Elizabeth Smart on captivity, family impact, victims’ rights
Elizabeth Smart talks to Chris Hansen about her time in captivity, surviving, maintaining hope, and returning to normal life, as well as the impact on her family, victims’ rights, and…
New Jersey’s Sarah Butler case
UPDATES: http://bit.ly/2OYm9PT Sarah Butler was found dead at Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, New Jersey, and police say she may have been a victim of an alleged serial killer…
Moms’ boyfriends: 1 kills kids over cigs; 1 dismembered by girlfriend’s son – TCDPOD
In this week’s podcast, a woman’s live-in boyfriend shoots her kids dead after an argument about smoking in the house (2:30), the same house where their father committed suicide years…
Janell Carwell vanishes as mom, stepdad give false info
A 16-year-old Georgia girl, smart beyond her years, with dreams of going into medicine. Until she goes missing. UPDATES: http://bit.ly/2uHSFyn source
Cold case: Where is Baby Allyson Dalton?
Baby Allyson’s crib is empty. The baby was missing. There’s barely enough time to mourn her mother Sylena’s death. The small town of Strasburg, Virginia launches a search for the…
Ex’s mother targets pregnant woman and her husband
Who would shoot a pregnant woman and her husband in a parking lot? http://bit.ly/2PQev9E source
Victoria Rickman claims reality-TV coverage tainted murder case
Victoria Rickman doesn’t dispute that she shot and killed her ex-fiance. She says she had no choice – it was either her life or his. But would the police believe…
Texas woman Rachel Cooke vanishes on Christmas break in 2002
UPDATES: http://bit.ly/391S8qx Rachel Cooke disappeared just 100 yards from her family’s home in the rural Texas enclave of Georgetown while she was home from San Diego for Christmas break in…
Ransom, arrest, conviction, but no body – What happened to Robert Wiles?
The son of a wealthy businessman remains missing. Investigators believe he’s dead, and they also believe they know who killed him. UPDATES: http://bit.ly/2rzQrji source
Former nanny, retired FBI agent dad convicted of killing husband
A beautiful model named Molly Martens sees a nanny job a father had posted online. Molly lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. But the job is 3,700 miles away, in another country…
Cold case: Model killed, incinerated in Miami after night of clubbing
Investigators wonder if young model Paula Sladewski’s drop-dead good looks may have turned the head of a crazed killer during a wild night of partying at a Miami nightclub in…
Unsolved: Mysterious murder of Jam Master Jay (UPDATED below)
UPDATES: http://bit.ly/2FjPv5G Jason Mizell, also known as “Jam Master Jay” from the legendary rap group Run-D.M.C., was gunned down execution-style on Oct. 30, 2002. On the streets, it seems like…
Unsolved: Maine’s Samantha Folsom cold case
In the Maine apartment of Samantha Folsom, the TV was on full blast. The windows were open in the bitter cold. And when her parents opened a closet door downstairs,…
Wife, lover caught in deadly plot against beloved Atlanta bodyguard
Police soon discover that there was a $1 million life insurance policy on George Young, with his wife as the sole beneficiary. And she’d already called the insurance company to…
California camping trip: Acid trip ends in brutal murder
A camping trip in Northern California ends with one person dead, another clinging to life, and the lingering question: What really happened? http://bit.ly/36Vw3Z5 source
Unsolved: Detectives seek help in 2 Georgia cold cases
Are the Tamekia Taylor and Jennifer Clemmings cases in Dekalb County, Georgia connected? Both women lived less than 10 minutes from each other, and were attacked in similar ways by…
Wrongly convicted man snags inmate’s cigarette butt to clear his name
An Ohio jury sent Clarence Elkins to prison for life in the murder of his mother-in-law and assault on his 6-year-old niece. How would he convince the courts he didn’t…
Teen survives abduction by serial killer, now thrives in law enforcement
Kara Robinson was kidnapped and attacked by a madman when she was a teenager. She kept her wits and escaped, and helped catch the serial killer Richard Evonitz. Elizabeth Smart…
Mom convicted for posing as doctor, claiming son had cancer, speaks out
The world knew Monika Burgett as a doctor and a doting mother, one who would do anything and everything to help her son battle cancer. But the caring Ohio mother…
Who shot Jose Padilla? Beloved taco shop owner gunned down at work
Jose Padilla, owner of the popular La Playita taco shop in the L.A. area, was shot multiple times in the chest while he was closing down the restaurant in 2014.…
North Carolina missing: Kyle Fleischmann vanishes after night of celebration
Security video captures the minutes before Kyle Fleischmann disappeared in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 9, 2007. More: https://bit.ly/2xjCqJ3 source
Atlanta’s ‘Mansion Madam’ talks famous clients, infamous black book
Lisa Ann Taylor was accused of running a high-priced brothel out of her multimillion-dollar neighborhood, an exclusive community that includes singers, TV stars and pro athletes. source
Sketch artist’s uncanny accuracy helps catch 1000+ criminals
Lois Gibson has been called the top sketch artist in the world, and she’s helped police catch more than 1,000 of the worst criminals. And the reason she does it…
Campus sexual assault survivors press to change culture, erase stigma
There are still huge variations in policies dealing with sexual assault at college campuses around the country. But there are organizations hoping to streamline that process to help victims and…
Cheyann Klus missing: Phone dials 911 days after disappearance, hangs up
Twelve days after 22-year-old Cheyann Klus disappears, someone using her phone dials 911, but before the operator can say a word, the caller hangs up. Was it Cheyann? Or was…
Man serving prison time for intentionally giving virus claims he’s the victim
In an exclusive interview, Philippe Padieu – convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to 45 years in prison for knowingly transmitting HIV without disclosing his status –…