True Crime News: The Podcast

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Imran Ansari, a former DA prosecutor, attorney, and legal analyst for Court TV, joins host Joshua Ritter to discuss the cases making headlines from the perspective of two seasoned trial lawyers. They break down the Brett Hankison verdict (1:12), the case for Scott Peterson’s defense in a possible re-trial (12:51), Jackson Reffit taking the stand against his father in the first Capitol riot trial (23:18), and the Supreme Court’s decision to leave Bill Cosby’s conviction overturned (29:06). They also discuss the prosecution’s case against Dr. William Husel (36:10). Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCDSidebar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An update on the case of a Missouri girl who was brutally beaten and dunked in an icy pond to rid her of a demon. One of her killers has admitted guilt in a plea deal, but her parents still await trial. Plus, a former Oregon DHS employee is accused of sexually assaulting a defenseless special needs woman who was in his care. Attorney Joshua Ritter joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsor: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Ashley Willcott, judge and legal analyst for Court TV, joins host Joshua Ritter to discuss the cases making headlines from the perspective of two seasoned trial lawyers. They discuss the McMichael’s federal hate crime conviction (2:19), the verdict of the three other officers found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights (9:19), and the ongoing trial of the Louisville officer charged in relation to the Breonna Taylor raid (15:17). Plus, their takes on Ethan Crumley’s parents standing trial (20:49), and the Curtis Reeves verdict (25:44). Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCDSidebar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A mother’s final moments are captured in chilling detail on her dashcam when an uber passenger’s robbery turns violent. Plus, a wealthy Connecticut socialite pleads guilty to secretly filming minors for “sexual pleasure” in her ten-million-dollar mansion. Attorney Gerald Griggs joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsor: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 Link to article From Comments section: https://truecrimedaily.com/2022/02/18/california-man-arrested-3-times-within-a-16-hour-period-james-langdon-glendale/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A mother found dead by way of a murder-for hire plot orchestrated by her ex-husband and his brother. Plus, a love triangle in Bismarck ends in murder and an attempt to collect a life insurance policy. Attorney Danielle Iredale joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsor: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 Link to Video From Comments section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ9LEBYCS70 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An Identical twin is freed from jail after his brother confesses to the murder that put him there. Plus, a mother who stabbed her 3-year-old daughter to death, claims SpongeBob SquarePants told her to commit the crime. Attorney Robert Corbett joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsor: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Katherine James and Richard Gabriel join host Joshua Ritter to discuss the undefined elements of psychology and behavior that affect everyone in the courtroom and beyond. They discuss trial management, witness preparation, and the process of jury selection from the opening statements all the way through closing arguments. Stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear how these concepts work in actual cases and how the theater of the trial can affect the outcome. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCDSidebar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Two young people have been arrested in the murder of a New Mexico man who was shot dead trying to save his little brother from a carjacking and ransom situation following an alleged setup on social media. And an out-of-control road-rage shooting during morning rush hour in Miami was recorded on a driver's dashboard camera during the incident last summer. The shocking video has just been released, showing a violent encounter in which, unbelievably, no one was injured. Attorney Lance A. Clarke joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsor: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A Connecticut woman is reported dead by a man who appears to have spent the night with her in December. Police never alerted the woman's family, who learned of her death from a note left on her door. Now her autopsy report is spurring more questions on how the case is being handled, and why the man who called 911 hasn't been fully investigated. And a Florida man allegedly attacked a jogger in his neighborhood, using a rubber mallet, a bathrobe belt and a can of body spray, with the intent of keeping the man's body in his closet for his own purposes, according to authorities. Criminal defense attorney Alison Triessl joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsor: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's True Crime Daily Podcast: An American man accused of sex crimes in multiple states reportedly died from cancer in 2020. Now authorities say he faked his death and became an international fugitive, after he's caught in a Scottish hospital with a near-fatal case of COVID. He's set to be extradited back to the U.S. And a Tennessee woman tells her son's school that her 12-year-old boy died from a seizure. Teachers and friends raising money for funeral arrangements reach a dead end, before an officer finds the child neglected, but alive, in a local motel room. Author and retired homicide detective Danny R. Smith joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsor: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An off-duty police officer in Alabama calls cops to report an apparent suicide in his apartment parking lot. Investigators soon discover the victim is the cop's pregnant girlfriend visiting from out of town. Was it an argument -- or an ambush? And a California woman is stalked and killed while driving for a food-delivery service, allegedly by an ex-boyfriend with a criminal past who may have previously threatened her. Police say the suspect and his mother led police on a wild pursuit in the victim's car, with the dead woman still in the vehicle. Thanks to our sponsors: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A personal trainer in Brooklyn is accused of assaulting and shooting his parents in their Long Island mansion on Christmas in a reported dispute over his 1-year-old child. And police in New Hampshire are asking for the public's help to find a missing 7-year-old girl. She was reported missing last week - but she hasn't been seen since 2019. Why the delay, who's to blame - and where is Harmony Montgomery? Retired police lieutenant Eric Rosoff joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsors: HelloFresh.com/TCD16 code TCD16 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Author and former detective Danny Smith joins host Ana Garcia for our "My Favorite Case" series. Smith spent 21 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, seven years as a homicide detective. Now he's a private investigator and consultant, and he's the author of the Dickie Floyd Detective Novel series. Smith's new book "Nothing Left to Prove: A Law Enforcement Memoir" tells the stories of some of the cases from his days on the job, including the 2003 murder of William Whiteside, a hospital maintenance worker in California. Whiteside's burned corpse was found in the trunk of his car two weeks after going missing. His live-in girlfriend was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Her 16-year-old son, the son's 14-year-old friend and an ex-convict were also convicted. Danny Smith: https://dickiefloydnovels.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/DickieFloydVIP/ Ana Garcia: http://www.anagarciatv.com https://www.instagram.com/anagnews See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Ashley Elliott and Michael Coffino join host Ana Garcia for our "My Favorite Case" series to discuss Elliott's book "The Demon in Disguise." The book tells the story of Elliott's years-long journey in pursuit of justice in the murder of her father and the abduction of her mother. 'The Demon in Disguise: Murder, Kidnapping, and the Banty Rooster' https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Disguise-Murder-Kidnapping-Rooster/dp/1646634306 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-demon-in-disguise-ashley-elliott/1139893988 Ashley Elliott https://ashleyelliottauthor.com/ Michael J. Coffino https://michaelcoffino.com/book/the-demon-in-disguise-murder-kidnapping-and-the-banty-rooster/ Ana Garcia http://www.anagarciatv.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Go to https://nordvpn.com/tcd or use code tcd to get up to 73% off your NordVPN Plan + a bonus gift! This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An Illinois woman well-known in her community for her support and advocacy for domestic-violence survivors and who taught self-defense classes to victims, was found dead on Thanksgiving with a man she was dating. Her ex-boyfriend is arrested, accused of shooting them both. And the documentary "The Murders at Starved Rock" examines the 1960 triple-murder of three Chicago women in a state park. Chester Weger was convicted of one of the murders in 1961 in the sensational case. He's finally granted parole, on his 24th try, after serving 60 years in prison. Now he's trying to clear his name with the help of 21st century technology. Civil rights attorney, wrongful convictions expert and documentary film producer Andy Hale joins host Ana Garcia. The Murders at Starved Rock | HBO https://www.hbo.com/murders-at-starved-rock Andy Hale https://twitter.com/andymhale_esq https://www.halemonico.com/ Ana Garcia http://www.anagarciatv.com https://www.instagram.com/anagnews/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's True Crime Daily The Sidebar podcast: Criminal justice attorney Kenneth E. Belkin joins host Joshua Ritter to discuss cases and court trials in the news, including the Crumbley family and the school shooting in Oxford Township, Michigan; the Ghislaine Maxwell trial in Manhattan federal court; the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter, the police officer who killed Daunte Wright in Minnesota in April; and the Jussie Smollett trial in Chicago. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCDSidebar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A librarian in Florida is accused of bumping a motorcyclist in traffic in a road-rage incident. The pregnant woman is followed home by the rider and other witnesses before she's shot dead in the street after reportedly getting a gun from her house. No one is charged in the case. And a New Jersey cop is arrested after allegedly killing a pedestrian in a traffic crash, leaving the scene, then returning to retrieve the victim's body, bringing it home to mom's house, then bringing the body back, where police arrest him at the scene. He and his mother and a passenger are facing charges. Attorney Phillip C. Hamilton joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Mark Himebaugh was 11 years old when he was last seen near his home in Del Haven, New Jersey, on November 25, 1991. At first, his disappearance was treated as a missing-child case, a boy who went to look at a nearby marsh fire and may have wandered off. But as the hours and days passed, something more nefarious was feared. A child's sneaker was found near Himebaugh's home during the intensive searches for the freckled, red-headed little boy. Sketches of "persons of interest" were released to the public. But 30 years later, Mark remains missing. Ana Garcia covered the case as a young reporter and interviewed Mark's mother Maureen. In this episode, Ana and private investigator Luis Bolaños sit down with Maureen Himebaugh and retired Middle Township Police Officer Richard McHale. And Cape May County Detective Marshall Cradock gives an update on the current status of the case. FBI Kidnappings/Missing Persons: Mark Himebaugh https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/mark-himebaugh Cape May County Prosecutor's Office / Detective Marshall Cradock 609-465-1135, extension 3350 http://www.cmcpros.net/2015/06/01/missing-since-1991-mark-himebaugh/ Cape May County Sheriff Department 411 TIP Line: Text 847411 (TIP411). http://cmcsheriff.net/tip411.html Or call 609-889-3597 (Anonymous) Middle Township Police Dept. 609-465-8700 https://middlepd.com/divisions/major-crimes-unit/ "Where Is Mark?" By Richard McHale https://www.whereismark.com/ Othram: Justice Through Genomics https://othram.com/ Luis Bolaños, GET BIT Investigations https://www.getbitinvestigations.com/ Ana Garcia http://www.anagarciatv.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on the True Crime Daily Podcast: A veterinary technician is found brutally stabbed to death in her South Carolina house. A classically trained concert pianist with no known relation to her turns himself in and is charged with her murder. Two other men known to the victim face unrelated charges, but is there a connection? Plus, a Good Samaritan and help from social media: A driver on a highway in Kentucky sees a passenger signaling to them and recognizes the hand gesture indicating distress, and calls 911. A missing 16-year-old girl is rescued, and a North Carolina man is arrested. Defense attorney Joshua Ritter joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this wide-ranging two-part interview with renowned attorney Mark Geragos, Joshua Ritter discusses the landmark cases of Geragos’s prolific career. From Michael Jackson to Scott Peterson, Winona Ryder to Colin Kaepernick and Jussie Smollett, Geragos reveals how he got started in law, and the cases that propelled his success, including how the Susan McDougal trial “supercharged” his career in the 1990s. Geragos talks about a possible new trial for convicted murderer Scott Peterson; the return to the courtroom for actor Jussie Smollett; jury selection; law enforcement; defending notorious clients; civil rights and the pursuit of justice; and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Texas woman is shot while driving on a highway after finding a tracking device on her car. Police say the woman, who was an exotic dancer, was allegedly stalked by a customer who made their racy text messages public. She's dead, and he's now sitting in a jail cell. And an Alabama woman gets life in prison after testifying against her husband. She's admitted to helping him kill a family of five in 2015. The victims include the man's new wife, their unborn child, the woman's other child, her nephew and her mother. The husband was married to both women at the same time. Criminal defense attorney Mike Cavalluzzi joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's True Crime Daily Podcast: A TikTok star is accused of shooting a friend dead during a drunken night of "cosplay" in Houston. But how could someone with a million and a half followers be charged with manslaughter without it going public, for months? And a nurse in Texas is convicted of killing patients by injecting air into their arteries following heart surgeries. The nurse's attorney says the hospital had other issues, and the nurse is just a scapegoat. Clinical and forensic neuropsychologist and author Dr. Judy Ho joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Florida woman who went missing in September is found dead in a canal, and police say the suspect has confessed to her murder. Last year, the suspect was released from prison after serving 25 years of a 40-year sentence -- and that's the second time he got out of prison early. The woman's family is furious and is demanding answers. Plus, Robert Durst, convicted in September of the 2000 murder of Susan Berman in Los Angeles, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The 78-year-old Durst is currently hospitalized with COVID, and there's more potential legal trouble for him in New York. Criminal defense attorney Alison Triessl joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's True Crime Daily The Sidebar podcast: We get questions from listeners and viewers about legal and criminal justice topics, so this week we're going to address some of your comments. Eric Siddall, a Los Angeles County prosecutor and vice president of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys, joins host Joshua Ritter. Ritter and Siddall discuss prosecutors and public statements; social media and the Gabby Petito case; the Sirhan Sirhan parole recommendation; the Ahmaud Arbery case in Georgia; bail reform; mandatory/minimum sentencing; and much more. Tweet your questions to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCDSidebar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a special three-part edition of True Crime Daily The Podcast, we take a deep dive into the wild case of Jose Lantigua, a Florida man who betrayed his family and friends, fled to the jungles of South America to fake his own death, and was finally brought down back in the U.S. in an elaborate international fraud scheme. In part three's conclusion to the case, host Ana Garcia talks with private investigator Richard Marquez about how Lantigua was ultimately captured. And what did Lantigua's wife know about her husband's plot? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Missouri woman Cassidy Rainwater is still missing after disappearing in July. Two men are held on suspicion of kidnapping in the case after incriminating evidence is found on a phone. Hours before the men appear in court, the cabin where they lived burns to the ground. And a New Jersey woman on a cross-country adventure to California, following her dream to become a chef, vanishes in June. Now local authorities announce a gruesome discovery, but is it related to Lauren Cho's disappearance? Criminal defense attorney Gerald A. Griggs joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a special three-part edition of True Crime Daily The Podcast, we're taking a deep dive into the wild case of Jose Lantigua, a Florida man who betrayed his family and friends, fled to the jungles of South America to fake his own death, and was finally brought down back in the U.S. in an elaborate international fraud scheme. In part two, host Ana Garcia sits down with private investigator Richard Marquez to discuss the steps he took to track down the trail Lantigua left in the unusual "cause of death," and the professional and personal difficulties of pursuing the case. Tune in on Monday, Oct. 18, for Part 3. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of our new podcast series True Crime Daily The Sidebar, host Joshua Ritter analyzes the Bill Cosby trial in Pennsylvania, and the state supreme court's recent overturning of Cosby's conviction, with Jennifer Bonjean, one of the attorneys on the case. Bonjean discusses the trial, the steps that led up to it, and the reasons why Cosby's sexual assault conviction was overturned, resulting in the 84-year-old comedian's release from prison this summer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a special three-part edition of True Crime Daily The Podcast, we're taking a deep dive into the wild case of Jose Lantigua, a Florida man who betrayed his family and friends, fled to the jungles of South America to fake his own death, and was finally brought down back in the U.S. in an elaborate international fraud scheme. In part one, host Ana Garcia explains how the plot began, and sits down with private investigator Richard Marquez to discuss the devious details of Lantigua’s plan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Singer R. Kelly is convicted in New York on federal racketeering and sex-trafficking charges. Attorney Gerald A. Griggs weighs in on the trial, the survivors, and Kelly's future. And new updates in the case of missing woman May "Maya" Millete, a mother of three who vanished in the San Diego area in January. Her husband was later named a person of interest in the case -- now new developments, including a court statement from him. Attorney Joey Jackson joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of our new podcast series True Crime Daily The Sidebar, host Joshua Ritter analyzes the R. Kelly trial in New York City with Steve Greenberg, one of Kelly's attorneys, based in Chicago. Greenberg talks about his experiences with the singer, his withdrawal from the New York trial, his thoughts on the charges brought against Kelly, and his opinion of the current defense team. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An arrest in the 2012 murder of North Carolina college student Faith Hedgepeth. The case's progress seemed stalled, until last week's announcement of a surprise suspect. And new info in the Colorado case of Suzanne Morphew, a mom of two who went missing on Mother's Day last year. Her husband is charged with her murder, though she remains missing. Investigators released the arrest warrant affidavit, providing lots of new details. Criminal defense attorney Danielle Iredale joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: An update to the Ohio case of a mother who admitted to killing her 6-year-old son and disposing of him in a river. She's been sentenced, but the boy's body remains missing. And a young couple goes on a cross-country camping adventure for several weeks. The boyfriend is back home in Florida -- but where is his girlfriend? Her mother hasn't heard from her since August. The boyfriend isn't talking. Former prosecutor and current criminal defense attorney Robert K. Corbett joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a breaking development on Wednesday in the Murdaugh family double-murder case, Alex Murdaugh has admitted to allegedly hiring a would-be hitman to kill him in a botched suicide plot. Alex Murdaugh reportedly told his attorneys he hired a man to shoot him in the head so Murdaugh's surviving son would receive a $10 million insurance payout. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has announced the arrest of Curtis Edward Smith, accused of being Murdaugh's accomplice. Smith is reportedly a former client of Murdaugh's. Alex Murdaugh is likely to face charges, his attorneys have said. Charlotte, North Carolina-based attorney Robert K. Corbett III joins Ana Garcia to discuss the case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: New details in South Carolina's Murdaugh family double-murder mystery, as the man who discovered his wife and son shot to death on their property in June announces he's going to rehab after resigning from his family law firm, on the same weekend he's reportedly shot in the head changing a tire on the side of the road. And a Florida teenager charged with the brutal stabbing murder of a 13-year-old classmate makes a bizarre court appearance. Private investigator, author and former homicide detective Danny Smith joins host Ana Garcia. Thanks to our sponsor: Ana Luisa: https://shop.analuisa.com/truecrimedailyDiscount code: TRUECRIMEDAILY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On our first episode of True Crime Daily Sidebar, host Joshua Ritter is diving into the #FreeBritney movement and unraveling the tangled conservatorship that the singer is in the middle of fighting. How did the conservatorship start? Why has her father had control over his adult daughter’s life for the past 13 years? Joining Joshua is psychiatrist and former director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services Dr. Charles Sophy, who at one point was asked to step into the case, but was prohibited from doing so due to the rules of the conservatorship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A former "Ole Miss" student takes a plea deal to avoid the death penalty in the murder case of Alexandria "Ally" Kostial, a student found shot to death at a lake near the University of Mississippi campus in 2019. And a married couple is found murdered at their campsite in the Utah desert days after telling friends and family about a "creepy guy" who was camping near them last month. Former prosecutor and current criminal defense attorney Joshua Ritter joins Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast, underground-comics artist Glenn Head discusses his graphic novel "Chartwell Manor," which explores themes of survival and justice in the harrowing tale of a young student sent to a New Jersey boarding school led by a serial child abuser. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A tragic case in Southern California, where a surfing instructor is accused of taking his two very young children south of the border and brutally murdering both of them. And an Atlanta woman walking her dog late at night is attacked in a city park. The woman's life partner finds her and the dog stabbed to death, and officials warn the public not to go to the park alone at night. Neuropsychologist and author Dr. Judy Ho joins Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily the Podcast: a Minnesota man is accused of decapitating his girlfriend and leaving her body on the street. Plus, a Louisiana millionaire has plead guilty to planning the botched kidnapping of his estranged wife, which resulted in the deaths of the two hired kidnappers. Former homicide detective and current private investigator, Luis Bolaños joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A Florida woman is accused of keeping a special-needs girl trapped in a metal cage in the bedroom of her filthy household after the girl escaped to a neighbor's yard. Plus, a Milwaukee man is sentenced to 205 years in prison for killing five family members in 2020. Criminal defense attorney Mike Cavalluzzi joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering 18-year-old Amish woman Linda Stoltzfoos. And an aspiring rapper is charged with 15 criminal counts in a triple-murder on a Georgia golf course. Attorney and activist Gerald A. Griggs joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A Baltimore police officer allegedly murders his 15-year-old stepson and hides his body in an attic crawlspace. And a Wisconsin man is charged with homicide after his father’s dismembered remains were found on a rural property, while his mother is still missing. Criminal justice professor Dr. Nicky Jackson joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Pamela Hupp, serving life in Missouri prison for killing a man in her home, is now charged with the murder of Betsy Faria, a woman whose husband served time before he was exonerated of her brutal death. And police in South Carolina share details as they close the case of Faye Swetlik, a first-grader who went missing after school in February last year and was found dead days later. Criminal defense attorney Alison Triessl joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A California mother admits to strangling her special-needs son, who was identified a week after his body was found by a hiker in the Nevada desert. And a former Houston Police sergeant is sentenced to prison for murdering his librarian wife in a fit of jealousy. Criminal defense attorney Joshua Ritter joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Forensic neuropsychologist Dr. Judy Ho joins host Ana Garcia for our "My Favorite Case" series to discuss the trial of Jodi Arias, convicted in the gruesome murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008. Arias drove from California to Arizona, had sex with Alexander, took photos of him, then stabbed him 27 times and shot him in the head and cut his throat. Arias was arrested a month later. After testifying on the stand for 18 days, Arias was convicted in 2013. Dr. Ho, who did not work directly with Arias, covered the trial as an expert analyst for media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A mother and son from a prominent South Carolina family were shot and killed on their property while the son was awaiting trial in connection to a 2019 boat crash that left a 19-year-old woman dead. And an update to the Sarah Lawrence College sex cult case in New York, where a student's father allegedly preyed on her friends and may have prompted some victims to attempt suicide, according to a new criminal filing. Former prosecutor and current TV host Loni Coombs joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A Wisconsin woman allegedly poisoned a friend with eyedrops, then staged the scene to look like a suicide, all motivated by money, authorities say. And a Virginia Tech football player allegedly murdered a man who "catfished" him on Tinder. Former federal prosecutor and current trial lawyer Stephen Lee joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Charlee Funes, a 13-year-old girl who was attacked during gym class in Illinois, joins us. And a California man is sentenced to prison for killing his wife, then propping her dead body on the couch on Christmas morning while her kids opened their presents. Private investigator Luis Bolaños joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A 14-year-old boy is charged as an adult for murder after allegedly stabbing a 13-year-old girl 114 times in Florida. Plus, Lori Vallow, accused of killing her two children and burying their remains, has been ruled mentally unfit for trial. Criminal defense attorney Phillip Hamilton joins host Ana Garcia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices