A body cam video from Livingston County, Illinois, reveals a dangerous and distressing roadside encounter during a routine traffic stop. A deputy pulls over a rental truck after an alleged wrong turn, only to find six people—four children, two adults, and two dogs—trapped in the back of the vehicle with no access to food, water, or proper ventilation. The truck had been in use for over 24 hours, with the interior in deplorable conditions, including visible feces and urine in the front and extreme heat. The driver, Roy Humel, had a suspended license, and the passenger, Sabrina McKinney, had just obtained her license. Both were arrested and charged with child endangerment and driving with a suspended license. Police discovered drug-related odors, leading to a full search. The family claimed they were fleeing meth-related environments in Louisiana and had been traveling with their children and pets. The deputy expressed outrage at the neglect, emphasizing the extreme risk to the children and animals. A critical twist in the report revealed that the driver had previously been stopped in Arkansas, where authorities had reportedly allowed such a setup. The family was eventually taken to a hospital for medical evaluation, and the children were cleared to be transported. The parents, Roy Humel and Sabrina, were jailed, but authorities agreed to have the family reunite under supervision. Ultimately, the case highlights a tragic incident of family neglect and the failure of law enforcement to intervene earlier, raising serious concerns about the safety of vulnerable populations in rural areas during extreme heat and isolation.
- There's that stuff there right there, got it? One, okay, you got three people in here in two seats. - We have newly released body cam video of a traffic stop that takes a turn. We weren't expected. (door slams) (beeping) (beeping) - Several people, including four children and two dogs, were allegedly found in the back of a rental truck. - You made a mistake that was a danger to everybody inside of the vehicle. - What the driver of the vehicle had to say for himself after-- - Imagine setting your makeup, then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new grippy setting mist from Mabelie, New York. Gel to mist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours with flexible all-day comfy grip. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue. Just plump, dewy, hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new grippy setting mist from Mabelie, New York. - Maybe it's Mabeliein. - He's made this shocking discovery. We're on the case presented by Lawncrime. I'm Chris Stewart. (upbeat music) - Well, this is the kind of body cam video where you don't know where the story is going to go next. We just got this in out of Livingston County, Illinois, a rural part of the state, South of Chicago. A deputy pulls over a rental truck because they say it made a wrong turn. (audience laughing) - What's up, guys? How many chickens in the show saw this? There's a nice stuff there, right? Okay. Okay. In addition to that, whenever you took that turn, okay, cross over that white style line, okay. It is everybody's driver's license ID cards and then the rental agreement on the E-Haul as well. (indistinct) - You're going to have to have a (beep) tag and then we're going to the dad. - That's okay. - I'm actually, there's not anything in here and I'm supposed to have to do. - No. - Nothing at all? - No. - Yeah. You guys got IDs, drivers, license, anything like that? - Oh, I got a phone one, but I need to tell you something. I'm pulling up the lease agreement on this. - Is there any warrants or anything to do? - No. - Okay. Is your super nervous? Why are you so nervous? (indistinct) - Why do you hate gobs? - I'm not out here trying to cause an issue or anything like that. - You got them, Decker? - What's that? Yeah, you're good. Just see if 1.7 could wake up out of here. - Got an ID on it? - That's my wallet, awesome. (people chattering) - What do you guys have to do? - We're going to be steady, we're going to do. - Chris, stay with my dad. - He's going to drive in the soft at the meat market? - Yeah. - Yeah. - Wouldn't you pick this thing up? - Guess what? - When you supposed to drop it off? - Saturday? - Saturday. - That's right. I'll give you from that, get your ID on me. - Do you have an ID man? Oh, there you go. - 15. - You're 15. - Okay, do you have an ID? - Yeah, well, it's more like this. - What takes you guys up to Michigan? - My dad. - You're dad. - It's all around. - You look good. - It looks like it's your chime card. - I don't know well. - I'm ending up with my daughter. - Well, I'll just take your name from you, okay? How about that? - I'm going on my family. - Okay, Sabrina, how do you spell your name? - So we're off to kind of an odd start. I mean, the deputy asks where they're headed in this rental truck and the driver says they're getting away from meth heads in Louisiana. And then the female says that she seems nervous because she quote, hates cops. Now, the police report also notes that two minors were sitting between the driver and passenger seats of the vehicle on the floor. So this deputy goes back to his cruiser to check on the names of the people who are in the cabin. The driver is Roy Humel. According to the police report, he had his license suspended. And the female who is in the passenger seat, her name is Sabrina McKinney. - Okay, so here's the, we're gonna search this thing before we search it. I give people the option, okay? If they're just honest with me, we can work with you, okay? We're not worried about we've got a dime back. We didn't know that's cool. We'll get you taken care of, okay? - We don't do, we don't do, I swear to God. - Okay, we just told me that you're alone with a bunch of meth heads, okay? - No, I say we were staying with meth heads. - Yeah, yeah, that's why we went to meth. - That's why we went to meth heads, so they're not in the car. - No, no, no, we're having worse. We were staying with meth heads. They were trying to get us to do it. We left there to go to where our dad speaks. 'Cause we refused to do the shit, and we didn't want our kids, I didn't want my kids around. - Okay. That's what I was trying to tell you. - I know. - I know. - Okay. - You can drug custody right now. - I never said you guys were using meth. You just said that you were around a bunch of meth heads, so it's why I asked if there was meth in the car. - Because I didn't know they were staying with meth, and I went to, and yeah. - Okay, you guys know anything on you, do you? - No. - Nothing at all? - No. - Okay. - No. - Cool. Just stand here, okay, I don't do anything dumb. - Jesus Christ. (water splashing) (water splashing) (water splashing) (people chattering) - The deputy then tests it seems for drug residue in the van, and according to the police report, a canine allegedly detected, and odor of narcotics. So the deputies felt that they had probable cause to search the entire truck, and that includes the back, and he likely was not expecting this. (water splashing) (water splashing) (water splashing) (people chattering) (people chattering) (people chattering) Call 84-1760. (people chattering) - T25 out here, please. (people chattering) - What, what? (people chattering) - Okay, you guys, I'll just stay back there, okay? - Okay. (people chattering) (people chattering) - You can try it right there. (people chattering) (people chattering) - This is your student's tank, and under arrest, okay? - I was just gonna figure out what's going on here. - I'm not gonna do you, how old are you? - Are you okay? (people chattering) - Hey, are you okay? (people chattering) - What? (people chattering) - Okay. (people chattering) - Do you guys need ambulance or anything? Does she need ambulance? (people chattering) - Okay, come 70 and 60. (people chattering) - Why are we transporting people in the back? - Cage out, EMS. I've got multiple subjects in the back.
the back of a U-Haul one complaining of exhausted and needing water and food so it's not a close shoe possible. All right. We've got an ambulance coming. They're going to check you guys out. Okay. We're going to get everything figured out. I know you do. We're going to get you guys. How old are you? Me? Yeah. Do you have an ID? I'm going to get you. What's that? I know. Are you guys all thirsty and hungry? Okay. How long have you guys been back here? What's your name? Okay. Listen. We don't need you to have an attitude with me right now. You've got four kids back here. I just want for now. Okay. Heather, how do you spell your name? H-E-A-T. What's your last name? How do you spell that? P-R-Y-O-O. P-R-Y-O-O. You've got four children and two adults in the back. P-R-Y-O-O-O. Spell your first name. Wow. We are going to just freeze the frame right here. In the back, you have four children and two adults and two dogs. Police asked one of the adults if they were okay and she said no. They said they didn't have water or food. Do you have any warrants or anything? No. Okay. How old are you? 25. Can you spell her first name? 26. Heather Berkett. SH-Y-A-N-E. SH-Y-A-N-E. That's H-Y-A-N-E. That's my name too. And then last name. B-A-I-L-E. This discovery was made on a Thursday around six o'clock in the evening. And according to the police report, one of the adults would tell deputies that they had allegedly been in the back of that truck since around 330 the day prior. And you notice there's also those two dogs in the back as well. Police say there were no signs of food or water in there. They say there was a fan, but it wasn't running. It seems to be broken. The deputy then confronts the driver Roy Humor. If one of them wanted to die, that would have been you. They're in the back of a U-Haul and it's 90 degrees outside. They got nothing back there. You got a dog and four kids back there. Have we ascertained what that smell is yet? Yeah, a mixture of baby diapers in the front that are filled, not filled, but have clear signs of feces and urine. And then the people in the back, the kids have been back there for coming from Louisiana going to Michigan. And they've got nothing back there. Obviously you see the female in the back. And then you've got the kids back there who I open it up there like we're thirsty, we're hungry. I'm mad. That pissed me off, man. That is so bad. I just saw feet when you opened that. I thought they were dead. Oh, my God. The deputy then has more to say to Humor, who's cuffed. Is there an option to wear my dad can you paint it then? No, so here's what's going to happen. You're going to jail, both of you are. No questions asked. Both are going to jail for it. In addition to that, what we're going to do is we're going to put these kids into adults in a hotel. The kids are going to be in a hotel with two adults. You guys are sitting in jail and then while they're in the hotel room, you guys are going to work on getting a hold of somebody to come and get them. But we cannot let this thing roll down the road and you guys do not have any any sort of transportation. This is completely unacceptable. And I get it. You're going through hardship, but this you could have killed one of them. There's no bond in the state of Illinois. So you're going to see a judge. I don't know probably in the morning. But this is completely unacceptable. You could have killed one of those kids. You could have killed that dog. How is that when I had water at the band back there and I had a whole where they could breathe? Dude, you understand how ridiculous this is. Not only that, not only that, but you know how disgusting that you hall is and you got kids sitting in there. You got diapers back there that had pissing. There should be no. I remember back there because Hayden 20 train. There's diapers sitting in the front of the you hall where he was just changed. Sitting on top of diapers that have. No, he just changed. I'm not going to argue with you guys about it. You're going to. The kids. You're about to piss me off. You already done pissed everybody here off. Yeah, because I made a whole mistake and you made you made a mistake that was a danger to everybody. That's great. You can have witnesses but I'm not letting this go down the road and you're going to jail. So that's it. There's no arguing about it. You're not talking yourself out of it. There's 15. I'm just watching you. I love you. I think it's all of them. All five of us have been the teenager. Imagine setting your makeup, then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new groupie setting mist from Mavily New York. Gel to mist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours with flexible all day comfy grip. Just plump, dewy hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new groupie setting mist from Mavily New York. Maybe it's me, Blaine. I don't f***ing know Austin. I have told you. How many times? I don't f***ing know how to. I said welcome to get. I know. Because I'm not Heather. And what did we do? You caught an Illinois like we got caught in the Louisiana. Yes? I'm not going to lie to you guys. I did tell him I did not want to go. I got a feeling welcome. So is that your husband, your boyfriend? Well, well separated. Okay. Him and her are together. Okay. So how? That's my baby daddy to our five of my kids. I am with her and that. I'm the mom. I'm his dad.
mom the reason why I say I'm gonna stop mom I've been in that boy's life since he was three years old I don't know it's in the you hall yeah I will make sure you take care of everything make sure you take care of my dogs make sure you take care of her and my flocking I'm just gonna take the kids to the hospital to you know you think we had to have this kids transport at the hospital and get checked out and cleared you can take them back here for so long I would think that you're probably these best right but I mean yeah I mean if that's if that's if that's you guys think that's a good idea like that you guys think that's a good idea but at the same time I so we are part of your guys is custody or like so at this point what we were going to do is both parents are going to go to jail okay we were going to transport all the kids and the two adults to a hotel room and have them stay there while they work on getting a ride to where they're going but if you guys think we ought to take everybody then we'll we can do it but they're not the kids at this point they're not not a cost to do at this point I can give them a hug it sounds like it sounds like it's all her kids so I got back up here and see hey come over here hey so I got a question for you listen we want to help these kids I know I think based on everything that we have here I think it would be a good idea for them to go get checked out at the hospital and just make sure they're medically cleared especially being in the back that you offer as long as they wear without water or anything like that based on that would are you okay would you be cool with them going to the hospital to get cleared and be cool yeah okay do you see you're good with all five kids going over to the hospital and just getting checked out and cleared yeah they need drushed though yeah they need to get clothes on okay she said she's good with them going yeah yeah they're gonna they're gonna take this this is the hospital and get them checked out and yeah we got how many kids were back there for yeah for sure yeah so we got four kids back there okay so once they get medically cleared by the hospital and everything is good then we'll just pick them up from the hospital and take them over the super eight so I know the last he's going to go for endangering forecast it is clear when you watch this body cam video that this is a family that's going through some hard times and need some help but you cannot ignore how dangerous it appears this situation was you have four children six people in total in the back of a you haul truck in the summer and in Illinois it was in the 90s according to deputies on the day that they pulled these people over and they allegedly were in the back of that you haul for more than 24 hours now an interesting twist to the police report when we read it is the driver Roy Humol said that they had on this road trip already been pulled over by law enforcement in Arkansas who allegedly said that they could travel like this with the people in the back what are you going to do with the car that's what we're that's what we're just discussing now so let me let me double check but I'm trying to do nobody's imagine setting your makeup then forgetting it's even theirs meet new grippy setting mist from Maybelline New York Jaldemist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours with flexible all day comfy grip no tightness no stickiness no residue just clump to a hydrated skin that still feels like your skin try new grippy setting mist from Maybelline New York maybe it's Maybelline Heather Heather Heather suspended as well you're suspended Heather suspended your passenger suspended how was she suspended I don't know she's suspended she got her license like she literally told me in the back my license isn't good before she gave me her name I'm going to work Sabrina she just got her license not too long Sabrina you think Sabrina's capable of driving this thing right now why she's not going to jail no the two in the back nobody in the back is going to jail they're they didn't Sabrina is the skinny one the one in the red shirt okay which which one's Heather so who's the chicken the back what's her name Cheyenne Cheyenne yeah Sabrina is so Heather is the one with the sports bra on that's your girlfriend yes okay Heather Heather is Heather suspended as well yeah but what's a book and release do you say it's all about the other thing they really yeah I'll ask them just one second deputies get in touch with Roy Humol's dad who they say lives in Illinois and he would come and eventually take control of the six miners after they were taken to the hospital to make sure that they were okay now as for the driver Roy Humol and the woman that he was riding with in the front seat named Sabrina McKinney they both were arrested and they were charged with multiple counts of child endangerment Roy was also charged with driving with a suspended license that will do it for on the case 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Podcast Summary
Key Points:
A deputy in Livingston County, Illinois, pulls over a rental truck for a wrong turn, only to discover four children, two adults, and two dogs in the back, with no food, water, or ventilation.
The driver, Roy Humel, had a suspended license, and the female passenger, Sabrina McKinney, recently obtained her license; both were arrested and charged with child endangerment and driving with a suspended license.
Police found drug-related odors and discovered the family had been in the back of the truck for over 24 hours, with the interior in unsanitary conditions, including dirty diapers and no access to basic needs.
Summary:
A body cam video from Livingston County, Illinois, reveals a dangerous and distressing roadside encounter during a routine traffic stop. A deputy pulls over a rental truck after an alleged wrong turn, only to find six people—four children, two adults, and two dogs—trapped in the back of the vehicle with no access to food, water, or proper ventilation. The truck had been in use for over 24 hours, with the interior in deplorable conditions, including visible feces and urine in the front and extreme heat.
The driver, Roy Humel, had a suspended license, and the passenger, Sabrina McKinney, had just obtained her license. Both were arrested and charged with child endangerment and driving with a suspended license. Police discovered drug-related odors, leading to a full search.
The family claimed they were fleeing meth-related environments in Louisiana and had been traveling with their children and pets. The deputy expressed outrage at the neglect, emphasizing the extreme risk to the children and animals. A critical twist in the report revealed that the driver had previously been stopped in Arkansas, where authorities had reportedly allowed such a setup.
The family was eventually taken to a hospital for medical evaluation, and the children were cleared to be transported. The parents, Roy Humel and Sabrina, were jailed, but authorities agreed to have the family reunite under supervision. Ultimately, the case highlights a tragic incident of family neglect and the failure of law enforcement to intervene earlier, raising serious concerns about the safety of vulnerable populations in rural areas during extreme heat and isolation.
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A deputy pulled over a rental truck after it made a wrong turn. Inside, deputies found four children, two adults, and two dogs in the back, with no water or food. The vehicle had been parked for over 24 hours in extreme heat, and drug sniffing tests detected narcotics.
The occupants included driver Roy Humel, passenger Sabrina McKinney, and four children. One adult, Heather Berkett, was identified as the mother of the children, who had been in the back for over 24 hours with no access to food, water, or proper ventilation.
They were exposed to extreme heat, with temperatures reaching 90 degrees, and had no access to water or food for over 24 hours. The back of the truck had a broken fan, and there were signs of unclean diapers and urine, indicating poor living conditions that posed a serious health risk to children and pets.
Yes, driver Roy Humel and passenger Sabrina McKinney were arrested and charged with multiple counts of child endangerment. Humel also had a suspended license, which contributed to the charges.
The six people were taken to a hotel room where they would stay while trying to arrange transportation. The children and two adults were medically evaluated at a hospital to ensure their safety before being released.
Yes, a canine detected the odor of narcotics in the vehicle, leading deputies to believe they had probable cause to search the entire truck, including the back, where the vulnerable group was located.
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