violated federal law.

1445
01:30:55,120 --> 01:31:00,120
Under 18 United States Code
Section 12 O1, kidnapping

1446
01:31:00,120 --> 01:31:03,720
becomes a federal crime when the
victim is transported across

1447
01:31:03,720 --> 01:31:07,280
state lines.
The penalty is up to 20 years in

1448
01:31:07,280 --> 01:31:11,000
federal prison, and if the
victim is under 18 years old,

1449
01:31:11,480 --> 01:31:13,520
there's no statute of
limitations.

1450
01:31:13,920 --> 01:31:16,280
The crime can be prosecuted at
any time.

1451
01:31:16,920 --> 01:31:20,440
The Parental Kidnapping
Prevention Act, 28 United States

1452
01:31:20,440 --> 01:31:26,760
Code Section 1738 A, requires
states to enforce child custody

1453
01:31:26,760 --> 01:31:28,960
determinations made by other
states.

1454
01:31:29,520 --> 01:31:33,000
Nevada is legally required to
honor Timothy's Arizona custody

1455
01:31:33,000 --> 01:31:36,840
order and the protective orders
issued by Judge Parascandola.

1456
01:31:37,560 --> 01:31:41,320
So yes, it is absolutely a crime
to kidnap your own child,

1457
01:31:41,760 --> 01:31:44,840
especially when there's a court
order saying you're not allowed

1458
01:31:44,840 --> 01:31:48,840
near that child, especially when
you've been found by a judge to

1459
01:31:48,840 --> 01:31:52,720
pose a danger to that child.
Especially when you've evaded

1460
01:31:52,720 --> 01:31:55,600
service of that order and
violated it repeatedly.

1461
01:31:56,520 --> 01:32:00,000
Surya Mccree is not a mother
trying to protect her children.

1462
01:32:00,480 --> 01:32:02,360
She abandoned them for 10
months.

1463
01:32:02,920 --> 01:32:06,840
She didn't send a birthday card,
a text message, a dollar of

1464
01:32:06,840 --> 01:32:09,840
child support.
She only wanted them back when

1465
01:32:09,840 --> 01:32:11,680
Timothy tried to formalize
custody.

1466
01:32:12,360 --> 01:32:14,240
She only wanted them back to
hurt him.

1467
01:32:14,880 --> 01:32:17,240
And it worked.
The stress of losing his

1468
01:32:17,240 --> 01:32:20,840
children combined with his
diabetes killed Timothy Paul

1469
01:32:20,840 --> 01:32:23,120
Stone.
Now let's talk about the

1470
01:32:23,120 --> 01:32:25,440
systemic failures that made this
possible.

1471
01:32:26,040 --> 01:32:28,120
Because this wasn't just one bad
actor.

1472
01:32:28,480 --> 01:32:31,800
This was an entire system that
chose repeatedly and

1473
01:32:31,800 --> 01:32:35,640
deliberately to fail a black
father and his three black

1474
01:32:35,640 --> 01:32:39,680
children.
Timothy Paul Stone sent over 200

1475
01:32:39,680 --> 01:32:43,200
warnings to government officials
200 times.

1476
01:32:43,360 --> 01:32:46,960
He told people in authority that
his children were in danger,

1477
01:32:47,440 --> 01:32:50,080
that they've been kidnapped,
that he needed help.

1478
01:32:50,800 --> 01:32:54,480
He called 911 and the police
refused to rescue them.

1479
01:32:55,160 --> 01:32:58,640
He filed protective orders and
the police refused to enforce

1480
01:32:58,640 --> 01:33:01,200
them.
He sent certified complaints to

1481
01:33:01,200 --> 01:33:03,000
the governor and she did
nothing.

1482
01:33:03,480 --> 01:33:06,560
He sent complaints to the
Attorney General and she did

1483
01:33:06,560 --> 01:33:09,320
nothing.
He begged the police chief and

1484
01:33:09,320 --> 01:33:12,240
was told his disability made him
unfit to parent.

1485
01:33:12,840 --> 01:33:15,600
This is called the state created
danger doctrine.

1486
01:33:16,240 --> 01:33:19,280
It's a legal principle
established in Deshaney versus

1487
01:33:19,280 --> 01:33:22,000
Winnebago County Department of
Social Services.

1488
01:33:22,760 --> 01:33:25,360
The Supreme Court ruled that
while the government generally

1489
01:33:25,360 --> 01:33:29,440
has no duty to protect citizens
from private violence, it does

1490
01:33:29,440 --> 01:33:32,680
have a duty when the
government's own actions create

1491
01:33:32,680 --> 01:33:35,240
or increase the danger to a
citizen.

1492
01:33:36,040 --> 01:33:39,720
The El Mirage police created
danger when they told Timothy

1493
01:33:39,720 --> 01:33:43,760
not to rescue his own children,
promising they would do it, and

1494
01:33:43,760 --> 01:33:46,880
then never did.
They affirmatively prevented him

1495
01:33:46,880 --> 01:33:50,320
from protecting his boys and
then abandoned those boys to

1496
01:33:50,320 --> 01:33:53,960
their abductors.
The Mesa police created danger

1497
01:33:54,160 --> 01:33:57,640
when Officer Rydon threatened
Timothy and encouraged Surreya

1498
01:33:57,640 --> 01:34:00,840
to get a protective order
against him, helping her cover

1499
01:34:00,840 --> 01:34:04,240
up the kidnapping.
Judge Parascandala created

1500
01:34:04,240 --> 01:34:07,360
danger when he issued protective
orders, acknowledged the

1501
01:34:07,360 --> 01:34:10,320
children were in danger, and
then dismissed those orders

1502
01:34:10,320 --> 01:34:13,720
after Timothy died, even though
the children were still listed

1503
01:34:13,720 --> 01:34:19,280
as protected plaintiffs, Judges
Herod, Ryan, Tuhill and Zabor

1504
01:34:19,520 --> 01:34:22,000
created danger when they
obstructed the wrongful death

1505
01:34:22,000 --> 01:34:25,520
lawsuit, denied emergency
motions to rescue the children

1506
01:34:25,760 --> 01:34:28,320
and advise Syria to stay hidden
in Nevada.

1507
01:34:29,080 --> 01:34:31,760
This wasn't negligence.
This was deliberate

1508
01:34:31,760 --> 01:34:34,600
indifference.
This was a conspiracy of

1509
01:34:34,600 --> 01:34:38,040
government officials to deny
Timothy Paul Stone and his three

1510
01:34:38,040 --> 01:34:40,160
children their constitutional
rights.

1511
01:34:40,720 --> 01:34:44,440
And this is part of a pattern, a
pattern of how the system treats

1512
01:34:44,440 --> 01:34:47,360
black fathers.
When black fathers seek help

1513
01:34:47,360 --> 01:34:52,480
from police, they're arrested.
Timothy called 911 for help with

1514
01:34:52,480 --> 01:34:55,760
Surreya's mental health crisis,
and he was the one who got

1515
01:34:55,760 --> 01:34:58,720
handcuffed.
When Black fathers seek

1516
01:34:58,720 --> 01:35:01,480
protection from courts, they're
dismissed.

1517
01:35:02,520 --> 01:35:05,960
Timothy filed for protective
orders with evidence of threats

1518
01:35:05,960 --> 01:35:09,800
and abandonment, and Judge
Parascandola later dismissed

1519
01:35:09,800 --> 01:35:12,520
them, even though the danger to
the children hadn't changed.

1520
01:35:13,160 --> 01:35:16,280
When Black fathers try to
protect their children, they're

1521
01:35:16,280 --> 01:35:19,680
threatened.
Timothy was told by multiple

1522
01:35:19,680 --> 01:35:23,160
officers that if he tried to
rescue his own sons, he would be

1523
01:35:23,160 --> 01:35:25,560
arrested.
When Black fathers have

1524
01:35:25,560 --> 01:35:28,400
disabilities, their conditions
are used against them.

1525
01:35:29,240 --> 01:35:32,400
Timothy's diabetes, a chronic
illness he'd managed

1526
01:35:32,400 --> 01:35:37,440
successfully for 32 years, was
cited by Police Chief Marzaka as

1527
01:35:37,440 --> 01:35:39,680
justification for allowing the
kidnapping.

1528
01:35:40,360 --> 01:35:43,760
If Timothy had been a white
father, if he'd been a police

1529
01:35:43,760 --> 01:35:47,880
officer's son, if he'd been a
lawyer or a doctor or a City

1530
01:35:47,880 --> 01:35:52,160
Council member, would Governor
Hobbs have ignored 200 warnings?

1531
01:35:52,960 --> 01:35:55,920
Would the El Mirage police have
refused to rescue 3 kidnapped

1532
01:35:55,920 --> 01:35:59,840
children for 54 days?
Would judges have obstructed his

1533
01:35:59,840 --> 01:36:02,360
lawsuit and advised the
kidnapper to stay hidden?

1534
01:36:03,040 --> 01:36:06,120
No, we all know the answer is
no.

1535
01:36:06,840 --> 01:36:10,880
This is also a disability rights
violation. 2 of Timothy's three

1536
01:36:10,880 --> 01:36:13,880
sons are autistic.
They're members of a protected

1537
01:36:13,880 --> 01:36:16,680
class under the Americans with
Disabilities Act.

1538
01:36:17,240 --> 01:36:20,760
The government had a heightened
duty to protect them from abuse

1539
01:36:20,760 --> 01:36:23,840
and neglect.
Timothy himself was disabled.

1540
01:36:24,760 --> 01:36:28,560
Type 1 diabetes is a recognized
disability under the ADA.

1541
01:36:29,240 --> 01:36:32,440
He was entitled to equal
protection under the law, not

1542
01:36:32,440 --> 01:36:34,880
discrimination based on his
medical condition.

1543
01:36:36,040 --> 01:36:38,840
And let's talk about Reverend
John and Shirley Stone.

1544
01:36:39,560 --> 01:36:43,720
They're 69 and 75 years old.
They lost their son.

1545
01:36:44,280 --> 01:36:47,760
They've been denied access to
their grandchildren for 692

1546
01:36:47,760 --> 01:36:50,160
days.
They've spent their retirement

1547
01:36:50,160 --> 01:36:54,320
savings on attorneys, court fees
and private investigators trying

1548
01:36:54,320 --> 01:36:57,440
to find Winston, Timothy, Junior
and Marcel.

1549
01:36:58,520 --> 01:37:03,440
This is elder abuse, financial
exploitation, emotional abuse.

1550
01:37:04,320 --> 01:37:07,200
The government's failure to help
them, combined with the

1551
01:37:07,200 --> 01:37:10,280
defendant's intentional
infliction of suffering has

1552
01:37:10,280 --> 01:37:12,960
caused them severe physical and
mental distress.

1553
01:37:13,640 --> 01:37:16,640
Reverend Stone has developed
heart problems from the stress.

1554
01:37:17,360 --> 01:37:20,320
Shirley Stone has been
hospitalized multiple times.

1555
01:37:20,680 --> 01:37:23,600
They're elderly victims being
tortured by a system that was

1556
01:37:23,600 --> 01:37:27,200
supposed to protect them.
So where are the children now?

1557
01:37:27,600 --> 01:37:29,880
Based on the most recent
information in the federal

1558
01:37:29,880 --> 01:37:33,440
lawsuit, Winston, Timothy,
Junior and Marcel are believed

1559
01:37:33,440 --> 01:37:37,600
to be in Las Vegas, NV with
Surya Mccree and Harris Dupree.

1560
01:37:38,320 --> 01:37:41,480
The last confirmed location was
the Cube Smart Storage facility

1561
01:37:41,480 --> 01:37:47,120
at 135 E Mckellips Rd. in Mesa,
AZ, where Saraya was working in

1562
01:37:47,120 --> 01:37:51,160
early 2024.
But after the lawsuit was filed,

1563
01:37:51,480 --> 01:37:55,200
Saraya disappeared.
She's believed to have fled back

1564
01:37:55,200 --> 01:37:59,120
to Nevada, to the area around
1750 Karen Ave.

1565
01:37:59,120 --> 01:38:03,320
Apt 158, the address where
Deputy Wyant tried to serve her

1566
01:38:03,320 --> 01:38:06,680
in 2023.
But here's the problem.

1567
01:38:07,120 --> 01:38:09,480
Nevada authorities claim they
can't locate her.

1568
01:38:10,200 --> 01:38:13,160
They say they've tried to serve
her with court papers related to

1569
01:38:13,160 --> 01:38:17,520
the federal lawsuit, but she's
evading service again, just like

1570
01:38:17,520 --> 01:38:20,200
she did in April and May of
2023.

1571
01:38:20,840 --> 01:38:25,920
Just like she's done her entire
life, hiding, running, using the

1572
01:38:25,920 --> 01:38:29,000
children as Shields.
The children could be anywhere.

1573
01:38:29,520 --> 01:38:31,320
They could still be in Las
Vegas.

1574
01:38:31,720 --> 01:38:35,920
They could have been moved to
California, to Utah, to another

1575
01:38:35,920 --> 01:38:38,960
state entirely.
Saraya could have changed their

1576
01:38:38,960 --> 01:38:42,720
names, changed their
appearances, enrolled them in

1577
01:38:42,720 --> 01:38:46,280
school under false identities.
Or she could be keeping them

1578
01:38:46,280 --> 01:38:49,200
isolated, hidden away where no
one can find them.

1579
01:38:50,280 --> 01:38:52,680
This is why this episode is so
important.

1580
01:38:53,160 --> 01:38:56,320
Someone, somewhere, knows where
these children are.

1581
01:38:56,880 --> 01:39:01,560
Someone has seen them.
A neighbor, a teacher, a store

1582
01:39:01,560 --> 01:39:05,800
clerk, a caseworker.
If you live in Nevada, if you

1583
01:39:05,800 --> 01:39:10,320
live in the Las Vegas area, if
you see 3 black children, a 13

1584
01:39:10,320 --> 01:39:14,680
year old boy, an 11 year old
boy, and a four year old boy who

1585
01:39:14,680 --> 01:39:17,360
look like they might be the
stone children, please call the

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01:39:17,360 --> 01:39:19,800
authorities.
If you have any information

1587
01:39:19,800 --> 01:39:22,680
about Surya Mccree's
whereabouts, about Harris

1588
01:39:22,680 --> 01:39:26,800
Dupree's location, about where
these children might be, you can

1589
01:39:26,800 --> 01:39:32,840
contact the FBI at 1800 CALLFBI.
You can contact the National

1590
01:39:32,840 --> 01:39:36,640
Center for Missing and Exploited
Children at 1800 The Lost.

1591
01:39:37,200 --> 01:39:39,720
You can contact Reverend
Johnstone through the federal

1592
01:39:39,720 --> 01:39:42,280
court case.
These children have been missing

1593
01:39:42,280 --> 01:39:46,760
for 692 days.
Every day that passes is another

1594
01:39:46,760 --> 01:39:50,880
day of psychological damage,
another day of wondering why no

1595
01:39:50,880 --> 01:39:54,600
one is coming to save them,
another day of trauma that will

1596
01:39:54,600 --> 01:39:58,560
take years of therapy to heal.
If you're listening to this and

1597
01:39:58,560 --> 01:40:02,720
you have any power to help, I'm
begging you, Governor Katie

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01:40:02,720 --> 01:40:06,720
Hobbs, if you're listening, you
received Timothy's certified

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01:40:06,720 --> 01:40:09,600
criminal complaint in January
2024.

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01:40:10,240 --> 01:40:13,160
You said you would look into it.
You never did.

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01:40:13,800 --> 01:40:15,360
Three children are still
missing.

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01:40:15,880 --> 01:40:18,440
You have the power to intervene.
Use it.

1603
01:40:19,680 --> 01:40:23,200
Attorney General Chris Mays, you
received Timothy's complaint.

1604
01:40:23,640 --> 01:40:26,680
You received the evidence.
You have the power to open a

1605
01:40:26,680 --> 01:40:30,200
criminal investigation into the
El Mirage Police Department,

1606
01:40:30,560 --> 01:40:34,160
into the Mesa Police Department,
into the judges who obstructed

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01:40:34,160 --> 01:40:37,280
justice.
You have the power to prosecute

1608
01:40:37,280 --> 01:40:41,400
Surya Mccree, Brittany Houston
and Harris Dupree for

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01:40:41,400 --> 01:40:43,240
kidnapping.
Use it.

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01:40:44,400 --> 01:40:48,080
FBI Director Christopher Wray.
This is a federal kidnapping

1611
01:40:48,080 --> 01:40:50,560
case.
Children were transported across

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01:40:50,560 --> 01:40:53,160
state lines.
Federal protective orders are

1613
01:40:53,160 --> 01:40:59,040
being violated 18 United States
Code section 1201 has been

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01:40:59,040 --> 01:41:05,680
violated every single day for
692 days open an investigation

1615
01:41:06,120 --> 01:41:09,680
find these children.
Department of Justice Civil

1616
01:41:09,680 --> 01:41:12,960
Rights Division Timothy Paul
Stone was denied equal

1617
01:41:12,960 --> 01:41:16,200
protection under the law because
of his race and his disability.

1618
01:41:16,840 --> 01:41:19,680
His children were denied
protection because they're black

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01:41:19,720 --> 01:41:23,680
and autistic.
This is a clear violation of 42

1620
01:41:23,680 --> 01:41:29,720
United States Code Section 1983.
Investigate, prosecute.

1621
01:41:30,000 --> 01:41:33,800
Make this right.
MetLife Insurance Company You

1622
01:41:33,800 --> 01:41:36,800
paid a life insurance benefit to
a woman who may have caused the

1623
01:41:36,800 --> 01:41:40,320
policyholder's death.
You ignored months of evidence

1624
01:41:40,320 --> 01:41:43,600
showing abandonment, kidnapping,
and conspiracy.

1625
01:41:44,120 --> 01:41:48,160
You relied on a falsified police
report to justify that payment.

1626
01:41:48,720 --> 01:41:51,800
The Slayer statute should have
prevented Surya Mccree from

1627
01:41:51,800 --> 01:41:54,240
benefiting.
Reverse your decision.

1628
01:41:54,920 --> 01:41:58,000
Pay the contingent
beneficiaries, Reverend Stone

1629
01:41:58,000 --> 01:42:00,160
and the children, as Timothy
intended.

1630
01:42:00,960 --> 01:42:03,520
And to everyone listening,
here's what you can do right

1631
01:42:03,520 --> 01:42:05,920
now.
Share this episode.

1632
01:42:06,400 --> 01:42:09,200
Share it on every social media
platform you have.

1633
01:42:09,640 --> 01:42:14,320
Tag Governor Katie Hobbs, Tag
Attorney General Chris Mays, Tag

1634
01:42:14,320 --> 01:42:17,760
your local news stations.
Tag national news outlets.

1635
01:42:18,200 --> 01:42:21,400
Use the hashtags Justice for
Timothy Stone.

1636
01:42:21,640 --> 01:42:24,920
Bring the Stones home.
No tears for black girls.

1637
01:42:25,240 --> 01:42:29,440
Contact Arizona officials.
Call Governor Hobbs's office at

1638
01:42:29,440 --> 01:42:35,200
602-542-4331.
Call Attorney General Mays's

1639
01:42:35,200 --> 01:42:40,840
office at 602-542-5025.
Call the El Mirage Police

1640
01:42:40,840 --> 01:42:47,600
Department at 6239728 AD 260.
Tell them you know about Timothy

1641
01:42:47,600 --> 01:42:50,080
Paul Stone.
Tell them you know about the

1642
01:42:50,080 --> 01:42:53,320
missing children.
Tell them the world is watching

1643
01:42:53,320 --> 01:42:56,400
and they need to act.
Contact your federal

1644
01:42:56,400 --> 01:42:58,840
representatives if you live in
Arizona.

1645
01:42:58,960 --> 01:43:01,800
Call your congressperson.
Call your senators.

1646
01:43:02,080 --> 01:43:05,520
Demand they put pressure on the
FBI and DOJ to investigate this

1647
01:43:05,520 --> 01:43:08,440
case.
Contact the media, call your

1648
01:43:08,440 --> 01:43:11,400
local news stations, call
national outlets.

1649
01:43:11,640 --> 01:43:16,120
The route, BET, News 1, Essence,
the Grio.

1650
01:43:16,520 --> 01:43:19,560
Tell them about this case.
Send them this episode.

1651
01:43:19,720 --> 01:43:22,640
Demand they cover it.
Support the Stone family.

1652
01:43:22,840 --> 01:43:26,440
The federal lawsuit is ongoing.
Legal fees are mounting.

1653
01:43:26,760 --> 01:43:29,560
If there's a way to financially
support Reverend John and

1654
01:43:29,560 --> 01:43:32,760
Shirley Stone in their fight to
get their grandchildren back,

1655
01:43:33,000 --> 01:43:36,000
I'll post that information on
the No Tears for Black Girls

1656
01:43:36,000 --> 01:43:39,920
website and social media.
And if you're in Nevada, if

1657
01:43:39,920 --> 01:43:43,720
you're in Las Vegas, if you see
anything, say something.

1658
01:43:44,400 --> 01:43:46,240
Three children's lives depend on
it.

1659
01:43:47,480 --> 01:43:52,120
Timothy Paul Stone was born
February 28th, 1990.

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01:43:52,680 --> 01:43:56,680
He was diagnosed with type 1
diabetes at age 2 and fought

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01:43:56,680 --> 01:43:59,960
that disease every single day
for 32 years.

1662
01:44:00,720 --> 01:44:03,640
He met his high school
sweetheart, Saraya, and built a

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01:44:03,640 --> 01:44:06,880
life with her.
They had three beautiful boys,

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01:44:07,160 --> 01:44:10,360
Winston, Timothy Junior, and
Marcel.

1665
01:44:11,080 --> 01:44:14,200
Timothy worked hard, he provided
for his family.

1666
01:44:14,400 --> 01:44:17,040
He loved music, sports and
cooking.

1667
01:44:17,400 --> 01:44:20,320
He was a devoted father who
showed up for his children every

1668
01:44:20,320 --> 01:44:23,280
single day.
When Saraya's mental health

1669
01:44:23,280 --> 01:44:26,680
deteriorated, when she attempted
suicide in front of the

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01:44:26,680 --> 01:44:30,600
children, when she became
abusive, Timothy tried to get

1671
01:44:30,600 --> 01:44:33,360
help.
When she abandoned the family,

1672
01:44:33,600 --> 01:44:37,480
he stepped up and became both
mother and father to three boys,

1673
01:44:37,840 --> 01:44:41,960
two of them with special needs.
When Saraya threatened to kidnap

1674
01:44:41,960 --> 01:44:45,400
the children, Timothy went to
court and got protective orders.

1675
01:44:46,000 --> 01:44:49,320
He did everything right.
He followed every rule.

1676
01:44:49,800 --> 01:44:53,080
He trusted the system, and the
system killed him.

1677
01:44:54,080 --> 01:45:01,640
For 54 days, from January 9th,
2024 to March 2nd, 2024, Timothy

1678
01:45:01,640 --> 01:45:03,920
Paul Stone fought to rescue his
children.

1679
01:45:04,760 --> 01:45:06,720
He called the police every
single day.

1680
01:45:07,280 --> 01:45:10,440
He filed court motions.
He sent criminal complaints to

1681
01:45:10,440 --> 01:45:13,200
the governor, the attorney
general, the mayor, the police

1682
01:45:13,200 --> 01:45:15,560
chief.
He documented everything.

1683
01:45:15,880 --> 01:45:18,320
He kept records.
He never gave up.

1684
01:45:18,920 --> 01:45:22,120
His body was shutting down, His
blood sugar was staying

1685
01:45:22,120 --> 01:45:25,120
dangerously high.
His organs were failing.

1686
01:45:25,600 --> 01:45:29,520
But he kept fighting because
Winston, Timothy Junior and

1687
01:45:29,520 --> 01:45:35,520
Marcel needed him.
On March 2nd, 2024, two days

1688
01:45:35,520 --> 01:45:38,640
before his hearing to force the
system to rescue his children,

1689
01:45:39,120 --> 01:45:42,000
Timothy Paul Stone died alone in
his apartment.

1690
01:45:42,560 --> 01:45:46,120
He was 34 years old.
He never got to see his boys

1691
01:45:46,120 --> 01:45:50,640
again, never got to hold them,
never got to tell them he loved

1692
01:45:50,640 --> 01:45:53,320
them, never got to bring them
home.

1693
01:45:54,800 --> 01:45:58,080
Winston, Timothy, Junior and
Marcel are still out there,

1694
01:45:58,400 --> 01:46:04,080
still missing, still waiting for
someone to save them. 692 days

1695
01:46:04,080 --> 01:46:07,480
and counting.
This is why no Tears for Black

1696
01:46:07,480 --> 01:46:10,000
Girls exists.
Because black women are

1697
01:46:10,000 --> 01:46:13,880
disrespected, abused and
forgotten by systems that were

1698
01:46:13,880 --> 01:46:18,200
never designed to protect us.
But black men suffer too.

1699
01:46:18,840 --> 01:46:22,200
Black fathers like Timothy, who
love their children, who fight

1700
01:46:22,200 --> 01:46:25,200
for their families, who do
everything right and still lose

1701
01:46:25,200 --> 01:46:28,160
everything.
Black children like Winston,

1702
01:46:28,160 --> 01:46:32,360
Timothy, Junior and Marcel, who
are invisible to a system that

1703
01:46:32,360 --> 01:46:37,040
sees them as less valuable, less
worthy of rescue, less deserving

1704
01:46:37,040 --> 01:46:40,520
of justice.
Black elders like Reverend John

1705
01:46:40,520 --> 01:46:44,120
and Shirley Stone who are being
tortured in their final years by

1706
01:46:44,120 --> 01:46:46,480
a government that treats them
like they don't matter.

1707
01:46:47,200 --> 01:46:50,440
No more.
No more silence, no more

1708
01:46:50,440 --> 01:46:55,480
acceptance, no more tears.
Without action Timothy Paul

1709
01:46:55,480 --> 01:46:57,560
Stone story will not be
forgotten.

1710
01:46:58,120 --> 01:47:00,160
His children will not be
abandoned.

1711
01:47:00,720 --> 01:47:05,320
This family will get justice.
Before we close, I need to be

1712
01:47:05,320 --> 01:47:08,000
transparent with you about what
we still don't know about this

1713
01:47:08,000 --> 01:47:11,120
case.
Because this is an ongoing

1714
01:47:11,120 --> 01:47:14,360
investigation, there are
critical questions that remain

1715
01:47:14,360 --> 01:47:17,440
unanswered.
We don't know Timothy's official

1716
01:47:17,440 --> 01:47:20,640
cause of death.
The autopsy report has not been

1717
01:47:20,640 --> 01:47:23,680
publicly released.
We don't know if it lists

1718
01:47:23,680 --> 01:47:28,480
diabetic ketoacidosis natural
causes or if the death is still

1719
01:47:28,480 --> 01:47:31,640
under investigation.
We don't know if the Maricopa

1720
01:47:31,640 --> 01:47:35,160
County Medical Examiner
performed toxicology tests that

1721
01:47:35,160 --> 01:47:38,520
could confirm or rule out the
insulin tampering that occurred

1722
01:47:38,520 --> 01:47:41,840
on January 3rd through 5th,
2024.

1723
01:47:42,400 --> 01:47:44,200
We don't know if anyone has been
arrested.

1724
01:47:44,720 --> 01:47:47,920
Despite recorded confessions
from Eris Dupree admitting she

1725
01:47:47,920 --> 01:47:51,200
told Brittany Houston to take
the children, despite Seriya

1726
01:47:51,200 --> 01:47:54,520
Mccree's voicemail saying she
knew Timothy was going to die.

1727
01:47:54,880 --> 01:47:58,280
Despite 692 days of ongoing
kidnapping.

1728
01:47:58,840 --> 01:48:01,760
We don't know if any criminal
charges have been filed against

1729
01:48:01,760 --> 01:48:05,360
Seriya Mccree, Brittany Houston,
or Eris Dupree.

1730
01:48:06,160 --> 01:48:08,640
We don't know the exact current
location of the children.

1731
01:48:09,320 --> 01:48:12,160
The federal lawsuit states they
are believed to be in Las Vegas,

1732
01:48:12,160 --> 01:48:15,920
NV with Surya Mccree and Aris
Dupree, but we don't know if

1733
01:48:15,920 --> 01:48:18,720
they've been physically seen or
confirmed to be there.

1734
01:48:19,280 --> 01:48:21,440
We don't know if they're
enrolled in school.

1735
01:48:22,000 --> 01:48:24,160
We don't know if they're
receiving the therapy and

1736
01:48:24,160 --> 01:48:27,200
medical care that Timothy Junior
and Marcel need for their

1737
01:48:27,200 --> 01:48:29,560
autism.
We don't know what Nevada

1738
01:48:29,560 --> 01:48:33,200
authorities have done.
We don't know if the Las Vegas

1739
01:48:33,200 --> 01:48:37,880
Police, Clark County Sheriff, or
Nevada Child Protective Services

1740
01:48:38,240 --> 01:48:41,040
have been contacted about
locating the children.

1741
01:48:42,080 --> 01:48:44,600
We don't know if they've
attempted to serve Surya with

1742
01:48:44,600 --> 01:48:48,760
the federal lawsuit papers or if
she's evading service again like

1743
01:48:48,760 --> 01:48:52,600
she did in 2023.
We don't know the current status

1744
01:48:52,600 --> 01:48:55,640
of the federal lawsuit.
The case was filed November 7th,

1745
01:48:55,640 --> 01:48:58,680
2024.
Emergency motions were filed

1746
01:48:58,680 --> 01:49:02,960
November 18th, 2024, but we
don't know if any hearings have

1747
01:49:02,960 --> 01:49:05,320
been held.
We don't know if the defendants

1748
01:49:05,320 --> 01:49:08,640
have filed responses.
We don't know if Judge Susan

1749
01:49:08,640 --> 01:49:12,200
Brnovich has ruled on any of the
emergency motions to locate and

1750
01:49:12,200 --> 01:49:15,560
rescue the children.
We don't know if MetLife paid

1751
01:49:15,560 --> 01:49:19,120
Surya the life insurance money.
We know they refused to

1752
01:49:19,120 --> 01:49:24,240
disqualify her as beneficiary on
September 11th, 2024.

1753
01:49:25,200 --> 01:49:28,000
But we don't know if they've
actually issued the payment, how

1754
01:49:28,000 --> 01:49:31,440
much the policy was worth, or if
the federal lawsuit has frozen

1755
01:49:31,440 --> 01:49:33,840
those funds.
We don't know why the insulin

1756
01:49:33,840 --> 01:49:36,200
went missing.
We know it disappeared on

1757
01:49:36,200 --> 01:49:39,520
January 3rd.
We know it reappeared on January

1758
01:49:39,520 --> 01:49:42,120
5th with a tampered seal and
different appearance.

1759
01:49:42,680 --> 01:49:45,280
We know Timothy threw it away
and refused to use it.

1760
01:49:46,080 --> 01:49:49,600
We know six days later his blood
sugar spiked over 800 and he

1761
01:49:49,600 --> 01:49:52,880
nearly died.
We know 54 days later he was

1762
01:49:52,880 --> 01:49:55,360
dead.
But we don't know if that vial

1763
01:49:55,360 --> 01:49:59,040
was ever recovered and tested.
We don't know if it was poisoned

1764
01:49:59,040 --> 01:50:01,680
or contaminated.
We don't know if Brittany

1765
01:50:01,680 --> 01:50:04,800
Houston, who was living in
Timothy's apartment and had

1766
01:50:04,800 --> 01:50:07,360
access to his medication,
tampered with it.

1767
01:50:08,080 --> 01:50:10,280
We don't know why no one in
authority helped.

1768
01:50:10,880 --> 01:50:13,480
We know Timothy sent over 200
warnings.

1769
01:50:14,160 --> 01:50:16,880
We know Governor Katie Hobbs
acknowledged receiving his

1770
01:50:16,880 --> 01:50:19,320
complaint.
We know Police Chief Paul

1771
01:50:19,320 --> 01:50:23,240
Marzaka responded to his emails.
We know judges read his

1772
01:50:23,240 --> 01:50:26,240
emergency motions.
But we don't know why they all

1773
01:50:26,240 --> 01:50:29,040
chose to do nothing.
We don't know if there's been

1774
01:50:29,040 --> 01:50:32,080
any internal investigation into
the El Mirage Police

1775
01:50:32,080 --> 01:50:34,440
Department's refusal to rescue
the children.

1776
01:50:35,640 --> 01:50:39,200
We don't know if any officers
have faced disciplinary action.

1777
01:50:40,000 --> 01:50:44,480
And we don't know if Winston,
Timothy, Junior and Marcel even

1778
01:50:44,480 --> 01:50:48,360
know their father is dead.
We don't know if Saraya told

1779
01:50:48,360 --> 01:50:50,640
them.
We don't know if they think

1780
01:50:50,640 --> 01:50:53,960
their father abandoned them.
We don't know if they're waiting

1781
01:50:53,960 --> 01:50:57,520
for him to come save them.
We don't know if they ask about

1782
01:50:57,520 --> 01:51:00,000
him.
We don't know if they cry for

1783
01:51:00,000 --> 01:51:02,960
him at night.
These are the questions that

1784
01:51:02,960 --> 01:51:06,000
haunt Reverend John and Shirley
Stone every single day.

1785
01:51:06,800 --> 01:51:09,200
These are the answers we're
fighting to uncover.

1786
01:51:09,960 --> 01:51:13,160
And these are the reasons why
this case cannot be forgotten,

1787
01:51:13,600 --> 01:51:17,160
cannot be ignored, and cannot be
allowed to disappear.

1788
01:51:17,760 --> 01:51:20,840
If you have information that can
answer any of these questions,

1789
01:51:21,160 --> 01:51:24,800
if you know where the children
are, if you've seen them, if you

1790
01:51:24,800 --> 01:51:28,040
work for an agency that has
information about this case,

1791
01:51:28,560 --> 01:51:33,280
please come forward.
Contact the FBI, contact the

1792
01:51:33,280 --> 01:51:36,080
National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children.

1793
01:51:36,920 --> 01:51:39,160
Contact No tears for Black
girls.

1794
01:51:40,080 --> 01:51:42,360
The Stone family deserves
answers.

1795
01:51:43,000 --> 01:51:47,520
Timothy Paul Stone deserves
justice and Winston, Timothy

1796
01:51:47,520 --> 01:51:50,200
Junior and Marcel deserve to
come home.

1797
01:51:51,120 --> 01:51:55,760
I'm Samantha Paul, and I'm
begging you, don't let this be

1798
01:51:55,760 --> 01:51:58,480
just another episode you listen
to and forget.

1799
01:51:58,960 --> 01:52:03,520
Share this act on this.
These children are running out

1800
01:52:03,520 --> 01:52:06,080
of time.
If you have any information

1801
01:52:06,080 --> 01:52:09,720
about the location of Winston
Stone, Timothy Paul Stone Junior

1802
01:52:10,120 --> 01:52:14,520
or Marcel or Ryan Stone, please
contact the FBI immediately at

1803
01:52:14,520 --> 01:52:20,400
1-800-225-5324.
You can also reach out through

1804
01:52:20,400 --> 01:52:22,600
the No Tears for Black Girls
website.

1805
01:52:23,520 --> 01:52:25,600
All tips can be submitted
anonymously.

1806
01:52:26,280 --> 01:52:30,440
The federal lawsuit Stone versus
Mccree ET al, case number

1807
01:52:30,440 --> 01:52:38,360
CV2404158PH XS MB is public
record and can be accessed

1808
01:52:38,360 --> 01:52:40,880
through the United States
District Court for the District

1809
01:52:40,880 --> 01:52:45,840
of Arizona PACER System.
Winston, Timothy.

1810
01:52:45,840 --> 01:52:51,480
Junior, Marcel, if somehow you
ever hear this, your father

1811
01:52:51,480 --> 01:52:53,920
loved you more than anything in
this world.

1812
01:52:54,600 --> 01:52:56,840
He fought for you until his last
breath.

1813
01:52:57,520 --> 01:53:00,680
Your grandparents are still
fighting for you and we will

1814
01:53:00,680 --> 01:53:06,720
never stop until you're home.
Stay loved, stay blessed, stay

1815
01:53:06,720 --> 01:53:09,960
safe.
Until next time, hopefully I'll

1816
01:53:09,960 --> 01:53:13,320
see you there.
This is no tears for black

1817
01:53:13,320 --> 01:53:13,880
girls.