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Before the door opens at two in the morning, the crime has already been committed in everything but the final act. Every targeted abduction follows a predictable operational cycle — and the surveillance phase, the days or weeks of watching that precede the taking, is both the most critical stage and the one the public understands least.In this episode, we profile the pre-attack indicators in abduction cases that law enforcement and behavioral analysts have documented across decades of FBI research. We break down the attack cycle stage by stage — target selection, surveillance, planning, deployment — and examine how predators assess their targets through a deliberate risk-benefit calculation. Isolation. Predictable routines. Perceived vulnerability. Security infrastructure that looks present but functionally isn't.We walk through the TEDD surveillance detection framework used by the U.S. government and explain why most criminals are far worse at surveillance than people assume. We confront the insider threat — the documented pattern where abductors leverage someone with existing access to the victim. And we use the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as a real-time illustration.The Pima County Sheriff's timeline tells a story: doorbell camera disconnected at 1:47 a.m., camera detection with no saved footage at 2:12 a.m., pacemaker app disconnect at 2:28 a.m. No suspects have been named. But the operational precision visible in that sequence is consistent with what behavioral analysts see in planned, targeted abductions — not crimes of impulse.This is an evergreen deep dive into how predators operate before they strike, what the warning signs actually look like, and why the predator's greatest advantage has never been strength or sophistication — it's the fact that most people simply aren't paying attention.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #WhenPredatorsWatch #PreAttackIndicators #TrueCrimePodcast #AttackCycle #FBIBehavioralAnalysis #AbductionPrevention #SurveillanceDetection #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.

Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke — former Chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — breaks down the behavioral profile of the ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance and explains why the communication pattern doesn't match a legitimate kidnapping-for-ransom.Three identical letters sent to media outlets demanded millions in Bitcoin, referenced non-public details about Nancy's home, and provided zero way for the family to communicate back. No phone number. No email. No encrypted channel. The family has shifted from demanding proof of life to publicly saying "we will pay" — with no indication proof was ever provided. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe told CNN the FBI helped craft that statement. CNN's Josh Campbell confirmed the public plea means no private negotiation channel exists.A second message arrived Friday with no demands and no proof of life. KOLD won't call it a ransom note. The Monday deadline is here. Six million dollars. A threat on Nancy's life. And no one to pay it to.Dreeke applies decades of FBI behavioral expertise to the questions that matter. Why send a ransom to the press instead of the family? Why go silent after the first deadline? What does the level of interior knowledge suggest about authorship? And when the behavioral profile of a ransom demand doesn't match any known kidnapping pattern, what does it actually match?Robin Dreeke is a retired FBI Special Agent and former Chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #RansomNote #RobinDreeke #FBI #BitcoinRansom #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #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.

Ten days before jury selection begins in her aggravated murder trial, Kouri Richins' case appeared in a Department of Homeland Security intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement that domestic partners are increasingly using chemical and biological toxins to kill. The January 2026 bulletin documented seventeen cases since 2014 with at least eleven deaths, identifying substances like cyanide, antifreeze, fentanyl, and common eye drops — all chosen because they mimic natural illness. DHS specifically cited Richins' upcoming trial as part of this accelerating national pattern.Richins is charged with aggravated murder in the 2022 fentanyl death of her husband Eric in Kamas, Utah. Prosecutors allege she spiked his cocktail with a fatal dose — five times the lethal amount found in his blood — after a failed attempt on Valentine's Day two weeks earlier. The alleged motive is financial, with prosecutors claiming her realty company owed at least $1.8 million while Eric's estate was worth roughly $5 million. She has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent. Trial begins February 23, 2026.But the DHS warning isn't just about the Richins case. It's about what we're missing. America's autopsy rate has collapsed to 8.5%, with natural-looking deaths autopsied just 4.3% of the time. Death certificates are wrong roughly a third of the time. Tony examines three convicted spousal poisoners — James Craig, Lana Clayton, and Stacey Castor — who each nearly escaped detection, and connects their cases to the Richins trial and the systemic blind spots that let poisoners walk free. The system didn't catch any of them. A person did every time.#KouriRichins #DHSPoisoningWarning #SpousalPoisoning #JamesCraig #LanaClayton #StaceyCastor #AutopsyCrisis #EricRichins #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

Two massive investigations. One retired FBI Special Agent. Jennifer Coffindaffer — twenty-two years with the Bureau — analyzes both.In Tucson, Nancy Guthrie has been missing for five days. The FBI is jointly running the case. Ransom notes went to media outlets, not the family. No proof of life. No follow-up. The sheriff denied forced entry and contradicted media reports. The next day, investigators returned to the crime scene with canine units and evidence bags. The doorbell camera is empty.In Los Angeles, the D4VD grand jury is escalating. A close friend was arrested and compelled to testify. The label head was grilled for days. Outside forensic experts were brought in. The Tesla where Celeste Rivas Hernandez's remains were found was held for forty-eight hours. No charges filed.Coffindaffer reads between the lines on both — what the silence means in Guthrie, what the pressure means in D4VD, and where each investigation actually stands right now.#NancyGuthrie #D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #FBI #GrandJury #JenniferCoffindaffer #RansomNotes #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.

What does an autopsy really say about motive when the victims never get to speak? In the McKee/Tepe case, the autopsy paints a brutal, almost surgical picture. Monique Tepe was shot nine times, including a close-range gunshot to the face. Spencer Tepe was shot seven times, with defensive wounds to his hand and arm suggesting he tried to shield his wife in their final moments. Both likely died within seconds to minutes. A full magazine was emptied. Two children slept just feet away. Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke breaks down what these wound patterns can reveal about the shooter's psychological state, and whether Michael McKee's alleged eight-year fixation made this outcome feel inevitable. Why was Monique shot more times, and at closer range? Does a facial gunshot point to something personal, rage-driven, or symbolic? What do Spencer's defensive injuries tell us about the sequence of events and his last attempt to intervene? Sixteen rounds fired into two people isn't impulsive. Robin explains what that volume of fire suggests about mental rehearsal versus explosive emotion, and how professional conditioning may shape how violence is carried out. According to the affidavit, McKee allegedly told Monique over the years that he could “kill her at any time” and that “she will always be his wife.” Robin explores the so-called wound collector profile, someone who stockpiles perceived slights for years, feeding revenge fantasies until a final trigger pulls everything into motion. With a phone that allegedly went dark during the murder window, stolen plates on the SUV, and post-arrest attempts to alter identifying details, investigators point to counter-forensic behavior and operational awareness. But can anything crack someone who may have planned this for nearly a decade, and does the autopsy itself hold the key to breaking through that psychological armor? #MichaelMcKee #TepeAutopsy #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #RobinDreeke #FBIBehavioralAnalysis #WoundCollector #16Gunshots #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers 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.

The D4VD grand jury investigation is ramping up. Neo Langston — a close friend of D4VD — was arrested by seven officers in Montana on an LAPD Robbery-Homicide warrant and compelled to testify as a witness. He was in front of the grand jury for roughly thirty to forty minutes. Label head Robert Morgenroth testified for multiple days and was allegedly grilled about why he never called police. Outside forensic experts have reportedly been brought in because of conflict between the DA's office and the LA County Medical Examiner.Five months after Celeste Rivas Hernandez's dismembered remains were found in D4VD's Tesla, no charges have been filed. But multiple sources say an indictment is likely. Investigators have reportedly reconstructed D4VD's digital footprint down to the minute. The Tesla was held by LAPD for only forty-eight hours.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down what compelled, short-duration witness testimony reveals about what prosecutors already know, how the forensic battles could affect the case, and whether this grand jury timeline signals strength or struggle.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #GrandJury #NeoLangston #LAPD #JenniferCoffindaffer #RobberyHomicide #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcastJoin 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.

Nine days after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson home, the gap between what investigators are saying and what they are doing has never been wider. Officially — no suspects, no persons of interest, no vehicles. On the ground — drone footage of deputies probing a septic tank on Nancy's property. Three hours of forensic work inside Annie Guthrie's home Saturday night with photography flashes through the windows and deputies leaving with evidence bags and latex gloves. Investigators pulling Circle K surveillance footage after an employee said they were looking for "a guy that got away." Topographic search grids photographed at a staging area and carried into headquarters. A crime scene released after one day, re-entered five times, with a rooftop camera missed for five days. The ransom notes that launched a thousand headlines contained no proof of life, no communication channel back to the sender, and produced zero follow-through when the first deadline passed. The family's "we will pay" video was FBI-directed, responding to a second note that asked for nothing. Sheriff Chris Nanos was photographed near the front row at a basketball game Saturday evening while his deputies were extracting evidence from a family member's home. His own union revealed he grounded the thermal-imaging Cessna by punishing its pilot and transferred the most experienced Search and Rescue deputy off the unit months before Nancy vanished. Nancy is 84. Her pacemaker went dark at 2:28 AM. She has been without life-sustaining medication for nine days. The investigation just went silent — no scheduled briefings. That is not a department with nothing. That is a department building toward something.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #FBI #ChrisNanos #PimaCounty #MissingPerson #ForensicSearch #CrimeSceneJoin 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 denied forced entry. Denied cameras were smashed. Called suspect reports reckless. But the next day, investigators returned to Nancy Guthrie's home with crime scene tape, canine units, evidence bags, and federal agents from multiple agencies — one day after the sheriff said the scene was fully processed.Standing at Thursday's press conference, the sheriff and FBI SAC Heith Janke delivered contradictory messages from the same podium. The sheriff said no suspects, no persons of interest. The FBI announced a reward, detailed ransom note contents, and warned imposters.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer explains what the sheriff's specific language is actually communicating, why the divergent messaging between agencies reveals tension in who controls the narrative, what triggers a second entry into a completed crime scene, and what canine units on that return visit were specifically searching for.The doorbell camera came back empty. Blood was confirmed as Nancy's on the porch. Five days in, no one has been named. Coffindaffer reads between the lines of what has — and hasn't — been made public.#NancyGuthrie #SheriffNanos #FBI #CrimeScene #JenniferCoffindaffer #CatalinaFoothills #PimaCounty #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcastJoin 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.

There's a kind of destruction that doesn't leave marks. No blood. No crime scene tape. Just a slow, grinding disappearance of everything you used to be — your confidence, your judgment, your identity — until one day you realize your entire life has become a hostage negotiation with someone who's supposed to love you back.This episode examines what daily life reportedly looked like inside the Reiner household long before December 14th. Not the hospitalizations or the arrests or the blowups that made the news. The quiet stuff. The invisible control. The way a narcissistic, addicted personality allegedly bent an entire family's reality around his needs until two of the most accomplished people in Hollywood reportedly couldn't make a decision without first calculating how Nick would react.Rob Reiner directed some of the most iconic films in American history. Michele Singer Reiner was a photographer, an activist, a woman with purpose and fire. And by multiple accounts, their lives reportedly collapsed into a single orbit — managing their son's next crisis, absorbing his next outburst, adjusting their expectations downward one more time because confronting the truth was worse than living the lie.This isn't just reporting. This is education. This episode breaks down the mechanics of narcissistic control for anyone who's living it right now — the morning threat assessments, the reality erosion, the crisis cycles that masquerade as progress, and the moment you realize that the person you've been trying to save has made your survival feel like betrayal. Michele Reiner said publicly that professionals told them Nick was manipulating them. She and Rob reportedly came to reject that guidance. That's not bad parenting. That's the end stage of what this episode describes.If someone in your life is slowly erasing you, this one's for you.#NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #NarcissisticManipulation #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #AddictionAndControl #CoerciveControl #ReinerCase #ToxicFamilyDynamicsJoin 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 disappearance of Nancy Guthrie from her Catalina Foothills home has escalated rapidly. The FBI is now jointly running the investigation with Pima County. More than a hundred investigators are working the case. A fifty-thousand-dollar reward has been posted. And ransom notes were sent not to the Guthrie family or to law enforcement — but to media outlets including TMZ and local Tucson stations.Those notes reportedly reference an Apple Watch and a floodlight, demand millions in bitcoin, and carry two deadlines. The FBI says there has been no proof of life and no follow-up communication. One person has already been arrested for filing an imposter ransom demand.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer brings twenty-two years of Bureau experience to break down what the ransom communications are actually telling investigators. She explains how the FBI coordinates a hundred-person operation, why sending demands to the press is a red flag for investigators, what the Bureau accepts as legitimate proof of life when AI can now fabricate video and audio, and what happens behind the scenes when ransom deadlines pass with nothing but silence.FBI SAC Heith Janke said in a normal kidnapping there would be contact by now. There hasn't been. Coffindaffer explains what that means.#NancyGuthrie #FBI #RansomNotes #JenniferCoffindaffer #Kidnapping #CatalinaFoothills #PimaCounty #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcastJoin 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 anyway.What does it cost to function—to work, to fall in love again, to marry Spencer, to raise two children—while knowing someone has promised to kill you? That's the question that doesn't make headlines.Strangulation is one of the most significant predictors of future lethality in domestic violence research. If McKee did what witnesses allege, Monique was statistically 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 explains why there's so often a gap between what a victim communicates and what the people who love them actually hear—and what eight years of constant threat assessment does to someone psychologically.Scott has spent over thirty years working with survivors of intimate partner violence. She's also a survivor herself—her ex-husband died by revenge suicide after she asked for divorce.Then there's McKee's response to being charged. He pleaded not guilty. Waived his bail hearing but reserved the right to revisit it. Chess move, not surrender. Scott analyzes defendants who treat courtrooms like arenas—not places of accountability, but stages to prove they're smarter than everyone else. Ted Bundy, Scott Peterson, Chris Watts. The theory: the detachment that lets someone sit calmly facing murder charges is the same detachment that allegedly let them pull the trigger.McKee has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent until proven guilty.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #ShavaunScott #DomesticViolence #Strangulation #CoerciveControl #DVSurvivor #ColumbusOhio #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/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.

Everyone already thinks Michael McKee is guilty. Surveillance footage allegedly linking his vehicle to the scene. A firearm from his Chicago condo matched through national ballistics databases. Witnesses describing years of alleged abuse—that he could "kill her at any time," that Monique would "always be his wife." His phone going silent during the murder window. The court of public opinion convicted him before he was arraigned.Defense attorney Bob Motta looks at cases like this and asks the questions nobody else wants to ask. That's how the justice system is supposed to work.The surveillance footage everyone treats as a smoking gun—how reliable is it really? Bob breaks down what people get wrong about video evidence. The hearsay testimony from friends claiming Monique said McKee threatened her—she's not alive to testify, so can prosecutors even use it? The phone going dark sounds damning, but digital evidence cuts both ways.Then there's the not guilty plea. McKee waived extradition immediately and his bail hearing while reserving future rights. Strategy, not desperation. Forensic experts call defendants who view their own prosecution as competition the "game player"—the pattern seen in Scott Peterson, Chris Watts, Ted Bundy. Men who faced overwhelming evidence but refused to fold.The same detachment that allows someone to treat a murder trial as an intellectual exercise may be the same detachment that enables the act itself. 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.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #BobMotta #DefenseStrategy #AggravatedMurder #ColumbusOhio #TrueCrime #GamePlayerPsychology #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/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.

Nancy Guthrie is eighty-four years old, and she didn't just go missing. She disappeared from inside her own home—where investigators found blood at the entry and inside the residence. From the first hours, law enforcement processed the scene as a crime. Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed this is being investigated as a kidnapping.According to law enforcement sources, Nancy's pacemaker stopped syncing with her Apple Watch at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday. The device lost its Bluetooth connection when Nancy was physically moved out of range. The watch was left behind. Multiple cameras at the property were smashed. The back door was left wide open. Retired FBI agent Maureen O'Connell analyzed footage showing blood at the front door and said the round droplets suggest Nancy may have been carried out.Roughly thirty hours after the initial response, the scene was released. Tape came down. Activity slowed. Then—without public explanation—everything reversed. Crime scene tape went back up. Multiple agencies surged back in. Canine units arrived. Officers focused heavily on the garage. That pattern tells a story. Scenes don't get reopened without cause. Something changed.The investigation has turned toward family members as standard procedure. A vehicle belonging to Nancy's daughter Annie was towed and impounded. FBI agents spent two hours at Annie's home. Reports have emerged of ransom-style messages referencing cryptocurrency and claiming knowledge of crime scene details. Savannah Guthrie and her siblings released an emotional plea—specifically requesting proof of life. That language signals concern about the credibility of communications the family may have received.Nancy cannot walk fifty yards unassisted. She requires daily medication that could be fatal if missed. She is past the seventy-two-hour mark. When asked if they believe Nancy is alive, Sheriff Nanos said: "We hope we are." Retired FBI agents were more blunt. One said the blood evidence "let the air out of my tires."#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TodayShow #Tucson #CatalinaFoothills #Kidnapping #MissingPerson #FBI #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/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.

Mica Miller called police fourteen times in her final months. She told officers she was afraid for her life. She told family members if she ended up with a bullet in her head, it wasn't by her—it was JP. Two days after serving her husband divorce papers, she was dead. Her death was ruled a suicide.Now the federal government has indicted Pastor John-Paul Miller. They allege he cyberstalked her for eighteen months—tracking her car, posting a nude photo of her online, contacting her over fifty times in a single day, and lying to investigators about all of it. He has pleaded not guilty.But this story doesn't start with Mica. It starts with JP's father—a man whose own ex-wife testified he exercised absolute control over his family and congregation. It continues through JP's first marriage, where his ex-wife alleges he confessed to sexual misconduct with underage church members. And it connects to Chris Skinner—a quadriplegic who drowned two weeks after allegedly confronting JP about sleeping with his wife. JP married that widow thirteen months after Mica died.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, who has spent thirty years treating survivors of coercive control, walks through how coercive controllers weaponize systems against their victims. In February 2024, Mica was involuntarily hospitalized. When she got out, her car was gone, her accounts were locked, and documents she'd collected about his abuse had allegedly been removed. JP told media Mica had "mental health struggles." Scott explains how abusers use these narratives to ensure no one believes their victims.Two civil lawsuits allege JP and his father sexually abused minors for decades. They deny everything. South Carolina still has no standalone coercive control law. Senate Bill 702 keeps stalling. This case shows exactly why.#MicaMiller #JPMiller #JohnPaulMiller #CoerciveControl #FederalIndictment #PastorAbuse #SolidRockChurch #MyrtleBeach #DomesticViolence #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/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.

December 6th, 2025. Monique and Spencer Tepe are in Indianapolis watching the Big Ten Championship. According to court documents, Michael McKee was at their Columbus home that same day—captured on surveillance walking through their yard.Monique left the game at halftime. Upset about something involving her ex-husband.Did she somehow know he'd been there? Did she sense something? Three weeks later, she and Spencer were dead.This episode combines FBI behavioral analysis with a hard look at why victims of stalking so often don't report—even when they know they're in danger.Robin Dreeke, former head of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, breaks down the psychology of McKee's alleged eight-year obsession. The threats witnesses say he made over the years. The alleged abuse during the marriage—strangulation, forced sex. The December 6th reconnaissance trip that allegedly preceded the killings by three weeks.Robin explains the behavioral distinction between threats made as manipulation and threats made as rehearsal. When someone says "I could kill you at any time" for eight years and then allegedly does it—what was happening psychologically during that timeline? What does it mean when the threats finally stop being words?We also examine the gap between knowing you're in danger and the system being able to help. What does Ohio law actually require for a protection order? What holds victims back from reporting? And what can the legal system do when someone is being stalked by a person who technically hasn't broken the law yet?This isn't victim blaming. It's understanding why the space between fear and action is so hard to cross—and what you can do if you're in that space right now.#MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #MichaelMcKee #RobinDreeke #December6th #DomesticViolence #Stalking #FBIBehavioralAnalysis #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/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.

Juliana Peres Magalhães testified that she watched Brendan Banfield stab his wife Christine. She admitted to helping stage the crime scene. She called 911 with him standing next to her.She walked out of court with time served on a manslaughter plea.Brendan Banfield is going to prison for the rest of his life.The jury deliberated nine hours. Guilty on every count. Aggravated murder. No compromises. No mercy. Twelve people heard the defense call Juliana bought and paid for—and convicted him anyway.Defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down what went wrong.The fundamental problem: the defense told jurors what didn't happen, but never told them what did. Banfield's DNA wasn't on the murder weapon. The digital forensics fight went nowhere. They attacked Juliana's credibility from every angle. But attacking a cooperating witness only works if you give the jury an alternative story.The defense never did.Then Banfield took the stand. A former IRS special agent who spent his career inside the system, apparently confident he could beat it. He told jurors that "no reasonable person" would kill their wife over a six-week affair with the au pair.They gave him life without parole.Bob identifies the moment this case was probably lost. He explains why putting Banfield on the stand may have sealed his fate. And he addresses the appeal grounds already taking shape—the cooperating witness deal, suppressed digital evidence, and a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling that could matter.Prosecutors argued Banfield and Magalhães catfished Joseph Ryan through the fetish website FetLife, lured him to the house believing he was meeting Christine for a consensual violent encounter, then killed him and framed him for her murder.The jury believed every word.#BrendanBanfield #ChristineBanfield #BanfieldGuilty #JulianaMagalhaes #AuPairTestimony #BobMotta #DefenseStrategy #AggravatedMurder #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/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.

Eric Richins had five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system. But no fentanyl was ever recovered. No pills. No forensic link tying Kouri Richins directly to the drugs. And now the witness who was supposed to prove where the fentanyl came from has recanted.Robert Crozier originally told investigators he sold fentanyl to the housekeeper in the alleged drug chain. Now he's signed a sworn affidavit saying it was OxyContin, not fentanyl—and that he was detoxing and "out of it" during the original interview.The defense says this eviscerates the prosecution's sourcing theory. If Crozier didn't provide fentanyl, the chain that supposedly put the murder weapon in Kouri's hands falls apart.But that's not the only bomb dropped before trial. A new motion alleges prosecutors are intimidating witnesses—threatening arrest and suggesting immunity could be revoked if witnesses don't cooperate with additional meetings.Defense attorney Eric Faddis breaks down what these developments mean. Is witness intimidation a legitimate concern or standard trial prep? Can prosecutors pivot on the drug sourcing without destroying their credibility? And what happens when your case depends on proving a poisoning you can't forensically connect to the defendant?We examine every pretrial ruling: the 26 financial fraud charges severed from the murder trial, the FBI profiler limited to rebuttal, the domestic violence expert blocked entirely, and the "Walk the Dog" letter allegedly found in Kouri's jail cell—prosecutors say it instructed her mother how to lie on the stand. The defense says it was fiction.80% of Summit County residents recognize this case. Eight jurors from that county will decide Kouri's fate.Trial begins February 23rd.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #FentanylMurder #WitnessRecants #WalkTheDogLetter #NoForensicLink #EricFaddis #UtahMurderTrial #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/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.

On the Dopey podcast, Nick Reiner admitted to throwing a rock through a window specifically to "prove he was crazy" and manipulate staff into giving him drugs. That wasn't speculation from a prosecutor. That was Nick, in his own words, explaining how he gamed the system.Now he's reportedly expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity for the stabbing deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner.This episode traces Nick Reiner's cognitive architecture across nearly a decade of interviews and podcast appearances. We examine how he convinced his parents to publicly apologize for listening to doctors. How he co-wrote a film—Being Charlie—that blamed his father for his failures, and got Rob Reiner to direct it. How he chose homelessness over following rules, knowing the safety net would always be there.Then we hear from Danny Spilar, who shared a room with Nick in a $60,000-a-month Malibu rehab when both were teenagers. According to Danny, the hatred was there from the beginning. Nick would stay up after lights out ranting about his parents. He was violent—attacking another teen, getting physical with Danny. And he blamed everything on his parents' fame.This wasn't after years of drug damage. This was the baseline.Danny says he knew exactly who killed Rob and Michele the moment he saw the headlines. He doesn't buy the insanity defense. And he thinks jurors won't either—not when they hear Nick's own admissions about manipulating treatment providers.Eighteen rehab stays. Two parents who never stopped trying. What happens when addiction becomes an identity and the people trying to save you become the enemy?For families living this nightmare right now—this one's for you.#NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleSingerReiner #DannySpilar #DopeyPodcast #InsanityDefense #BeingCharlie #BrentwoodMurder #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/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 told friends what her ex-husband said to her. That he could kill her at any time. That she would always be his wife. That he'd find her and buy the house right next to hers.Now she and Spencer Tepe are dead. Monique can't testify. And those three statements might be the most damaging evidence prosecutors have.This episode takes you inside both the investigation that caught Michael McKee and the defense strategy that will try to keep those words away from a jury.Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer explains the forensic architecture: how investigators connected a surgeon in Chicago to a double homicide in Columbus in just 11 days. The surveillance footage. The NIBIN ballistics hit linking a gun in McKee's condo to shell casings at the crime scene. The 18-hour phone blackout during the murder window. The stolen plates from Ohio and Arizona—counter-surveillance moves that created their own trail.Then defense attorney Eric Faddis reveals what McKee's team is planning. The hearsay battle over Monique's statements to friends. The fight to exclude testimony about alleged abuse that was never reported to police. The innocent explanations they might offer for the phone gap, the surveillance footage, the vehicle tracking.McKee waived his bail hearing. That's not a small decision. Eric explains what that strategic choice signals about how his attorneys see this case.The indictment alleges either an automatic weapon or a suppressor—charged in the alternative. Why would prosecutors structure it that way? What are they holding back?If acquittal isn't realistic, what does a "win" look like for Michael McKee? Is there a path to lesser charges—or is his defense team just trying to avoid the worst possible outcome?#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #TepeMurders #HearsayEvidence #JenniferCoffindaffer #EricFaddis #FBIForensics #DefenseStrategy #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/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 court documents in the Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe murder case reveal both the evidence prosecutors are building on and the psychology allegedly behind the killings.According to witnesses, Michael McKee made three statements to Monique during and after their marriage: that he could "kill her at any time," that he would "find her and buy the house right next to her," and that "she will always be his wife." Surveillance footage allegedly captured McKee walking through the Tepes' yard on December 7th, 2025—twenty-three days before the murders—while Spencer and Monique were at the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis. Monique reportedly left that game early, upset about something involving her ex-husband.The affidavit reads like a prosecutor's blueprint: stolen license plates from two states, a cell phone that went dark during the murder window, a vehicle tracked arriving before and leaving after. Witnesses told investigators that during the marriage, McKee allegedly strangled Monique and forced unwanted sex on her. Strangulation is the single greatest predictor of future lethality in domestic violence cases.Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis analyzes the case through the prosecution's lens. He breaks down which evidence he'd build the entire case around, examines the hearsay problem with statements Monique allegedly made to friends about death threats, and explains whether prior abuse allegations never criminally charged can reach a jury. The firearm specifications—alleging either an automatic weapon or silencer—signal premeditation and transform how a jury perceives the crime.This case reveals the brutal reality that doing everything right—leaving, divorcing, rebuilding—doesn't always protect you from someone who never recognized your right to leave.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 #WeinlandPark #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/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.

Neo Langston finally faced the grand jury investigating Celeste Rivas Hernandez's death on February 4, 2026—but his testimony lasted roughly 40 minutes, a fraction of the three days D4VD's manager Robert Morgenroth spent answering questions. The stark contrast has raised immediate questions about what happened inside that Los Angeles courtroom.Langston, a close friend of singer D4VD, was arrested January 22 in Helena, Montana, after fleeing a subpoena. Police took him into custody at his mother's home, and he was transported to Los Angeles and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center before posting $60,000 bail. His brief testimony comes after prosecutors fought across state lines to secure his appearance.Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman, who has aggressively questioned witnesses throughout the proceedings, declined to comment as she entered the courthouse. Langston left without answering reporters' questions. The brevity of his appearance suggests he may have invoked Fifth Amendment protections, prosecutors already had what they needed, or cooperation is happening behind sealed doors.Private investigator Steve Fischer has publicly stated he's "certain" who moved D4VD's Tesla in late July 2025 based on surveillance footage—though he hasn't named the individual. Fischer also discovered an unopened burn cage incinerator and unused chainsaw at D4VD's former Hollywood Hills rental, raising disturbing questions about original disposal plans.LAPD has confirmed D4VD is a suspect and identified a second individual allegedly involved "before, during, and after" Celeste's death. TMZ reports murder charges are likely. The grand jury continues through February. No arrests have been made. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty.#NeoLangston #D4VD #CelesteRivas #GrandJury #BethSilverman #LAPD #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #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 joins Hidden Killers to break down three of the most followed cases in true crime—the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping, the Charity Beallis family deaths, and the newly unsealed McKee affidavit.Nancy Guthrie, 84, was taken from her Tucson home. She's the mother of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie. Investigators confirmed forced entry, DNA evidence, and bitcoin ransom demands sent to media outlets. Pacemaker sync data may establish the timeline. No suspects have been identified. Faddis analyzes the legal landscape—cryptocurrency evidence, medical device data at trial, and how law enforcement's conflicting public statements become defense material.Charity Beallis and her twins were shot to death December 3rd in Arkansas—one day after her divorce was finalized. Her father says she was shot twice. Two months, no arrest. The history includes a 2025 arrest for allegedly choking Charity, substantiated child maltreatment, and a prior wife dead in 2012 under similar circumstances. Faddis walks through what's causing the delay and what defense strategy emerges from this background.The McKee affidavit documents alleged obsession spanning eight years. Surveillance footage shows Michael McKee in the Tepes' yard while they were away. Stolen plates on his vehicle. Years of threats. A phone that went dark during the murder window. Automatic weapon or silencer specifications. No forced entry. Faddis breaks down what the prosecution is building and identifies potential defense challenges.Three cases. Three different evidence profiles. Three different stages of investigation and prosecution.Eric Faddis provides the legal framework for understanding each—what prosecutors have, what they need, and what the people at the center of these investigations should be thinking about their exposure right now.#NancyGuthrie #CharityBeallis #MichaelMcKee #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #CriminalDefense #LegalAnalysisJoin 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 South Carolina Supreme Court hears Alex Murdaugh's appeal February 11, 2026. The ground has shifted — because the woman who oversaw his jury just admitted to lying under oath about her conduct during the trial.Becky Hill, former Colleton County Clerk of Court, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to obstruction of justice, perjury, and two counts of misconduct. The perjury conviction stems from false testimony at a January 2024 hearing before retired Chief Justice Jean Toal. Toal was evaluating whether Hill tampered with Murdaugh's jury. She asked Hill directly if she let media view sealed exhibits. Hill said no. According to prosecutors, that was a lie.Murdaugh's defense successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to add Hill's conviction to the appellate record. The justices will now evaluate jury tampering claims knowing the court official at the center is a convicted perjurer.The state's response called Hill's conduct "foolish and fleeting" and insisted Murdaugh was "obviously guilty." That was filed before Hill's guilty plea. The state's position depends on trusting a woman who has proven she cannot be trusted.Defense attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin argue Hill's conduct is structural error — that jury tampering by a state actor is presumptively prejudicial under federal precedent. They also challenge the week of financial crimes testimony they say turned the murder trial into character assassination.The court can affirm, reverse for a new trial, or remand. The ruling comes later, in writing. But the person the state relied on to dismiss these concerns can no longer be believed.#MurdaughAppeal #BeckyHill #AlexMurdaugh #TrueCrime #JuryTampering #HiddenKillers #SupremeCourt #CriminalJustice #MurdaughTrial #SouthCarolinaJoin 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 unsealed affidavit in the McKee case documents what prosecutors describe as nearly a decade of alleged obsession with Monique Tepe. Surveillance footage shows Michael McKee in the Tepes' yard days before the murders—while Spencer and Monique were out of town. Witnesses describe years of threats. Stolen plates. A phone that went dark during the killing window.Defense attorney Eric Faddis analyzes what this evidence means for the prosecution's case and where the defense might push back.The surveillance footage is central. McKee captured on camera walking through the victims' property while they attended the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis. That's pre-offense reconnaissance, and Faddis explains how prosecutors use that to establish prior calculation and design.The threats span years. 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." How does that historical evidence get introduced—and what threshold does the prosecution need to meet?Firearm specifications are charged in the alternative: automatic weapon or silencer. The weapon hasn't been recovered. Faddis walks through what those specifications signal and how they affect sentencing.Digital evidence creates circumstantial support. McKee's phone showed no activity from December 29th through noon on December 30th—covering the 3:50 a.m. estimated time of death. How do prosecutors frame silence as guilt?The vehicle evidence is layered. A silver SUV tracked to McKee appeared near the Tepe home displaying stolen plates. After arrest, scrape marks showed a distinctive sticker had been removed.No forced entry was found. The aggravated burglary charge suggests prosecutors have a theory about how McKee gained access.McKee waived extradition and pleaded not guilty. Eric Faddis breaks down what comes next.#MichaellMcKee #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #TepeMurders #OhioMurder #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #AggravatedMurder #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.

The investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie is now focused on the people in her world as much as the crime scene itself. Agents with forensic extraction devices entered the home of Nancy's daughter Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni, the last people to see her before she vanished. The Pima County Sheriff has confirmed no suspects and no persons of interest, and has called unverified media reports naming potential suspects reckless and potentially harmful to the case.The Guthrie family released a video statement described by former federal law enforcement analysts as carefully directed by authorities. Every line was strategic — from humanizing Nancy to asking directly for proof of life. Meanwhile, tips are flooding in, a fifty-thousand-dollar reward has been posted, and over a hundred investigators are working the case.In Part 2 of this interview, Robin Dreeke — former FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — explains how investigators behaviorally assess everyone in a victim's orbit. How do you tell grief from guilt? What does a forensic device extraction really accomplish beyond recovering data? How do premature public accusations change the landscape for investigators, for the accused, and for whoever actually did this? And what happens to the behavioral dynamics if this case goes cold?#NancyGuthrie #RobinDreeke #HiddenKillers #FBIBehavioralAnalysis #SavannahGuthrie #Kidnapping #TrueCrime #CellebriteForensics #PimaCountySheriff #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 December 3rd in Bonanza, Arkansas. Two months later, no arrest. Charity's father says he viewed her body and she was shot twice—chest and forehead. If accurate, that eliminates suicide. So what's taking so long?The timeline speaks for itself. Divorce finalized December 2nd. Joint custody awarded. Twins scheduled to return to Randall Beallis December 5th. One day before that transfer, Charity and the children were dead.Defense attorney Eric Faddis analyzes what's likely happening behind the scenes and what legal thresholds investigators might be trying to meet.The documented history is extensive. Randall was arrested February 2025 for allegedly choking Charity in front of their children. Charges were reduced to a misdemeanor. Child maltreatment was substantiated for both twins in July. His attorney says he's cooperating and was not responsible for the deaths.Then there's 2012. Randall's second wife Shawna was found dead with a gunshot wound to the forehead. Ruled suicide. The case was reopened in 2021 after statements to police, then closed because evidence had been destroyed by court order. Faddis explains what happens when a defendant has a prior death in their history that mirrors the current case.Three days after the bodies were found, investigators discovered family photos, children's artwork, and a necklace with the twins' names in a dumpster at an address connected to Randall through court records. No comment from law enforcement.Two months of silence. A mother reportedly shot twice. Two children dead. A custody battle that ended the day before the murders. A prior wife dead under strikingly similar circumstances.Eric Faddis breaks down what investigators need to make an arrest—and what defense attorneys are likely preparing.#CharityBeallis #BeallisTwins #RandallBeallis #BonanzaArkansas #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #EricFaddis #DomesticViolence #TripleHomicide #ArkansasCrimeJoin 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.

Law enforcement released the most precise timeline yet in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The doorbell camera disconnected at 1:47 AM. Software detected a person at 2:12 AM with no video available. Her pacemaker app disconnected at 2:28 AM. That is a forty-one-minute window — and it is the last digital record of Nancy in her own home.The Pima County Sheriff has now denied reports of forced entry and confirmed no cameras were smashed or destroyed. The camera was disconnected, sent to a technology company, and all recovery methods have been exhausted. Nancy had no paid subscription on the device, meaning there was no cloud backup to recover.Purported ransom notes were sent to media outlets demanding millions in bitcoin. The FBI confirmed no proof of life has been provided and no follow-up communication has occurred. One arrest has been made for a fake ransom demand. FBI Special Agent in Charge Heith Janke noted that in a legitimate kidnapping, contact would have been made by now.Robin Dreeke, former FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, joins the show to conduct a behavioral breakdown of the crime. He examines what the pace of the intrusion reveals, what disconnecting versus destroying a camera tells investigators, why the ransom notes went to the press and not the family, and what five days of total silence means when the victim is an 84-year-old woman who needs daily medication to survive.#NancyGuthrie #RobinDreeke #FBIBehavioralAnalysis #HiddenKillers #SavannahGuthrie #Kidnapping #TrueCrime #PimaCountySheriff #ProofOfLife #CrimeBehaviorJoin 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.

Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother Nancy was taken from her Tucson home against her will. Forced entry confirmed. DNA evidence recovered. Ransom notes demanding bitcoin sent to media outlets including TMZ. The FBI is now involved, and no suspects have been publicly identified.Criminal defense attorney Eric Faddis breaks down what investigators and prosecutors are likely building behind the scenes—and what a defense would look like if charges are ever filed.The ransom strategy is unusual. Whoever sent those notes went to media, not family. That decision creates immediate legal exposure regardless of whether the sender is the abductor. The notes reportedly contain details about the inside of Nancy's home, raising questions about authentication and chain of custody if this reaches trial.Bitcoin as a ransom vehicle changes the investigative playbook. Cryptocurrency is traceable but presents unique challenges. Faddis explains how prosecutors approach digital currency evidence and where defense attorneys find vulnerabilities.The DNA recovered from the home belongs to Nancy—but the sheriff won't confirm whether it's blood. That distinction shapes what charges can ultimately be brought. Evidence of presence differs from evidence of harm under Arizona law.Pacemaker data may be key. Investigators are reportedly using sync records to establish when Nancy went out of range of her home devices. Medical device evidence is emerging legal territory, and Faddis explains how it gets introduced—and challenged.The sheriff's public statements have already created problems. He told NBC Nancy "was harmed at the home" then walked it back. Defense attorneys pay attention to contradictions like that.Nancy requires daily medication described as potentially fatal to go without. Her age, mobility limitations, and medical dependence all elevate sentencing exposure for whoever is eventually charged.Eric Faddis breaks down the prosecution and defense angles in one of the highest-profile kidnapping cases in recent memory.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TucsonKidnapping #EricFaddis #TrueCrime #FBI #HiddenKillers #Kidnapping #BitcoinRansom #CriminalDefenseJoin 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 starts February 2026. She's charged with poisoning her husband Eric with a lethal dose of fentanyl, then writing a children's book about grief. The prosecution says she killed him for money. The defense says key witnesses have recanted and the state can't prove she ever had fentanyl in her hands.But there's one piece of evidence that could answer the most important question in this case — and nobody's publicly demanding it.Eric Richins' hair.Hair follicle analysis can detect fentanyl use going back ninety days or longer. More importantly, forensic labs can distinguish between chronic drug use and a single acute exposure. If Eric was secretly using fentanyl for weeks or months before his death, his hair would show it — supporting an accidental overdose theory. If his hair shows no prior exposure, that points directly to poisoning.The science exists. It's used in criminal cases worldwide. So why isn't anyone asking for it?In this episode, we break down exactly what hair analysis could reveal, the forensic science behind segmental testing, and why both the prosecution and defense may have strategic reasons to avoid this evidence entirely. We examine what's known about Eric's autopsy, the contested witness testimony, and what a jury deserves to know before deciding Kouri Richins' fate.This isn't about speculation. It's about asking why the most definitive evidence available might be sitting in the ground — if Eric was buried — while both sides fight over witnesses who keep changing their stories.Hair doesn't recant. Hair doesn't cut deals. Hair tells the truth.Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty to all charges. She is presumed innocent until proven guilty.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #TrueCrime #FentanylPoisoning #ForensicScience #HairAnalysis #UtahMurder #MurderTrial #TrueCrimeYouTube #JusticeForEricJoin 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.

One woman allegedly endured eight years of death threats before she and her husband were killed in their Columbus home. The other made fourteen police reports, filed for divorce, and was dead two days later — ruled a suicide. Different states. Different circumstances. The same pattern running underneath: women who tried to survive, systems that failed them, and men who allegedly believed consequences were for other people.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent thirty years treating domestic violence survivors. She's also a survivor — her ex-husband died by revenge suicide after she asked for divorce. She brings clinical expertise and lived experience to both cases. For the McKee-Tepe murders, she explains what it costs to function under direct threat for years, why Monique never filed a public report, and the forensic psychology of defendants who plead not guilty despite substantial evidence. For the JP Miller case, she breaks down how coercive controllers weaponize mental health systems, grooming, and institutional failures to isolate and discredit their victims until there's no escape route left.This is the full conversation — victim psychology, defendant psychology, and the systemic gaps that let both cases happen. Scott addresses what survivors actually face, what courtroom behaviors reveal about how defendants allegedly saw their victims, and why South Carolina still has no standalone coercive control law. Two women dead. Two systems that failed. The connection isn't coincidence — it's design.#MoniqueTepe #MicaMiller #HiddenKillers #ShavaunScott #MichaelMcKee #JPMiller #CoerciveControl #DomesticViolence #SystemFailure #MindsOfMassKillersJoin 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.

Sixteen bullets. Two victims. Two children left crying in a house with their dead parents. The autopsy reports for Spencer and Monique Tepe are now public — and they paint a brutal picture of what happened inside that Weinland Park bedroom on December 30th. Every wound was to the upper body. Both victims had defensive injuries. The trajectories show they moved, turned, tried to escape. The shooting continued anyway.This episode breaks down the forensic signature of the crime and what it tells us about the psychology of the person accused of committing it. Michael McKee — Monique's ex-husband — allegedly waited eight and a half years after their divorce before allegedly executing her and her new husband. Court documents describe years of alleged threats, stalking behavior, and an obsession that never faded. He allegedly told her she would "always be his wife" and that he could "kill her at any time."Forensic psychologists call this pattern a "grievance collector" — someone who catalogs wounds to their ego and nurtures them for years until the grievance becomes justification. McKee's alleged behavior fits this profile precisely. The surveillance weeks before the murders. The stolen license plates. The phone going dark the night of the killings. The sticker scraped off his vehicle afterward.What makes this case uniquely disturbing is the combination of explosive violence and meticulous control. A full magazine emptied, but confined to the bedroom. Children left unharmed but orphaned. And a suspect who allegedly drove home and went back to work. That's not rage. That's architecture.#MichaelMcKee #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #TepeCase #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcast #ForensicPsychology #GrievanceCollector #ColumbusHomicide #DomesticViolenceMurderJoin 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.

Mica Miller tried to leave. She filed for divorce. She called police fourteen times. She reported GPS trackers on her car. Slashed tires. Harassment. She told officers she was afraid for her life. Two days after serving JP Miller divorce papers, she was dead. Ruled a suicide.The federal indictment against Pastor JP Miller alleges a pattern that psychotherapist Shavaun Scott calls textbook coercive control: tracking devices, a nude photo posted online without consent, over fifty contacts in a single day, financial interference, and lies to federal investigators. People always ask why victims don't just leave. Mica did try to leave. Scott explains why the most dangerous time for a victim is often the escape attempt itself — and why every system designed to protect Mica failed her.Mica said JP "groomed" her starting at age ten. In February 2024, she was involuntarily committed for forty-eight hours. When she was released, her car was gone, accounts locked, and according to family, JP had removed evidence she'd been collecting. JP publicly called her mentally ill, said she needed lithium, told his congregation that sick people "don't know they're sick" and need to "trust people around them." Scott breaks down how abusers weaponize mental health narratives to make sure no one believes their victims. South Carolina still has no standalone coercive control law. This case shows why that matters.#MicaMiller #JPMiller #HiddenKillers #CoerciveControl #FederalIndictment #ShavaunScott #DomesticViolence #PastorAbuse #Grooming #SystemFailureJoin 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.

Charlie Adelson wasn't in the courtroom today. He's sitting in a South Dakota prison while his appellate attorneys argued that his murder conviction should be reversed. The hearing before Florida's First District Court of Appeal lasted 40 minutes and centered on one core question: Was the Tallahassee jury pool so poisoned by pretrial publicity that a fair trial was impossible? Defense attorney Michael Ufferman laid out the numbers. Of 130 prospective jurors questioned during voir dire, 54 had formed an opinion about the case. Fifty-three of them believed Charlie was guilty. Jurors were caught talking about the case after being instructed not to. Ufferman argued the fix was simple — strike the panel, move the trial, start over. Instead, the trial proceeded and Charlie was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and solicitation in the 2014 killing of his former brother-in-law, FSU law professor Dan Markel. The state pushed back forcefully. Assistant Attorney General Robert Charles Lee argued Charlie accepted the jury, never filed a written venue motion, and waived his right to complain. His blunt assessment: any jury in Florida would have reached the same verdict. The judges questioned both sides but issued no ruling. Charlie's mother Donna Adelson also has an appeal pending following her own conviction last year. The Markel case now moves into its final legal chapter.#CharlieAdelson #DanMarkel #AdelsonAppeal #TrueCrime #MurderForHire #DonnaAdelson #FloridaAppeal #AdelsonTrial #MarkelMurder #JusticeForDanJoin 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 didn't negotiate. He didn't collapse. With surveillance footage, a ballistics match, and years of documented threats on the table, he pleaded not guilty and waived his bail hearing while reserving the right to revisit it. That's a chess move from a defendant who apparently thinks he can win.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott — author of "The Minds of Mass Killers" — has spent three decades studying violent offenders. She explains the psychology of defendants who refuse to fold. Ted Bundy represented himself. Scott Peterson watched his trial like it was happening to someone else. Chris Watts tried to manipulate homicide detectives while his family's bodies were still being recovered. These aren't isolated behaviors — they're patterns.What is narcissistic grandiosity and where does it come from? Is it developed or innate? McKee completed over a decade of elite medical training as a surgeon. Scott analyzes whether that professional background — the ability to compartmentalize, to view complex situations as problems to be solved, to operate with precision under extreme pressure — potentially feeds into the kind of detachment we see in certain courtroom defendants. For someone like this, what does "winning" even mean if conviction is likely? And as this case moves toward trial, what courtroom behaviors would confirm we're dealing with this psychological profile?#MichaelMcKee #TrueCrimeToday #ShavaunScott #NotGuiltyPlea #TedBundy #ScottPeterson #ChrisWatts #NarcissisticGrandiosity #TepeMurders #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.

Nancy Guthrie vanished from her own home at eighty-four years old. She didn't wander. She didn't leave voluntarily. Investigators arrived to find blood at the entry and inside the house — and immediately treated the residence as a crime scene.Then came a sequence that defies easy explanation. The scene was released after roughly thirty hours. Activity stopped. And then investigators surged back. Crime scene tape went up a second time. Canine units deployed. Grid searches expanded. And attention locked onto the garage.You don't reopen a crime scene without new information forcing your hand. That reversal is one of the most significant signals in this case — and law enforcement hasn't publicly explained what triggered it.Nancy's children stepped forward with a public video plea. Savannah Guthrie and her siblings spoke about their mother with love and restraint, describing her faith, her resilience, and her bond with her grandchildren. But buried in that plea was a pointed request — proof of life. That phrase carries weight. It signals uncertainty about whether communications claiming to involve Nancy are legitimate.Reports of ransom-style messages have surfaced — references to cryptocurrency, claims about the crime scene, descriptions of clothing. Law enforcement acknowledges awareness but has verified nothing. The authenticity gap is wide, and it matters. Genuine kidnapping operations establish leverage fast. The timeline here doesn't track with a straightforward abduction.Federal resources have poured in. Specialized units handling digital forensics, communication tracing, and kidnapping dynamics are now involved. That escalation says everything about how seriously this is being treated.Nancy Guthrie depends on daily medication and lives with chronic pain. She is vulnerable in ways that make every passing hour more dangerous. Her family isn't asking for theories. They're asking for their mother back. Tony Brueski breaks down the full picture — the evidence, the patterns, and the questions that remain unanswered.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.

Strangulation during the marriage. Forced sex. Direct death threats. According to the unsealed affidavit, witnesses told investigators Monique Tepe experienced all of this — and divorced Michael McKee after just seven months. But she never filed a public police report. She never obtained a restraining order. She rebuilt her life, married Spencer, had two children, and kept carrying the weight of knowing someone had promised to kill her.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has worked with domestic violence survivors for over thirty years — in shelters, clinical settings, and courtrooms. She's also a survivor. Her ex-husband died by revenge suicide after she asked for divorce. She knows what living under that kind of threat actually costs in ways clinical training alone cannot teach.People always ask why victims don't report. The answers don't fit into a news segment. Scott breaks down the actual reasons — the ones grounded in how the system works, how abusers manipulate, and how survival mode changes what's possible. She explains why strangulation is one of the most significant lethality predictors in DV research, what it means that Monique got out in just seven months, and why Rob Misleh said the family didn't fully understand the threats were real. The gap between what victims communicate and what loved ones hear is where cases like this fall through.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #HiddenKillers #DomesticViolence #ShavaunScott #Strangulation #CoerciveControl #TepeMurders #DVSurvivor #ProtectiveOrdersJoin 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 testimony from the Paul Caneiro quadruple murder trial. New Jersey State Police forensic analysts confirmed DNA from both Sophia Caneiro, age 8, and Jesse Caneiro, age 11, was found on clothing in their uncle Paul's basement. The children were stabbed to death fourteen miles away in Colts Neck. Sophia's blood appeared in three separate locations on a pair of jeans — shin, calf, thigh. Her DNA was also on a black surgical glove frozen to the denim. Jesse's DNA showed up as part of a mixed sample. Prosecutors argue Paul Caneiro wore those items when he allegedly killed his brother Keith's entire family, then brought them home. Sophia was stabbed seventeen times. Court findings suggest she may have still been breathing when the fire was set beneath her. Keith Caneiro was shot execution-style — a contact or near-contact wound through his hood while he lay face-down on his lawn. The night before, he'd confronted Paul about $77,000 missing from a trust account and demanded answers by 8 p.m. Prosecutors say what happened next was Paul's response. The defense is raising contamination questions, but the physical evidence linking Paul to the murders is now before the jury. The trial continues through mid-March.#PaulCaneiro #TrueCrimeToday #CaneiroTrial #ColtsNeckMurders #DNATestimony #QuadrupleMurder #KeithCaneiro #SophiaCaneiro #JesseCaneiro #MurderTrialJoin 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.

Defense attorney Bob Motta joins Hidden Killers for a deep examination of two major murder cases — the Brendan Banfield conviction and the Michael McKee arrest in the Tepe murders.We start with Banfield. The former IRS agent just got convicted of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine and Ryan Banfield. The jury deliberated nine hours and came back guilty on everything. They believed the au pair — the woman who got murder dropped to manslaughter and walked free in exchange for her testimony. The defense hammered her credibility. It didn't matter.Bob breaks down exactly where the defense went wrong. The strategy of attacking the prosecution's story without offering an alternative. Banfield's decision to take the stand and tell the jury this whole thing was "absolutely crazy." The DNA that wasn't on the knife. The digital forensics fight that went nowhere. Every decision that led to this verdict.Then we examine the appeal. Life without parole in Virginia means exactly what it sounds like. Banfield is 40. Unless something changes, he dies in prison. Bob explains what his appellate team will argue — the coercive witness deal, the potentially buried evidence, the reassigned forensic investigator — and why most of it probably won't work.Finally, we shift to Michael McKee, charged with murdering his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband. Bob examines the surveillance footage, the hearsay testimony, and the phone evidence prosecutors are relying on. What looks like an open-and-shut case has complications a defense attorney will exploit.#BrendanBanfield #MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #BobMotta #BanfieldAppeal #TepeMurders #AggravatedMurder #HiddenKillers #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 faces two counts of aggravated murder for the shooting deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe. The evidence against him — according to court filings and police statements — includes surveillance footage, ballistics evidence, a cell phone that went dark during the murder window, and years of documented threats against his ex-wife Monique.He pleaded not guilty.This episode explores a psychological pattern that emerges in cases where evidence is overwhelming but defendants refuse to fold. Forensic psychologists call it narcissistic grandiosity with antisocial features. We call it the game player. These are defendants who view prosecution not as consequence but as competition — the final arena to prove they're the smartest person in the room.We examine the parallels to Scott Peterson's detached courtroom demeanor, Chris Watts treating investigators like marks he could con, and Ted Bundy transforming his trial into performance art. The common thread: a fundamental inability to view other people as fully real. Victims become obstacles. Murder becomes a move. Trial becomes the championship round.According to the unsealed affidavit, McKee allegedly told Monique he could "kill her at any time," that he would "find her and buy the house next to her," and that she would "always be his wife." If prosecutors' allegations are accurate, the game started long before December 30th, 2025.The same psychology that allows someone to treat their murder trial as a puzzle may be the same psychology that allowed them to allegedly commit the crime.McKee is presumed innocent until proven guilty. All claims are sourced from public records.#HiddenKillers #MichaelMcKee #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #TrueCrimePodcast #ForensicPsychology #GamePlayer #ColumbusHomicide #DomesticViolenceMurder #CriminalPsychologyJoin 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 has been charged with murdering his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband. The surveillance footage, the phone records, the witnesses claiming Monique said he'd threatened her for years — it all looks like an open-and-shut case. The public has already decided he's guilty.But defense attorney Bob Motta looks at cases differently. His job is to examine evidence the way a courtroom will, not the way cable news does. And when he looks at this case, he sees questions that haven't been answered yet.The surveillance footage is one thing. Prosecutors are leaning hard on video showing McKee's car allegedly coming and going, him supposedly walking through their yard weeks earlier. Bob explains what people get wrong about video evidence — resolution issues, identification problems, the difference between "looks like" and "proof beyond reasonable doubt."Then there's the hearsay. Monique allegedly told friends that McKee threatened her. She's not alive to testify to that. Can prosecutors just use what other people say she said? Bob breaks down how hearsay exceptions work, when those statements get in, and what a defense attorney does to challenge them.The phone going silent during the murders sounds damning. But digital evidence is more complicated than prosecutors make it seem. Phones die. People leave them places. Bob explains the other side of that story.Eight years passed between the divorce and the murders. No restraining orders that we know of, no recent documented incidents. Does that gap help McKee or hurt him? Bob examines the timeline and what it means for proving premeditation.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #TepeMurders #BobMotta #DefenseAttorney #SurveillanceEvidence #HearsayTestimony #AggravatedMurder #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/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.

Randy Powell went to the morgue. He viewed his daughter's body. And he's telling Hidden Killers what he saw.According to Powell, Charity Beallis was shot twice — in the chest and between the eyes. If accurate, two gunshot wounds makes self-infliction essentially impossible. Two months after Charity and her six-year-old twins Eliana and Maverick were found dead in their Bonanza, Arkansas home, no one has been arrested. No official autopsy has been released.December 2nd, 2025: Charity's divorce from Dr. Randall Beallis is finalized. According to his attorney, joint custody was awarded and the twins were to return to their father December 5th. December 3rd: all three found dead.In February 2025, Randall Beallis was arrested and charged with aggravated assault involving choking, domestic battery, and two counts of child endangerment. Charity emailed the Arkansas State Medical Board three days later: "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 2025, Arkansas State Police substantiated child maltreatment against Randall Beallis — finding "abuse with or without physical injury" for both children. In October, his charges were reduced and he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic battery. Suspended sentence.Three days after the bodies were found, family photos, children's artwork, and a necklace engraved with the twins' names were discovered in a dumpster at an apartment complex tied to Randall Beallis through court records.Randall Beallis has not been arrested or charged in connection with the deaths. His attorney Michael Pierce says he was not responsible and is cooperating fully with investigators.Someone knows what happened. Two months of silence.#CharityBeallis #BeallisTwins #RandallBeallis #BonanzaArkansas #TrueCrimePodcast #HiddenKillers #ArkansasCrime #MurderInvestigation #DomesticViolence #TrueCrime2025Join 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.

 Life without parole. In Virginia, that's not a figure of speech. There's no parole board, no time off for good behavior, no path out. Brendan Banfield is 40 years old. Barring something extraordinary on appeal, he will die in a state prison.So what does "extraordinary" look like? Defense attorney Bob Motta is here to explain what Banfield's appellate team is actually going to argue — and why most of it faces near-impossible odds.First, let's be clear about what appeals are and aren't. They're not about whether the jury got it wrong. Appellate courts don't retry cases. They look for legal errors — things the judge did that violated the defendant's rights or tainted the proceedings. Banfield's team will argue several things: that Juliana's deal was too coercive, that evidence was buried, that the digital forensics fight was mishandled.Bob breaks down each argument and its chances. The au pair deal is a tough sell — courts generally allow cooperating witness agreements as long as juries know about them, and this jury knew. The digital evidence angle is more interesting — the prosecution's own forensic guy got reassigned when his findings didn't match their theory. If the defense can prove something was withheld, that's a potential Brady violation. But proving it and getting a new trial are two different things.The biggest obstacle is "harmless error." Even when something goes wrong, courts routinely say the outcome would've been the same anyway. Getting past that barrier after a jury heard weeks of testimony is brutally hard. Bob doesn't sugarcoat the odds.#BrendanBanfield #BanfieldAppeal #LifeWithoutParole #VirginiaAppeals #BobMotta #ChristineBanfield #BradyViolation #CriminalJustice #HiddenKillers #AppellateProcessJoin 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.

The crime scene at Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home tells a story investigators are still trying to piece together. Blood at the front door. The back door left wide open. Multiple cameras smashed. And an 84-year-old woman who can't walk 50 yards on her own, gone without a trace.Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today Show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing Sunday after she failed to show up for church. According to a law enforcement source speaking to journalist Ashley Banfield, the back door of her Catalina Foothills home was found wide open. When Banfield asked Sheriff Chris Nanos if Nancy was carried out the front door, he said, "I did not say the front door."Brian Entin of NewsNation walked up to the home Tuesday after it was released from crime scene status. He found blood still visible at the front door stoop — some red, some brown. The blood trail stops there. It doesn't continue to the driveway. Retired FBI agent Maureen O'Connell analyzed the footage and noted the droplets are round, falling from directly above. No bloody footprints. Her conclusion: Nancy may have been carried out and placed into a waiting vehicle.Banfield's source says multiple cameras were smashed by whoever did this. The source's assessment: "This is someone who knew where the cameras were. Somebody who was familiar with this home, this premises, this woman."The investigation has turned toward family as part of standard procedure. A vehicle belonging to Nancy's daughter Annie has reportedly been impounded. FBI agents visited Annie's home for two hours Tuesday. Banfield stressed this is routine and called her source's speculation "musings, not evidence."Nancy requires medication that could be fatal if missed. When asked if they believe she's still alive, Sheriff Nanos said: "We hope we are."#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TucsonArizona #CatalinaFoothills #Kidnapping #CrimeScene #TrueCrime #MissingPerson #FBI #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/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.

Nine hours. That's all it took for twelve jurors to decide Brendan Banfield murdered his wife Christine and her lover Ryan. No compromises on the charges. No sympathy for the former federal agent who swore he didn't do it. They believed the au pair — the woman who got murder dropped to manslaughter and walked out of jail the day she testified against him.Defense attorney Bob Motta is here to explain why. He breaks down the fundamental flaw in Banfield's defense strategy: they spent the entire trial telling jurors what didn't happen, but never gave them an alternative story to believe. You can attack a witness's credibility all day long. If you don't fill that void with something else, jurors fill it themselves.We dig into Banfield's decision to take the stand — a move that's almost always risky, and in this case may have been fatal to his defense. He told the jury this whole thing was "absolutely crazy," that no reasonable person would kill their wife over a six-week affair. Bob explains why that kind of testimony often backfires and what jurors actually hear when a defendant tries to explain away damning evidence.Then there's the DNA. Banfield's wasn't on the murder weapon. Only Christine's and Ryan's. The defense attorney argued the guy who brought the knife is the stabber. Sounds compelling. The jury didn't care. Bob explains why physical evidence doesn't always mean what we think it means — and why reasonable doubt isn't as powerful as defense attorneys wish it were.#BrendanBanfield #BanfieldGuilty #ChristineBanfield #RyanBanfield #BobMotta #TrueCrimePodcast #MurderTrial #JulianaAuPair #VirginiaHomicide #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.

You've seen the clips. The bizarre pulpit announcement. The eulogy where he said he tried to raise her from the dead. The protests outside his church. But you haven't heard the full story — until now.This episode goes back to the beginning. To a ten-year-old girl walking into Solid Rock Church and meeting a twenty-five-year-old married pastor who, according to her own police report, would spend years grooming her before making her his second wife. To a first wife who alleges JP confessed to hiring prostitutes and being sexually inappropriate with underage girls in his congregation. To a church that allegedly knew and did nothing. To a system that told Mica Miller — fourteen times — that there wasn't enough to help her.Two days after she served him divorce papers, Mica was dead. Her death was ruled a suicide. JP Miller has not been charged in connection with her death. But the federal government has now indicted him for allegedly cyberstalking her for eighteen months — tracking her every move, posting intimate photos without consent, and harassing her relentlessly until the day she died.And Mica isn't the only death connected to this man. Chris Skinner — a quadriplegic motivational speaker — drowned in a pool two weeks after allegedly confronting JP about an affair with his wife. JP married that woman thirteen months after Mica died. Armed guards protected the ceremony.Two civil lawsuits now allege JP and his father are serial predators who targeted minors for decades. They deny everything.This is the definitive breakdown. Every document. Every allegation. Every failure. The monster hiding behind the pulpit — fully exposed.#MicaMiller #JPMiller #TrueCrimePodcast #HiddenKillers #SolidRockChurch #JusticeForMica #PastorExposed #CoerciveControl #ChrisSkinner #FederalIndictmentJoin 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.

Robin Dreeke spent thirty years in the FBI reading behavior, building cases, and getting people to reveal themselves. Today he tackles three major cases in one comprehensive interview. The Michael McKee case: the surgeon allegedly told his ex-wife Monique Tepe he could kill her "at any time" — eight years after their divorce. Robin explains the behavioral profile of possessive obsession and what the reconnaissance trip to her home signals. The Ellen Greenberg case: the feds are reportedly investigating whether people who handled her death committed crimes. Robin breaks down how corruption cases unfold and what makes people flip. The Brendan Banfield case: the defendant called the accusation "absolutely crazy" and then his alibi fell apart. Robin analyzes what the testimony, the letters, and the blood evidence reveal. Three different cases at three different stages — all examined through the lens of someone who's spent decades understanding how killers think, how institutions cover up, and how the truth eventually surfaces.#RobinDreeke #FBI #MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #EllenGreenberg #BrendanBanfield #AuPairAffair #TrueCrime #BehavioralAnalysis #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/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 episode we've been waiting fifteen years to make. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has reportedly issued subpoenas to the Philadelphia Police Department, the Medical Examiner's Office, and other agencies—including the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office that Josh Shapiro ran when the case sat on his desk for four years.Sources tell the Philadelphia Inquirer this isn't about how Ellen Greenberg died. It's about whether the people who handled her case committed federal crimes.Ellen was found with twenty stab wounds, ten to the back of her neck, a knife lodged four inches into her chest. The medical examiner ruled it homicide. Then police objected. Then the ruling changed to suicide. Then the crime scene was cleaned—with police permission—before detectives could process it. Then James Schwartzman, Samuel Goldberg's uncle and Chairman of the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board, removed laptops and phones from the apartment. Those devices later became the basis for the official suicide narrative—even though the original report said no suicidal searches were found.Now federal prosecutors want to know what happened. The statutes they're working with carry penalties up to life in prison. Deprivation of rights under color of law. Evidence tampering. Obstruction. Conspiracy.Governor Shapiro has presidential ambitions. His former spokesperson now works for Philadelphia's mayor. Schwartzman sits on the bench as a Pennsylvania judge. None of them have been charged—but all of them may have to answer uncomfortable questions to people who can compel the truth.The Greenbergs waited fifteen years for someone outside Philadelphia to take this seriously. Someone finally is.#EllenGreenberg #FederalInvestigation #JoshShapiro #JamesSchwartzman #PhiladelphiaCorruption #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #CoverUp #ObstructionOfJustice #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.

Brendan Banfield called the murder accusation "absolutely crazy." Then his alibi collapsed. Robin Dreeke, former FBI special agent and behavioral analysis expert, breaks down the au pair affair murder case — what Banfield's testimony revealed, why his word choices matter, and what the full behavioral picture tells us. Banfield testified for two days, describing how he burst into the bedroom with his gun after hearing sounds that "changed." But prosecutors showed jail letters where he professed love to Juliana and picked out baby names for their future children. They showed a framed photo of him and the au pair on his nightstand eight months after Christine's death. And his own IRS supervisor came forward to contradict his claim about an important work meeting that morning. Robin explains what dismissive language like "absolutely crazy" reveals about a defendant's psychology, how blood pattern evidence suggesting staging aligns with behavioral markers, and what framework investigators use to separate truth from self-serving narrative when an accomplice flips. The defense says Juliana made it all up. The prosecution says Banfield orchestrated a double murder. Robin gives his honest read on what the evidence tells us.#BrendanBanfield #AuPairAffair #ChristineBanfield #JosephRyan #RobinDreeke #FBI #TrueCrime #FairfaxCounty #StagedCrimeScene #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/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.

Rob and Michele Reiner did everything right. Every treatment program. Every therapy session. They made a movie together as a family trying to heal. They publicly apologized for listening to professionals instead of their son. They let him live in their guest house even after he destroyed it in a drug-fueled rage.And according to prosecutors, Nick Reiner allegedly stabbed them both to death.This episode isn't about what failed Nick Reiner. It's about what Nick Reiner refused to let work. Through his own documented words — interviews with NPR, People Magazine, and multiple podcast appearances — we trace the psychological architecture of a man who turned every advantage into evidence of suffering, every intervention into an attack, and every person who tried to help him into an enemy.We examine the 2020 conservatorship that expired before it could save anyone. The medication change one month before the killings. The argument at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party the night before. And the pattern of cognitive distortions that let Nick cast himself as the victim of a loving, successful family that never stopped trying.This is an editorial examination of documented facts — not speculation. And it's for every family out there watching someone they love construct the same victim identity, wondering if anything they do will ever be enough.Sometimes it won't be. And that's the hardest truth of all.#NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleSingerReiner #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #Addiction #MentalHealth #BeingCharlie #Parricide #HollywoodJoin 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.

Subpoenas are going out. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is reportedly investigating whether people who handled Ellen Greenberg's case committed crimes — not whether she was murdered, but whether the investigation itself was corrupted. Robin Dreeke, former FBI special agent and behavioral analysis expert, explains the federal playbook: what simultaneous subpoenas to multiple agencies signal, how investigators identify who's likely to flip first, and what behavioral patterns emerge when institutions are hiding something. The crime scene was cleaned before detectives could execute a warrant. A politically connected family member removed electronic devices. The medical examiner changed his ruling from homicide to suicide after police pressure — then recanted that ruling under oath fourteen years later. Josh Shapiro's Attorney General office held the case for four years before discovering an "appearance of conflict" with connected families. Robin breaks down what that language actually means, why institutional silence from every agency is telling, and what the Greenberg family's attorney calling this "a dream come true" reveals about where the investigation is headed.#EllenGreenberg #FederalInvestigation #RobinDreeke #FBI #Philadelphia #SamGoldberg #TrueCrime #CoverUp #JusticeForEllen #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/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.

For eight years after their divorce, Michael McKee allegedly refused to let go. According to witnesses cited in court documents, he told Monique Tepe he could "kill her at any time." That he would "find her and buy the house right next to her." That she would always be his wife. She told friends. She moved on. She remarried. She had children. And according to investigators, he was watching the entire time.The unsealed affidavit in the Spencer and Monique Tepe murder case reveals a pattern of alleged stalking, threats, and obsession that preceded the December 30th killings by years—and intensified in the weeks before they were found shot to death in their Columbus home.On December 6th, while the Tepes were at the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis, surveillance video allegedly captured McKee entering their property. Monique left the game at halftime, upset about something involving her ex-husband. Three weeks later, she and Spencer were dead.This is the hidden killer profile that domestic violence experts warn about: the ex who won't accept the end. The one who sees rejection as theft. The one who believes ownership doesn't expire with a divorce decree. McKee allegedly exhibited every warning sign—and according to court records, Monique knew it. She told people. She was afraid.This episode examines the psychology of obsessive ex-partners, why restraining orders often fail, and what the Tepe case reveals about the limits of doing everything right when someone refuses to let you go.#HiddenKillers #MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #DomesticViolence #Stalking #ObsessiveEx #TrueCrime #ColumbusOhio #CoerciveControlJoin 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.