Podcast appearances and mentions of drew nelson

Roy Lee Ward, who raped and murdered 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001, was executed by lethal injection early this morning at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. A North Texas middle school teacher and coach is in jail again, now facing a child pornography charge only days after his first arrest for secretly recording students. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A former Penthouse model accused of using dating apps to meet elderly men and burglarize their homes remains wanted as investigators in Los Angeles County search for more victims. A Texas man once set to die next week for killing his 2-year-old daughter is granted a last-minute stay of execution as judges question the science that put him on death row. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Washington court declares a missing child legally dead nearly four years after she vanished, while investigators continue to prepare a possible no-body homicide case. A Georgia man who set his home on fire while his wife and two children were inside is out of jail after serving only three months. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida couple is charged with child neglect after allegedly leaving a 16-year-old boy on the side of Interstate 75 with a bag of guns and cash. A federal judge dismisses Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, ruling that Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” was protected artistic opinion rather than fact. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A gunman kills three people in a string of shootings from Sugar Land to Houston, Texas before ending his own life. A Virginia father is sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his 2-month-old daughter while playing Xbox. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four people, including two children, are found dead inside a San Francisco home, and police are calling the case “suspicious.” Mississippi death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford is set to die by lethal injection next week for the 1993 rape and murder of 20-year-old college student Kristy Ray, a crime committed while he was out on bond for another rape case. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The five-month manhunt for convicted killer and escapee Derrick Groves ends in Atlanta after a tense standoff inside a quiet neighborhood home. A Florida man is arrested after police say he aimed a gun at teens on the Intracoastal and threatened to kill them, as onlookers watched and took video. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A mother is shot and killed outside a Dallas PetSmart after an argument that began over not saying “thank you.” A British man pleads guilty in New York for running a $99 million wine fraud that fooled investors across four continents. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Roberson’s defense team presents new evidence days before his scheduled execution for shaking his baby to death in Texas, alleging that the judge who oversaw his 2003 trial had a hidden conflict of interest. An Illinois man is found guilty of killing his wife after he kicked her to death when he found texts from another man on her phone. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A silver lining for a paraplegic man in Oklahoma City, regaining his mobility after strangers step in to replace the medical gear stolen from him during two home break-ins. The chief meteorologist for New Orleans TV station WDSU is on leave after police say he attacked his girlfriend while her two children slept nearby. An Indiana woman is charged with animal cruelty after police say they found her dead dog stuffed in a plastic tote soaked with chemicals. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An Indiana mother of two vanishes after a fire destroys her home in Bainbridge, leaving her car and purse behind and her family begging for answers. A Missouri man convicted of killing a state trooper twenty years ago is set to die by lethal injection on Tuesday. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Houston father is charged with capital murder after his 2-month-old son died from what he claimed was allergies, but prosecutors say were repeated beatings, while the child’s mother faces a felony charge for failing to protect him. A Florida death row inmate known as the “Deacon of Death” is set to die by lethal injection in less than a week, nearly three decades after killing two women and leaving their bodies in a rural pond near Plant City. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Connecticut mother is jailed on a $1 million bond after police say she poisoned her estranged husband’s wine with antifreeze during a bitter custody fight. An Ohio father pleads guilty after his six-month-old son is killed by the family pit bull. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A U.S. Postal Service worker is in recovery after being shot in the face during his delivery route at an apartment complex in Everett, Washington. A Kentucky man is in jail after police say his front-yard Halloween display showed fake bodies labeled with the titles of local officials. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Sean 'Diddy' Combs in line for a presidential pardon? President Trump says he asked for one. Otherwise, Diddy wants minimum security in New Jersey so he can be close to family. An Alabama sheriff faces backlash after an ICE-themed Halloween display appears in his front yard showing skeletons dressed as immigration agents chasing others in sombreros. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A New Hampshire teenager who murdered his brother’s wife and their two young sons learns his fate. Three Arkansas men are behind bars after police say they kidnapped an 18-year-old at gunpoint and forced him to play Russian roulette to make him end a relationship with a girl. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A silver lining for a paraplegic man in Oklahoma City, regaining his mobility after strangers step in to replace the medical gear stolen from him during two home break-ins. A Maryland man faces new charges after police say he used handwritten threats to demand sex from women outside Cockeysville businesses. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A heartbroken Wisconsin mom speaks through tears after her son dies a hero, protecting his pregnant sister after her boyfriend shoots her, records the attack on Snapchat, and then turns the gun on himself. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Kansas deputy faces a murder charge as new video shows him kneeling on a handcuffed inmate’s back for nearly a minute and a half before the man died inside the Wyandotte County Jail. The chief meteorologist for New Orleans TV station WDSU is on leave after police say he attacked his girlfriend while her two children slept nearby. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Miami man sits in jail on new charges after police say they found videos of him sexually abusing a baby girl as he was already in jail accused of molesting an eight-year-old. An Indiana woman is charged with animal cruelty after police say they found her dead dog stuffed in a plastic tote soaked with chemicals. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Port Huron, Michigan father stands accused of shooting three of his children in their home, killing one and leaving two others critically wounded, on the day he was expected to be sentenced for indecent exposure. A Moorestown, New Jersey woman is sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for forcing two women into domestic servitude in her home through threats, surveillance, and abuse. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The widow of a slain Michigan jeweler takes the stand on the second day of trial for two men accused of posing as Detroit Edison Energy workers to rob and kill her husband inside their Rochester Hills home. A Florida man is behind bars after deputies say he attacked a 15-year-old girl and threw her dog from a second-floor balcony when the animal tried to protect her. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gateway Church founder Robert Morris is led from a courtroom in handcuffs after pleading guilty to child sex abuse dating back more than forty years. A 13-year-old girl who wanted to go for a drive is accused of stealing a car, drinking alcohol, and crashing at more than 100 miles per hour with an 11-year-old passenger in Arizona. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 22-year-old Minnesota Man is accused of posing as a teenager to enroll at White Bear Lake Area High School so he could play football. A California jury clears Uber of liability in the first sexual assault case brought by a passenger against the company, a ruling that could shape thousands of similar lawsuits still pending nationwide. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida man defends his family after an intruder breaks into his sister’s home and finds himself face to face with a trained MMA fighter. Prosecutors ask a judge to impose at least 97 years in prison for a New Hampshire man who was 16 when he killed his sister-in-law and two young nephews. Drew Nelson reports. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean “Diddy” Combs receives 50 months in federal prison for transporting people across state lines for sex. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Examining the new evidence that wasn't enough to warrant a new trial for the Menendez Brothers. Fast & Furious actor Tyrese Gibson is wanted after his dogs killed a neighbor dog. A man whose first kiss came from Katy Perry on American Idol is now in prison for child porn. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Georgia sheriff’s deputy is shot to death in her home. Her teenage son is wounded but survives after escaping to a neighbor’s house. A Texas father is charged with capital murder after police say he confessed to shaking his 7-week-old baby and striking the child’s head against a crib. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Las Vegas mother files a federal lawsuit against the Clark County Nevada School District, saying her son faced racial abuse for almost two years at O.K. Adcock Elementary School. A Georgia mother is charged with murder months after her 7-year-old son died when his head became trapped in a car window in southwest Atlanta. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Las Vegas judge rules that a man who survived years of sexual abuse by his mother is the legal father of his teenage brother who may or may not be his biological son. A woman is sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase by lying about her company’s size to secure a $175 million sale. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Detroit man whose kindness went viral after helping a stranger is now the victim of a shocking family betrayal. More than 200 men have been arrested since June at a New York Penn Station restroom long known as a gay cruising spot, sparking outrage from activists and city leaders who call the crackdown discriminatory. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida man convicted of murdering a Miami couple more than 35 years ago is executed by lethal injection as their daughter watches from the front row. A Rhode Island man is accused of posing as a restaurant valet and kidnapping a 75-year-old woman from a Massachusetts parking lot before driving her across state lines and abandoning her. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sentencing looms as Donna Adelson fails to win a new trial in the 2014 murder-for-hire of Florida law professor Dan Markel. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida father is free again after deputies jailed the wrong man in a case of mistaken identity that cost him the chance to see his daughter’s birth. An Indiana mother is behind bars after police say she gave her teenage daughter and her friend a bottle of vodka and left them in charge of a one-year-old who was later found wandering the street alone at dawn. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A mother and her boyfriend from Elmwood Place, Ohio, are jailed after police say three malnourished children were found in their home, including a 9-year-old boy who weighed only 30 pounds and went into cardiac arrest. A former American Idol contestant who once said Katy Perry gave him his first kiss is sentenced to 25 years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A shooting at Texas’s largest casino leaves two people dead and five others wounded as terrified guests dive for cover during a midnight raffle event in Eagle Pass. Actor Tyrese Gibson is wanted in Fulton County, Georgia after police say his Cane Corso dogs mauled and killed a neighbor’s small dog in an Atlanta neighborhood. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police in Illinois open a criminal investigation after a CBS reporter says an ICE agent fired chemical munitions at her car outside a federal detention facility. A Florida teen is accused of faking his own kidnapping and shooting himself in the leg after claiming that four Hispanic men had abducted him. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Scottish woman who moved to Los Angeles to become a lawyer is found murdered and dismembered inside her apartment, and her husband now faces charges of murder and mutilation. The University of Pennsylvania warns students after a wave of random slapping attacks near the Ivy League campus that police say are linked to a national social media trend. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Kentucky mother and her teenage daughter are dead, and the man accused of murdering them has a dark past. A dude known as “Penis Man” is back behind bars after weeks of new graffiti popping up across the Phoenix area. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 9-month-old girl is dead after being shot outside a motel near Truist Park in Atlanta. A Texas teacher accused of killing his wife dies in court moments before he is set to be sentenced to 35 years in prison. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A suspect is in custody after a Canadian father is shot and killed during a golf trip in Wisconsin, one month after the birth of his firstborn baby girl. A first grader in Iowa saves their mother’s life by handing a note to a school bus driver that says, “Call 911.” Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police identify serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers as the man behind the Austin’s 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders that left four teenage girls dead. One week from Friday, Roy Lee Ward will be dead... that is, barring a last-minute reprieve from the courts. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An Atlanta man is sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 25 years for the shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner, a girl killed by gunfire in a period of racial unrest after the death of George Floyd. A Houston-based traveling veterinarian is in jail after being accused of grooming and sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl who worked for him. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Norwalk, Iowa mother and her father are sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing a newborn and leaving him in a trash bag along a highway ditch. The Justice Department is moving inmates whose death sentences were commuted by President Biden into the nation’s highest-security prison, ADX Florence in Colorado. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A husband, wife, and their 1-year-old son are found dead in separate cases, murdered in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Now a 61-year-old man is charged in connection with the father’s death. Police in New Jersey warn that fake “movie money” is being passed off as real cash in Gloucester Township. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two sisters once thought lost are found alive 36 years after their mother was murdered in the Arizona desert. Authorities in New Jersey and across the U.S. are warning about fake Labubu dolls, known as “Lafufus.” Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Tennessee man is charged with murder after police say he gunned down a bar owner in Athens and then fled in the victim’s truck. Alabama executes Geoffrey Todd West for the 1997 murder of Margaret Berry, despite her son’s pleas for mercy and forgiveness. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deputies in Tennessee are searching for a convicted murderer who was mistakenly released from jail after being found guilty at trial. Texas executes Blaine Keith Milam for the 2008 murder of his fiancée’s baby during what the couple called an exorcism. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two teens in Pennsylvania face criminal charges after TikTok-inspired car stunts left one friend dead and another with permanent brain injuries. A Rhode Island deputy sheriff is accused of recording a woman inside a Starbucks restroom on the Johnson & Wales University campus. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Shelbyville, Indiana woman sits in jail on a $2 million bond after the death of her 22-month-old son, Jasper, who police say was found in a state of decomposition. A statue of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands appears on the National Mall. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.