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Ninety percent of abduction victims recalled noticing something suspicious before the crime happened. They saw the car that didn't belong. They noticed the person who lingered too long. And they let it go. That statistic, drawn from criminal planning research, sits at the center of a reality most people never confront until it's too late: targeted abductions don't begin with the taking. They begin with the watching.In this episode, we dissect the pre-attack indicators and surveillance behaviors that precede abduction cases, profiling the operational cycle that security professionals and the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit have identified across hundreds of kidnapping investigations. We examine how predators select targets — assessing isolation, routine predictability, physical vulnerability, and gaps in home security systems — and how hostile surveillance actually presents in real-world environments.We use the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie as a case study in what that operational planning may look like. The timeline released by the Pima County Sheriff's Office — a doorbell camera disconnected at 1:47 a.m., camera software detecting a person with no saved video at 2:12 a.m., a pacemaker app disconnection at 2:28 a.m. — describes a sequence consistent with the kind of pre-operational precision that behavioral analysts associate with planned abductions. No suspects have been identified in the case. But the indicators are there for anyone trained to read them.This episode also addresses the insider threat documented across FBI case reviews and what families with elderly relatives living independently need to understand about the compounding vulnerability profile of isolation, fixed routines, and security systems that exist in appearance only.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TrueCrimeToday #PreAttackIndicators #TargetedAbduction #AttackCycle #FBIAnalysis #KidnappingPrevention #ElderSafety #SurveillanceDetectionJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The Monday ransom deadline is here in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance — six million dollars in Bitcoin, a reported threat on her life — and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke says the behavioral profile of these ransom notes has never matched a legitimate kidnapping-for-ransom.Three identical letters were sent to KOLD, a second Tucson station, and TMZ containing non-public details about Nancy's home — her Apple Watch location, a destroyed floodlight, what she was wearing. Harvey Levin called the note "grammatically perfect." The FBI took them seriously. But there was no phone number, no email, no way for the family to respond.The family shifted from demanding proof of life to saying "we will pay" in a Saturday video that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe told CNN was crafted with FBI hostage negotiators. CNN's Josh Campbell confirmed the public plea means no private communication channel exists. A second message arrived Friday — no demands, no proof of life. KOLD is calling it "a message," not a ransom note.On True Crime Today, Dreeke breaks down what legitimate kidnapping communication looks like, why this case deviates from every known pattern, and what the behavioral profile of these notes suggests about who wrote them and why. The deadline is here. And nobody can explain how this adds up to a real kidnapping.Robin Dreeke is a retired FBI Special Agent and former Chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program with twenty-one years of service.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #RansomNote #RobinDreeke #FBI #TrueCrimeToday #BitcoinRansom #TrueCrime #Tucson #MissingPersonJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

With Kouri Richins' aggravated murder trial set to begin February 23 in Park City, Utah, the Department of Homeland Security has issued an intelligence bulletin to law enforcement identifying her case as part of a growing national trend. The January 2026 bulletin warned that domestic partners are increasingly turning to chemical and biological toxins to kill, documenting seventeen cases since 2014 with at least eleven deaths. The substances most commonly used — antifreeze, eye drops, fentanyl, cyanide, and thallium — are chosen specifically because they mimic natural illness, creating significant challenges for detection and prosecution.Richins is charged with spiking her husband Eric's cocktail with a fatal dose of illicit fentanyl on March 3, 2022, with prosecutors alleging a prior failed attempt on Valentine's Day. Eric was found with approximately five times the lethal dose in his blood. The alleged motive centers on financial pressure — her realty company reportedly owed lenders at least $1.8 million while his estate was worth roughly $5 million. She has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent until proven otherwise.But the Richins case also highlights the systemic vulnerabilities that make poisoning an increasingly attractive method. Eric died at home and his death was initially treated as an overdose, not a homicide. America's autopsy rate has collapsed to 8.5%, with natural-looking deaths autopsied just 4.3% of the time. Research shows death certificates are wrong roughly a third of the time. Tony walks through three convicted cases — James Craig, Lana Clayton, and Stacey Castor — where the killer nearly escaped detection entirely, and connects them to the Richins trial and the federal warning that says this problem is getting worse.#KouriRichins #DHSPoisoningBulletin #DomesticPoisoning #TrueCrimeToday #JamesCraig #EricRichins #LanaClayton #StaceyCastor #AutopsyRate #FentanylPoisoningJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer analyzes two of the biggest active investigations in the country.In the Nancy Guthrie disappearance, ransom notes were sent to media outlets demanding bitcoin. No proof of life. No follow-up. The sheriff denied forced entry and contradicted media sources. Investigators returned to the crime scene with canine units one day after it was released. The doorbell camera has no recoverable footage. Five days in — no suspects.In the D4VD case, the grand jury is escalating fast. Neo Langston was arrested and compelled to testify. Label head Robert Morgenroth was grilled for multiple days. Outside forensic experts were brought in. The Tesla at the center of the case was held by LAPD for only forty-eight hours. Celeste Rivas Hernandez's remains were found five months ago. No charges have been filed.Coffindaffer explains the pressure tactics, the silence, the contradictions — and what both investigations need to break next.#NancyGuthrie #D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #FBI #GrandJury #TrueCrimeToday #JenniferCoffindaffer #LAPD #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The autopsy findings in the McKee/Tepe double homicide provide critical insight into what happened in that bedroom. Monique Tepe was shot nine times, including once in the face at close range. Spencer Tepe was shot seven times, with wounds to his hand and arm consistent with trying to protect his wife. Both died within seconds to minutes.True Crime Today brings in former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke to analyze what these wound patterns reveal about the shooter's psychology and whether Michael McKee's alleged eight-year obsession made this outcome inevitable.Robin served as Chief of the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, specializing in predatory behavior and threat assessment. He examines why Monique received more wounds and was shot at closer range, what the face wound suggests behaviorally, and what Spencer's defensive injuries tell us about his final moments.Sixteen rounds fired—roughly a full magazine emptied into two people. Robin explains what that volume indicates about emotional control, mental rehearsal, and whether this was cold calculation or explosive rage.McKee is a surgeon—someone trained for years in emotional compartmentalization and precision under pressure. The autopsy shows methodical targeting: upper body wounds, rapid execution, no wild misses. Robin discusses how that conditioning potentially shaped both the attack and McKee's behavior since arrest.The affidavit alleges years of stalking behavior and threats. McKee's phone went dark during the murder window. The vehicle allegedly used had stolen plates. The distinctive window sticker was scraped off after arrest.Is there anything—any pressure point, any technique—that can break someone who allegedly planned this for nearly a decade?#MichaelMcKee #TepeMurders #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #Autopsy #RobinDreeke #TrueCrimeToday #FBIBehavioralAnalysis #WoundCollector #DomesticViolenceJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The grand jury investigating the death of fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez has been running since mid-November 2025 and is now in its most aggressive phase. D4VD's close friend Neo Langston was arrested by seven officers in Montana for failing to appear and testified for approximately thirty to forty minutes. Label head Robert Morgenroth was grilled for multiple days about why he never went to police. Outside forensic experts have been brought in due to reported friction with the LA County Medical Examiner. The ME's chief publicly criticized a court-ordered hold on autopsy findings.D4VD's Tesla — where the remains were discovered — was held by LAPD for only forty-eight hours. Investigators have reportedly built a minute-by-minute digital reconstruction of D4VD's movements. Multiple sources say an indictment is coming. No charges have been filed. No arrests made.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down what the prosecutorial aggression signals, how investigators separate accessories from co-conspirators, and what the length of this grand jury really means for the case.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #GrandJury #TrueCrimeToday #NeoLangston #LAPD #JenniferCoffindaffer #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #RobberyHomicideJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department just shut down press briefings in the Nancy Guthrie case. No scheduled updates unless "significant developments occur." Nine days in, the official position is still no suspects, no persons of interest, no vehicles. But what reporters and drone cameras have documented over the past 48 hours paints an entirely different picture. Sunday morning — investigators probing a septic tank behind Nancy's property. Saturday night — three hours of forensic work inside Annie Guthrie's home, photography flashes through windows, deputies leaving with evidence bags and latex gloves. A retired FBI Special Agent called it evidence extraction. A gas station employee told Fox News Digital investigators were looking for "a guy that got away." Topographic search grids carried into headquarters. The crime scene released after a single day, then re-entered five consecutive times. A rooftop camera missed for five full days. The ransom notes that have consumed the public conversation provided no proof of life, no way to contact the sender, and no follow-through when the first deadline passed. The "we will pay" family video was crafted with FBI assistance in response to a second note that made no demands. Sheriff Nanos was at a basketball game Saturday night while all of this was happening. His own deputies' union went public revealing he grounded the thermal-imaging search aircraft by reassigning its pilot over a personal grudge and stripped the Search and Rescue unit of its most experienced deputy months before Nancy vanished. Nancy is 84, her pacemaker disconnected at 2:28 AM February first, and she has been without life-sustaining medication for nine days. The investigation just went dark. And departments go dark for one of two reasons — they have nothing, or they are building toward something they are not ready to announce.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TrueCrimeToday #FBI #ChrisNanos #PimaCounty #MissingPerson #TrueCrime #ForensicSearch #InvestigationJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Sheriff Chris Nanos stepped to the podium and denied forced entry. Denied smashed cameras. Called media reports naming suspects reckless. The next day, investigators returned to the house with canine units, evidence bags, and federal agents from multiple agencies — after the sheriff said the scene was complete.The doorbell camera was disconnected — not destroyed — and a technology company has exhausted all recovery methods. No footage was recovered. Blood on the porch has been confirmed as Nancy's. Five days into the investigation, there are no suspects and no persons of interest.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the contradictions in the public messaging, what triggers a crime scene re-entry, what canine units were specifically targeting, and where this investigation realistically stands when your primary digital evidence yields nothing and two agencies appear to be telling the public different things.Scene #CatalinaFoothills #JenniferCoffindaffer #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #KidnappingJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Everyone's talking about the murder. The knife. The arrest. The charges. But nobody's talking about the years before December 14th — the daily, invisible destruction that reportedly played out inside the Reiner household long before anyone called 911 for the last time.This episode isn't a case update. It's a deep dive into what it actually looks like to live with a narcissistic, manipulative personality who uses addiction and crisis as tools of control. It examines what daily life reportedly looked like for Rob and Michele Reiner — two people with unlimited resources, professional guidance, and every advantage imaginable — and how none of it mattered because the person they were trying to save had allegedly learned to weaponize their love.Reports describe a family that reportedly organized its entire existence around Nick Reiner's instability. Police were dispatched to the Brentwood home at least six times over a decade. Sources describe the guesthouse being destroyed more than once. Family members reportedly lived in fear of outbursts that came out of nowhere. And through it all, Rob and Michele reportedly stayed. Stayed close. Stayed engaged. Stayed within arm's reach of a situation that multiple people around them could see was escalating toward something irreversible.This episode breaks down the psychology behind that dynamic — not to assign blame to two people who can no longer defend themselves, but to educate anyone currently living inside the same pattern. The morning anxiety scans. The shrinking world. The moment you stop trusting experts because the person destroying you sounds more convincing than the people trying to help. Michele Reiner spoke publicly about reaching that exact point.This is the episode for anyone who's ever asked themselves: how did it get this bad? And more importantly: how do I get out before it gets worse?Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#NickReiner #RobReiner #TrueCrimeToday #NarcissisticAbuse #AddictionManipulation #ReinerMurders #MicheleReiner #FamilyViolence #CrisisControl #TrueCrimePodcast

Ransom notes demanding millions in bitcoin were sent to media outlets — not to Nancy Guthrie's family. The notes reference an Apple Watch and a floodlight from the property. Two deadlines were set. But the FBI says there has been no proof of life, no follow-up communication, and one person has already been arrested for filing a fake demand.The FBI has escalated to jointly working the case with Pima County. More than a hundred investigators are deployed. A fifty-thousand-dollar reward is posted. FBI Special Agent in Charge Heith Janke is personally embedded and told reporters that in a normal kidnapping, there would be contact by now.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer — with twenty-two years in the Bureau — breaks down why the ransom communications are the biggest tell in this case. She explains what sending demands to the press instead of the family signals to investigators, how the FBI distinguishes real demands from opportunists, why AI has fundamentally changed proof-of-life verification, and what happens operationally when ransom deadlines pass in silence.This is the FBI playbook for a kidnapping at scale — from someone who has worked cases just like this one.#NancyGuthrie #TrueCrimeToday #FBI #RansomNotes #Kidnapping #JenniferCoffindaffer #CatalinaFoothills #TucsonAZ #TrueCrime #HiddenKillersJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

According to the unsealed affidavit, witnesses told investigators Michael McKee strangled Monique Tepe during their marriage, forced unwanted sex on her, and told her he could end her life whenever he wanted. She divorced him in 2017 after seven months. No police report. No protective order. She told friends and family she was afraid—then got up every morning and lived her life. Fell in love again. Married Spencer. Raised two children.Strangulation is one of the most significant predictors of future lethality in domestic violence research. If McKee did what witnesses allege, Monique was in extreme danger from the moment she left. Rob Misleh said publicly the family didn't fully understand the threats were real until it was too late.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent thirty years working with survivors of intimate partner violence. She's also a survivor—her ex-husband died by revenge suicide after she asked for divorce. She explains why there's so often a gap between what victims communicate and what the people who love them hear. What does eight years of constant threat assessment do psychologically?Then there's the defendant's response. The state has surveillance footage, ballistics, a cell phone that went dark, years of documented threats. McKee pleaded not guilty. Waived bail but reserved the right to revisit—chess move, not surrender. Scott analyzes defendants who treat courtrooms like arenas. Ted Bundy cross-examined witnesses. Scott Peterson watched like a spectator. Chris Watts tried to con homicide detectives.McKee is a surgeon who completed over a decade of elite medical training. Does that professional background feed the compartmentalization we see in courtroom detachment? The theory: the detachment that lets someone sit calmly facing murder charges is the same detachment that allegedly let them pull the trigger. Other people aren't fully real to them.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #ShavaunScott #Strangulation #DomesticViolence #ForensicPsychology #NarcissisticGrandiosity #TrueCrimeToday #ColumbusOhioJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Michael McKee is charged with murdering his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer. Surveillance footage allegedly shows his car near the scene. A firearm from his Chicago condo matched through national ballistics databases. Witnesses say Monique told them he'd threatened her for years—that he could "kill her at any time," that she'd "always be his wife." His phone went silent during the killings. Everyone already thinks he's guilty.Defense attorney Bob Motta asks the questions nobody else wants to ask. That surveillance footage everyone's treating as a smoking gun—how reliable is it really? The hearsay testimony from friends—Monique's not alive to testify. Can prosecutors even use it? The phone going dark sounds damning, but Bob explains what juries don't hear about digital evidence.Then there's the psychology of the not guilty plea. McKee waived extradition immediately and his bail hearing while reserving future rights. Most people think that signals defeat. Forensic experts see something else—what they call the "game player." Defendants who view prosecution as competition rather than consequence. The same pattern seen in Scott Peterson, Chris Watts, Ted Bundy. Men facing overwhelming evidence who refused to fold.The same detachment that allows someone to treat a murder trial as an intellectual exercise may be the same detachment that allows them to commit the act. For the game player, other people aren't fully real. They're pieces on a board. The trial isn't punishment—it's the championship round.This is an aggravated murder charge. Prosecutors must prove premeditation—not just that he did it, but that he planned it. Eight years passed between the divorce and the murders. Bob Motta explains why that timeline works for the defense as much as the prosecution.McKee has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent until proven guilty.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #BobMotta #DefenseAttorney #AggravatedMurder #GamePlayerPsychology #ColumbusOhio #TrueCrimeToday #DoubleHomicideJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The eighty-four-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie vanished from her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning. But investigators may know exactly when she was taken—thanks to her pacemaker.According to law enforcement sources, Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker stopped syncing with her Apple Watch at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday. It didn't malfunction. It lost its Bluetooth connection when Nancy was physically moved out of range. The watch was left inside. That disconnect is what investigators are using to narrow down the abduction window.The crime scene evidence is disturbing. Multiple cameras at the property were smashed. The back door was left wide open. Blood was found inside the home and at the front door stoop. Retired FBI agent Maureen O'Connell analyzed footage and said the round blood droplets suggest Nancy may have been carried out.Then the investigation took an unusual turn. Roughly thirty hours after the initial response, the scene was released—tape came down, activity slowed. Without explanation, everything reversed. Crime scene tape went back up. Multiple agencies surged in. Canine units arrived. Grid searches focused on the garage. Something pulled investigators back with urgency.The investigation has reportedly turned toward family as standard procedure. Annie Guthrie's vehicle was impounded. FBI agents spent two hours at her home. Reports of ransom-style messages referencing cryptocurrency remain unverified. Savannah Guthrie and her siblings released a plea specifically requesting proof of life—language that signals concern about the credibility of communications received.Nancy cannot walk fifty yards unassisted and requires daily medication that could be fatal if missed. Past the seventy-two-hour mark. When asked if they believe she's alive, Sheriff Nanos said: "We hope we are." A retired FBI agent was blunter: the blood evidence "let the air out of my tires."#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TodayShow #Tucson #Kidnapping #MissingPerson #CatalinaFoothills #FBI #TrueCrimeToday #BreakingNewsJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

This is the complete picture. The pattern. The playbook. And the system that let it happen.Mica Miller was ten years old when she met Pastor John-Paul Miller. According to her own words to police, he groomed her for years before making her his wife. By thirty, she was dead—found at a North Carolina state park with a bullet wound to her head, two days after serving him divorce papers. Ruled a suicide. But the woman who called police fourteen times begging for help had also told her family: "If I end up with a bullet in my head, it was not by me. It was JP."The federal indictment alleges JP cyberstalked Mica for eighteen months: tracking devices on her car, a nude photo posted online without consent, over fifty contacts in a single day, and lies to federal investigators. He has pleaded not guilty.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent thirty years treating survivors of coercive control. She explains how the pattern in this indictment works—and why every system Mica reached out to failed her. In February 2024, Mica was involuntarily hospitalized for forty-eight hours. When released, her car was gone, her digital accounts locked, and JP had allegedly removed documents she'd been collecting about his abuse. JP told media Mica had "mental health struggles." In a sermon, he told his congregation a mentally ill person "doesn't know they're sick." Scott explains how abusers weaponize mental health narratives to discredit victims.The story extends beyond Mica. JP's first wife alleges he confessed to sexual misconduct with minors. Chris Skinner drowned two weeks after allegedly confronting JP. Two civil lawsuits allege decades of sexual abuse by JP and his father. They deny everything. South Carolina still has no coercive control law.#MicaMiller #JPMiller #JohnPaulMiller #FederalIndictment #CoerciveControl #ShavaunScott #Cyberstalking #SouthCarolina #TrueCrimeToday #JusticeForMicaJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Three weeks before Spencer and Monique Tepe were found dead, surveillance cameras allegedly captured Michael McKee at their Columbus home. They were 300 miles away at the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis. According to court documents, Monique left the game at halftime—upset about something involving her ex-husband.What did she know? What did she sense? And why didn't she report it?True Crime Today examines both the behavioral psychology behind McKee's alleged eight-year obsession and the painful reality of why victims of stalking so often don't go to police—even when they know they're in danger.Former FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke breaks down what McKee's alleged pattern reveals. Witnesses say he told Monique he could "kill her at any time," that she would "always be his wife," that he'd buy the house next to hers. Court documents allege he strangled her and forced unwanted sex during their marriage—violence that allegedly evolved into eight years of threats after their 2017 divorce.Robin explains the distinction between threats made as manipulation and threats made as rehearsal. The December 6th surveillance trip wasn't impulse. It was allegedly reconnaissance—the behavioral signature of someone moving from fantasy to action.We also examine the gap between knowing you're in danger and the system being able to help. What does Ohio law require for a protection order? What can police actually do when someone is being stalked by a person who technically hasn't committed a crime yet? What holds victims back from reporting—and what are the options if you're in that situation right now?This isn't victim blaming. It's understanding why the space between fear and action is so hard to cross.#MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #MichaelMcKee #RobinDreeke #December6th #TrueCrimeToday #DomesticViolence #Stalking #FBIBehavioralAnalysis #ProtectionOrdersJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Brendan Banfield spent his career as an IRS special agent. He knew how investigations work. He knew how prosecutors think. He apparently believed he could beat a murder charge by taking the stand and explaining why "no reasonable person" would kill their wife over a six-week affair.Nine hours of deliberation. Guilty on every count. Life without parole.The jury believed the au pair. Juliana Peres Magalhães testified that she watched Banfield stab Christine, that they staged the crime scene together, that the whole thing was his plan from the beginning. She walked free with time served on a manslaughter plea. The defense called her bought and paid for.Twelve people didn't care.Defense attorney Bob Motta joins Hidden Killers Live to break down exactly what happened. The decision to put Banfield on the stand. The DNA that wasn't on the knife. The digital forensics fight that went nowhere. And the fundamental flaw in the defense strategy: they told the jury what didn't happen, but never gave them an alternative story to believe.Bob explains why attacking a cooperating witness's credibility isn't enough. You have to give jurors somewhere else to land. The defense never did.Prosecutors painted a picture of a calculated scheme—fake profiles on FetLife, catfishing Joseph Ryan into believing he was meeting Christine for a consensual violent encounter, killing him when he arrived, and framing him for her murder. The jury bought it completely.Now the appeals begin. Potential grounds include the extraordinary plea deal given to Magalhães, suppressed digital evidence, and a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling. But right now, Brendan Banfield is facing mandatory life without parole.Was he arrogant enough to think he was the smartest person in the room? Bob Motta answers that question.#BrendanBanfield #ChristineBanfield #BanfieldVerdict #BobMotta #JulianaMagalhaes #IRSAgent #AggravatedMurder #HiddenKillersLive #DefenseStrategy #TrueCrimeLiveJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The Kouri Richins murder trial begins February 23rd—and the prosecution has taken major hits before opening statements.Robert Crozier, the man who allegedly sold fentanyl to Kouri's housekeeper Carmen Lauber, has signed a sworn affidavit recanting his original statement. He now claims he sold OxyContin, not fentanyl, and says he was detoxing and "out of it" when he spoke to detectives in 2023.The defense argues this destroys the state's theory. If Crozier didn't provide fentanyl, Lauber couldn't have sold fentanyl to Kouri, and prosecutors can't place the murder weapon in her hands. Judge Richard Mrazik acknowledged this could "poke holes" in the case but denied bail anyway, saying substantial evidence remains.Now a new defense motion alleges prosecutors are intimidating witnesses—threatening arrest and suggesting immunity could be revoked if witnesses don't cooperate with additional preparation meetings.True Crime Today examines every pretrial ruling and what they mean for trial. The 26 financial fraud charges severed from the murder case. The domestic violence expert blocked entirely. The FBI profiler limited to rebuttal testimony only. The statements suppressed after detectives failed to Mirandize Kouri during a 2022 search.We also break down what prosecutors still have: Carmen Lauber's testimony, Eric's toxicology showing five times the lethal dose of fentanyl, the orange notebook allegedly detailing the night he died, and the "Walk the Dog" letter found in Kouri's jail cell that prosecutors call witness tampering. The defense says it was fiction.No fentanyl was ever recovered. No pills. No forensic link. 80% of Summit County residents recognize this case—and eight jurors from that county will decide Kouri's fate.This is everything you need to know before testimony begins.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #WitnessRecants #FentanylMurder #WalkTheDogLetter #UtahMurderTrial #PretrialRulings #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Eighteen rehab stays. Unlimited resources. Two parents who showed up for every therapy session while other wealthy families sent handlers. And it allegedly ended with Rob and Michele Reiner stabbed to death in their Brentwood home.Everyone wants to talk about what failed Nick Reiner—the system, the medication changes, the revolving door of treatment centers. But what if nothing failed him? What if he simply refused to let anything work?True Crime Today examines Nick Reiner's own words across nearly a decade of interviews. On the Dopey podcast, he admitted to throwing a rock through a window specifically to "prove he was crazy" and manipulate staff into giving him drugs. He co-wrote a film—Being Charlie—that blamed his father for his failures, and convinced Rob Reiner to direct it. He got his parents to publicly apologize for listening to doctors.Then we hear from Danny Spilar, who shared a rehab room with Nick when both were 15. According to Danny, the hatred was already there. Nick would stay up ranting about his parents. He was violent with other teens. He blamed everything on his parents' fame—not addiction, not mental illness.Danny says he knew instantly who killed Rob and Michele when he saw the headlines. He doesn't buy the insanity defense Nick is reportedly planning. And he thinks jurors won't either when they hear Nick's own admissions.This isn't about excusing systems or condemning mental illness. It's about examining what happens when victimhood becomes a lifestyle—when the people trying to save you become the enemy simply because they want you to live.For families living this nightmare right now—this one's for you.#NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleSingerReiner #DannySpilar #TrueCrimeToday #InsanityDefense #BeingCharlie #Addiction #BrentwoodMurder #FamilyTragedyJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

A firearm was recovered from Michael McKee's Chicago condo. The NIBIN ballistics database allegedly matched it to shell casings found where Spencer and Monique Tepe were shot sixteen times. That's how fast this case unraveled—two bodies on December 30th, an arrest 350 miles away on January 10th.McKee allegedly went dark on his phone for 18 hours during the murder window. Swapped stolen plates from two different states onto his vehicle. Had over a decade of surgical training in precision and planning.Investigators still caught him in 11 days.True Crime Today examines both sides: the forensic investigation that caught a man who allegedly tried not to be caught, and the defense strategy that will try to create reasonable doubt anyway.Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the investigative architecture. The surveillance footage analysis that first flagged McKee's vehicle. The NIBIN ballistics hit. The coordination between Columbus Police, FBI, Chicago PD, and Illinois authorities.Coffindaffer explains what an 18-hour phone blackout actually tells investigators—and how they reconstruct movements when someone has deliberately created a digital gap. The stolen Ohio and Arizona plates looked like counter-surveillance. They became their own forensic trail.Then defense attorney Eric Faddis reveals the playbook McKee's team is preparing. The pretrial fight to exclude testimony about alleged abuse never reported to police. The hearsay battle over three statements Monique allegedly told friends—that McKee could "kill her at any time," that she would "always be his wife."She can't testify. Can her words still convict him?For every piece of evidence, Eric reveals the innocent explanation the defense might offer. If acquittal isn't realistic, what does a "win" look like?#MichaelMcKee #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #TepeMurders #TrueCrimeToday #JenniferCoffindaffer #EricFaddis #NIBINBallistics #FBIForensics #DefenseStrategyJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Newly unsealed documents in the Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe murder case reveal the prosecution's evidence and the alleged psychology of a killer who refused to let go.According to witnesses, Michael McKee told Monique three things during and after their marriage: he could "kill her at any time," he would "find her and buy the house right next to her," and "she will always be his wife." Surveillance allegedly captured McKee walking through the Tepes' yard on December 7th, 2025—twenty-three days before the murders—while Spencer and Monique attended the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis. Monique reportedly left early, upset about something involving her ex-husband.The affidavit lays out a prosecutor's roadmap: stolen license plates from two states, a cell phone that went completely dark during the murder window, a vehicle tracked arriving before and leaving after. Witnesses told investigators that during their marriage, McKee allegedly strangled Monique and forced unwanted sex on her. Strangulation remains the strongest predictor of future lethality in domestic violence cases.Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis examines the case through the prosecution's lens. He identifies which evidence he'd anchor the entire case around, addresses the hearsay problem with statements Monique allegedly made to friends about death threats spanning years, and explains whether prior abuse allegations—never criminally charged—can even reach a jury. Firearm specifications allege an automatic weapon or silencer was used, signaling calculated premeditation.The case reveals a brutal truth: doing everything right—leaving, divorcing, starting over—doesn't always protect you from someone who never recognized your autonomy.Spencer and Monique Tepe were found shot to death in their Columbus home on December 30th, 2025. Their two young children were found unharmed. McKee has pleaded not guilty.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #ColumbusOhio #UnsealedAffidavit #DomesticViolence #AggravatedMurder #TrueCrimeToday #CircumstantialEvidence #MurderCaseJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Breaking developments in the Celeste Rivas Hernandez investigation: Neo Langston, the close friend of singer D4VD who was arrested in Montana for fleeing a subpoena, appeared before a Los Angeles grand jury on February 4, 2026. His testimony lasted approximately 40 minutes—a startling contrast to the three full days D4VD's manager Robert Morgenroth spent being questioned by Deputy DA Beth Silverman.Langston was taken into custody January 22 at his mother's Helena, Montana, home after a Los Angeles judge issued an arrest warrant. He posted $60,000 bail after being transported to LA and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center. His brief appearance before the grand jury has fueled speculation: Did he invoke the Fifth Amendment? Are prosecutors already confident in their evidence? Is there a sealed cooperation agreement?The grand jury has been convened since November 2025 to examine evidence in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose dismembered remains were found September 8, 2025, inside a Tesla registered to D4VD at a Hollywood impound lot. Private investigator Steve Fischer claims he knows who moved the vehicle based on surveillance footage and has revealed that an unopened burn cage incinerator and unused chainsaw were found at D4VD's former rental property.LAPD has publicly named D4VD as a suspect and confirmed a second individual is believed to have been involved "before, during, and after" Celeste's death. Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton has stated "accountability is coming." TMZ reports prosecutors are pushing for murder charges and an indictment is likely.The medical examiner's findings remain sealed. The grand jury continues hearing testimony through February. No arrests have been made. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.#D4VD #CelesteRivas #NeoLangston #TrueCrimeToday #GrandJury #LAPD #BethSilverman #TrueCrime #JusticeForCeleste #CelesteRivasHernandezJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Defense attorney Eric Faddis breaks down three cases making headlines—the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping, the Charity Beallis family deaths, and the unsealed McKee affidavit in the Tepe murders.Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother, was taken from her Tucson home. Forced entry confirmed. DNA recovered. Ransom notes demanding bitcoin sent to media outlets. Pacemaker data may establish the timeline. No suspects named. Faddis analyzes how cryptocurrency evidence and medical device data work in court—and how the sheriff's walked-back statement about harm becomes defense ammunition.Charity Beallis and her twins were shot to death December 3rd—the day after her divorce finalized. Her father says she was shot twice. Two months, no charges. The history: 2025 arrest for allegedly choking Charity, substantiated child maltreatment for both twins, a prior wife dead in 2012 with a gunshot wound to the forehead. Faddis explains what's causing delay and what defense looks like with this documented past.The McKee affidavit documents what prosecutors describe as eight years of alleged obsession before the Tepe murders. Surveillance footage shows Micahel McKee in the victims' yard while they were away. Stolen plates tracked to his vehicle. Years of threats. A phone silent during the murder window. Firearm specifications allege automatic weapon or silencer. No forced entry. Faddis breaks down the prosecution's strategy and where defense might challenge.Three cases at different stages. No suspects in one. No charges after two months in another. An affidavit alleging years of planning in the third.Eric Faddis provides the legal framework—what prosecutors have, what they need, and what the people at the center of these cases should be thinking about their exposure.#NancyGuthrie #CharityBeallis #MichaelMcKee #TepeMurders #TrueCrimeToday #EricFaddis #TrueCrime #LegalAnalysis #CriminalDefense #DefenseAttorneyJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Alex Murdaugh's appeal reaches the South Carolina Supreme Court February 11, 2026. The case against preserving his conviction just got weaker — because the clerk who oversaw his jury pleaded guilty to lying under oath.Former Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill admitted in December 2025 to perjury, obstruction of justice, and misconduct in office. The perjury charge connects directly to this appeal. At a January 2024 hearing, retired Chief Justice Jean Toal asked Hill whether she allowed media to view sealed exhibits from the trial. Hill denied it. According to prosecutors, she had shown graphic crime scene photos to multiple journalists.Hill was never charged with jury tampering, though three jurors testified she made comments that could have influenced their verdict. But Murdaugh's defense successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to add Hill's conviction to the appellate record. The justices will review the tampering allegations knowing the court official at the center is a convicted perjurer.The state's August 2025 response dismissed Hill's conduct as "foolish and fleeting" and argued the verdict reflected "overwhelming evidence." That response was filed before Hill admitted to lying under oath.Defense attorneys argue Hill's conduct constitutes structural error — that tampering by a state actor is presumptively prejudicial under federal precedent. They also challenge the admission of extensive financial crimes evidence, calling it unfairly prejudicial.The court hears oral arguments but won't rule from the bench. A written decision follows, potentially months later. The justices can affirm, reverse for a new trial, or remand. What they cannot ignore: the person the state trusted to dismiss these concerns is now a convicted liar.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughAppeal #BeckyHill #TrueCrimeToday #JuryTampering #SouthCarolina #SupremeCourt #Perjury #TrueCrime #CriminalJusticeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The affidavit charging Michaell McKee with aggravated murder in the deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe has been unsealed. What's inside reads like a chronicle of obsession—surveillance footage, stolen plates, threats spanning years, and digital silence during the murder window.Defense attorney Eric Faddis joins True Crime Today to analyze what this evidence means for both prosecution and defense.Surveillance footage places McKee in the Tepes' yard on December 6th or 7th. Spencer and Monique were in Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship game. That's not presence—that's reconnaissance. Faddis explains how pre-offense surveillance supports prior calculation and design charges.The threat evidence spans nearly a decade. Witnesses told investigators McKee said he could "kill her at any time," would "find her and buy the house right next to her," and that Monique "will always be his wife." Those statements came during and after their marriage. How do prosecutors introduce historical threats—and what challenges will the defense raise?Firearm specifications are unusual. The indictment charges automatic weapon or silencer-equipped firearm in the alternative. Faddis explains what that hedging signals and how it affects sentencing exposure.McKee's phone went silent from December 29th until after noon on December 30th. The murders occurred around 3:50 a.m. How do prosecutors frame digital absence as evidence of planning?Vehicle tracking connected a silver SUV to McKee's address and workplace. That vehicle appeared near the Tepe home displaying stolen plates. After arrest, investigators found fresh scrape marks where a distinctive sticker had been removed.The aggravated burglary charge is telling. No forced entry was found. Prosecutors have a theory about how McKee got inside.McKee pleaded not guilty and waived extradition. Eric Faddis breaks down the legal landscape.#MichaelMcKee #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #TepeMurders #TrueCrimeToday #EricFaddis #OhioMurder #AggravatedMurder #TrueCrime #LibertyTownshipJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Five days in with no suspects, the investigation around Nancy Guthrie is now intensely focused on the people in her life. FBI agents carrying forensic extraction equipment were seen entering the home of Nancy's daughter Annie and her husband Tommaso Cioni. The couple were the last to see Nancy before her disappearance. The sheriff has confirmed this is standard procedure and delivered a pointed warning to media outlets naming potential suspects without verification, calling it reckless and potentially damaging to the case.The family released a video statement that former federal law enforcement analysts have described as strategically directed by authorities. Savannah Guthrie asked for proof of life. She humanized her mother. She spoke directly to whoever might have her. Every word was deliberate.A fifty-thousand-dollar FBI reward is now in play. Tips are coming in by the hundreds. Over a hundred investigators are working the case. And the behavioral landscape is getting more complicated by the hour — with imposter ransom demands, national media pressure, and a presidential pledge of federal resources all adding noise to the signal.On True Crime Today, Robin Dreeke — former FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — returns for Part 2 to explain how investigators read the people closest to a case like this. How behavioral assessment prioritizes leads. How forensic extraction works as an investigative tool. How grief and deception present differently under pressure. And what happens to the person who did this when the whole country is watching.#NancyGuthrie #TrueCrimeToday #RobinDreeke #FBIBehavioralAnalysis #SavannahGuthrie #Kidnapping #FBIReward #PimaCounty #BehavioralProfiling #TrueCrime2026Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Charity Beallis and her six-year-old twins were found shot to death in Bonanza, Arkansas on December 3rd. Her father says he viewed her body at the morgue—shot twice, chest and between the eyes. Two months have passed. No one has been arrested.The timeline: Divorce from Randall Beallis finalized December 2nd. Joint custody awarded. Children scheduled to return to him December 5th. Bodies found December 3rd.Defense attorney Eric Faddis joins True Crime Today to break down what the investigative silence means, how two-shot suicides are analyzed legally and medically, and what the defense playbook looks like when documented history this extensive exists.Randall Beallis was arrested in February 2025 for allegedly strangling Charity in front of their children. Felony charges were reduced. Child maltreatment was substantiated for both twins months later. His attorney says he's cooperating and is not responsible for the deaths.There's prior history. Randall's second wife Shawna was found dead in 2012 with a gunshot wound to the forehead. Ruled suicide. The case was reopened in 2021 and closed again—evidence had been destroyed pursuant to court order.Three days after Charity and the twins were found, family photos and a necklace with the children's names were discovered in a dumpster at an address connected to Randall through court records.Investigators have said almost nothing since December 9th. The sheriff's office told media in January they have "no new information to share."A mother shot twice. Two children dead. A custody deadline one day away. A prior wife's death ruled suicide under similar circumstances. Items discarded at a connected address.Eric Faddis explains what legal threshold hasn't been met—and what whoever did this should be thinking two months into silence.#CharityBeallis #BeallisTwins #RandallBeallis #BonanzaArkansas #TrueCrimeToday #EricFaddis #TrueCrime #DomesticViolence #TripleHomicide #ColdCaseJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Investigators have now laid out the most detailed timeline of the night Nancy Guthrie was taken. Her doorbell camera disconnected at 1:47 AM. Camera software registered a person at 2:12 AM — but there is no footage because Nancy had no cloud subscription. Her pacemaker app disconnected from her phone at 2:28 AM. From first intrusion signal to last digital trace: forty-one minutes.Thursday's press conference brought significant corrections to earlier reporting. The Pima County Sheriff denied forced entry and confirmed no cameras were smashed or destroyed. The doorbell camera was disconnected and has been forensically processed with no recoverable video. Ransom notes sent to media outlets referenced specific items — an Apple Watch and a floodlight — but no proof of life accompanied them. No follow-up communication has come in. The FBI confirmed one arrest for an imposter ransom demand and announced a fifty-thousand-dollar reward.On True Crime Today, Robin Dreeke — former FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — walks through the behavioral evidence. The deliberate disconnection of the camera. The knowledge of Nancy's subscription status. The decision to contact media instead of family. The sustained silence as a woman who needs daily medication to survive enters day five without it. Dreeke applies decades of FBI behavioral training to the patterns that are emerging — and explains what those patterns tell investigators about who they should be looking for.#NancyGuthrie #TrueCrimeToday #RobinDreeke #FBIBehavioralAnalysis #SavannahGuthrie #Kidnapping #ProofOfLife #PimaCounty #FBIReward #TrueCrime2026Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Federal versus state prosecution remains an open question. FBI involvement suggests possible federal charges, which typically carry different sentencing structures than Arizona state court.Nancy's vulnerability factors heavily into any eventual sentencing. At 84, with limited mobility and medication needs the sheriff described as potentially fatal to miss, her condition elevates the stakes for whoever is charged.Eric Faddis analyzes the legal landscape surrounding one of the most high-profile kidnapping cases in years.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #Kidnapping #TrueCrimeToday #EricFaddis #FBI #TucsonCrime #BitcoinRansom #CriminalDefense #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

With jury selection starting February 10th, 2026, the Kouri Richins murder case is entering its final phase. The Utah mother is charged with fatally poisoning her husband Eric with fentanyl, then authoring a children's book about grief. Recent pretrial hearings have addressed witness credibility, the admissibility of jailhouse letters, and whether Eric's high school drug use can be presented to jurors.But there's a glaring gap in the evidence conversation.Hair follicle analysis — a forensic tool capable of revealing months of drug use history — could definitively answer whether Eric Richins was a secret fentanyl user or the victim of acute poisoning. The science can distinguish between chronic exposure and a single lethal dose. It's been used in criminal cases worldwide to establish exactly this kind of timeline.The defense has characterized Eric as a partier who consumed substances freely. The prosecution says the circumstantial evidence points to premeditated murder. But neither characterization is definitive. Hair analysis could be.We don't know whether such evidence was collected during the autopsy. We don't know Eric's burial status. What we do know is that in the public filings and hearings, this forensic option hasn't been raised — even as both sides battle over the credibility of a drug dealer who has now changed his story about what he actually sold.Today's episode examines what's at stake as this trial approaches, what forensic science could offer that witness testimony cannot, and why the most important evidence in this case may never see a courtroom.Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty. She is presumed innocent until proven guilty.#KouriRichins #TrueCrimeToday #TrialPreview #FentanylCase #ForensicToxicology #EricRichins #UtahNews #CriminalJustice #MurderTrial #TrueCrimeNewsJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Monique Tepe allegedly knew for eight years that her ex-husband had threatened to kill her. She divorced Michael McKee in 2017 after just seven months of marriage. Witnesses told investigators he strangled her, forced unwanted sex, told her he could end her life. She never filed a public report. She rebuilt everything — new husband, two kids, a life. On December 30th, she and Spencer were found dead in their Columbus home. McKee pleaded not guilty despite surveillance footage, a ballistics match, and documented threats.Mica Miller made fourteen police reports in her final months. Reported GPS trackers, harassment, fear for her life. Told her family if she ended up with a bullet in her head, it wasn't her. Two days after serving Pastor JP Miller divorce papers, she was dead. Ruled suicide. JP just pleaded not guilty to federal cyberstalking while the indictment alleges tracking devices, a nude photo posted without consent, fifty-plus contacts in one day, and lies to investigators.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott — author of "The Minds of Mass Killers" and a DV survivor herself — connects these cases. She explains the psychological burden of living under threat, why victims don't report, how coercive controllers weaponize systems against their targets, and the forensic profile of defendants who treat prosecution as competition. Two women. Two failures. One pattern.#MoniqueTepe #MicaMiller #TrueCrimeToday #ShavaunScott #MichaelMcKee #JPMiller #CoerciveControl #DomesticViolence #SystemFailure #ForensicPsychologyJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Breaking today: The Franklin County Coroner has released the full autopsy reports for Spencer and Monique Tepe, the Columbus couple found shot to death in their Weinland Park home on December 30th. The findings are devastating. Spencer sustained seven gunshot wounds. Monique sustained nine. All sixteen wounds were to their upper bodies. Both had defensive injuries to their hands and arms — evidence they saw the attack coming and tried to fight back.The coroner determined both victims died within "seconds to minutes" of being shot. Pathologists recovered bullets described as "large caliber" from their bodies. The wound patterns — front-to-back and back-to-front trajectories — indicate both victims moved during the shooting. They tried to get away. The shooter kept firing until the magazine was empty.Michael McKee, Monique's ex-husband, has been charged with two counts of aggravated murder and has pleaded not guilty. Court documents allege he stalked the couple for weeks before the killings, entered their home while they attended the Big Ten Championship game, and used stolen license plates on the vehicle seen near their residence. Witnesses told police McKee had threatened Monique for years after their 2017 divorce, telling her he could "kill her at any time" and that she would "always be his wife."Today we break down what the autopsy reveals about the crime — and what the documented behavior pattern reveals about the psychology of the man accused of committing it.#TepeMurders #MichaelMcKee #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #TepeAutopsy #TrueCrimeToday #ColumbusOhio #AggravatedMurder #DomesticViolence #BreakingNewsJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The federal indictment reads like a checklist: tracking devices on her car, a nude photo posted online without consent, fifty-plus contacts in a single day, financial interference, and lies to federal investigators. Pastor JP Miller pleaded not guilty. Mica Miller is dead — two days after serving him divorce papers, her death ruled a suicide. She'd told her family if she ended up with a bullet in her head, it wasn't her.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has worked with coercive control survivors for thirty years. She explains exactly what the Miller indictment reveals. Mica said JP "groomed" her from age ten. In February 2024, she was involuntarily hospitalized. When she got out, according to family affidavits, her car was gone, her accounts were locked, and documents she'd collected about JP's abuse had allegedly been removed. JP told his congregation that mentally ill people "don't know they're sick" and need to "trust people around them." Scott breaks down how abusers weaponize mental health systems and narratives to discredit victims.Mica made fourteen police reports in her final months. Reported trackers. Reported fear for her life. Tried to get a restraining order. Nothing stopped what was happening to her. Scott explains what this case exposes about how law enforcement and legal systems fail coercive control victims — and why South Carolina's ongoing failure to pass Senate Bill 702 keeps leaving victims without protection.#MicaMiller #JPMiller #TrueCrimeToday #CoerciveControl #FederalIndictment #ShavaunScott #Grooming #PastorAbuse #SystemFailure #SenateBill702Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Three appellate judges heard oral arguments today in Charlie Adelson's bid to overturn his conviction in the murder-for-hire of Dan Markel. Adelson, currently serving life in a South Dakota prison, was not present as his attorneys argued he was denied a fair trial due to nearly a decade of pretrial publicity in Tallahassee. Defense attorney Michael Ufferman told Florida's First District Court of Appeal that 53 of 54 prospective jurors who formed an opinion believed Adelson was guilty before the trial began. He cited jurors discussing the case in violation of court orders and argued the entire panel should have been struck. The state countered that Adelson accepted the jury without objection and never filed a formal change of venue motion. Assistant Attorney General Robert Charles Lee delivered the prosecution's sharpest argument: Adelson is entitled to an impartial jury, not an impartial community. He maintained that any Florida jury would have convicted based on the evidence. The judges pressed both sides with pointed questions but did not indicate when a ruling would come. Adelson was convicted in November 2023 for orchestrating the 2014 murder of his former brother-in-law, an FSU law professor who was shot in his garage after a custody dispute. His mother Donna Adelson, convicted in September 2025, also has an appeal pending. Both are fighting their convictions from separate prisons.#CharlieAdelson #DanMarkel #AdelsonAppeal #TrueCrimeToday #MurderForHire #DonnaAdelson #FloridaCrime #AdelsonCase #TallahasseeMurder #MarkelCaseJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Surveillance footage. A ballistics match. A cell phone that went dark during the murder window. Years of documented threats. Michael McKee looked at all of it and pleaded not guilty. He waived his bail hearing but reserved the right to revisit it. That's not desperation — that's calculation.Shavaun Scott wrote "The Minds of Mass Killers" and has spent thirty years evaluating violent offenders in forensic settings. She explains what's typically driving a not guilty plea when the evidence looks this strong — legally, psychologically, or both. There's a personality profile that consistently shows up in defendants who treat prosecution as intellectual competition rather than moral reckoning. Bundy performed. Peterson observed. Watts calculated. The quality of detachment in the courtroom isn't random.McKee is a surgeon. Over a decade of elite training. He's operated on human bodies under extreme pressure. Scott analyzes whether that professional background feeds into the kind of compartmentalization that allows someone to sit calmly while facing murder charges. And she addresses the theory that won't go away: the detachment that lets someone appear unaffected at trial is the same detachment that allegedly allowed them to pull the trigger. If other people aren't fully real to you, neither their deaths nor your accountability for those deaths carry the weight they should.#MichaelMcKee #HiddenKillers #ShavaunScott #MindsOfMassKillers #NotGuiltyPlea #NarcissisticGrandiosity #TepeMurders #ForensicPsychology #TedBundy #CourtroomBehaviorJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

When investigators entered Nancy Guthrie's home, they found blood. The eighty-four-year-old hadn't wandered off or gotten confused. Her house was immediately processed as a crime scene — and the trajectory of this case has been anything but routine since.Approximately thirty hours after the initial response, the scene was released. Then it was reopened. Crime scene tape returned. Canine units arrived. Multiple agencies converged. And the focus tightened around the garage. That reversal is the kind of investigative shift that only happens when new information demands it — a tip, a data contradiction, a digital trace that rewrites the map.Nancy's family went public with a plea that carried surgical precision beneath the emotion. Savannah Guthrie and her siblings spoke about their mother's character, her faith, her grandchildren. Then they asked whoever may be involved for proof of life. That request isn't made lightly. It reflects concern about the credibility of communications that have reportedly surfaced — messages referencing cryptocurrency, claiming knowledge of the crime scene, and describing Nancy's clothing.Law enforcement has acknowledged those reports without confirming authenticity. That gap is critical. If this were a conventional kidnapping, the pressure campaign would have started immediately. Nancy is elderly and medication-dependent — leverage in a genuine abduction scenario. The delay and disorganization in these communications raise serious questions about their origin and intent.Federal agencies have escalated their role significantly. Units specializing in digital forensics, communication analysis, and kidnapping response are now embedded in the investigation. That level of resource deployment signals an operation with direction, not one spinning its wheels.Nancy Guthrie needs her medication daily. She lives with chronic pain. Every hour without answers deepens the medical risk alongside the investigative urgency. Tony Brueski walks through the full timeline, the behavioral signals from law enforcement, and why the patterns in this case suggest investigators know more than they're sharing publicly.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

According to the unsealed affidavit, witnesses told investigators Michael McKee strangled Monique during their seven-month marriage, forced unwanted sex on her, and told her directly he could end her life. She divorced him in 2017. She never filed a public police report. She never got a protective order. She rebuilt her entire life — married Spencer, had two children, built a career — while carrying the knowledge that someone had promised to kill her.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent thirty years working with domestic violence survivors. She's also a survivor herself — her ex-husband died by revenge suicide after she asked for divorce. She understands what living under threat costs in ways that textbooks cannot capture.Strangulation is one of the most significant lethality predictors in DV research. If the allegations are true, Monique was statistically in extreme danger from the day she left. She likely knew it. Scott explains what constant threat assessment does to a person psychologically over eight years — how survivors become experts at reading moods, calculating risk, and managing situations others don't even notice. She breaks down why Monique's family didn't fully understand the threats were real until it was too late, and why there's so often a gap between what victims communicate and what the people who love them actually hear.#MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #MichaelMcKee #TepeMurders #ShavaunScott #DomesticViolence #Strangulation #DeathThreats #CoerciveControl #DVSurvivorJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The DNA evidence in the Paul Caneiro trial is now on the record, and it's devastating. Forensic scientists testified that blood from eight-year-old Sophia Caneiro was found in three locations on jeans recovered from her uncle Paul's basement — shin, calf, and thigh. Her eleven-year-old brother Jesse's DNA was there too. A surgical glove fused to the jeans by frozen water also carried Sophia's DNA. These items were found fourteen miles from where both children were stabbed to death in Colts Neck. Sophia suffered seventeen stab wounds. According to findings cited in court, she may have still been alive when the fire started beneath her. Prosecutors say whoever killed those kids wore those jeans, wore that glove, and brought them home. That's the physical link tying Paul Caneiro to this crime. Meanwhile, testimony confirmed Keith Caneiro was killed with a contact or near-contact shot through his hood — an execution-style wound delivered while he was already down. The night before, Keith had confronted Paul about $77,000 missing from a family trust. The defense is pushing contamination theories and questioning the investigation, but the children's blood is in Paul's basement. That's what the jury has to reconcile. This episode covers the Day 12 testimony and what it means for the case.#PaulCaneiro #CaneiroTrial #HiddenKillers #ColtsNeckMurders #DNAEvidence #TrueCrimePodcast #SophiaCaneiro #JesseCaneiro #QuadrupleMurder #ForensicEvidenceJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/​Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Today on Hidden Killers Live, defense attorney Bob Motta examines two major murder cases that are dominating headlines — the Brendan Banfield conviction and the Michael McKee arrest in the Monique Tepe double homicide.Brendan Banfield is going to prison for life. The former federal agent was convicted of aggravated murder after the jury believed his au pair over his testimony. She got murder dropped to manslaughter and walked free the day she testified against him. The defense called her bought and paid for. Twelve jurors didn't care. Bob breaks down why the defense strategy failed and whether Banfield's decision to take the stand sealed his fate.Then we examine the appeal. Banfield's team will argue the witness deal was too coercive, that evidence was buried, that the digital forensics investigation was compromised. Bob explains each argument and gives an honest assessment of the odds. The "harmless error" doctrine kills most appeals, and Banfield's team faces that mountain.Finally, we turn to Michael McKee, charged with murdering his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband. The evidence looks damning — surveillance footage, phone records, witnesses saying Monique told them McKee had threatened her for years. But Bob explains what defense attorneys see that the public doesn't. The reliability problems with video evidence. The hearsay challenges. The eight-year gap between the divorce and the murders that cuts both ways.This is comprehensive defense analysis of two active murder cases from an attorney who won't sugarcoat the odds.#BrendanBanfield #MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #TrueCrimeToday #BobMotta #BanfieldVerdict #TepeMurders #AggravatedMurder #DefenseAttorney #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Michael McKee entered a not guilty plea to two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe. On paper, this might seem routine — defendants plead not guilty every day. But when you look at what investigators say they have, the psychology behind that plea becomes the story.According to court documents: surveillance footage tracking McKee's vehicle arriving in Columbus before the murders and leaving after. A firearm recovered from his Chicago condo that police say matches crime scene evidence. A cell phone that showed zero activity during the exact hours prosecutors allege the Tepes were killed. Footage from weeks earlier reportedly showing McKee in the Tepes' yard while they attended the Big Ten Championship. And witness statements describing years of alleged threats — including that he could "kill her at any time."So why fight?Today we examine the "game player" psychology — a pattern seen in defendants like Scott Peterson, Chris Watts, and Ted Bundy who faced crushing evidence but approached their trials as competitions rather than reckonings. For these defendants, other people were never fully real. The courtroom isn't punishment. It's the final level.If McKee fits this profile, his not guilty plea isn't denial. It's the only move left for someone who allegedly spent years believing he was smarter than every system designed to stop him.The trial will determine guilt or innocence. But the psychology may have been visible all along.McKee is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.#TrueCrimeToday #MichaelMcKee #TepeHomicide #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #NotGuiltyPlea #CriminalPsychology #ColumbusOhio #AggravatedMurder #DomesticViolenceJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/​Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Michael McKee is in custody, charged with the aggravated murder of his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband. The affidavit paints a dark picture — surveillance footage, a vehicle traced to McKee, witnesses saying Monique told them he'd been threatening her for years. The public has already made up its mind.Today on True Crime Today, defense attorney Bob Motta examines what a courtroom will actually see when this case goes to trial. The surveillance footage everyone's treating as conclusive — how reliable is it? Video evidence isn't as straightforward as TV makes it look. Bob explains the difference between footage that looks damning and footage that proves guilt beyond reasonable doubt.The hearsay testimony is another issue. Monique reportedly told friends that McKee threatened her. She's dead. She can't testify to any of that. Prosecutors will try to get those statements in through hearsay exceptions, but defense attorneys have ways to challenge them. Bob breaks down how that fight will play out.McKee's phone allegedly went silent during the time of the murders. It's the kind of evidence that makes headlines, but Bob explains why it's more complicated than it sounds. Phones die, people forget them, signals drop. Digital evidence that seems airtight often isn't.There's also the eight-year gap between the divorce and the murders. No restraining orders we know of, no recent incidents documented. Does that help McKee's defense or undermine it? And what does "aggravated murder" actually require prosecutors to prove? Bob explains the difference between "he did it" and "he planned to do it."#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #TepeMurders #TrueCrimeToday #BobMotta #AggravatedMurder #SurveillanceEvidence #DefenseAttorney #DoubleHomicide #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Two months since Charity Beallis and her six-year-old twins Eliana and Maverick were found shot to death in Bonanza, Arkansas. No arrest. No suspect named publicly. No official autopsy released.Now her father is speaking out about what he saw.Randy Powell tells Hidden Killers he viewed Charity's body at the morgue. According to Powell, she was shot twice — in the chest and between the eyes. If accurate, two gunshot wounds makes self-infliction essentially impossible. Someone killed her. And no one has been charged.The deaths came one day after Charity's divorce from Dr. Randall Beallis was finalized. According to his attorney, joint custody was awarded and the children were to return to their father December 5th. The bodies were found December 3rd.In February 2025, Randall Beallis was arrested and charged with aggravated assault involving choking, domestic battery, and child endangerment. Charity emailed the medical board: "I had to call 911 on Sunday night for choking & beating me up. My two 6 year olds saw everything. We are traumatized."In July, Arkansas State Police substantiated child maltreatment for both twins. In October, Randall pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic battery and received a suspended sentence.Three days after the bodies were found, a dumpster diver discovered family belongings at an apartment complex in Fort Smith — photos, children's artwork, a necklace with the twins' names. The address matches Randall Beallis' February 2025 arrest report. Investigators have not commented.Randall Beallis has not been arrested or charged in connection with the deaths. His attorney says he was not responsible and is cooperating fully.Someone knows what happened that day.#CharityBeallis #TrueCrimeToday #BonanzaArkansas #RandallBeallis #ElianaBeallis #MaverickBeallis #ArkansasMurder #DomesticViolence #TrueCrimeNews #HiddenKillersJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Brendan Banfield's trial is over. The conviction is in. Life without parole. But the legal fight continues — because when you're facing dying in prison, you appeal everything, challenge everything, exhaust every possible avenue. The question is whether any of it has a real chance of working.Today on True Crime Today, defense attorney Bob Motta explains what comes next for Banfield and what his appellate lawyers are going to argue. Appeals aren't about convincing a new jury. They're about finding legal errors — things the trial judge did that violated procedure or the defendant's rights. Banfield's team has several potential arguments, but each faces serious obstacles.The Juliana deal is one angle. Murder dropped to manslaughter, time served, she walks free after testifying. The defense will argue that's so coercive it taints her testimony. Bob explains why courts rarely buy that argument — as long as the jury knew about the deal, and this jury did, it's usually considered fair game.The digital forensics issue is potentially stronger. The prosecution's own investigator got pulled off the case when his findings didn't align with their theory. If evidence was withheld from the defense, that's a Brady violation — one of the few things that can overturn a conviction. But proving it is hard, and getting a new trial is harder.Bob also addresses the "harmless error" doctrine — the legal standard that lets courts acknowledge mistakes but say they wouldn't have changed the outcome anyway. It kills most appeals, and Banfield's team will have to prove otherwise.#BrendanBanfield #BanfieldAppeal #TrueCrimeToday #LifeWithoutParole #BobMotta #ChristineBanfield #VirginiaAppeals #CriminalJustice #AppealProcess #DoubleHomicideJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Four days into the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, the investigation has reportedly turned toward those closest to her.According to a law enforcement source speaking to journalist Ashley Banfield, a vehicle belonging to Annie Guthrie — Nancy's daughter, Savannah's sister, and the last person to see Nancy alive — has been towed, impounded, and placed into evidence. FBI agents reportedly spent approximately two hours at Annie's home on Tuesday.Banfield was careful to frame this development. She emphasized that investigators always look at family first. It's standard procedure. She referenced Ed Smart, who was treated as a suspect for weeks after his daughter Elizabeth was kidnapped — and it turned out to be a stranger. Banfield called her source's theories "musings, not evidence."But the car being impounded is not routine.The crime scene evidence is troubling. Multiple cameras at the property were reportedly smashed. The back door was left wide open. Blood was found inside the home according to sources, though Sheriff Chris Nanos has declined to confirm. Brian Entin of NewsNation found blood visible at the front stoop. Retired FBI agent Maureen O'Connell said the droplet pattern suggests Nancy may have been carried out.Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker stopped syncing with her Apple Watch around 2 a.m. Sunday, according to law enforcement sources. That's when investigators believe she was taken. She cannot walk 50 yards unassisted. She requires medication that could be fatal if missed. She is now past 72 hours.When Entin asked retired FBI agents if they think Nancy is still alive, one said the blood evidence "let the air out of my tires." Another said, "Not likely." Sheriff Nanos, asked the same question: "We hope we are."Someone knew this house. The question is who.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TodayShow #FBI #TucsonArizona #Kidnapping #MissingPerson #TrueCrime #CrimeNews #TrueCrimeTodayJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The verdict is in. Brendan Banfield, the former IRS criminal investigator, has been convicted of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine and Ryan Banfield. The jury deliberated nine hours and came back with guilty on everything. No lesser charges, no compromises. Life without parole.Today on True Crime Today, defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down what happened in that Virginia courtroom and why the defense strategy failed. At the center of this case was Juliana, the au pair who admitted involvement but cut a deal that dropped her murder charge to manslaughter. She walked out of custody the day she testified. The defense hammered her as bought and paid for — a witness saying whatever prosecutors wanted to hear. Twelve jurors still believed her over Banfield.Bob explains the problem: attacking credibility only works if you give the jury something else to grab onto. The defense told jurors what didn't happen but never painted a clear picture of what did. That's a dangerous game in a double murder trial.We also break down Banfield's decision to testify. He took that stand and told jurors no reasonable person would kill their wife over a six-week fling. Bob analyzes whether that helped him or sealed his fate — and why defendants who think they can explain away evidence often make things worse.The DNA, the digital forensics fight, the investigation itself — it all gets examined. This is Part 1 of our Banfield verdict analysis, and it answers one question: where exactly did this case fall apart for the defense?#BrendanBanfield #BanfieldTrial #TrueCrimeToday #ChristineBanfield #BobMotta #AggravatedMurder #DoubleHomicide #DefenseAttorney #VirginiaCase #JuryVerdictJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Forget what you think you know about this case. This is the deep dive that puts it all together — and what it reveals is a pattern of alleged predatory behavior that spans thirty years, two generations, and at least two suspicious deaths.John-Paul Miller built his reputation as a man of God. He stood at the pulpit every Sunday preaching salvation. But according to court documents, sworn affidavits, police reports, and a federal indictment, the man behind the cross was allegedly running a different kind of operation entirely.His first wife alleges he confessed to sexual misconduct with underage girls in his church. His second wife — Mica Miller — told police he groomed her from the time she was a child. She called for help fourteen times in her final months. She reported tracking devices. Slashed tires. Being afraid for her life. The system told her to wait. Two days after serving him divorce papers, she was dead.Now JP Miller has been federally indicted for cyberstalking and lying to investigators. Prosecutors allege he tracked Mica's every move, posted nude photos of her online, contacted her over fifty times in a single day, and then lied about all of it when the FBI came asking questions. He has pleaded not guilty.But there's more. Two civil lawsuits allege JP and his father sexually abused minors at their churches for decades. And then there's Chris Skinner — the quadriplegic who drowned two weeks after allegedly confronting JP about an affair with his wife. JP married that widow last year. Neither death has resulted in charges against him.This episode connects every thread. The allegations. The documents. The deaths. The man at the center of it all.You're about to understand exactly who John-Paul Miller allegedly is.#MicaMiller #JPMiller #TrueCrimeToday #BreakingNews #PastorExposed #FederalIndictment #JusticeForMica #CoerciveControl #ChrisSkinner #SolidRockChurchJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Three cases. Three stages. One expert who's spent thirty years reading dangerous people. Robin Dreeke, former FBI special agent and head of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, breaks down the behavioral evidence in the McKee, Greenberg, and Banfield cases. Michael McKee allegedly threatened his ex-wife Monique Tepe for eight years before the December 30th killings — Robin explains what the language of ownership reveals and why the reconnaissance trip matters. Ellen Greenberg was found with 20 stab wounds and ruled a suicide — now federal investigators are reportedly probing whether officials committed crimes. Robin explains how corruption cases get built. Brendan Banfield called the murder accusation "absolutely crazy" — then his alibi collapsed and prosecutors showed love letters to the au pair. Robin analyzes what the defendant's testimony actually revealed. This is expert analysis across three high-profile cases that are commanding national attention right now.#RobinDreeke #FBI #MichaelMcKee #EllenGreenberg #BrendanBanfield #TrueCrimeToday #MoniqueTepe #AuPairAffair #FederalInvestigation #BehavioralAnalysisJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Federal prosecutors have reportedly issued subpoenas to multiple Philadelphia agencies in the Ellen Greenberg case—and they're not looking at whether Ellen was murdered. They're looking at whether the officials who handled her case broke federal law.Ellen Greenberg died in 2011 with twenty stab wounds, including ten to the back of her neck. The medical examiner ruled it homicide. Police pushed back. The ruling changed to suicide. For fifteen years, her parents have fought every agency in Pennsylvania to get answers. Every agency told them the same thing: their daughter killed herself by stabbing herself in the back of the neck ten times.Now the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is asking questions. Sources say the investigation centers on the Philadelphia Police Department, the Medical Examiner's Office, and the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office—which was run by current Governor Josh Shapiro when the case sat there for four years.The timeline is damning. The crime scene was cleaned before detectives processed it. James Schwartzman, the fiancé's uncle and a prominent judicial official, removed electronic devices before police secured a warrant. Those devices later became key evidence—despite the original report saying no suicidal content was found. Shapiro's office cited those searches as proof of suicide. Then discovered an "appearance of conflict" with the Goldberg and Schwartzman families. Four years after taking the case.If federal investigators find corruption, the statutes carry serious time. Deprivation of rights. Evidence tampering. Obstruction. Up to life in prison if the conduct contributed to a death.Someone outside Philadelphia is finally asking the questions this case has demanded for fifteen years.#EllenGreenberg #FederalProbe #JoshShapiro #PhiladelphiaCorruption #TrueCrimeToday #JamesSchwartzman #SamuelGoldberg #Subpoenas #CoverUp #JusticeForEllenJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Three weeks of testimony. Two days of the defendant on the stand. Brendan Banfield testified that he heard "moaning" from the bedroom, went upstairs with his gun, and shot Joseph Ryan after finding him kneeling over his naked wife with a knife. He called the murder accusation "absolutely crazy." But his own IRS supervisor came forward to say there was no important meeting scheduled that morning — contradicting his alibi. Prosecutors showed jail letters where Banfield professed love to Juliana and discussed baby names. They showed a framed photo of him and the au pair on his nightstand months after Christine's death. Robin Dreeke, former FBI special agent and behavioral analysis expert, breaks down what dismissive language reveals about a defendant's psychology, how blood evidence suggesting staging aligns with behavioral patterns, and whether the prosecution's complex conspiracy theory or the defense's simple alternative better explains what happened on February 24th, 2023.#BrendanBanfield #AuPairAffair #ChristineBanfield #JosephRyan #RobinDreeke #TrueCrimeToday #FBI #FairfaxCounty #DoubleMurder #CatfishingMurderJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The Nick Reiner case has sparked a national conversation about mental health, addiction, and what happens when families run out of options. But lost in the debate about system failures is a harder question: What do you do when someone refuses to be saved?Today we examine Nick Reiner's documented history — not through tabloid speculation, but through his own words in interviews spanning nearly a decade. From telling NPR he was a "spoiled, white, rich kid" to choosing homelessness over rehab rules to admitting on a podcast that he destroyed his parents' guest house while high on uppers — the pattern is consistent and chilling.We break down the 2015 film Being Charlie, where Nick co-wrote scenes depicting his father as complicit in his suffering — and got Rob Reiner to direct it. We examine how Michele Reiner publicly apologized for believing professionals who warned her that Nick was manipulating them. And we trace the conservatorship that expired in 2021, leaving the family with no legal mechanism to intervene.Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He has not been convicted, and all individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. But the documented record of his own statements raises questions that every family dealing with addiction and mental illness needs to hear.This is True Crime Today's editorial analysis of what the evidence reveals.#NickReiner #RobReiner #TrueCrimeToday #BrentwoodMurder #Addiction #MentalHealth #BeingCharlie #Hollywood #FamilyViolence #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Fifteen years after Ellen Greenberg was found with 20 stab wounds and ruled a suicide, the federal government is asking questions — not about how she died, but about who decided to call it suicide and why. Robin Dreeke, former FBI special agent and behavioral analysis expert, explains the federal methodology: how investigators build corruption cases against institutions, what makes people in the orbit of an investigation decide to cooperate, and what the medical examiner's sworn recantation of his own ruling means for everyone else who touched this case. The crime scene was professionally cleaned before homicide detectives could return. Electronic devices were removed by a politically connected family member. The ruling changed from homicide to suicide after police publicly disputed it. And Josh Shapiro's office held the case for four years before suddenly discovering a "conflict of interest" with connected families. Robin breaks down what federal investigators are looking for, who's most vulnerable to pressure, and why the complete institutional silence tells us more than any press conference could.#EllenGreenberg #FederalInvestigation #RobinDreeke #FBI #Philadelphia #TrueCrimeToday #JusticeForEllen #CoverUp #SamGoldberg #20StabWoundsJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The probable cause affidavit in the Michael McKee case has been unsealed, and the details are damning. According to court documents filed in Franklin County, McKee allegedly stalked his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer for weeks before their December 30th murders—and drove 900 miles round trip in just 17 hours to carry out the killings.Here's what we now know from the affidavit:McKee allegedly entered the Tepe property on December 6th while the couple was at the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis. Surveillance video captured him on the property for several hours. Monique left the game at halftime, reportedly upset about something involving her ex-husband.Witnesses told investigators McKee had threatened Monique for years, allegedly telling her he could "kill her at any time" and that she would "always be his wife." At least one witness reported allegations of strangulation and forced sex during their marriage.On December 29th, McKee allegedly left his cell phone at the hospital where he worked in Rockford, Illinois. That phone showed no activity for 17 hours—the exact window needed to drive 450 miles to Columbus, commit the murders at approximately 3:50 a.m., and return.Investigators tracked a silver SUV with a distinctive window sticker to McKee. After the murders, fresh scrape marks appeared where the sticker had been. A firearm found at his Chicago condo was matched through ballistics to the crime scene.McKee was arrested 11 days later at a Chick-fil-A near his workplace. He has pleaded not guilty to four counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated burglary.#TrueCrimeToday #MichaelMcKee #TepeCase #BreakingNews #ColumbusOhio #AffidavitUnsealed #AggravatedMurder #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #DomesticViolenceJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.