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[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '5.440', 'text': 'Tonight, a West Valley family is praying'}, {'start': '2.639', 'end': '7.440', 'text': 'for a miracle. A mother suffered a major'}, {'start': '5.440', 'end': '9.920', 'text': 'heart attack last month and remains in'}, {'start': '7.440', 'end': '12.080', 'text': 'the hospital, but doctors say they'}, {'start': '9.920', 'end': '15.040', 'text': 'cannot move forward with the life-saving'}, {'start': '12.080', 'end': '16.800', 'text': 'surgery because that mother is 6 months'}, {'start': '15.040', 'end': '18.480', 'text': 'pregnant. Good evening and thanks so'}, {'start': '16.800', 'end': '20.640', 'text': 'much for joining us for 12 News at 10.'}, {'start': '18.480', 'end': '22.800', 'text': "I'm Kar Divine. I'm Mark Curtis. In an"}, {'start': '20.640', 'end': '24.800', 'text': 'exclusive interview with 12 News, the'}, {'start': '22.800', 'end': '27.439', 'text': "Hera family says they're praying for"}, {'start': '24.800', 'end': '29.119', 'text': 'both the mom and the baby. 12 News'}, {'start': '27.439', 'end': '31.039', 'text': 'journalist Chase Golightly is here in'}, {'start': '29.119', 'end': '33.520', 'text': 'studio with us tonight with more on this'}, {'start': '31.039', 'end': '35.680', 'text': "story. And Chase, the mother's life"}, {'start': '33.520', 'end': '37.360', 'text': 'really is on the line in this case. Mark'}, {'start': '35.680', 'end': '40.879', 'text': "Kia, that's right. Doctors told them"}, {'start': '37.360', 'end': '42.800', 'text': 'this is a one in a million situation'}, {'start': '40.879', 'end': '45.280', 'text': 'leading to the family having to make an'}, {'start': '42.800', 'end': '48.000', 'text': 'incredibly difficult decision about how'}, {'start': '45.280', 'end': '50.879', 'text': 'to move forward.'}, {'start': '48.000', 'end': '54.559', 'text': "She's everything to me. She's my world."}, {'start': '50.879', 'end': '58.000', 'text': "A devoted wife for 25 years. I wouldn't"}, {'start': '54.559', 'end': '61.520', 'text': 'be the man I am without her and a loving'}, {'start': '58.000', 'end': '63.280', 'text': 'mother to all her children. My mom was a'}, {'start': '61.520', 'end': '64.640', 'text': "big part of all of our lives and she's"}, {'start': '63.280', 'end': '67.040', 'text': 'always there for you whenever you need'}, {'start': '64.640', 'end': '69.200', 'text': 'her. Jessica is the backbone to the'}, {'start': '67.040', 'end': '71.119', 'text': 'Herrera family in Goodyear and this'}, {'start': '69.200', 'end': '73.119', 'text': 'family is expecting to get a little'}, {'start': '71.119', 'end': '75.520', 'text': 'bigger in the next couple of months.'}, {'start': '73.119', 'end': '78.479', 'text': 'Jessica is pregnant with her seventh'}, {'start': '75.520', 'end': '80.799', 'text': 'child, baby Ezekiel. But last month, the'}, {'start': '78.479', 'end': '82.960', 'text': '42-year-old mother suffered a massive'}, {'start': '80.799', 'end': '86.320', 'text': 'heart attack and was rushed to the'}, {'start': '82.960', 'end': '89.840', 'text': 'hospital. Found out her arteries are all'}, {'start': '86.320', 'end': '92.400', 'text': "super clogged, unrepable. Now she's in"}, {'start': '89.840', 'end': '94.640', 'text': 'need of a new heart. It was very'}, {'start': '92.400', 'end': '96.400', 'text': 'difficult to believe that this was'}, {'start': '94.640', 'end': '100.000', 'text': 'really happening to her. I think a lot'}, {'start': '96.400', 'end': '102.400', 'text': "of us are still in shock that it's even"}, {'start': '100.000', 'end': '105.600', 'text': 'happening, making matters more difficult'}, {'start': '102.400', 'end': '107.840', 'text': 'for the family. With her being pregnant,'}, {'start': '105.600', 'end': '110.399', 'text': 'uh, they were unable to do any kind of'}, {'start': '107.840', 'end': '112.560', 'text': 'surgeries, forcing Jessica and her'}, {'start': '110.399', 'end': '114.640', 'text': 'husband, Alex to make one of the most'}, {'start': '112.560', 'end': '116.880', 'text': 'difficult decisions of their lives,'}, {'start': '114.640', 'end': '119.280', 'text': 'terminate the pregnancy so she could go'}, {'start': '116.880', 'end': '122.719', 'text': 'through surgery to save her life or wait'}, {'start': '119.280', 'end': '125.280', 'text': 'until baby Ezekiel is 28 weeks, giving'}, {'start': '122.719', 'end': '127.920', 'text': 'him a better chance at survival at the'}, {'start': '125.280', 'end': '129.920', 'text': 'risk of Jessica suffering another heart'}, {'start': '127.920', 'end': '132.080', 'text': 'attack. It It was It was a very'}, {'start': '129.920', 'end': '134.480', 'text': 'difficult decision to be faced with. the'}, {'start': '132.080', 'end': '138.800', 'text': 'family deciding not to give up on their'}, {'start': '134.480', 'end': '142.360', 'text': "child. She's 24 uh weeks pregnant and"}, {'start': '138.800', 'end': '144.959', 'text': "you know, we're just praying and"}, {'start': '142.360', 'end': '146.959', 'text': 'and hoping, you know, everything comes'}, {'start': '144.959', 'end': '149.120', 'text': 'through good for the baby. We all hope'}, {'start': '146.959', 'end': '151.040', 'text': 'for the best, praying for a miracle.'}, {'start': '149.120', 'end': '152.800', 'text': 'Jessica has been in the hospital for a'}, {'start': '151.040', 'end': '155.360', 'text': "month and will stay there until it's"}, {'start': '152.800', 'end': '157.519', 'text': 'time to give birth. The family staying'}, {'start': '155.360', 'end': '160.319', 'text': 'strong together, knowing that if their'}, {'start': '157.519', 'end': '162.879', 'text': 'miracle happens and Ezekiel is born,'}, {'start': '160.319', 'end': '164.239', 'text': 'they still have a very long road ahead'}, {'start': '162.879', 'end': '166.160', 'text': "of them. We're in the eye of the"}, {'start': '164.239', 'end': '168.080', 'text': 'hurricane. She has a tremendous amount'}, {'start': '166.160', 'end': '170.319', 'text': 'of of support and family that loves her'}, {'start': '168.080', 'end': '172.319', 'text': 'very, very much.'}, {'start': '170.319', 'end': '174.480', 'text': 'Now, the family has set up a GoFundMe to'}, {'start': '172.319', 'end': '176.160', 'text': 'help pay for their hospital bills and to'}, {'start': '174.480', 'end': '178.239', 'text': 'put Jessica on the heart transplant'}, {'start': '176.160', 'end': '179.920', 'text': 'list. They also encourage everyone to'}, {'start': '178.239', 'end': '181.920', 'text': 'get checked out by their doctors. They'}, {'start': '179.920', 'end': '184.400', 'text': 'said Jessica did have a few symptoms'}, {'start': '181.920', 'end': '186.400', 'text': 'before her heart attack, but believe if'}, {'start': '184.400', 'end': '188.480', 'text': 'they would have gone to that hospital to'}, {'start': '186.400', 'end': '190.959', 'text': 'the doctor sooner, this whole situation'}, {'start': '188.480', 'end': '192.480', 'text': 'may have not happened. Mark Kbe. Yeah,'}, {'start': '190.959', 'end': '195.360', 'text': "we'll be thinking about that family"}, {'start': '192.480', 'end': '197.360', 'text': 'hoping for a miracle. Chase, thank you.'}, {'start': '195.360', 'end': '199.280', 'text': 'Well, there is an update to a story that'}, {'start': '197.360', 'end': '202.319', 'text': "we've been following in Tempe this week."}, {'start': '199.280', 'end': '204.959', 'text': 'A Tempe bar is calling shirts that they'}, {'start': '202.319', 'end': '208.400', 'text': 'posted on their social media tasteless'}, {'start': '204.959', 'end': '211.040', 'text': 'and disgusting. Last week, nearly 200'}, {'start': '208.400', 'end': '213.599', 'text': 'underage drinkers were busted at Tempe'}, {'start': '211.040', 'end': '215.599', 'text': 'Tavern. In a now deleted Facebook post,'}, {'start': '213.599', 'end': '218.560', 'text': 'Tempe Tavern says that it was going to'}, {'start': '215.599', 'end': '220.959', 'text': 'sell those shirts, comparing the bust to'}, {'start': '218.560', 'end': '223.680', 'text': 'September 11th, the terrorist attacks'}, {'start': '220.959', 'end': '225.760', 'text': 'where nearly 3,000 people were killed.'}, {'start': '223.680', 'end': '227.599', 'text': 'In a statement posted to social media,'}, {'start': '225.760', 'end': '230.080', 'text': 'Tempe Tavern management said that the'}, {'start': '227.599', 'end': '232.799', 'text': 'shirts were designed by an ASU student'}, {'start': '230.080', 'end': '235.280', 'text': 'and posted by a young staff member. The'}, {'start': '232.799', 'end': '237.680', 'text': 'statement goes on to say that 9/11 is'}, {'start': '235.280', 'end': '239.439', 'text': 'nothing to joke about. State officials'}, {'start': '237.680', 'end': '241.599', 'text': 'continue to investigate whether any'}, {'start': '239.439', 'end': '243.360', 'text': 'violations should be filed against the'}, {'start': '241.599', 'end': '245.280', 'text': 'establishment for allegedly not'}, {'start': '243.360', 'end': '247.280', 'text': "following the state's liquor laws. A"}, {'start': '245.280', 'end': '249.920', 'text': 'grim story coming out of Yuma tonight'}, {'start': '247.280', 'end': '252.480', 'text': 'where a motel worker found the body of a'}, {'start': '249.920', 'end': '254.640', 'text': 'baby boy in a trash can. Police were'}, {'start': '252.480', 'end': '258.000', 'text': 'called out to the Best Western on Castle'}, {'start': '254.640', 'end': '260.160', 'text': 'Dome Avenue just off of I8 around 10:45'}, {'start': '258.000', 'end': '262.240', 'text': 'this morning. They were taken to an'}, {'start': '260.160', 'end': '264.080', 'text': 'outside garbage can when they got there'}, {'start': '262.240', 'end': '266.479', 'text': 'and it had the body of the newborn'}, {'start': '264.080', 'end': '268.320', 'text': 'inside. Investigators believe the baby'}, {'start': '266.479', 'end': '271.600', 'text': 'was put in the trash sometime between'}, {'start': '268.320', 'end': '273.440', 'text': '10:00 last night and 10:00 this morning.'}, {'start': '271.600', 'end': '275.759', 'text': 'Right now, there are no suspects in'}, {'start': '273.440', 'end': '278.560', 'text': 'custody. Anyone with information about'}, {'start': '275.759', 'end': '280.560', 'text': 'the case is asked to call Yuma police.'}, {'start': '278.560', 'end': '282.560', 'text': 'Now to Surprise, where police have'}, {'start': '280.560', 'end': '284.880', 'text': 'identified a woman found in a city'}, {'start': '282.560', 'end': '287.840', 'text': 'landfill two weeks ago. Police say'}, {'start': '284.880', 'end': '290.400', 'text': '23-year-old Raquel Marie Morales was the'}, {'start': '287.840', 'end': '293.040', 'text': 'woman who was found dead. Her body was'}, {'start': '290.400', 'end': '294.199', 'text': 'found on the morning of April 17th by an'}, {'start': '293.040', 'end': '297.759', 'text': 'employee'}, {'start': '294.199', 'end': '300.000', 'text': 'near 187th Avenue in Deer Valley Road.'}, {'start': '297.759', 'end': '301.680', 'text': 'Police have not said how Morales died'}, {'start': '300.000', 'end': '303.759', 'text': 'and say that their investigation is'}, {'start': '301.680', 'end': '306.240', 'text': "ongoing, but they're asking anyone with"}, {'start': '303.759', 'end': '308.880', 'text': 'information to call Surprise Police.'}, {'start': '306.240', 'end': '311.280', 'text': 'Tomorrow, a major step towards justice'}, {'start': '308.880', 'end': '313.520', 'text': 'after the brutal and unnecessary death'}, {'start': '311.280', 'end': '316.800', 'text': 'of Preston Lord. It was right around'}, {'start': '313.520', 'end': '318.800', 'text': 'Halloween in 2023 when the 16-year-old'}, {'start': '316.800', 'end': '320.960', 'text': 'was beaten to death outside of a house'}, {'start': '318.800', 'end': '322.880', 'text': 'party. Seven people have now been'}, {'start': '320.960', 'end': '325.120', 'text': 'charged with his murder. The first of'}, {'start': '322.880', 'end': '326.800', 'text': 'the seven, William Hines, has reached a'}, {'start': '325.120', 'end': '329.280', 'text': 'plea agreement and will be sentenced'}, {'start': '326.800', 'end': '331.520', 'text': 'tomorrow. 12 News journalist Bianca Bono'}, {'start': '329.280', 'end': '334.240', 'text': 'will be in court tomorrow for that and'}, {'start': '331.520', 'end': '337.360', 'text': 'joins us live now to explain how we got'}, {'start': '334.240', 'end': '339.199', 'text': 'here. Bianca?'}, {'start': '337.360', 'end': '341.360', 'text': 'Yeah, Mark. William Owenheind has'}, {'start': '339.199', 'end': '343.199', 'text': 'pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of'}, {'start': '341.360', 'end': '345.919', 'text': 'manslaughter. And when he is sentenced'}, {'start': '343.199', 'end': '348.560', 'text': 'here tomorrow, we expect it to be a sea'}, {'start': '345.919', 'end': '350.320', 'text': "of orange as Preston Lord's family,"}, {'start': '348.560', 'end': '353.639', 'text': 'friends, and community members will be'}, {'start': '350.320', 'end': '357.120', 'text': 'here to watch the judge hand down that'}, {'start': '353.639', 'end': '359.039', 'text': 'sentence. Since October of 2023, they'}, {'start': '357.120', 'end': '361.280', 'text': 'took away his life. Just hope that'}, {'start': '359.039', 'end': '364.000', 'text': 'justice is served for Preston. The East'}, {'start': '361.280', 'end': '366.160', 'text': 'Valley has demanded justice for Preston'}, {'start': '364.000', 'end': '368.319', 'text': 'Lord. Yeah. Such an incredible person'}, {'start': '366.160', 'end': '370.400', 'text': 'who when you look back on his life has'}, {'start': '368.319', 'end': '372.720', 'text': 'done so much in his short time and then'}, {'start': '370.400', 'end': '374.720', 'text': 'it was gone. The 16-year-old was killed'}, {'start': '372.720', 'end': '376.960', 'text': 'outside of a Halloween party,'}, {'start': '374.720', 'end': '379.919', 'text': 'senselessly attacked by a group of other'}, {'start': '376.960', 'end': '382.800', 'text': 'teens and young adults. And on Friday,'}, {'start': '379.919', 'end': '385.759', 'text': 'justice will start to be served. William'}, {'start': '382.800', 'end': '388.240', 'text': 'Hines William Owen Hines, now 19 years'}, {'start': '385.759', 'end': '390.560', 'text': 'old, was 17 at the time of the fatal'}, {'start': '388.240', 'end': '393.039', 'text': 'attack in Queen Creek. A police report'}, {'start': '390.560', 'end': '396.000', 'text': 'showing early on in the investigation he'}, {'start': '393.039', 'end': '398.319', 'text': 'admitted to kicking Preston. He and six'}, {'start': '396.000', 'end': '400.960', 'text': 'others were arrested 5 months after'}, {'start': '398.319', 'end': '402.880', 'text': "Preston's death. A death that sent shock"}, {'start': '400.960', 'end': '405.280', 'text': 'waves through a community that had been'}, {'start': '402.880', 'end': '408.080', 'text': 'plagued by teen violence incidents for'}, {'start': '405.280', 'end': '410.560', 'text': 'well over a year. In part carried out by'}, {'start': '408.080', 'end': '412.800', 'text': 'a group known as the Gilbert Goons.'}, {'start': '410.560', 'end': '415.199', 'text': "Preston Lord's death has peeled back a"}, {'start': '412.800', 'end': '416.960', 'text': 'veil of the evil among us. The seven'}, {'start': '415.199', 'end': '419.199', 'text': 'suspects were all charged with'}, {'start': '416.960', 'end': '421.120', 'text': 'firstdegree murder and Hines faced'}, {'start': '419.199', 'end': '424.240', 'text': 'additional charges for his involvement'}, {'start': '421.120', 'end': '426.639', 'text': 'in three other aggravated assault cases.'}, {'start': '424.240', 'end': '428.639', 'text': 'In March of this year, he reached a plea'}, {'start': '426.639', 'end': '430.720', 'text': 'agreement with the state. In addition to'}, {'start': '428.639', 'end': '432.960', 'text': 'pleading guilty in his three aggravated'}, {'start': '430.720', 'end': '435.440', 'text': 'assault cases, he plead guilty to'}, {'start': '432.960', 'end': '437.520', 'text': 'manslaughter, a reduced charge for his'}, {'start': '435.440', 'end': '439.440', 'text': "role in Preston's death. These events"}, {'start': '437.520', 'end': '441.120', 'text': 'have horrified me since the moment I saw'}, {'start': '439.440', 'end': '443.680', 'text': 'the news. During a settlement'}, {'start': '441.120', 'end': '445.919', 'text': 'conference, Hines spoke out, admitting'}, {'start': '443.680', 'end': '447.440', 'text': 'once again to his involvement. I hope'}, {'start': '445.919', 'end': '449.280', 'text': 'the court can see that I am serious'}, {'start': '447.440', 'end': '451.599', 'text': 'about one day making a difference and'}, {'start': '449.280', 'end': '453.840', 'text': "also owning up to my mistakes. Preston's"}, {'start': '451.599', 'end': '456.720', 'text': 'family was there too, trying to put the'}, {'start': '453.840', 'end': '458.960', 'text': 'pain of losing their son into words.'}, {'start': '456.720', 'end': '461.520', 'text': 'Accountability is crucial. This'}, {'start': '458.960', 'end': '463.360', 'text': 'defendant must answer for his actions,'}, {'start': '461.520', 'end': '465.360', 'text': 'and we believe the plea agreement is'}, {'start': '463.360', 'end': '467.520', 'text': 'appropriate in this case. As the cases'}, {'start': '465.360', 'end': '469.919', 'text': 'against the six remaining defendants'}, {'start': '467.520', 'end': '473.520', 'text': 'continue, Hines faces between 10 and a'}, {'start': '469.919', 'end': '476.080', 'text': 'half and 21 years in prison. On Friday,'}, {'start': '473.520', 'end': '478.400', 'text': 'he will learn his fate. To say we miss'}, {'start': '476.080', 'end': '482.039', 'text': 'our son is an understatement. Preston'}, {'start': '478.400', 'end': '482.039', 'text': 'was our world.'}, {'start': '482.319', 'end': '487.199', 'text': 'And two more defendants in this case,'}, {'start': '484.479', 'end': '488.800', 'text': 'Jacob Meisner and Taylor Sherman, both'}, {'start': '487.199', 'end': '491.039', 'text': 'have settlement conferences now'}, {'start': '488.800', 'end': '492.720', 'text': 'scheduled for the end of this month. I'}, {'start': '491.039', 'end': '494.520', 'text': 'did ask the county attorney about that.'}, {'start': '492.720', 'end': '496.720', 'text': 'She declined to comment on any'}, {'start': '494.520', 'end': '499.280', 'text': 'negotiations, but she did say that those'}, {'start': '496.720', 'end': '501.440', 'text': 'settlement conferences may or may not'}, {'start': '499.280', 'end': '503.199', 'text': "result in pleas. We're live in Phoenix"}, {'start': '501.440', 'end': '505.280', 'text': 'tonight, Bianca Bono, 12 News. All'}, {'start': '503.199', 'end': '507.280', 'text': 'right, Bianca, thank you. And uh we want'}, {'start': '505.280', 'end': '510.160', 'text': 'to let you know that we will live stream'}, {'start': '507.280', 'end': '512.240', 'text': "tomorrow's sentencing on 12 Plus. You"}, {'start': '510.160', 'end': '514.719', 'text': 'can watch the hearing starting at 1 p.m.'}, {'start': '512.240', 'end': '518.080', 'text': 'tomorrow. Just download the 12 Plus app'}, {'start': '514.719', 'end': '520.320', 'text': 'on your TV now to watch for free. The'}, {'start': '518.080', 'end': '523.039', 'text': 'death of a New River pastor has now been'}, {'start': '520.320', 'end': '525.600', 'text': 'ruled a homicide. 76-year-old William'}, {'start': '523.039', 'end': '527.839', 'text': 'Shonman was found Monday inside his home'}, {'start': '525.600', 'end': '529.519', 'text': 'near Circle Mountain and 16th Street.'}, {'start': '527.839', 'end': '531.279', 'text': "The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office"}, {'start': '529.519', 'end': '533.839', 'text': 'said that deputies responded Monday'}, {'start': '531.279', 'end': '535.680', 'text': 'evening to the area and uh they say that'}, {'start': '533.839', 'end': '537.760', 'text': 'investigators said that there was'}, {'start': '535.680', 'end': '539.600', 'text': 'something suspicious about the death.'}, {'start': '537.760', 'end': '541.440', 'text': 'They believed that foul play was'}, {'start': '539.600', 'end': '543.120', 'text': 'involved from the start, but were'}, {'start': '541.440', 'end': '545.519', 'text': "waiting for the medical examiner's"}, {'start': '543.120', 'end': '547.200', 'text': 'report to come in. So far, deputies'}, {'start': '545.519', 'end': '549.040', 'text': "haven't said if they have any leads in"}, {'start': '547.200', 'end': '551.040', 'text': 'the case. Several hundred students in'}, {'start': '549.040', 'end': '553.360', 'text': 'the Daart school district will not be'}, {'start': '551.040', 'end': '555.440', 'text': 'able to ride the bus next year. The move'}, {'start': '553.360', 'end': '557.519', 'text': 'comes with the district saying the state'}, {'start': '555.440', 'end': '559.519', 'text': "didn't provide enough funding. So,"}, {'start': '557.519', 'end': '562.320', 'text': 'starting next year, the district will'}, {'start': '559.519', 'end': '565.279', 'text': 'expand its no bus service zone for K'}, {'start': '562.320', 'end': '567.600', 'text': 'through8 students from a mile radius to'}, {'start': '565.279', 'end': '569.200', 'text': 'a 1 and a half mile radius. For high'}, {'start': '567.600', 'end': '571.680', 'text': 'schools, the zone goes from one and a'}, {'start': '569.200', 'end': '573.600', 'text': 'half miles to two miles. The move is'}, {'start': '571.680', 'end': '576.080', 'text': 'expected to save the district about a'}, {'start': '573.600', 'end': '578.800', 'text': 'half a million dollars, but leaves about'}, {'start': '576.080', 'end': '580.880', 'text': '500 students without transportation,'}, {'start': '578.800', 'end': '584.000', 'text': 'some of them with no options but to'}, {'start': '580.880', 'end': '585.839', 'text': "walk. So, we're kind of stuck in a"}, {'start': '584.000', 'end': '588.320', 'text': 'situation where how do we get our kids'}, {'start': '585.839', 'end': '590.399', 'text': 'to school safely in the 100 plus degree'}, {'start': '588.320', 'end': '593.360', 'text': 'heat as well as, you know, I weighed my'}, {'start': '590.399', 'end': '594.880', 'text': "daughter's backpack. It's 15 pounds. The"}, {'start': '593.360', 'end': '597.040', 'text': "district says it'll soon provide"}, {'start': '594.880', 'end': '599.519', 'text': 'families with information on safe'}, {'start': '597.040', 'end': '601.920', 'text': 'walking and biking routes. Meanwhile,'}, {'start': '599.519', 'end': '605.920', 'text': "there's also an ongoing lawsuit over the"}, {'start': '601.920', 'end': '605.920', 'text': 'lack of state funding for school buses.'}]