Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Season 1 / Year 2024

Nicole Virzi could face the death penalty.

Nancy Grace discusses Diddy's $100 million sexual assault lawsuit.

Caylee Anthony had been missing for five months before her small body was found near the Anthony home, wrapped in a blanket and placed inside a garbage bag, discarded in a wooded area. Her mother, Casey Anthony, was then charged with first-degree murder.

Since being acquitted by a jury, Anthony has made headlines several times, most recently for dating a married man and allegedly breaking up a 22-year marriage. She met her latest partner, Tyson Ray Rhodes, an engineer for an aerospace company, at a South Florida gym where they both worked out.

Rhodes and his wife of 22 years moved from South Florida to Tennessee earlier this year, and Anthony reportedly followed. The pair have been seen together at an upscale Tennessee apartment complex, getting into Rhodes' truck, both dressed in workout clothes.

One of Anthony's friends told the New York Post that Anthony doesn't care if he's married, saying, "All she knows is that he makes her feel good, and she likes that." Rhodes is reportedly planning to file for divorce. 

The search is over. Human remains found by a hunter have been identified as Elijah Vue.

Two Rivers Police Chief Ben Miennert described the discovery of the 3-year-old's body, saying, "The remains were found on private property by someone preparing his land for hunting season. The area was thickly wooded, with heavy underbrush, just north of Manitou. This location is just over three miles northwest of where he was originally reported missing."

He added that the area had been searched multiple times by law enforcement, private searchers, the landowner, aerial teams, and various search and rescue teams. The remains were found just three miles from where the boy disappeared, near a home where his mother, Katrina Baur, used to live.

Hip hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is behind bars and in court following his arrest late Monday in Manhattan.

A federal grand jury indicted Combs on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation for prostitution.

Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, stated at a press conference that prosecutors will seek to detain Combs without bail. Williams indicated that the investigation is ongoing, saying, "We are not done," and did not rule out additional charges against Combs or others.

In a detention memo filed with the court, prosecutors described Combs as "a serious risk of flight," "a significant risk of obstructing justice," and "a danger to the community."

The memo details Combs' alleged use of violence, threats, and coercion since at least 2008 to exert control. It claims that Combs and a co-conspirator kidnapped someone at gunpoint on December 22, 2011, to facilitate breaking into another person's residence, identified as Individual-1. Prosecutors expect testimony from "multiple witnesses" and police reports to support the allegations.

Nine-year-old Asha Degree and her brother were sent to bed around 7 p.m., an hour earlier than usual, after the family home lost power.

Their father, Harold, checked on them when he returned from work at midnight. When their mother, Iquilla, went to wake the children, Asha was gone. Iquilla and Harold searched their home frantically for her. Iquilla then knocked on a neighbor's door and called Harold's mother and sister. No one had seen Asha.

Harold called 911 at 6:30 a.m. Police arrived 10 minutes later. By 8 a.m., nearly 100 volunteers were searching door-to-door and conducting grid searches. Authorities believe the 4th grader left home just before dawn. Witnesses saw Asha walking along Highway 18 in Shelby, North Carolina, a few miles from her home. A tipster reported that she may have gotten into a car.

More than a year later, Asha's backpack, which she had packed with her favorite outfits, was found at a construction site 30 miles away. That was 24 years ago. The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office has now confirmed that a recent search at 621 Cherryville Road is connected to Asha Degree.

Nearly 50 investigators from the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, the FBI's Evidence Response Team, and North Carolina SBI agents spent two days at the site with K9s. Several items of interest were seized for testing, including a green four-door sedan with rusted wheel wells, similar to the car the FBI had been seeking.

Seans Combs is back inside the walls of Metropolitan Detention Center after US District  Judge Andrew Carter denied Combs appeal of his remand.  Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky,  initially denied the rapper's bail Tuesday, saying that Combs was a danger,  quote,  "I don't know that you can trust yourself" not to harm people.  In the appeal asking for monitored house arrest, Combs' attorney wrote that the conditions at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as "horrific" and "not fit for pre-trial detention." 

The defense proposed that Combs live at home alone in Florida, monitored by a 24/7 security team. Combs offered to give up any access to his cell phone or internet. There would also be travel restrictions for Combs, reporting the mogul turned his passport over to his attorneys months ago. His attorneyalso has possession of Combs' mother and dependent children's passports. Agnifilo proposed Combs be restricted to travel between the Southern District of New York and the Southern District of Florida, citing that Combs' main residence is in Miami, where Combs also has necessary medical appointments, to be detailed in a sealed submission. 

Attorney Marc Agnifilo's amended bail package, proposed have no communication with women outside of direct family members and the mothers of his children, no contact with known grand jury witnesses, referring to ‘Victim 1', Cassandra Ventura. Again, Combs proposed using a  private intelligence agency to monitor him 24/7 to ensure Diddy has no cell phone or internet access, administer weekly drug tests, and turn over a daily visitors log. 

In the end,  Judge  Andrew Carter, Jr. Agreed with Judge Robyn Tarnofsky that quote, "there is no condition or combination of conditions to ensure he will not obstruct justice or tamper with witnesses." Sean Combs remanded back to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn until his trial.

The case involving Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley will see a judge combine the preliminary hearings for four of the five defendants watch tonight on Nancy Grace.

More allegations against Sean Diddy Combs emerging from Combs' ex-girlfriend, the late Kim Porter.

Porter's friends have leaked nearly 60 pages from the diary Porter kept during her relationship with Combs in a memoir. The author of Kim's Lost Words claims the pages were provided by a friend of Porter's, who also claims to have tapes Porter copied from Combs' files depicting Combs having sex with a male teenage pop star.

The diary pages reveal Combs hits Porter for the first time when she refuses to use a strap-on with him. Porter claims Combs hosts "parties" that are really just orgies, and "everyone wanted in." Porter details finding Combs' ‘vault' full of video tapes of Combs' encounters, many with young men, stars he had formerly managed at Bad Boy.

The author of the memoir was also provided a photo of Porter using makeup to cover injuries Combs' caused.

When asked about defending Combs again the allegations that he hit, kicked and dragged women which was caught on camera. The attorney replied, " he's not charged with hitting, kicking and dragging. He's charged with sex trafficking."

In a shocking Virginia murder case, an au pair is charged with killing a man who stabbed her lover's wife.

Teen Cleared of Fatally Shooting Father in 2023 Now Charged with Stabbing Mother to Death.

Nancy discusses the Ellen Greenberg case.

Sean" Diddy" Combs continues to make headlines as Nancy Grace covers the newest details.

Carly Gregg is a good student but has had trouble at school. She briefly attends an alternative school after being caught with a knife. Her parents revoke her phone privileges after she breaks their social media rules. Friends grow concerned when they discover Carly has a burner phone and catch her smoking marijuana.

One friend distracts Carly while another informs her mother. Ashley Smylie confronts Carly after school, warning her that her room will be searched when they get home.

Ashley heads to Carly's room while Carly takes the dogs out. Almost immediately, Ashley finds a box of THC vape pens. She takes the box to her bedroom before returning to continue the search. Carly comes back inside, checks on her mother's location, and quietly heads to her parents' room. She lifts the mattress and retrieves her mother's .357 Magnum pistol.

Immediately after the shooting, Carly uses her mother's phone to text Heath Smylie, "You almost home honey?" Smylie replies that he'll be home in about an hour. Carly then texts six friends, saying she has an emergency and needs someone to come over. One friend offers to call 911, but Carly declines.

Eventually, a friend agrees to come. When Carly answers the door, she asks the girl, "Are you squeamish around dead bodies?" and then leads her to her mother's body in the bedroom.

Carly tells her shocked friend, "I put three in my mom, and I have three more waiting for my stepdad when he gets home." She says he'll arrive soon and asks the friend to wait in the backyard. Carly opens the garage door, goes back inside, and waits for Heath Smylie. The moment he opens the door, Carly fires at him. Smylie grabs the gun, and Carly fires two more shots during their struggle.

Smylie overpowers her, and Carly runs through the backyard, fleeing the home.

Police in Cleveland are asking for the public's help in finding teen Madison Rich. She has been missing for over 40 days.

The search began the night of August 14. Maddie was at home, but sometime in the early morning hours of August 15, she left. Maddie had left home for a few days in the past, but she had always maintained contact with friends via social media.

At the beginning of this incident, when her mother found Madison gone on the morning of August 15, she was worried but discovered her daughter was still communicating on social media.

For the next few days, Maddie communicated with friends via phone and Snapchat. Her family was able to track her on the 15th, 16th, and 17th. Maddie's mom became increasingly concerned because Maddie has medical issues that require medication, but her medication remains at home.

Every day since Maddie has gone missing, her mom Tracy has been posting to social media about her daughter and, thanks to a local company, has placed two large signs in her front yard. Each sign displays Madison's picture and information.

Lakewood police say when Madison Rich left her westside home in Lakewood, she initially stayed at a friend's home in Cleveland and communicated with other individuals via phone and Snapchat. On August 18th, Maddie left the friend's home, and law enforcement picked up her phone's GPS location in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

Police tried tracking her phone after August 18 and determined the phone has been rendered inoperable, has been turned off, or the battery has died. Regardless of the reason, the phone has not registered with any cell tower since August 18.

Police have sent out a BOLO for 17-year-old Madison Rich. "Maddie" is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, and has blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a spider web tattoo on her right arm and a mole on the left side of her cheek.

Police are asking the public for help in finding Maddie, hoping to bring her home before her 18th birthday this month. 

Allegations against Sean Combs are growing. An attorney announced that his firm has been contacted by more than 3,285 people claiming to have been victimized by Combs.

After vetting, 120 individuals plan to file civil claims against Combs and others. Among these allegations, 60 are males, 60 are females, and 25 were minors at the time of the reported incidents. The youngest victim was nine years old at the time of the occurrence.

Another lawsuit will be filed by an anonymous woman who claims she was drugged, raped, and impregnated by Combs when she met him overseas. Additionally, attorney Ariel Mitchell-Kidd announced plans to file suit on behalf of a victim who alleges Combs raped her in 2018.

Mitchell-Kidd described the incident, stating that Combs assaulted her client at a small gathering hosted by a mutual friend with ties to the music industry. The client managed to escape and filed a police report the same night, but was initially too afraid to name.

.As Judge John Judge reviewed the motion for a change of venue, his tough call was to move the trial to Ada County. Now, the Idaho State Supreme Court has pinpointed Boise, nearly 300 miles from the crime scene. The Supremes, citing the large jury pool, court room accommodations, and less saturation of prejudicial media as factors in their decision. In accordance with Judge Judge's wishes, the Supreme Court also remanded the case to Judge Steven Hippler.  

Kohberger is secretly transferred to the Ada County Jail on an Idaho State Police plane. Latah and Ada County Sheriffs say they decided to work with State Police to make the transfer as safe and efficient as possible. The 6-hour drive from Moscow to Boise presented plenty of opportunity for complications like a blown tire or road closures. The 2-hour early morning flight mitigated those concerns, and went smoothly according to Ada County Sheriff's Captain Ryan Jensen.  

Bryan Kohberger is held in the maximum-security section of the Ada County Jail in one of its 88 solitary cells. Kohberger reportedly will not have any additional security, following the same procedures for recent high-profile cases. All inmates receive a ‘mainline', vegan, or kosher meal to their cell three times a day. The jail has recently cut down their menu as it operates at or above 92% capacity. Many inmates sleep on the floor due to the overcrowding. Inmates are permitted to purchase snacks and other small items from the commissary once a week.

While her daughter is still missing, Maddie Soto's mother sits down with investigators from the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

They show her evidence proving Maddie is not alive. They also show her photos from Stephan Stern's phone, removing all doubt about what has been going on between her 38-year-old boyfriend and her 13-year-old daughter.

During the interview, investigators ask the mother about the motive—why would Sterns kill Maddie? Both investigators and the mother wonder: Is it possible Maddie was pregnant?

Matthew Johnson serves in the military as a National Guardsman in the Special Ops Unit.

He takes a brief leave of absence as the children return to school. On the day Johnson is set to return to work, his wife, Jennifer Gledhill, reports him missing. She tells police he should have been home from base hours earlier, but his phone is going straight to voicemail. It turns out Johnson never showed up to work that morning. Jennifer says she last saw him driving away from their home.

The last time anyone other than Jennifer saw Johnson was three days before he was reported missing, at a neighborhood gas station. Neighbors recall seeing his truck and hearing him and Gledhill arguing late into the night.

The next day, Johnson's communication, even with his children, stopped entirely. As police search for him, they find his truck ten days later, parked less than a mile from a million-dollar home.

The truck is locked and has gas in the tank. Nothing appears out of place inside, but none of Johnson's belongings are found. Investigators begin processing the truck for evidence. Neighbors report last seeing the truck in his driveway the day he disappeared.

During the investigation, police discover that Johnson and Gledhill were in the midst of a contentious divorce after ten years of marriage. Gledhill initiated the split in July, with proceedings set to be finalized by the end of October.

She claims she is afraid of Johnson and says he had been violent toward her in the past. Cottonwood Heights police had visited the family's home several times for domestic disputes.

A temporary restraining order was issued, but Gledhill needed to prove abuse for a permanent one. She provided video and text messages as evidence in her fight for the permanent order. One video showed Johnson calmly cleaning up broken glass from a family photo.

Court Commissioner Russell Minas denied the permanent order, ruling there was no evidence of abuse. He described the relationship as highly dysfunctional, with both parties equally confrontational, and noted that Gledhill did not seem afraid of Johnson. The commissioner suggested the restraining order request was a litigation tactic in the ongoing divorce.

Five days after Johnson was reported missing, Cottonwood Heights police received a call from one of Gledhill's friends.

The friend claimed that Gledhill had called them before reporting Johnson missing, offering a very different story. According to the friend, Gledhill said she killed her husband and disposed of his body

Moving the trial of Bryan Kohberger nearly 300 miles from the crime scene may provide a larger jury pool, but it also creates potential hardship for some victims' families.

A GoFundMe account has been launched to help the Goncalves family raise money so they can attend the trial, now set to take place nearly 400 miles from their home. The family, living about 100 miles north of Moscow, has attended every hearing and court appointment since the legal process began and does not want that to change.

The trial of Bryan Kohberger is scheduled for next June and is expected to last about three months. The Goncalves family started the GoFundMe campaign titled "Help Kaylee Goncalves Family Attend Trial" to raise funds for accommodations, hoping to secure an Airbnb or house for all 10 family members and their small pets during the trial.

They also aim to cover loss of income, food, and other essentials. Today, father Steve Goncalves joined Nancy Grace.

Sean "Diddy" Combs continues to make headlines, Nancy Grace has updates.

Scott Peterson could have a retrial, Nancy comments on the case.

Tonight Nancy Grace will be talking about the case of Chanti Dixon

Jodi Arias is creating a cottage industry for herself behind bars. With a little help from her family, Arias is selling artwork online and has a website and an Instagram account promoting and selling her artwork.  She begins selling her artwork through her brother and his Ebay account.  Arias claims when her art begins to gain recognition, eBay bans it quote "on the grounds that I was a felon." 

Jodi Arias claims, "random opportunists" are exploiting her by making money on a "postcard I may or may not have written", so, with the help of her family, Arias sets up her own online store and art gallery where she offers up paintings from $28 to $40 and a set if collectible postcards for $34.95.  Her website claims an acrylic painting titled "Beyond the Horizon" is selling for $2,500. 

Studying abroad in London, Amber Berbiglia meets Jose Tolsar, and comes back home in love. After two years of dating, Amber and Jose make plans to marry weeks after she graduates from college.  One Friday afternoon, Amber Berbiglia leaves her apartment to pay bills and run errands. She stops for a fill up at Murphy Gas in North Charleston.   Amber is on her phone texting until 2:30pm and is due at work at 4pm, but doesn't show up. A co-worker calls to find out why she isn't at work yet, but the phone call goes to Amber's voicemail.   

On a Friday, a call comes in to 911. The caller says there appears to be an injured person outside of a car located on Old Sanders Road under the Robert Edge Parkway overpass in North Myrtle Beach. Officers arrive quickly and find the woman laying next to her still running car, and no witnesses. The woman has a cell phone inches away from her fingertips that is actively beeping with missed calls, texts, and email messages.

First responders find a female victim laying outside her still running car. Injuries to her face are so severe, at first glance it appears she has been shot in the face. The woman has dies before help arrives and no witnesses are around to provide any context for what has taken place. Investigators find the victim's purse inside the car with money still in it and rule out robbery as a motive. They also find the victim's identification, Amber Berbiglia. 

On a Monday afternoon, Brad Simpson receives a call from his youngest child's school.

Staff are concerned because his wife, Suzanne, is nearly 30 minutes late picking up their kindergartener and isn't answering her phone. Simpson picks up his daughter and makes several calls, but no one has heard from Suzanne. Her co-workers confirm she wasn't at the office. Brad Simpson reports his wife missing.

Olmos Park police are searching for Suzanne Simpson, a 51-year-old mother of four. She is described as a white female, approximately 5'5" tall, weighing 140 pounds, with hazel eyes and brown hair that falls just below her shoulders.

Suzanne was last seen outside her East Olmos Drive home on Sunday evening after having dinner at The Argyle, a private club in Alamo Heights. She was wearing a black short-sleeved dress, nude chunky heels, and a watch or bracelet on her right wrist.

The night before, Suzanne and Brad had dinner at The Argyle. Nothing seemed unusual during the meal. However, when they returned home around 9 p.m., Suzanne called her mother, describing a physical argument with Brad. About an hour later, a neighbor heard loud arguing from the house.

The noise grew louder, prompting the neighbor to look outside. They saw the Simpsons physically fighting. Suzanne, still dressed from dinner, appeared to be trying to get away, but Brad kept pulling her back. The couple eventually moved out of the neighbor's view.

Suzanne Simpson now missing. 

The number of lawsuits filed against Sean Diddy Combs grows.  Seven new civil lawsuits have been file. Six of the cases are from anonymous victims' represented by Houston attorney Tony Buzbee. Four of the accusers are male, one of the men a minor at the time of the alleged ‘White Party' assault. Like the other alleged attacks, this one too happened at a White Party.  

The victim, a 16-year-old aspiring artist, saw his invitation as a chance to rub shoulders with big names in the industry. He was shocked and confused when Combs took him aside and told him to drop his pants if he "wants to break into the industry." Out of fear the teen eventually complied, and Combs grabbed and held his exposed penis for an extended period of time, before returning to the party, saying over his shoulder, ‘We'll be in touch,' as he walked away.  

The remaining four John and Jane Does all allege that Sean Combs attacked them after plying them with alcohol or drugs at parties ranging from 1995 to 2021. One woman was a freshman in college when Combs locked her in a hotel room and forced her to perform oral sex on him. Another man wasn't even a party attendee. The victim was working as a White Party security guard when Combs forced him to take a drink that the victim believes was laced, before shoving him into a van and raping him.     Another of Buzbee's client says he lost his job at the flagship Herald Square Macy's Department Store after reporting that Combs attacked him in the storeroom.  

The seventh and most recent filing by Ariel Mitchell is on behalf of Ashley Parham, a woman who claims Combs and three other men ‘gang raped' her for making a comment about his possible involvement in Tupac's murder. 

Ashley Parham alleges that she met Sean Combs over Facetime when a date called him in an attempt to impress her. With Combs still on the phone, Ashley comments that she isn't impressed and has always thought he was involved in Tupac's murder. Before they hang up, Combs tells Ashley she will "pay" for what she said. Ashley agrees to meet up with her date as his apartment, but says when she arrived, Combs and three other men were waiting with knives. Ashley says Combs threatened to kill her and raped her with a tv remote before passing her off to the other men to "use."  

In an effort to combat the lawsuits , Diddy's attorneys wants the judge to release the name of victims in order to build a defense.   

Jose Ibarra is indicted on nine felony counts and one misdemeanor. The misdemeanor charge is for interfering with a call for emergency help. The felony charges include malice murder, three felony murder charges, kidnapping, aggravated assault with intent to rape, aggravated battery, tampering with evidence and peeping tom. Unlike many states, Georgia doesn't have degrees of murder. Malice murder requires intent, while felony murder has a lower burden of proof and does not require intent to kill. Ibarra has pleaded not guilty to the charges

The defense for Jose Ibarra aims to challenge the evidence prosecutors plan to use at trial and have filed motions attempting to incriminate evidence that was seized through a search warrant at Ibarra's home. The defense is also challenging DNA and fingerprint evidence that the prosecution says will prove Jose Ibarra murdered Laken Riley.

Hearing the motions in the Clarke County Courthouse, Judge Patrick Haggard, will have to make his rulings before the case goes to trial in mid-November.  The judge has set another hearing for November first where the defense is challenging critical fingerprint identification, DNA, and social media evidence.  Defense Attorney Dustin Kirby tells the judge he needs more time to study the DNA data he recently received.

The trial of Richard Allen is underway at the Carroll County Courthouse, where seating is limited to 72 seats.

Cameras are prohibited in the courtroom, but the judge has designated 12 seats for media coverage. On the first day, after jurors arrived, journalists' cameras outside the courthouse were confiscated. Judge Fran Gull has warned the media not to follow or photograph jurors, who will be sequestered for the month-long trial.

Citizens hoping to attend the trial have been camping out, and for the first two days of testimony, anyone arriving after 2:30 a.m. could not secure a seat.

Despite years of coverage on the murders of Libby German and Abby Williams, police have never disclosed how the girls were killed. During his opening statement, Prosecutor Nick McLeland informed the jury, "You're going to see the crime scene. It was a gruesome scene.

Libby was completely naked. Her throat was cut, blood all over. Abby's throat was also cut."

The prosecution focused its case on three key points: the "Bridge Guy," the unspent bullet found at the crime scene, and the brutal murders of Libby and Abby near the Monon High Bridge.

Prosecutor McLeland outlined a timeline, stating that Libby posted a photo of Abby on Snapchat while they crossed the Monon High Bridge. After noticing a man behind them, Libby started recording on her phone at 2:13 p.m. on February 13, 2017. McLeland said the man pulled a gun and ordered the girls "down the hill." The girls complied, and the phone video then stopped recording.

McLeland added that Richard Allen admitted to being on the trail that day. Investigators later found a gun at his house, and testing showed that an unspent round found between the girls at the crime scene had been cycled through that gun.

McLeland also stated that Allen voluntarily confessed to the crime to both his wife and mother while in jail.

Libby German's and Abby Williams' families were informed that crime scene photos, including some very gruesome images of the girls, would be shown during testimony.

Although the photos have not been made public, they were shown to the jury, and members of the gallery could also see them. As the photos were displayed, Crime Scene Investigator Sergeant Jason Page described what was captured in the 42 crime scene photos, including more than 20 images of Libby and Abby.

Sgt. Page took the crime scene photos presented in court. Referring to the area as "ground zero," Page explained that the taped-off section was roughly the size of a football field, though most of the physical evidence was concentrated within 30 to 40 feet of the girls' bodies.

The photos clearly showed a significant amount of blood at the scene, with Sgt. Page testifying that there was enough blood to soak into the ground beneath the leaves.

One of the photos depicted Libby and Abby lying less than five feet apart, their feet angled toward each other. Fourteen-year-old Libby was nude, her pale skin stained with blood on her hands, thigh, chest, throat, and face. She was covered with twigs, which crisscrossed her throat, and a heavy bough lay lengthwise across her left side.

Thirteen-year-old Abby, lying to Libby's right, was dressed in some of Libby's clothing in addition to her own. Sgt. Jason Page noted that her jeans appeared damp.

During the photo presentation, an image unexpectedly flashed on the screen without warning or introduction. It was a close-up of Libby German's bloodied face.

The image startled the courtroom, causing audible gasps from the families in the gallery, and prompted an apology from State Attorney James Luttrull Jr., who said he had intended to provide a lead-in to the picture.

Anticipating the prosecution's introduction of audio and video recordings from Libby German's phone, Richard Allen's defense team filed a motion requesting that the judge prevent the jury from seeing or hearing the recordings that were provided to the defense.

The defense team argued that the audio and video supplied by the state had been manipulated, with the audio enhanced and sections of the recording looped.

The defense is not asking to block the jury from seeing or hearing the recordings but is seeking guidelines on how the jurors will view and listen to them. They also want specific limits on the questions that can be asked of witnesses regarding the recordings.

The request aims to prevent questions that would lead witnesses to interpret the words and sounds. The defense stated, "It is up to the jury to determine what words or sounds exist on the recordings."

Richard Allen's defense team claims that the audio and video clips from Libby German's phone, provided by the state, had been enhanced and that certain sounds were looped, repeating a phrase spoken by either Libby or Abby, along with an audio clip of a man's voice.

The defense argues that these enhancements are "investigatory tools" and that "interpreting the words and sounds on the enhanced video requires a completely subjective analysis

The search for missing mom Suzanne Clark Simpson has entered its third week, while her husband remains behind bars and refuses to cooperate with the investigation.

Police and search teams have searched four locations around San Antonio, uncovering no new evidence in the mom's disappearance. After four days, police have ended the search at a landfill in southeast Bexar County. Authorities said they focused on the site after GPS data led them there and were confident they would recover Suzanne's remains, but now admit they found no evidence during the search.

Olmos Park Police have resumed their search for Suzanne Simpson in wooded areas around Olmos Park. They have enlisted the help of Texas Search and Rescue and continue to ask the public to leave the search to professionals. Foot searchers and dog teams are combing several areas for any trace of Suzanne.

At his arrest in Boerne two weeks ago, Brad Simpson was charged with unlawful restraint and assault. However, the husband of the missing woman is now also facing a federal gun charge, 10 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine. Simpson's family turned over his arsenal of weapons after Suzanne's disappearance, including an unregistered Grand Power Stribog SP9 A3, a short-barrel rifle. He also owned several silencers.

Simpson's defense attorney claims police are manipulating public perception of his client with "ludicrous" charges. Steven Gilmore repeats that Simpson reported Suzanne missing immediately after learning she missed kindergarten pickup.

He also insists Simpson wanted to cooperate with Olmos Park police but suspected authorities were trying to obtain an arrest warrant when Chief Villegas rescheduled their follow-up interview three times.

On day five of Richard Allen's murder trial, jurors heard testimony from the forensic pathologist who performed the autopsies of Abby Williams and Libby German, as well as from a witness who saw the 'Bridge Guy' on the day of the murders.

Dr. Ronald Kohr, who previously reported that he believed two knives were used in the killings, testified that he now believes the 'serration' seen in some of Libby's wounds was likely caused by an element on the handle of the blade. Kohr suggested that a box cutter with an extra thumb grip could have been the sole murder weapon. This testimony surprised Allen's defense team and directly contradicted Andrew Baldwin's opening statement, aligning instead with the state's claim that Allen used a box cutter to slash the girls' necks.

Sarah Carbaugh, a lifelong Delphi resident who was walking her dogs on the afternoon of February 13, 2017, also testified about her sighting of the 'Bridge Guy.' She said she saw a man walking west on Country Road 300, covered in blood and mud, as if he had fallen on the trail. Carbaugh later recognized him from the video clip released from Libby's phone, but waited three weeks to report the sighting due to anxiety.

Allen's defense questioned Carbaugh about discrepancies in her description during cross-examination, noting that her recorded interview mentioned blood only once. Baldwin also pointed out unusual details in her description, including her remark about the man's "effeminate eyes." Carbaugh pushed back, reminding Baldwin that over an hour of her interview video had been accidentally destroyed.

Jurors have yet to hear testimony on Allen's 61 confessions. Among the hundreds of pages of court documents released since the start of the trial, a signed confession letter from Allen, stating, "I hope I get the opportunity to tell the families I'm sorry." 

Sean "Diddy" Combs faces seven new lawsuits from alleged victims of molestation and sexual assault, bringing the total number of plaintiffs to 27. Two of the latest anonymous plaintiffs are minors, and several unnamed celebrities are cited in the accusations. Each case has been assigned to a different judge, with at least two judges asking plaintiffs to justify their anonymity.

Many victims report similar experiences of being drugged with laced drinks at Combs' parties, later waking up disoriented with either memories of assault or physical injuries suggesting assault. Two of the latest plaintiffs, including a 17-year-old boy, accepted party invitations from Combs hoping to advance their music careers. Some attacks date back to the early 2000s, with others as recent as 2022.

This comes amid reports that Combs allegedly required staff to carry various drugs for his use at all times. Kristina Khorram, his chief of staff, reportedly enforced this rule to ensure Combs' drug of choice was always available.

Among the alleged substances were pills, ecstasy, marijuana gummies, and GHB, with one of Combs' preferred drugs reportedly being "pink cocaine," a mix of ecstasy, ketamine, caffeine, and the psychedelic 2-CB, also known as Tusi.

Former NBA player and recovering addict Lamar Odom says pink cocaine can cause auditory hallucinations. It's also reportedly the same drug Liam Payne used shortly before falling to his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony

Prosecutors rest their case after 12 days, spending time proving that Richard Allen is infamous "Bridge Guy" captured on Libby German's phone.  Prosecutors believe Libby and Abby were led down the hill to be raped before their killer panicked, slashed their throats and covered their bodies with sticks before fleeing the area. One of Richard Allen's 61 + confessions said he got scared by a white van.The prosecution found a neighbor got home in his white van near the scene of the murders. 

The defense calls their first witness, Cheyenne Mill. She is walking the trails and bridge the day Abby and Libby vanished. Says she was there from 2:50pm, talked to her boyfriend on her phone at 3:12 pm, saw an overweight man on Freedom Bridge who did not say HI back to her. She describes the man as old with a camera around his neck. Mill tells jurors she didn't hear of seeing anything unusual or see anyone in the wooded area and she spoke to police the next day after hearing about the girls. Six months later the FBI contacted her saying her phone pinged on the Hight bridge February 13. Mill cries on stand talking about online vigilantes doxing her. 

The man accused of molesting and killing Madeline Soto shortly after her 13th birthday will go to trial next fall. Stephan Sterns, the boyfriend of Madeline's mother,

Jennifer Soto, faces charges of first-degree murder and 60 other offenses, including sexual battery, molestation, and possession of child pornography.

Hundreds of evidence photos offer a detailed view of the Kissimmee condo where Madeline lived with her mother and several roommates. The townhome, located in the gated Venetian Bay Villages community, belongs to Jennifer Soto's father. Soto and Madeline occupied the first floor, while two roommates lived in upstairs bedrooms. At one point, Stephan Sterns rented the third upstairs bedroom, which was otherwise unoccupied.

As the investigation continues, a newly released interview shows that law enforcement has provided Jennifer Soto with "derivative immunity," a legal protection ensuring her statements cannot be used against her in future prosecution.

Soto gave the interview under an investigative subpoena and provided new details about her on-and-off relationship with Stephan Sterns and the hours leading up to her realization that Madeline was missing.

Colleen Nick brings her 6-year-old daughter, Morgan, to a baseball game in Alma, Arkansas. At the field, two children ask Morgan to catch fireflies with them in a green space off the parking lot. As the game wraps up, the children Morgan was playing with return to the stands, but Morgan isn't with them. They say Morgan's cleaning sand out of her shoes in the parking lot. Colleen goes to get Morgan around 10:45, but the 6-year-old is nowhere to be found.  

Alma PD and Crawford County Sheriffs assume Morgan just wandered off, but adult witnesses say they saw a man trying to talk to a little blonde girl—and his red truck left the parking lot shortly after they lost sight of her. Months later, Alma PD get several reports of attempted kidnappings with the same key detail: a red truck. During one attempt, a bystander manages to write down his license plate number. The driver is identified as Billy Jack Lincks, but he denies involvement in Morgan's disappearance. 

Years later, investigators decide to track down Lincks' truck. Inside, they find blonde hairs that are a DNA match to Colleen Nick, leading them to believe Morgan was once inside. Lincks died in prison on unrelated charges 5 years after Morgan's disappearance.

Investigators are still searching for Morgan Nick, unsure if they will find a now 36-year-old woman, or a little girl's remains.

Skyline Elementary School in northwest Portland Oregon is having their annual science fair so the school is opened about 30-minutes earlier than normal to allow parents and students to see the different projects created by the students. Arriving at Skyline just after 8 a.m., Kyron Horman and his stepmother, Terri Horman, go to his classroom and drop off his coat and backpack. Kyron then shows his stepmother his exhibit called "The Red-Eyed Tree Frog". 

The two walk around the classes looking at other students' projects and see many other parents and children who have arrived early for the science fair. Terri Horman volunteers her time helping Kryon's teacher, Kristina Porter, and Porter sees Kyron and Terri Horman in Kyron's classroom that morning and another teacher sees Kyron and Terri in another classroom before the 8:45 a.m. school bell rings  

As Terry Horman leaves the school, she sees Kyron walking down a hallway toward his classroom inside Skyline Elementary. Kyron has already placed his bookbag and coat in Miss Porter's classroom when he first arrived for the science fair.  Miss Porter starts her class as like every day, then reading group, then recess, then lunch. Around 3pm the children, tired from a busy day, get on the bus to go home.  

Kyron Horman's father Kaine is at home getting his daughter ready to meet Kyron's bus after school.  When Kyron doesn't get off the bus, Kaine Horman assumes there is confusion and Kyron is waiting to be picked up at school. The bus driver calls the school to see if Kyron is waiting to be picked up and finds out from the front office that Kyron has been marked absent, he hasn't been at school all day.   

Investigators build a timeline quickly as they search for Kryon Horman. The 7-year-old arrives at school with his stepmother, Terri Horman, around 8 a.m. for the Science Fair. Kyron and his stepmother see teachers and other parents touring the classes, and Terri Horman says goodbye to Kyron in the hallway that goes toward his classroom at 8:45 a.m. near the south entrance of the school.  Investigators say Kyron is seen by one more person around 9 a.m. but they will not identify the individual. 

When a complication with his injuries lands marine-veteran Jon Elliot in the ICU, his wife Brandi is left to take care of their 7-year-old daughter, Piper, between her restaurant shifts.

After a week in the hospital, Jon is stable enough to move out of critical care. Piper is so excited to finally visit her dad, she spends all day drawing pictures to decorate his hospital room. Piper gives her dad plenty of her famous hugs during the visit, before mom says it's time to go home.  

When mom and daughter return home, Elliott wants some time alone. Elliott tells Piper she'll be back in a few minutes and sits at the bottom of the stairs leading to their door. Worried about her mom, Piper follows Elliott downstairs and starts talking. Elliott then gets up and crosses the street to a greenway along Drake's Creek, with Piper following behind her. 

7-year-old Piper asks where they're going several times. Then, Elliott grabs Piper by the wrist and leads her down to the creek. Elliott shoves Piper's head under the water and tells her to be quiet. When Piper stops struggling, Elliott pulls her from the water, starts CPR, and calls 911. Piper is rushed to the same hospital as her father, but it's too late. The little girl dies and mom, Brandi Elliott is immediately arrested for murder.  

NOTE:  After our broadcast, Los Angeles Police announced Hannah Kobayashi had been seen on security footage crossing the U.S. border into Mexico. She was alone, on foot, with luggage in hand.  The case is now classified as a voluntary missing person case. 

30-year-old Hannah Kobayashi is on a bucket list trip from her home in Hawaii to New York, where she is going to visit an aunt in upstate New York,  and take photos at a DJ's show in Brooklyn. Kobayashi plans the trip with her boyfriend but they breakup before the planned trip. Unable to get a refund they agree to fly together to New York and go their separate ways upon arrival. Hannah and her ex arrive at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday at 9:53 p.m. and have a connecting flight to JFK in New York scheduled for 11:00 p.m. 

Pictures show Hannah Kobayashi arriving in a black hoodie with colorful sweatpants, while wearing a pair of headphones as she walks through LAX. Her ex-boyfriend makes it to the connecting flight to JFK in New York, but Hannah does not. There isn't a lot of time between landing from Hawaii and catching the connecting flight to JFK, just over 60 minutes, and some believe she simply missed the connecting flight and will take the next available flight on Saturday. Her suitcase is on the plane to JFK. 

 After missing her connecting flight to New York, Hannah Kobayashi remains at LAX Friday night into Saturday.  On Saturday between 12 noon and 3 p.m. she is seen at "The Grove". According to Discover LA, The Grove is a World-Renowned Shopping, Dining, and entertainment destination. Located about 10 miles from LAX, Hannah Kobayashi sends a photo to her aunt at 2:43pm from Taschen Books where she is charging her phone.  On the evening of Saturday, November 9, Hannah Kobayashi makes two payments via Venmo on November 9. One payment is made at 6:25pm to a woman named Veronica Alamendarez. The payment includes a description of a bow and arrow emoji. Less than one hour later at 7:19 pm, Kobayashi makes a Venmo payment to Jonathan Taylor. In the subject line of the second Venmo payment is the word "reading". 

Sunday November 10th, Hannah Kobayashi is back at The Grove in downtown Los Angeles and is seen on a video posted to YouTube at the LeBron James Trial Experience at the Nike Store. A photo of the event is posted on Kobayashi's Instagram account. Hannah had been texting with family members telling them she couldn't wait to get to New York, and it was a nightmare trying to get another flight.

Hannah Kobayashi is keeping in regular contact with family and while she is frustrated about getting to New York there doesn't seem to be anything to worry about, until Monday, November 11 when a series of text messages to family and friends causes alarm.  Kobayashi's mother sends her a text asking if she has made it to New York and Hannah responds "no". Then friends and family start getting messages from Kobayashi's phone saying someone has stolen her identity and all of her money.  Concerned, family members try calling and texting but don't hear back from Hannah. 

Savannah Copeland cheered at Powell Middle School's first basketball game of the year. Her father, Michael Copeland, got up early before the rest of the family and was pulling into work when he received a call from his wife, Amanda. She told him that Savannah was not in her bed when they woke up, and she couldn't find her. Savannah was missing.

Michael rushed back home to search for their daughter. Using the Life360 app, which tracks phone movements, they were able to see the path Savannah had taken and the time of her movements. The app indicated that she went missing between midnight and 2:30 a.m., but it did not show her exact location. Starting in the general area, the family went door-to-door asking if anyone had a doorbell camera that might have recorded the direction Savannah was heading, but they had no luck.

They contacted the Knox County Sheriff's Office, and deputies began searching for Savannah Copeland. Nearly 12 hours after the deputies were called in, Michael Copeland heard sirens and immediately feared they were for Savannah. A teenager walking along a popular trail behind a public swimming pool in the Broadacres neighborhood of Powell found Savannah's lifeless body.

Deputies arrived at the scene and secured the area. Detectives from Major Crimes and Juvenile Crimes, along with the Knox County Medical Examiner, began collecting evidence and processing the scene. Savannah Copeland had been stabbed multiple times with what appeared to be a small knife and was left to bleed to death alone on the dirt trail.

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