Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Casey Anthony,  legally acquitted of her daughter’s murder,  has shifted into an  active role in legal research and advocacy, now joining  YNW Melly’s defense team preparing for his retrial

 Anthony was charged with first-degree murder after the disappearance and death of her 2‑year‑old daughter, Caylee.  Her remains were found near the family's Orlando home. A jury found Casey not guilty of murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated child abuse, but guilty on four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement. Two of those counts were overturned in 2013.

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Janette MacAusland faces two counts of first‑degree murder for the deaths of her 7‑year‑old son, Kai Prescott MacAusland, and her 6‑year‑old daughter, Ella Brayton MacAusland.  Reportedly, MacAusland and her husband, were in the midst of a divorce and custody dispute. 

According to police, the children were found dead in the family’s Wellesley home during a welfare check.   The medical examiner determined they died from mechanical asphyxia and acute intoxication involving multiple drugs, including the sleep medication zolpidem (Ambien), the anxiety drug lorazepam, and over‑the‑counter pain relievers acetaminophen and ibuprofen. 

Prosecutors allege MacAusland killed the children, then fled to her aunt’s home. She allegedly told her aunt, “I wanted the three of us to go to God together, but it didn’t work,” and later admitted to police, “I strangled them and tried to kill myself.”    

The next pretrial hearing is scheduled for December 2026. 

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Newly released dispatch audio captures the tense law enforcement response on a New Orleans tarmac after 34-year-old Rony Gomez-Alberto allegedly threatened to hijack a United Airlines flight and claimed to have a bomb in his backpack. Investigators return to the New Jersey home of slain psychotherapist Brooke Hanlon months after her fatal stabbing, removing potential evidence as her husband continues to deny any involvement. In Los Angeles, 61-year-old Ihor Demianenko faces three counts of murder after allegedly driving under the influence and crashing his minivan into pedestrians and a food vendor near a North Hollywood Metro station. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Naresh Bhatt found guilty of first‑degree murder, as well as defiling and concealing the body of his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt.  The 28-year-old-nurse disappeared July 2024.  Co-workers called for a welfare check after she failed to show up for work.  Naresh initially told police he didn’t know where Mamta was, suggesteing she might have traveled. Police ultimately tied Naresh to her disappearce and arrested him. 

Later, he admitted to police that he had dismembered and disposed of her body after she committed suicide.  Police recovered forensic evidence including blood traces, DNA, and hair fragments, a a power saw with reddish‑brown stains and hair‑like strands. Digital  evidence found internet searches (e.g., “How long does it take to get married after spouse dies”). 

A jury rejected his account. He faces 20 years to life for murder plus up to 10 additional years for the other charges. Sentencing is scheduled for March 2027.  

Mamta's body has never been found.  

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Federal authorities charge a 48-year-old Texas man with murder after he allegedly beat and strangled his wife inside their cabin aboard the MSC Seascape cruise ship. New York police arrest a 17-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong, who was gunned down while walking to school in the Bronx after reporting bullies. A San Francisco judge sentences IT consultant Nima Momeni to 16 years to life in prison for the 2023 fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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11‑month‑old Koah Sharpe rescued after surviving being buried alive in a dog crate. The boy was underground for about 24 hours.  His father, Michael Comer, has been charged with attempted murder and more.

Koah was being cared for by his grandmother while the child’s mother ran errands. When she needed to go out, Comer babysat Koah, who disappeared. 

During the search,  deputies found freshly disturbed dirt about 50 yards into the woods near Comer’s grandfather’s home. As they dug, they heard Koah crying. The baby was found inside a towel‑wrapped wire dog crate buried about a foot under the soil.   

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A Virginia jury convicts Naresh Bhatt of first-degree murder in the horrific disappearance and dismemberment of his nurse wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt. A 48-year-old man faces federal murder charges after allegedly beating and strangling a woman to death inside their stateroom aboard an MSC cruise ship. Estranged father of Meghan Markle, Thomas Markle Sr., is ordered detained without bail after tampering with and cutting off his court-ordered ankle monitor following federal child pornography charges. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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An indictment is expected against 27‑year‑old Sayed Mohassib Brooklyn in the fatal stabbing of jogger.  Mohassib has pleaded not guilty to all charges including second‑degree murder, tampering with physical evidence, fourth‑degree criminal possession of a weapon. 

Authorities allege Mohassib attacked  Katie Suarez while she was jogging. Court documents state he told detectives he carried a knife to the path because he believed “people were going to kill his family.”   He denied stabbing anyone but allegedly admitted disposing of bloody clothing and the knife. Surveillance footage reportedly shows him coming outside in his underwear to throw away bloody clothes.  

Suarez’s father found her after she failed to meet her parents. She died days later from a neck stab wound  

At the time of arrest, Mohassib was working as a teacher’s aide at P.S. 200 in Brooklyn. He had a brief NYPD tenure in 2022, later served in the Marine Corps, was discharged on psychiatric grounds, and had been denied reinstatement to the NYPD. 

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A Massachusetts judge has rejected Lindsay Clancy’s double jeopardy motion, clearing the way for prosecutors to retry her for the murders of her three children following a deadlocked jury. In Florida, a nineteen-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of his sixteen-year-old girlfriend after her body was uncovered in a wooded area north of Tampa. Meanwhile, in Washington State, two sheriff's deputies were fatally shot while heroically attempting to breach a residence and rescue hostages during an armed domestic standoff. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating Yemassee Police Chief Greg Alexander and another officer for allegedly handling and concealing the murder weapons and bloody clothing from the 2021 killings of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh  

According to multiple reports, SLED is looking into whether Alexander and another Yemassee officer removed the shotgun and .300 Blackout rifle used in the murders, along with bloody clothing, and transported them to the police department.  The weapons have never been recovered. 

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys have filed a motion asking prosecutors to disclose what they know about the investigation. They cite a tip that Alexander arrived early at the scene, offered the defendant a change of clothes, and that the guns and clothing were brought to the Yemassee police station.

 As of now, there are no confirmed findings or charges against the officers.  

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In California, wealthy real estate investor Guojun Xuan and his associate Silvia Zhang are being held on twenty million dollars bail each after authorities raided their Arcadia mansion and uncovered an abusive compound involving twenty-six children born through surrogates. In Texas, former hurricane relief volunteer Daren Monk has been charged with domestic violence murder in the disappearance of forty-six-year-old mother Julia Renee Carter, whose remains have still not been found. In Colorado, repeat offender Zakary Dean Hirschfield was sentenced to five years in prison after a routine traffic stop escalated into a dangerous, high-speed chase that prosecutors argue should have been prevented by earlier judicial intervention. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Eugene Horsch's arrest after a traffic stop leads to an extensive investigation into missing women.  When he was taken into custody, police found him with fake Drug Enforcement Administration credentials, a switchblade, and two firearms with altered serial numbers.  His passenger was carrying a fake ID with the name of a missing woman, Blair Tonzelli. that is what lead the searches of his home.

 Police and federal agents have recovered:

Over 600,000 images and 70,000 videos thought  that appear to show the bodies of two missing women — Maribel Fresses (last seen 2018) and Gabrielle Amarando (missing since 2012) 

Five urns believed to contain cremated remains, a home lab in the basement, and containers of unknown oily substances  

120 pieces of ballistic evidence, marijuana growing materials, and other suspicious items  

Authorities have not recovered the women’s bodies, but the medical examiner has stated that if the images and evidence are authentic, the women are deceased 

Horsch has been charged with:

Firearms offenses

False federal credentials

Possession and possession with intent to deliver drugs

He is not charged with the women's disappearances.   

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The Police Chief of Lansing Michigan says the recent attacks along a one mile stretch of the Lansing River Trail leading to the deaths of five men raises the possibility that this area of Michigan might have a serial killer in their midst. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss all five deaths to determine what happened in each case, and compare all of the cases to determine areas of similarity that could lead to one killer being responsible for all of the attacks.

Highlights:
00:10.289 The Art of Pattern Recognition in Forensics
00:49.110 A Potential Serial Killer in Lansing,
01:33.220 Investigating Homeless Homicides
05:45.430 The Unique Nature of Homeless Victim Patterns
07:32.600 Task Forces and Big-Picture Investigations
15:07.320 The First Victim: Gino Chouinard
20:46.950 The Second Victim: Dennis Dunback
25:43.359 The Third Victim: Robert Smith
29:18.400 The Fourth Victim: Daniel Lusk
31:51.550 The Fifth Victim: Louis Woodruff
33:52.650 Analyzing the Evidence and Suspicions
35:24.650 The Nature of the Attacks
35:51.680 Investigating the Victims and Injuries
41:24.060 The Location and Modus Operandi
46:43.550 Closing Thoughts and Future Coverage

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Toronto police are under intense scrutiny after releasing a wounded suspect from the hospital before connecting him to a violent middle-of-the-night home invasion that left real estate CEO David Morton and his family grievously injured. In Indiana, a father and his teenage son face murder charges in the tragic shooting of seventeen-year-old high school football standout Christopher Wilson Junior in a horrifying case of mistaken identity. In Idaho, student massacre survivor Dylan Mortensen is pleading with a judge to halt the release of unredacted police footage and photos, citing years of stalking, harassment, and severe invasions of her personal privacy. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Michelle Parker, 33, was last seen dropping her 3‑year‑old twins at their father's Orlando condo before going to work. She never arrived. Her Hummer was found abandoned the next day; her iPhone was recovered underwater weeks later.  Now, Dale Smith Jr., Michelle Parker’s ex‑fiancé, has been formally charged with second‑degree murder in her 2011 disappearance. 

Police reviewed evidence using new techology. An Orange County judge unsealed the 46‑page arrest affidavit. It includes recovered text messages between Parker and Smith, a recent interview with a friend of Smith’s, and other investigative details. Allegedly Smith offered Parker $2,000 for sex, a week before she vanished. She declined, saying she’d rather have a personal loan than feel “like a w***e” 

Smith’s attorney has called the evidence largely circumstantial.  

Parker’s body has never been found

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Bryan Kohberger heads back to court, December 10, 2026, for a hearing on his post‑conviction relief request and a potential new judge. He has filed a civil petition to withdraw his guilty plea, alleging ineffective counsel, coercion, and false promises. This as his legal team says 17 terabits of critical defense files are still missing and they are seeking to withdraw his guilty plea.     

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Twenty-eight-year-old Katie Suarez has died after being stabbed twice in the neck during an apparently random attack while jogging along a Brooklyn waterfront path. In upstate New York, eighteen-year-old Raymond Wright Junior has been convicted of second-degree murder for strangling his fourteen-year-old girlfriend, Samantha Humphrey, and discarding her body in the Mohawk River over a pregnancy dispute. In Georgia, thirty-five-year-old Jason Christopher Campbell was sentenced to ten years in prison for burning his mother's body in their backyard after falsely telling dispatchers she had been abducted by aliens. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Former West Point cadet Caleb Suh drugs his pregnant girlfriend with a sedative and while she is unconscious, administers abortion pills without her consent. His girlfriend was also a cadet.  Suh now pleads guilty to assault and is now facing a civil lawsuit while awaiting federal sentencing. That takes place in January 2027, after his attorny asked the judge to delay sentencing until after Suh graduates.  

He admitted to obtaining abortion medication by impersonating her to create an online pharmacy account, getting Xanax from a friend to sedate her before administering the pills orally and vaginally.  The woman suffered a miscarriage, was hospitalized, and later reported the incident to Army investigators

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Escaped Tennessee murderer Jacob Allen Morley is back behind bars after leading multiple state and federal agencies on an intensive multi-state manhunt into Missouri. In Colorado, eighteen-year-old Omar Perez faces first-degree murder charges following a deadly weekend shooting near the University of Colorado-Boulder campus that left nineteen-year-old student Luca Hanlon dead and another hospitalized. In Oregon, thirty-five-year-old Vince Edgar Chavez is held without bail on ten felony charges after violently invading a Canby home, assaulting a twelve-year-old girl with a hammer, and abducting her ten-year-old sister before tactical teams executed a dramatic raid. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Laken Snelling,  22-year-old former University of Kentucky cheerleader,  now serving a 10 year prison sentence in the death of her newborn son.  Snelling pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant Snelling received 415 days of credit for time spent on house arrest. Prison records indicate a potential parole date of February 21, 2034. Snelling must serve 85% of her sentence 

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A college Halloween party in Illinois ends in tragedy when a mass shooting leaves a 19-year-old cheerleader dead and eight others wounded. In Oklahoma, a mother receives seven life sentences after her 11-year-old daughter gives birth to her stepfather's child in a home without running water. Finally, a missing Utah teenager is found safe in Oregon after more than 500 days, ending a nationwide search connected to online exploitation networks. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Christa Pike remains on death row as her legal team fights for clemency while the state considers another execution attempt.

She has been moved into a high‑security pod, but her attorneys have filed an emergency motion requesting she be transferred to general population due to safety concerns.  In her declaration, Pike alleges she has witnessed multiple assaults in her unit, is in “debilitating pain.

Pike’s received  two doses of pentobarbital, but the drugs went into her arms instead of her veins. The execution doctor, Dr. Mark Fowler, admitted the misplaced IV and said the team should have stopped when she complained of severe arm pain.  

Pike’s death sentence has not been overturned, and Tennessee has not yet scheduled a new execution. 

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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike files an emergency court declaration detailing squalid conditions and isolation following her botched lethal injection. Atlanta authorities arrest two women on murder charges after four-year-old Cobee Cooks is discovered beaten to death beneath a pile of laundry. A former West Point cadet faces a civil lawsuit after confessing in federal court to poisoning his pregnant classmate with abortion medication. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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There will be a retrial for Lindsay Clancy in the murder of her three children. What it will look like isn't yet known. Another hearing is set for November 16, 2026.  In court today, attorney Kevin Reddington took the offensive, lasting out at the holdout juror, calling him by name. Judge William Sullivan interjected to stop Reddington, who declared the judge would not stop him.  In raised voices, the two spoke over each other as Reddington pushed back.   

Reddington also wants clarity on charges before proceeding and has urged the trial to be held under Judge Sullivan before his retirement.   He also seeks to dismiss the case on double jeopardy grounds. The court is also addressing a gag order request and other procedural motions

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An Arizona woman narrowly survives after her fiancé allegedly stabs her in the neck and claims to be a divine prophet just weeks before their wedding. In Florida, a mother and family photographer faces felony child neglect charges after allegedly leaving her four young children unattended to take a work trip to Las Vegas amid a contentious divorce. A historic DNA breakthrough in Utah officially closes the fifty-two-year-old murder of a former police chief's teenage daughter, definitively tying the cold case to notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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High-profile cases don’t stay behind the scenes anymore. Lawyers are hired before investigations are complete, advocates and private experts release their own findings, witnesses speak on podcasts, and online accusations spread long before anyone is charged with a crime.

In this episode of Zone 7, Sheryl McCollum welcomes back criminal defense attorney Joshua Schiffer to discuss how that shift is changing the criminal justice system and putting new pressure on prosecutors, investigations, witnesses, families, and potential jurors. Using the Nolan Wells investigation as an example, Sheryl and Joshua talk about outside experts, secondary autopsies, media coverage, death threats, doxing, and what can happen when people outside an investigation become involved before law enforcement has finished its work. They also explain how public statements, podcasts, and social media posts can complicate a case and potentially create reasonable doubt if it eventually reaches court.

Highlights:

(0:00) “Crazy town”: the troubling trend in high-profile cases that brings Joshua Schiffer back to Zone7

(1:00) How lawyers, GoFundMe campaigns, protests, and public pressure can begin before an investigation is complete

(6:00) The personal toll of high-profile cases on prosecutors, public defenders, investigators, and their families

(8:30) From theories accusing Lindsay Clancy’s husband to lawsuits against influencers: where true crime interest crosses into harassment and civil liability

(12:15) The Nolan Wells investigation and the outside force already influencing the case before any criminal charges are filed

(14:30) Private reports, outside experts, nonprofits, and public advocacy: when well-meaning help complicates an active investigation

(18:15) Why following police procedures matters when a defense attorney begins challenging an investigation

(20:00) Hiring a lawyer or remaining silent is a constitutional right, not an admission of guilt

(22:15) No blunt force trauma or signs of a fight: what the secondary autopsy does and does not show

(27:30) Death threats, doxing, disputed audio, and why Sheryl and Joshua question the theory of a violent death

(34:30) How podcasts, books, interviews, and social media posts can introduce reasonable doubt before a case ever reaches trial

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Joshua Schiffer is an Atlanta-based criminal defense attorney and longtime Zone 7 contributor. He represents clients in criminal matters and frequently provides legal analysis on high-profile cases, courtroom strategy, constitutional rights, and the realities of the criminal justice system.

Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an active crime scene investigator for a metro Atlanta police department and the director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, which partners with colleges and universities nationwide. With more than four decades of experience, she has worked on thousands of cold cases using her investigative system, The Last 24/361, which integrates evidence, media, and advanced forensic testing.

Her work on high-profile cases, including The Boston Strangler, Natalie Holloway, Tupac Shakur and the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching, led to her Emmy Award for CSI: Atlanta and induction into the National Law Enforcement Hall of Fame in 2023.

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Sheryl’s new book, Swans Don’t Swim in a Sewer: Solving the Cold Case of the FlintRiver Killer’s Daughter,is available now wherever books are sold.

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A 10-year-old Oregon girl is safe after being abducted from her bed and discovered bound inside a duffel bag, leading to the arrest of a suspect who assaulted her older sister with a hammer. In Oklahoma and Texas, authorities confirm four-year-old Andres "Harry" Furley was fatally shot in the head by his father in a tragic murder-suicide following a missed custody exchange. An Idaho man accused of violently sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in his Tesla avoids immediate prison time after a judge sentences him to a one-year rider rehabilitation program. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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In January 2023, Duxbury, Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy allegedly used exercise bands to strangle her three children—five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan—in the basement of their home before jumping out of a second-story window in an attempt to take her own life, claiming postpartum psychosis and command auditory hallucinations. Following a recent criminal trial that ended in a hung jury and a mistrial—with reports that 11 of the 12 jurors favored finding her not guilty by reason of insanity—defense attorney Kevin Reddington has stunned observers by filing a Rule 25 motion for a required finding of not guilty, asserting that the Commonwealth presented insufficient evidence to prove Clancy committed the homicides at all. Nancy Grace and an all-star panel dissect this dramatic legal shift against the backdrop of Clancy’s newly filed multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit against her treating physicians and hospitals, examining how the detailed admissions embedded in her own civil pleadings completely dismantle her defense team’s latest claims.

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Five-year-old Summer Wells vanished without a trace from her rural Hawkins County, Tennessee home in June 2021 after heading inside to play, leaving investigators puzzled by a squalid, makeshift home and dead-end searches across the Appalachian terrain. Now, the case is back in the headlines after deputies rushed to the Wells residence late at night following a panicked text to 911 from Summer's mother, Candace, who reported that her husband, Donald "Don" Wells, had assaulted her during an alcohol-fueled rage and threatened to "get rid of her." Nancy Grace and her panel of investigative and forensic experts break down Don Wells' latest arrest, his violent criminal history, the couple’s decision to sign away custody of their remaining children, and his shifting excuses as Summer remains missing.

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In Florida, a husband is indicted for first-degree murder in his missing wife's presumed death after allegedly orchestrating an elaborate international scheme to fake her digital footprint overseas. In Southern California, an Anaheim man faces murder charges after allegedly stabbing a man to death upon discovering him in bed with his wife and two young children. In New York, tactical officers arrest a mother's ex-boyfriend after her body was discovered buried in a shallow grave near a Queens beach. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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When 19-year-old LSU sophomore Madison "Madi" Brooks was heavily overserved at a Baton Rouge bar in January 2023, she left with a group of young men only to be allegedly sexually assaulted in the back of an SUV before being dropped on a dark roadway, where she was fatally struck by oncoming traffic. As the long-awaited criminal trial approaches, the courtroom has erupted into a bitter legal battle: defense attorneys have filed motions attempting to ban Madi’s grieving family and supporters from wearing the color pink—Madi's favorite color and the hallmark of her memorial foundation—alleging it could prejudice the jury. Nancy Grace investigates the shocking courtroom drama, dissects incriminating text messages the defense wants buried, and exposes explosive conflict-of-interest questions surrounding the presiding judge, whose own son is a convicted serial rapist.

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Former luxury real estate brokers Oren, Tal, and Alon Alexander each receive 30-year federal prison sentences following their convictions for orchestrating a violent sex trafficking operation. In Florida, a mother stands accused of leaving four young children home alone to travel to Las Vegas. In Southern California, a rabbi intentionally drives into a worker painting lines in a Camarillo Costco parking lot. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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In 1995, 18-year-old Job Corps student Christa Pike carried out one of the most savage murders in Tennessee history, luring 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer into the Knoxville woods before stabbing her, carving a pentagram into her chest, and smashing her skull with an asphalt paving brick—keeping a fragment of Colleen's bone as a trophy to dance with at her dorm. Pike became the youngest woman sentenced to death in modern U.S. history, but tonight, justice remains stalled after an execution attempt went catastrophically wrong. Executioners spent over an hour sticking Pike with at least ten needles without establishing venous access due to severely collapsed veins. Now, Pike's defense attorneys have taken the unprecedented step of filing legal challenges demanding the hangman's noose or a surgical central line, while citing new cognitive damage and past trauma to block a second execution. Nancy Grace and her panel of medical, legal, and investigative experts—joined by Colleen's close friend Rita Morris—break down the botched lethal injection, the gruesome reality of alternate execution methods, and the ongoing anguish of Colleen’s mother, May Martinez, as Tennessee Governor Bill Lee refuses to act. 

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Convicted child predator Thomas Kendall Jr. faces new scrutiny after authorities discover a contraband cell phone containing thousands of abusive images inside his Florida prison cell. In California, Cedric von Ferdinand stands accused of fatally poisoning his cancer-stricken foster mother with fentanyl before burying her remains and stealing over half a million dollars in assets. Meanwhile in Alabama, forty-seven-year-old Thomas Henry Steele faces capital murder charges for allegedly decapitating his aunt and grandmother with a chainsaw inside their Mobile home. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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In January 2023, Massachusetts mother and labor-and-delivery nurse Lindsay Clancy allegedly strangled her three young children—5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan—inside their Duxbury home before attempting suicide by jumping from a second-story window. Following a deadlocked criminal jury and mistrial, Clancy has now filed a massive civil malpractice lawsuit against the medical professionals, hospitals, and emergency responders who treated her, claiming overmedication and postpartum psychosis caused her actions. Nancy Grace and her panel of forensic, legal, and psychiatric experts scrutinize the startling new civil filings, exposing how Clancy’s own legal claims contain explicit, written admissions that detail the planning, timing, and execution of the murders—damning confessions that could reshape the prosecution’s case ahead of an anticipated retrial.

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The Archdiocese of New York agrees to a historic, eight-hundred-million-dollar settlement with thirteen hundred survivors of clergy sexual abuse following years of intense litigation under the Child Victims Act. In California, an alleged drunken driver faces gross vehicular manslaughter charges after plowing his vehicle into a crowd of cyclists during a nighttime Halloween ride in Montclair, leaving two dead and two others injured. Meanwhile in Florida, Tallahassee police arrest a fifteen-year-old boy on attempted murder charges after a chaotic mass shooting near Florida A&M University's football stadium leaves twelve people wounded. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Meghan Markle’s estranged father, Thomas Markle Sr., is at the center of an international investigation after his son, Thomas Markle Jr., reported discovering thousands of illicit child sexual abuse photos, videos, and dark-web records at his father's former residence in Cebu, Philippines. This explosive development follows the revelation of a 2018 handwritten letter sent to British authorities by Markle Sr.’s ex-wife, Roslyn Loveless, detailing long-standing allegations of abuse. As Philippine authorities and the FBI review boxes of seized photographic negatives, storage drives, and devices, Markle Sr. continues to maintain his innocence, insisting he never possessed the contraband and suggesting a family setup. Nancy Grace and her expert panel of legal, cybersecurity, and psychological analysts examine the chain of custody, evaluate the digital forensics required to authenticate decades-old files, and probe why international law enforcement failed to act sooner.

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A Massachusetts judge has summarily dismissed attempts by Lindsay Clancy’s defense team to investigate and question the lone holdout juror who forced a mistrial in her triple murder case. On the George Washington Bridge, a retired NYPD detective has been arrested and charged with murder following a suspected road rage shooting that killed a Con Edison worker and father of two. In Florida, a 47-year-old man is jailed without bond after allegedly slashing an elderly shopper's neck with a box cutter at a Publix because the victim looked like he was from the 1960s. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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What happens when the children of serial killers get together? The book, "The Death Row Club," hits bookstores.  This dark, psychological thriller by V.A. Vazquez mixes the mystery, horror and true crime genres.  

The story follows Nicola Fischer, daughter of a man convicted of murdering five women, including Nicoa's best friend. Nicola's life changes overnight.  One day, she receives a cryptic invitation a secret annual retreat for the adult children of serial killers,  the Death Row Club.  When a death happens within the club, the question rises. Is one of the members taking after their serial killer sire? 

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Many people following "True Crime" know the name "Texas Equusearch" and its founder, Tim Miller. Not everyone knows that Tim Miller is the father of Laura Miller, a 16-year-old who vanished September 10th, 1984, in the Texas coastal town of League City. For 17 months, Tim Miller worked with law enforcement and volunteers to find his daughter without success. On February 2nd, 1986, two boys riding their bikes through a field now known as the Texas Killing Fields, discovered the remains of Laura Miller and another woman who would not be identified for 33 years, Audrey Lee Cook. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the "Texas Killing Fields" in general and focus in on the murders of Laura Miller and Audrey Lee Cook. 

Highlights:

00:10.289 Death Investigation and PTSD

01:26.040 The Texas Killing Fields

02:45.660 Tim Miller and Texas EquuSearch

11:12.740 The Discovery of Laura Miller and Audrey Lee

14:24.710 Investigating Crime Scenes and Evidence

20:24.900 The Isolated Location and Evidence Challenges

29:13.990 The Importance of Tim Miller's Quest

38:52.890 The Confession and Justice Served

40:12.130 A Father's Decades-Long Search for Truth

40:54.469 The Confession and Legal Pursuit

42:31.050 Justice Served, But at What Cost?

43:47.890 The Brutal Truth Behind Laura's Death

44:27.610 The Elusive Truth in Unsolved Cases

46:22.210 Accountability in the Texas Killing Fields

50:18.550 Reflections on Justice and Loss

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The elderly California couple facing murder charges for allegedly gunning down a New York Times Games executive, now claim their son-in-law threatened their lives, leading to the purchase of the guns used in the attack. In West Virginia, two Charleston parents have been arrested on child neglect charges after their severely emaciated 12-year-old daughter—weighing just 40 pounds—was found wandering alone for hours. A New Mexico judge has overturned the 2002 murder conviction of 73-year-old Linda Henning in the disappearance of Girly Chew Hossencofft, ordering a new trial after finding Henning suffered from severe delusions and was mentally incompetent during the original proceedings. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Michelle Parker is a loving, hardworking mother of three. She's also a student and a business owner, but one night this reliable employee did not show up for work. Her 11-year-old son, home alone after school couldn't find his mom. Michelle Parker disappears. The same day on “The People’s Court,” an episode featuring Parker and her ex-fiancee Dale Smith aired. It had been filmed months before. The episode involved a disagreement about a $5,000 engagement ring that was lost after Parker threw it at Smith during an argument. Now Orlando police have arrested Dale Smith Jr., the former fiancé and father of Parkers children. He's been charged with second-degree murder. 

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Convicted serial rapist and Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster has been released from prison after serving roughly 20 years of an original 124-year sentence. Luster was convicted in 2003 on 86 felony counts for using the date-rape drug GHB to render three women unconscious and assault them.

The 62-year-old Luster is now under state parole supervision, living with his mother in Glendora, California. His  early release  was expedited due to prison credits for good behavior and state policies under Proposition 57.   His release has sparked severe outrage among local authorities and residents in the Los Angeles area.

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A 35-year-old Los Angeles father is jailed on four million dollars bail after allegedly shooting and killing his 4-year-old and 11-year-old sons following lunch before attempting suicide. In Georgia, an 81-year-old Navy veteran riding a mobility scooter was fatally struck as an innocent bystander during a reckless shootout across a crowded Gainesville Walmart parking lot. In Kansas, public scrutiny intensifies after a driver who plowed her pickup truck onto an active soccer complex field—killing a 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man—was released without charges pending toxicology and mechanical testing. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Investigators apply a grid search method to examine the Philadelphia "House of Horrors" property. Bones have been found in the backyard, with sources now saying they are animal bones.  Crews now move to excavating the front yard. The late Raymond "R.C." Horsch, a violent pornographer and self-described serial killer is linked to seven missing women to the property, by digital media recovered from the home.

Son, Eugene Horsch, remains in federal custody on separate firearms, drug, and impersonation charges. He has not been formally charged in connection with the missing women. 

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A 19-year-old North Carolina man faces felony charges after allegedly recording a non-consensual sexually explicit video of a college student and distributing it to a fraternity group chat. In Connecticut, a convicted murderer who served thirty years behind bars is arrested for the fatal road rage shooting of a grieving father of four. In Southern California, two 15-year-old high school girls are in custody after authorities thwarted an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at Corona High School. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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A family vacation at Pennsylvania’s Great Wolf Lodge turns into an unthinkable double homicide when 27-year-old Metallica Rose Harrison allegedly stabs her husband, Charles, and their 3-year-old son, Tristan, to death inside Room 2030 with kitchen knives packed from home. After draining her husband’s 401(k) to stretch their stay into a 22-day trip while their home utility bills went unpaid, Harrison phoned 911 reporting she had killed her family and "needs help dying." Nancy Grace and her panel of forensic and legal experts break down the latest twists in the case, including conflicting forensic reports surrounding the number of stab wounds inflicted on the toddler versus his father, disturbing claims from relatives that Harrison resented her young son and never wanted children, and the discovery of late-night surveillance footage showing the couple at the resort arcade just hours before the bodies were discovered. 

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A Sacramento husband faces murder charges after fabricating a story blaming federal immigration agents for the disappearance of his estranged wife, whose burned remains were discovered buried seventy miles away. In Mississippi, an eighty-one-year-old homeowner was fatally shot with his own firearm during a violent 4 AM struggle with an intruder who was filmed hours earlier shouting religious delusions. Authorities in Ohio are actively searching for a fugitive mother charged alongside a custodial grandmother with involuntary manslaughter after a seventeen-month-old toddler suffered a fatal fentanyl overdose. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Singer D4vd's (David Anthony Burke) latest court appearance was short, barely 3 minutes.  He appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court alongside his new public defenders, Walid Kandeel and Nicole Jones,  as the defense and prosecution confirmed they are continuing to exchange discovery.

Burke attended in an orange jail jumpsuit and shackles, with many reporting he looked tired. Burke remains in custody without bail facing charges of capital murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, and mutilation of human remains in connection with the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Burke has pled not guilty. 

Judge Charlaine Olmedo scheduled the next pretrial status conference for January 11, 2027.

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In California, Glendora city officials and residents voice intense outrage following the early release of convicted serial rapist and Max Factor heir Andrew Luster into their community under Proposition 57 sentencing reforms. In New York, a Queens mother faces second-degree murder charges after allegedly placing a 911 call confessing that she killed her five-year-old daughter. In Florida, West Melbourne police upgrade charges to second-degree murder against a business owner accused of intentionally running down a 14-year-old boy on an e-bike following a store break-in. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Attorneys for Christa Pike are asking the court for more time to prepare for a hearing scheduled to discuss next steps. Pike survived a failed execution attempt.    Tennessee administered two doses of pentobarbital, but she did not die. Witnesses reported that she continued breathing and making snoring-like sounds long after the drugs were administered. She was eventually taken by ambulance to a hospital.  

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A Pennsylvania mother faces double homicide charges after allegedly stabbing her husband and three-year-old son to death during an extended vacation at the Great Wolf Lodge resort in the Poconos. In Florida, charges against a man accused of shooting his girlfriend and running her over with his SUV while his young daughter was in the car have been upgraded to first-degree murder following the victim's death. And in Tennessee, a mother is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly driving intoxicated off a twenty-five-foot cliff with her two young children in the vehicle. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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A family of three take a three week vacation that ends in murder. 27‑year‑old Pennsylvania woman, Metallica Rose Harrison, now facing two counts of criminal homicide after allegedly stabbing her husband, Charles Harrison, and their 3‑year‑old son to death.  

According to court documents, Harrison called 911  saying she was suicidal and “needed help committing suicide,”  that her husband and son were “already gone in the bed.”  

Investigators recovered a large butcher‑style kitchen knife on the bathroom floor and a smaller knife in the sink. Neither were Great Wolf Lodge property.   

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As Chris Watts serves five life sentences without the possibility of parole, we learn the convicted family killer wrote a letter addressed to his late wife, Shanann. It was for what would have been her 36th birthday. His parents, Cindy and Ronnie Watts, recently revealed they read at a graveside service for his murdered wife. 

The letter starts with "Hey boo! Happy Birthday!" The letter expresses regret, and asks his family to cheer him on. Public backlash has drawn intense scrutiny as  he appears to deflect accountability by blaming an "evil outside source" or dark influence for the murders. 

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Jabez Spann was 14 years old when he disappeared from Sarasota, Florida, over Labor Day weekend in 2017. It would be two years before his remains were recovered and his death was ruled a homicide.

In this episode of Zone 7, Sheryl McCollum welcomes back Jabez’s mother, Tawana Spann, and her husband, Joe Spann, to mark nine years since Jabez went missing and renew their call for anyone with information about his murder to come forward. Tawana and Joe discuss the advocacy work they have built out of their grief, including the Jabez Spann Foundation, the Missing Our Voices podcast, and a new initiative called If We Could Speak.

Highlights:

(0:00) Sheryl opens the episode with a call to action for anyone who knows what happened to Jabez Spann

(2:00) Tawana explains the one question she still needs answered about her son’s murder

(5:00) How living without answers can become its own kind of prison for families of missing and murdered children

(9:00) Why Jabez’s disappearance led Tawana to create resources for other families searching for loved ones

(11:45) How Missing Our Voices gives families a place to talk about the people they lost

(14:00) Joe Spann introduces the rapid response readiness kit, and the common misconceptions families can face when someone goes missing●

(17:00) Why organization during the first 72 hours can help families become more proactive in a missing-person investigation

(19:00) How If We Could Speak uses digital avatars to make people stop, listen, and remember the victim

(22:30) Jabez’s digital avatar focuses on the life he should have had and the future that was taken from him

(24:45) Joe appeals to anyone who has information about Jabez’s murder to do the right thing

(27:00) Joe reflects on Tawana’s strength and how she has channeled her grief into helping other families

(33:15) Tawana credits her mother, Lucille Tillery, with helping her turn her anger into advocacy for other families

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Tawana Spann is the mother of Jabez Spann and an advocate for families of missing and murdered loved ones. Through the Jabez Spann Foundation, Missing Our Voices podcast, and other initiatives created in her son’s memory, she works to provide families with practical resources, keep their loved one’s stories visible, and give them a place to be heard. Her husband, Joe Spann, works alongside her as a co-advocate through the foundation.

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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an active crime scene investigator for a metro Atlanta police department and the director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, which partners with colleges and universities nationwide. With more than four decades of experience, she has worked on thousands of cold cases using her investigative system, The Last 24/361, which integrates evidence, media, and advanced forensic testing.

Her work on high-profile cases, including The Boston Strangler, Natalie Holloway, Tupac Shakur and the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching, led to her Emmy Award for CSI: Atlanta and induction into the National Law Enforcement Hall of Fame in 2023.

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Fourteen years after UNC Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth was found brutally beaten to death in her off-campus apartment, emotional testimony and revelations of misplaced evidence mark the opening days of Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares's murder trial in Durham County. In California, the parents of an eight-year-old girl who died from a severe asthma attack face felony child neglect charges after allegedly waiting eight hours to seek medical help inside a squalid, cockroach-infested San Jose home. And in Illinois, Good Samaritans intervened at a suburban Chicago shopping mall to rescue a senior citizen from a koi pond after a man allegedly attacked her and held her head underwater. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Hayden Panettiere’s ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko filing urgent court petitions seeking temporary guardianship of their 11‑year‑old daughter Kaya’s inheritance.  He already has sole custody, but he said the suit is an attempt to protect his daughter's inheritance from being lost. He cites missing jewelry, including Hayden's engagement ring, destroyed emails, and other property concerns. 

This as we learn Zach Hickerson, the brother of Hayden's ex-boyfriend Brian Hickerson, performed CPR on the actress when she was found unresponsive.  A 911 dispatcher then guided him through the emergency response steps until first responders arrived to take over.

Hayden Panettiere's death has been ruled an accidental overdose involving fentanyl and several other drugs.   The Greenville County Coroner's office says Hayden Panettiere died from the toxic effect of multiple drugs, fentanyl being number one in her system. Also found, Xanax and Seroquel.   According to this report from the coroner's office, Hayden Panettiere was found face down in a sitting position on the sofa bed, and the description is that she was sitting "crisscross applesauce." 

According to Brian Hickerson, this is something she did often, and would lean forward and fall asleep. When they found her, she had already turned deep purple, Hickerson then administered Narcan twice, when that failed to wake her up he instructed his brother, Zach, to call 911, while Brian Hickerson did chest compressions. The report states that Brian Hickerson saw Hayden for the last time as she was applying makeup in the bathroom around 10:30 in the morning, they had a bowl of cereal, he went back to sleep and was woken up by his brother Zach just before 2pm that afternoon. That's when they found Hayden already purple laying on that sofa bed. Investigators reportedly found on the scene blue pressed pills that were on a table right next to Hayden.

The pills tested positive for fentanyl. A straw was found next to the pills and a white powder substance was found inside a sunglasses case in her suitcase. This is significant because investigators previously had been looking into whether Hayden Panettiere obtained counterfeit oxycodone pills - that were filled with fentanyl which is what led to her death. One of the newest developments is Brian Hickerson told investigators that Hayden Panettiere had a long history of drug abuse with drugs, alcohol, and nitrous oxide. He even added she had recently been in rehab in Malibu and was just out from that. 

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Sandra Birchmore, 23, found dead in her Canton apartment  February 4, 2021.  Initially, the death was ruled a suicide by asphyxia. Sandra was on the floor, hanging from a duffel bag strap wrapped around a doorknob.  Family, friends, and federal prosecutors contested that finding.  The Medical Examiner later changed the cause of death to "asphyxia" and the manner of death to "undetermined." 

Former Stoughton Police Officer Matthew Farwell was indicted by federal prosecutors and is currently on trial.  Prosecutors say Farwell groomed Birchmore from the age of  13,  through the Stoughton Police Explorer program. Their sexual relationship began when she was 15. He was 27. Birchmore also had a sexual relationship with Matthew Farwell's twin brother. 

Investigators say Birchmore told Matthew Farwell she was pregnant. That, they say lead to Farwell to strangle Birchmore and stage her death to look like a suicide to silence her.  

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Nearly fifteen years after Florida mother Michelle Parker vanished following a broadcast taping of The People's Court, Orlando police have arrested her ex-fiancé Dale Smith Jr. on second-degree murder charges. In Virginia, prosecutors in the murder trial of Naresh Bhatt revealed explosive forensic evidence linking a blood-stained power saw to his missing wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt. And in New York, the Bronx community rallies to support an eight-month-old infant who miraculously survived a fifteen-story fall in the arms of her dying mother, Nathaly Ramirez. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Selma Blair, 54,  arrested after an alleged altercation aboard a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York City. She is facing two felony second‑degree assault charges.  

Blair reportedly punched one flight attendant and bit another, causing injuries including a bloody nose and bite marks. One attendant was taken to the hospital.  Blair is also accused of kicking a Port Authority officer repeatedly in the face, neck, and chest while being restrained on a stretcher, and kicking a nurse at the hospital.  

Blair pleaded not guilty and was granted bail.   According to her attorney,  said the incident was the result of a medical emergency, saying Blair had missed doses of Nuedexta, a medication for her multiple sclerosis.    

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A grandfather in Erie, Pennsylvania, kills eight people, including a pregnant woman and two young children, before turning the gun on himself in an unthinkable domestic massacre. In Chicago, transit workers and prosecutors demand urgent electronic monitoring reform after a repeat offender on curfew violations fatally stabs a veteran CTA janitor during a daytime fare dispute. And in Delaware, two teenagers face criminal charges after terrorizing suburban homeowners with tactical gear and replica rifles in what police call a dangerous late-night prank. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Christa Pike has returned to prison after her discharged from the hospital.  She survived a  botched lethal injection attempt of two doses of pentobarbital during her scheduled execution at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. According to reports, the drug likely spread under her skin due to a faulty IV line rather than entering her bloodstream. After spending days unconscious and on a ventilator, Pike woke up, regained speech, and began walking with assistance

Dispatchers initially delayed sending an ambulance for roughly 30 minutes because they suspected the emergency call from the maximum-security prison was a "prank call".  Audio logs detailed emergency responders waiting outside the prison gates while officials scrambled to verify if the request for medical help was legitimate.   Pike's next court hearing is scheduled for October 23. 

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In Philadelphia, a municipal water employee faces 76 criminal charges, including murder, after an ambush attack claimed the life of a veteran police officer and left his partner critically wounded. In London, comedian and actor Russell Brand stands trial on multiple counts of rape and sexual assault as opening arguments get underway at Southwark Crown Court. And in upstate New York, a woman fought for her life after a male coworker she was driving home allegedly slashed her throat, forcing her to leap from a moving vehicle. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Sean Combs rushed by ambulance from New Jersey's FCI Fort Dix  to a local hospital over the weekend after suffering a non-life-threatening head injury.  Diddy left the prison for about 6 hours.  He was conscious and speaking during and after the hospital visit. The exact cause of the head injury remains unclear.

The medical emergency follows a turbulent period behind bars, which included being placed in solitary confinement and losing 41 days of good conduct time after an investigation into contraband (cell phones and alcohol). His projected release date was pushed back to March 2028

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Actress Selma Blair is in custody and hospitalized after allegedly leaving a passenger and flight attendant with bite marks and bloody injuries during a violent altercation aboard an October 11th Delta flight to New York. Incarcerated music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has his prison release date delayed following contraband violations, alongside a weekend emergency hospital visit for a head injury. In Boston, witness testimony begins in the federal murder trial of former police officer Matthew Farwell, accused of grooming, sexually exploiting, and strangling pregnant teenager Sandra Birchmore before staging her death as a suicide. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Singer D4vd will stand trial for murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, and unlawful mutilation of human remains in the death of teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez.  David Anthony Burke has pleases not guilty to all charges and remains held without bail.  A status conference is set for October 19, 2026 

Prosecutors allege the murder occurred after Celeste confronted D4vd about his relationship with another woman and threatened to expose it, potentially ruining his career. D4vd’s attorneys argue there is no proof of intent to kill and no history of violence.  

Meantime, Celeste’s family has filed a civil suit against D4vd, his manager, his mother, and his live‑in security guard. 

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In Washington state, two brave soldiers stepped in to tackle and disarm a woman who allegedly stabbed a young girl following a chaotic SUV rollover crash on Interstate 5. A Texas mother faces attempted capital murder charges after police say she stabbed her husband and two toddler children inside their Northlake home during an early morning attack. Meanwhile at Miami International Airport, federal border officers intercepted a traveler attempting to smuggle ten live songbirds hidden inside custom pockets sewn into his underwear. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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The investigation into the House of Horror in Philadelphia keeps getting more disgusting by the day! Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the new evidence that has been uncovered, including R.C. Horsch ties to a funeral home shut down for selling body parts as well as a film showing a woman, alive, handcuffed to a bed, strangled, and what appears to be her lifeless body, a snuff film shot with multiple cameras including the killer filming with a handheld camera!

Highlights:

00:01.400 Setting the Stage for a Disturbing Case
01:12.300 The Philly House of Horrors Unveiled
03:29.150 Snuff Films and the Dark Side of Human
05:45.480 The Horsch Family's Twisted Legacy
07:33.500 The Discovery and Its Aftermath
09:13.820 Lye: A Powerful and Versatile Substance
14:03.809 The Forensic Challenges of Rendering Human
19:06.170 The Vast Scope of Evidence and Investigation
25:13.970 Cremation and Wet Cremation: Understanding
42:49.510 Wrapping Up the Investigation

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Kentucky bourbon executive Wes Henderson has been terminated as CEO following horrifying allegations that he secretly recorded family members, guests, and minors across multiple properties and a luxury castle resort. An Arizona man previously questioned in the high-profile disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, is back behind bars on unrelated charges as the investigation into her eight-month-old abduction continues. More than thirty-three years after 55-year-old Tommie Davis was brutally murdered in her Dallas home, police have arrested a suspect. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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It's been 32 years since Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered outside her home along with Ron Goldman. O.J. Simpson was acquitted at trial, but many still believe he killed his ex-wife. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and with the release of her new book, For My Sister Nicole: Love Shouldn’t Hurt, Denise Brown continues her decades of work helping domestic violence survivors.  

Denise details how she long believed Nicole was not a “battered woman,” but after discovering Nicole’s private journals detailing years of abuse, she learned what her sister had endured. The  journals revealed the physical, emotional, and manipulative abuse  Nicole had kept hidden. 

Another book written by Keith Zlomsowitch, a former boyfriend of Nicole Brown Simpson "STALKED: 'It could have been me," lays out his firsthand account of his relationship with O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, Simpson's stalking, the murders of Brown and Ron Goldman, and the trial.

Keith Zlomsowitch, a restaurateur dated Nicole Brown Simpson for about a month, shortly after she separated from O.J. Simpson. Their relationship was characterized by intense stalking from O.J. Simpson.

Zlomsowitch told a grand jury that Simpson stalked and spied on them, including a time he watched them through a window while they were on the couch during sex.

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The U.S. Coast Guard still investigating Lynette Hooker’s disappearance in the Bahamas.  Lynette  vanished after her husband Brian says she bounced off the dinghy. 

 Recently released underwater search images are being analyzed by an underwater crime scene investigator.  Meanwhile, U.S. officials say GPS data from one of Brian Hooker’s devices shows movements inconsistent with his public account.  The Soulmate, Brian and Lynette’s sailboat, has been seized by the U.S. Coast Guard for examination. 

Brian Hooker denies wrongdoing.  

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Donald Trump has approved a recommendation for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to face execution by U.S. Army firing squad, paving the way for the first U.S. military execution in 65 years. In South Carolina, the father of two toddlers who starved to death in their Ladson home speaks out through his attorney after friends and family repeatedly warned authorities to intervene. Meanwhile, an off-duty New York City police detective stabbed seven times during an e-bike robbery in the Bronx has been released from the hospital as police arrest the suspect pair. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Hayden Panettiere’s ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko filing urgent court petitions seeking temporary guardianship of their 11‑year‑old daughter Kaya’s inheritance.  He already has sole custody, but he said the suit is an attempt to protect his daughter's inheritance from being lost. He cites missing jewelry, including Hayden's engagement ring, destroyed emails, and other property concerns. 

Klitschko says he and Panettiere had hired security before her death due to concerns about unauthorized access to her home; locks were changed afterward, and designer clothing/accessories were moved for safety.   

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Death row inmate Christa Pike's attorneys appear in court seeking an emergency order to preserve evidence after surviving two lethal injections in a botched Tennessee execution that left her severely injured. In New York City, investigators suspect foul play after a Bronx mother tragically died protecting her infant daughter when both were pushed from a high-rise building. Meanwhile in Arizona, an Arizona State University cheerleader faces misdemeanor charges following an arrest during which her attorney alleges police used excessive force and engaged in sexual misconduct. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Christa Pike's scheduled execution, aborted after failed attempt to deliver fatal drugs.  Tennessee administered two doses of pentobarbital, but she did not die. Witnesses reported that she continued breathing and making snoring-like sounds long after the drugs were administered. She was eventually taken by ambulance to a hospital.  

After being unconscious, and on a ventilator,  Pike has regain consciousness and is speaking.   The state's remaining execution for 2026 and has been halted. 

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Caleb Flynn, an American Idol speaks in court, saying  he has lied about many this, but proclaims he did not kill his wife.  He was arrested, tried, and convicted for allegedly murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn. Prosecutors say he fatally shot her in their home, then staged the scene to look like a home invasion. His two children were home at the time. 

Ashley Flynn, 37, was shot twice in the head.   Caleb called 911 claiming an intruder had broken in. He told police the console of his truck was open and the gun kept there was missing.  Prosecutors detailed an affair Caleb had be in for the last 18 months. He met Alleigha Botner when she was an intern at  Caleb's church. Prosecutors presented over 100,000 text messages between Caleb and his mistress, which included hatred toward Ashley and wishes for her death.     

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A brutal murder in Kentucky leads to a multi-state manhunt ending in the arrest of a suspect in Tennessee. In Baltimore, tragedy strikes a youth football game when a 12-year-old girl is killed in a shooting triggered by a dispute over a parking spot. Meanwhile, an Atlanta robbery suspect leads authorities on a chase in a stolen police cruiser before crashing into a tanker truck on the interstate. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Christa Pike's scheduled execution, aborted after failed attempt to deliver fatal drugs.  Tennessee administered two doses of pentobarbital, but she did not die. Witnesses reported that she continued breathing and making snoring-like sounds long after the drugs were administered. She was eventually taken by ambulance to a hospital.  

Subsequently reports says she is unconscious, on a ventilator, and in critical condition, with injuries to her arms associated with the attempted execution.  The state's remaining execution for 2026 and has been halted. 

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A homecoming block party in Georgia turns violent, leaving two dead and 35 injured when over 50 gunshots echo through a crowd of more than 1,000 attendees. On Chicago's South Side, a seven-year-old girl walking with her sister is fatally stabbed in a random attack by a woman with an extensive criminal record. In Louisiana, a 13-year-old boy is posthumously honored as a hero after sacrificing his life to shield his toddler sister from gunfire at an apartment complex. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Caleb Flynn, an American Idol wanna be learns how long he will be in jail today. He was arrested, tried and convicted for murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn. Prosecutors say he fatally shot her in their home, then staged the scene to look like a home invasion. His two children were home at the time. 

Ashley Flynn, 37, was shot twice in the head.   Caleb called 911 claiming an intruder had broken in. He told police the console of his truck was open and the gun kept there was missing. 

Prosecutors detailed an affair Caleb had be in for the last 18 months. He met Alleigha Botner when she was an intern at  Caleb's church. Prosecutors presented over 100,000 text messages between Caleb and his mistress, which included hatred toward Ashley and wishes for her death.     

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul appoints Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor to oversee a gang rape investigation involving seven Cornell University fraternity members. Disgraced music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been placed in solitary confinement at a New Jersey federal prison following allegations that he bribed inmates to maintain a luxurious lifestyle behind bars. Gypsy Rose Blanchard is speaking out following the tragic death of her partner Ken Urker, revealing she believes he suffered a fatal overdose amid relentless online harassment. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Antoinette Forbes, 53,  has been missing for a month. The public relations executive and mother of one was last seen at her home. Her car, two phones, wallet, and dog were left behind. Friends who had not heard from her,  found her home unlocked.  

Husband  Russell Ashford, the father of Forbes’ 10‑year‑old son, has not been named a suspect in her disappearance. He was arrested for a probation violation tied to a 2021 first‑degree assault against the missing woman.  Court records allege that during an argument over their son’s schooling, Ashford threw Forbes against a staircase, repeatedly punched her, and slammed her head against the floor until she lost consciousness. Her injuries were extensive. She suffered multiple facial fractures, eye injuries, a concussion, a broken finger, and permanent damage,.  

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September 11, 2001,  U.S. airspace closes after the terrorist attacks in New York. Dozens of transatlantic flights are diverted to Gander, Newfoundland. Thousands of passengers and crew from around the world landed in the small town, nearly doubling its population within minutes. Their story later inspired the Broadway musical Come From Away.

Today, Sheryl McCollum is joined by her sister, Sharlene Bowen. Sharlene was a flight attendant aboard Delta Flight 15 from Frankfurt, Germany, to Atlanta when the plane was ordered to land in Gander. Sharlene recalls 30 hours grounded on the tarmac with little information, and the moment she finally saw the attacks on television, and the note that led her to Constable Oswald “Oz” Fudge and a hug from Sheryl back in Atlanta. Over the next five days,  the people of Gander open their schools, homes, and churches to the “plane people," as the locals called them. Listen to this inspiring, truthful tale. 

Highlights:

(0:00) Sheryl introduces the story of Gander, Newfoundland, and her sister Sharlene Bowen’s experience on September 11, 2001

(3:00) Sharlene remembers when an ordinary flight from Frankfurt to Atlanta suddenly changed and the crew learned something had happened in New York

(7:00) “All US airspace has been closed.” The announcement that silenced an entire cabin

(11:45) How passengers and crew worked together during 30 hours aboard the grounded plane●

(16:00) Why every passenger had to be cleared before leaving the aircraft and how Gander prepared for thousands of unexpected guests

(20:45) Sharlene finally sees the attacks on a TV at Walmart more than a day after they happened

(23:00) A note and a police hat lead Sharlene to Oz Fudge and a message from her sister

(28:00) Teenagers give free rides, Walmart hands over its keys, and the hockey rink becomes the town’s refrigerator

(36:45) Local teenagers create a special experience for stranded Make-A-Wish kids who missed their trip to Disney World

(41:45) Returning to Gander, hearing the original air traffic control recording, and seeing Come From Away with the people who lived the story

(46:30) How the hug from Oz Fudge delivered on Sheryl’s behalf became part of the production of Come From Away

(51:45) A scholarship fund started on the flight home has now sent more than 300 Gander students to college

(56:45) Delta employees wave American flags along the Atlanta taxiway, and Sharlene share a message about remembering the way people cared for one another after 9/11

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Sharlene Bowen spent 34 years as a Delta Air Lines flight attendant and was a crew member aboard Delta Flight 15 when it was diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001. She later became a level one trauma nurse and charge nurse at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, where she recently celebrated 20 years of service.

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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an active crime scene investigator for a metro Atlanta police department and the director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, which partners with colleges and universities nationwide. With more than four decades of experience, she has worked on thousands of cold cases using her investigative system, The Last 24/361, which integrates evidence, media, and advanced forensic testing.

Her work on high-profile cases, including The Boston Strangler, Natalie Holloway, Tupac Shakur and the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching, led to her Emmy Award for CSI: Atlanta and induction into the National Law Enforcement Hall of Fame in 2023.

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Witnesses recount the horrific scene inside the death chamber after Tennessee’s botched execution attempt of death row inmate Christa Pike left her in critical condition. A Massachusetts military veteran faces federal cyberstalking charges following an intense harassment campaign targeting former White House aide Katie Miller. Gymgoers in Cambridge are left shaken after 40-year-old Laquan Holland allegedly barged into a Planet Fitness women's locker room and sexually assaulted multiple people. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Lindsay Clancy's attorney makes a stunning argument in court. As Kevin Reddington argues for a judge to acquit the accused mom, he claims prosecutors failed to prove she killed her three children.  Reddington maintains Clancy has no memory of killing her children and the Commonwealth cannot prove she did. He says "This entire case is based on speculation."  

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A 51-year-old Tennessee man with an extensive rap sheet is being held without bond after allegedly shooting and killing Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 65. In Florida, a 29-year-old mother faces four felony child neglect charges after authorities discovered she allegedly left her four young children, including a two-month-old infant, alone inside an apartment to go on a Bahamas cruise. In Pennsylvania, a 32-year-old man is facing homicide and rape charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on a walking path before launching a midnight home invasion that left a pediatrician dead and his wife critically injured. Sydney Silvagni reports.

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Question are being raised about the owner of the Santa Monica sober living facility in which Presley Gerber died. Dr. Reza Nabavi's past personal drug history and his Resolutions Living facility are under scrutiny.  

Presley died after checking himself in. Witnesses say he did not appear sober at the time.    Gerber died of a suspected overdose.  

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A terrifying mid-air hijacking attempt was narrowly averted aboard a Flydubai flight after off-duty pilot passengers tackled a co-pilot who stabbed his colleague and sent the Boeing 737 into a 17,000-foot dive. In Massachusetts, a 29-year-old man faces kidnapping and human trafficking charges after allegedly locking a woman in an attic for six weeks and forcing her into sexual servitude. In Los Angeles, a 19-year-old mother has been arrested on a murder charge after her four-to-six-month-old infant was found inside a dumpster and died at a local hospital. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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The Grand Jury report is Nolan Wells death has been released.  The jury released a  “no true bill” decision meaning there is insufficient evidence to prove probable cause for criminal charges in Nolan's death.     

The report states that the position, condition, and location of Wells’ body are “consistent with drowning.” Both the state medical examiner and an independent pathologist, however found the cause and manner of death undetermined. The official coming as a process of elimination.  

Today, hear what  Nancy Grace herself observed as she travels to Horn Island with Brian Trascher of the United Cajun Navy. 

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Pima County investigators are probing a newly surfaced ransom note in the months-long disappearance of Today show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy. In California, a New York Times executive was fatally shot in a Dublin parking lot, leading to the murder arrests of his elderly in-laws amid ongoing legal battles. Meanwhile in Mississippi, safety officials and lawmakers are pushing for a crackdown on kratom following the suspected overdose deaths of two Ole Miss students. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Caleb Flynn, an American Idol wanna be learns his fate today. He was arrested tried for allegedly murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn earlier this year. Prosecutors say he fatally shot her in their home, then staged the scene to look like a home invasion. His two children were home at the time. 

Ashley Flynn, 37, was shot twice in the head.   Caleb called 911 claiming an intruder had broken in. He told police the console of his truck was open and the gun kept there was missing.  Prosecutors detailed an affair Caleb had be in for the last 18 months. He met Alleigha Botner when she was an intern at  Caleb's church. Prosecutors presented over 100,000 text messages between Caleb and his mistress, which included hatred toward Ashley and wishes for her death.    Today a jury finds Caleb Flynn guilty on all counts. 

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Former labor and delivery nurse Lindsay Clancy returns to court as prosecutors determine whether to retry her for the tragic strangling deaths of her three children following a deadlocked jury. Prosecutors in Tompkins County have reopened a 2024 Cornell University gang rape investigation following new allegations brought forward in a civil lawsuit. An Ohio man faces a nine-count federal indictment after allegedly coercing, sexually exploiting, and murdering a 17-year-old Indiana girl he met through online gaming. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Two University of Mississippi students found dead in separate location, but both have kratom nearby.  Kratom is a tropical evergreen tree, native to Southeast Asia.  It's extract act as a psychoactive substanced. It's effects depending on the dose: at low doses it can act as a stimulant, and at higher doses it can act as a sedative. 

 As it it is not conclusion that kratom was a contributing factor in their deaths, but the investigation continues.  The students were identified as Aidan Hamilton, a freshman from Englewood, Colorado, and Robert Strang, a junior from Atlanta. 

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A Texas man faces capital murder charges after a five-year-old girl was killed in a roadway shooting in Harris County. A Northern Virginia real estate agent was shot to death inside her home, triggering a multi-state manhunt that ended with her husband's arrest in Pennsylvania. Officials in Oxford, Mississippi, are investigating after two Ole Miss students were found dead in separate incidents where packaged Kratom was discovered. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Federal authorities, including the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI, have stepped in to review the controversial 2011 death of Ellen Greenberg. Federal agencies requested and subpoenaed documents and investigative records from the Philadelphia Police Department and other local entities.    Philadelphia's chief medical examiner reaffirmed the manner of death as suicide following an independent autopsy review mandated by a civil settlement, but now federal law enforcement have opened a broader inquiry into how local authorities and the medical examiner handled the investigation. 

In the moments before a civil case was to get underway, the family of Ellen Greenberg and Philadelphia officials come to an agreement to reopen the death investigation of the young teacher. The settlement means that after 14 years, the  Philadelphia Medical Examiner's office will reopen and reinvestigate Greenberg's manner of death.  Ellen Greenberg was found stabbed 20 times in the head, back, neck and chest. Then her death was ruled a suicide.

The attorney for the Greenberg's, Joseph Padraza, Jr says the settlement includes an agreement that the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an “expeditious” review of the manner of Greenberg’s 2011 death. The settlement is reached days after Doctor Marlon Osbourne, who conducted the autopsy, as the former assistant medical examiner with the ME's office, signed a sworn verification statement in which he says he now believes Ellen's manner of death should be designated as something other than suicide. Doctor Osbourne initially ruled Ellen Greenberg's death a homicide then changed the ruling to suicide.

In a public statement, Doctor Marlon Osbourne said after reviewing additional information in the Ellen Greenberg case file obtained from the Philadelphia Police Department as well as a consult with Doctor Lucy Rorke-Adams, a pediatric neuropathologist, he decided to make the change. In his verification, Osbourne writes that he is now unsure of the series of events that happened that day. He also says he doesn't know "whether the door was forced open as reported; whether Ellen's body was moved by someone else inside the apartment with her at or near the time of her death, and the findings of Lindsey Emery, M.D., from her neuropathological evaluation of Ellen's cervical segment sample."

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911 received a call from Patrick "Ted" Barnett telling the dispatcher that his wife, Lindsey, "cut herself and her throat". First responders found Lindsey in the shower, dead, with a large laceration across the front of her neck and a serrated knife nearby. "Ted" claims his wife, Lindsey, had postpartum depression and killed herself. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the facts of the case including an unusual request for a welfare check. A woman asks police to do a welfare check on her boyfriend. She is worried because they talk all the time and today he hasn't answered calls or replied to texts. Police ask her the name of the man they need to check up on and the caller says "Ted Barnett". 

Highlights

00:01.400 Welcome to Body Bags

00:10.630 The Challenges of Sharp Force Injuries

03:50.310 A Disturbing Discovery in the Shower

09:59.460 The Importance of Scene Reconstruction

14:51.210 The Husband's Suspicious Story

21:11.109 Unraveling the Mystery

35:12.420 The Girlfriend's Alarming Call

40:45.210 Closing Thoughts on the Case

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Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a second murder suspect and issued a warrant for a third in connection with the death of 29-year-old mother Tasia Fortune. In Washington state, a mother faces multiple manslaughter charges after her nonverbal, epileptic 8-year-old daughter was found dead in an overflowing bathtub. Meanwhile, DNA testing has confirmed human remains found in Caldwell County belong to missing Texas State University student Jason Landry, ending a nearly six-year search. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington is asking the trial judge to question holdout juror Michael Desronvi and review his phone records. Desronvil was the only juror who publicly stated that he “didn’t have any doubts” about Clancy’s criminal responsibility for her three children's deaths. With no unanimous verdict, a mistrial was declared following seven days of deliberation.  He is currently in a secure location due to public backlash.  
Jurors and media reports confirm that Desronvil’s refusal to acquit Clancy by reason of insanity was based on his personal judgment of the evidence, not any illegal action.  

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Hayden Panettiere's death has been ruled an accidental overdose involving fentanyl and several other drugs.   The Greenville County Coroner's office says Hayden Panettiere died from the toxic effect of multiple drugs, fentanyl being number one in her system. Also found, Xanax and Seroquel.   According to this report from the coroner's office, Hayden Panettiere was found face down in a sitting position on the sofa bed, and the description is that she was sitting "crisscross applesauce." 

According to Brian Hickerson, this is something she did often, and would lean forward and fall asleep. When they found her, she had already turned deep purple, Hickerson then administered Narcan twice, when that failed to wake her up he instructed his brother, Zach, to call 911, while Brian Hickerson did chest compressions. The report states that Brian Hickerson saw Hayden for the last time as she was applying makeup in the bathroom around 10:30 in the morning, they had a bowl of cereal, he went back to sleep and was woken up by his brother Zach just before 2pm that afternoon. That's when they found Hayden already purple laying on that sofa bed. Investigators reportedly found on the scene blue pressed pills that were on a table right next to Hayden.

The pills tested positive for fentanyl. A straw was found next to the pills and a white powder substance was found inside a sunglasses case in her suitcase. This is significant because investigators previously had been looking into whether Hayden Panettiere obtained counterfeit oxycodone pills - that were filled with fentanyl which is what led to her death. One of the newest developments is Brian Hickerson told investigators that Hayden Panettiere had a long history of drug abuse with drugs, alcohol, and nitrous oxide. He even added she had recently been in rehab in Malibu and was just out from that. 

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