Podcast appearances and mentions of drew nelson

An infant in South Carolina is rescued from a house filled with filth, dead animals, and nearly 50 neglected pets. A former Florida congressional candidate is sentenced to three years in prison for threatening to have his political rival murdered during the 2021 Republican primary. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 9-year-old girl in Louisiana is killed by a stray bullet while rushing to protect her siblings during a daytime shootout in her neighborhood. A 75-year-old man in Tennessee is put to death for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife and her two teenage sons, marking the state’s first execution in five years. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in Georgia is arrested nearly 19 years after his wife was shot and killed inside the family business they ran together. A man in Colorado dies after being struck by a coroner’s vehicle responding to a homicide scene in Aurora. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 26-year-old man is dead in Florida after his stepfather shot him during an argument that started with a child playing Fortnite. Jussie Smollett is settling a long-running civil case in Illinois by agreeing to donate $50,000 to a Chicago charity instead of repaying the full cost of the police investigation into the actor's fake hate crime report. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A decorated Marine once hailed as a war hero, now sits in a Pennsylvania jail accused of repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl. A Colombian woman living in Massachusetts is now charged with stealing over $400,000 in federal benefits and illegally voting in the 2024 presidential election. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 78-year-old man in California is sentenced to life in prison for the 1982 rape and murder of a teenage girl in Sunnyvale. A former Major League Baseball star faces felony charges in Florida after he is accused of throwing what’s being called a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A fingerprint found on a cigarette pack solves a nearly 50-year-old murder in California, leading to the arrest of a suspect in Ohio. A serial killer known for targeting women from California to Florida is set to be executed in Florida. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“He was left for roadkill,” the words of a daughter, speaking of her 79-year-old father, who was killed in a carjacking at a California gas station just a few miles from home. A former school custodian in New York is indicted on 113 counts after police say he filmed himself sexually abusing a child and shared the material online. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in Oregon is sentenced to nearly six years in prison for stabbing another man 15 times after following him home from a bar where he won a $2,000 lottery jackpot… an attack the victim survived by playing dead until his attacker fell asleep. A Texas mother finds out through a Google search that she’s been wrongly indicted in a Colorado drug case, facing a possible 35-year prison sentence. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida man is sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his infant daughter in what the sheriff called a brutal and remorseless attack. A man in Texas is charged with a felony after police say he rammed another driver’s car during a road rage fight that began over a burrito. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Missouri mother walks away from a four-car crash on I-270, leaving her two young children unconscious and bleeding in the front seat. A Texas mother is charged with aiding terrorism after allegedly helping her son plan a mass attack on his middle school. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in Ohio is charged with killing a puppy with a hammer as two children listen from inside a filthy home. There is new progress in the nearly 30-year-old case of a missing news anchor from Iowa. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs continues in New York as Cassie Ventura delivers more detailed and emotional testimony, describing years of alleged abuse, coercion, and threats tied to the music mogul’s alleged “freak-off” sex sessions. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two boys, 12 and 13 years old, are arrested for capital murder in Texas after police say they shot a man and ran him over while stealing his family's car. A father in Montana shoots his wife and two daughters, then kills himself in a murder-suicide discovered early Sunday morning. A high school in New York warns students about the "Senior Assassin" game. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Six undocumented suspects face murder charges in South Carolina after a woman is gunned down during a random robbery attempt in Lancaster County. An Oklahoma sheriff is caught on bodycam asking not to be written up after a city officer pulls him over for speeding in Oklahoma City. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Nevada woman pleads guilty to the torture and murder of a 4-year-old autistic boy and is sentenced to life in prison without parole. A former fire chief in New Jersey is behind bars after police say they found more than 125,000 images of child sexual abuse material in his home. A Kansas City Chiefs superfan is sentenced to 32 years in an Oklahoma prison for robbing a credit union while wearing a wolf mask. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Missouri woman serving two life sentences in federal prison now faces the death penalty in Arkansas for killing a pregnant woman she lured through a fake job offer. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Maryland woman hits a cop with her car and drives through a crowded street festival because, in her words, “I gotta go to work.” Kim Kardashian testifies in a Paris courtroom, nearly nine years after masked robbers stormed her hotel room during 2016 Fashion Week. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An autistic teenager is shot in the back after mistakenly being dropped off in the wrong neighborhood in Michigan. Two parents in South Carolina are charged after their baby girl is bitten repeatedly by a rat. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman in Hawaii is sentenced to 20 years in prison for giving a baby a fatal dose of Benadryl while babysitting. A woman in Mississippi is arrested after robbing a Dollar General and then returning to the scene to look for her phone. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four men in West Africa are arrested for their role in a sextortion scheme that led a California teen to take his own life. A Nebraska father kills his wife and two sons before taking his own life, just hours before their eldest son’s high school graduation. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The disfigured 20-year-old accused FSU shooter, a man with a long history of troubling behavior, is facing murder charges in Florida after police say he opened fire and was shot in the face by officers. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida nurse is under arrest after home surveillance footage allegedly showed her abusing a disabled teenage patient inside the family’s St. Cloud home. A man executed by firing squad in South Carolina is said to have died in excruciating pain after shooters missed his heart. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Missouri man is now charged in a gruesome and torturous 2021 murder after police say he Googled “first-degree murder defenses” and “can ‘he say, she say’ be used against a person for murder in Missouri” before anyone even knew the victim was dead. A man in New York faces animal cruelty charges after police found 69 live cats and 28 dead ones in his home, including over 20 dead kittens in a freezer. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in Missouri is accused of hiding his paralyzed uncle’s death for years while stealing more than $650,000 in government benefits. A McDonald’s in Virginia bans customers under 21 from dining inside after repeated fights involving local students. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Wisconsin father appears in court after being charged with giving his daughter the guns she used in a deadly school shooting. A new warning from federal health officials targets a drug sold in stores across the U.S. that mimics the effects of opioids and has been linked to addiction, overdoses, and death. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in Georgia walks free on bond after spending six weeks in jail on child kidnapping charges that his lawyer says were based on a false claim. A man in New York is arrested after walking through a quiet neighborhood in a clown mask while revving a chainsaw. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A grieving father in Columbia, South Carolina speaks publicly after his 22-year-old daughter is shot and killed during a break-in while visiting friends. A Kentucky police department fires one officer and suspends another after a sexual misconduct investigation exposes a pattern of harassment and retaliation inside the force. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Texas mother is arrested after police find her 7-year-old daughter locked in a closet and starving, leading to the discovery that another daughter has been missing for seven years. Also in Texas, two adults once trusted to work closely with children, a church volunteer and a youth mentor, now face prison after separate investigations exposed disturbing crimes. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two sisters from Alabama are sentenced for helping plot a murder-for-hire scheme that targeted a man caught in a custody fight with their niece, accused of planning to have him killed with a firearm or a heroin overdose. A former youth softball coach in Ohio is sentenced to at least 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl he once coached. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in Kentucky is charged with setting a fire that killed his two sons and their dog inside their home. A man in Michigan is accused of killing his wife by stabbing her with a plastic sword and striking her in the head with pliers. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Louisiana mother will spend Mother’s Day burying her 2-year-old daughter after a murder-suicide claimed four lives in Keithville. Federal agents arrest more than 200 people across the U.S. in Operation Restore Justice, a five-day crackdown on child sex crimes. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Detroit man now faces multiple felonies in Michigan after police say he forced his 11-year-old daughter to help him break into a home, then left her behind when they got caught. A Louisiana woman is arrested after police say she tried to run over six children near an elementary school. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Wisconsin man dies in jail days after being charged with using his SUV to kill a neighbor and her dog in what prosecutors called an act of revenge. A former NFL player in Texas pleads guilty to killing his girlfriend and burning her body, ending a years-long case with a 30-year sentence. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida man awaiting sentencing for a sex crime is now accused of trying to have the teenage victim murdered before she could testify. A man in South Carolina breaks into his ex-girlfriend’s home, hides in her shower, and attacks her with a knife in what he later claims was a prank to “lighten the mood.” Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman in Georgia sues a Decatur mortuary, claiming her grandmother missed her own funeral after the wrong body was placed in the casket. A baby elephant seal stabbed on a beach in Oregon survives the attack, and now federal agents are searching for the man believed to be responsible. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A teenager in Virginia is shot dead during a viral TikTok prank, and the man accused of firing the gun is now charged with murder. A woman at a Kentucky Derby party says she was kicked out of a hotel restroom and told to show ID to prove her gender. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Six polygamists in Ohio face upgraded charges after a man escapes from a hotel where he says he was held and beaten for days, with new bodycam revealing the moment when the battered autistic man was saved by police. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A capital murder suspect vanishes in Texas just hours before his trial is set to begin, prompting a days-long statewide manhunt. Target will be scaling back self-checkout, joining a wave of stores changing their policies amid rising theft. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman in Louisiana is sentenced to life in prison for killing her boyfriend’s 6-year-old daughter and leaving her body in a bucket on the child’s mother’s lawn. A Georgia woman is in jail after police say she poured hot chicken grease on her boyfriend during an argument. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Cleveland nurse is murdered in broad daylight just before her divorce trial. Today, years later, her own attorney is accused in her death. Crime Online’s Dave Mack, Holden Zapple, and Drew Nelson report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A grieving great-grandfather is shot and killed by deputies outside an Indiana courthouse after firing a gun at a group of inmates and officers. A former WWE star known as "The Dmpster" is indicted in Tennessee for trying to buy child sexual abuse material with cryptocurrency. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A California high school tennis star is killed weeks after losing his home in a wildfire, struck by a suspected drunk driver just before graduation. A lost delivery driver in New York is shot in the back by a town official after stopping to ask for directions. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 1-year-old girl is found dead in a dresser drawer in rural Indiana, and now her mother has pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against her boyfriend. A 12-year-old boy accused of leading a teen robbery crew is at the center of a gang attack on NYPD officers in Times Square. Three armed men rob an armored truck in broad daylight outside a bank in Illinois and vanish before police can catch them. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 76-year-old pastor in Arizona is found dead in his home, and deputies say it’s a homicide with some rather disturbing details. An elderly man crashes his car through the front gate of a Bel Air estate owned by a Friends actress in California, prompting a felony vandalism charge. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man in Pennsylvania is sentenced to life without parole for the 2022 killing of a mother of four who was working as an Uber driver. A teenager in Georgia will plead guilty in the deadliest school shooting in the state’s history, which left four people dead and nine others wounded. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A wanted man in Kentucky escapes custody at Sea-Tac airport and vanishes into the streets of Seattle after catching a train. A second person in Louisiana is now charged with murder in the death of a Kansas City sports reporter found dead in a hotel room during Super Bowl week. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police in Oregon search for a man who tried to abduct a toddler in a stroller before the child's mother punched him in the face. A nursing student in Texas is stabbed to death days before graduation after arguing with her roommate about their housecats. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Texas teenager charged with stabbing a teen to death at a high school track meet is now at the center of a controversy drawing comparisons to the case of Kyle Rittenhouse. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An Ohio man is charged with aggravated murder after police say he intentionally struck and killed a sheriff’s deputy, the day after his son was fatally shot by officers during a stolen car investigation. An Emmanuel college staff member in Boston is arrested on federal charges after allegedly offering a teenage applicant money for sex within hours of her campus visit. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.