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A fatal shooting inside a quiet Massachusetts neighborhood leaves a renowned university professor dead, no suspect in custody, and investigators searching for answers. A thirteen-year-old student is arrested at a Minnesota middle school after allegedly bringing a massive quantity of suspected fentanyl pills onto campus. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The death of celebrated director Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle shocks Hollywood and leaves friends and family wondering why their son Nick Reiner could allegedly stab his parents to death. Drew Nelson reports with Dave Mack, diving into the days before the unthinkable happened. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A tow truck driver in Florida is now charged after a four-year-old girl was taken inside a vehicle he towed and fell into traffic. A Texas police officer faces felony charges after a crash in Baytown kills two young brothers and seriously injures their sisters. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A family vacation in Central Florida turns deadly after a father allegedly falls asleep in a hot tub while holding his toddler daughter. A strange smell inside an SUV in Tennessee leads to a long, yellow python hidden under the hood. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
One driver takes off in another man’s pickup truck after a road rage clash explodes into violence on a busy Chicago street. An illegally over-height truck strikes six bridges in Oklahoma, forcing bridge closures across Rogers County while traffic continues below on the Will Rogers Turnpike. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A California family is searching for its missing cat after security video appears to show a delivery driver taking the animal from the front of their home. A Minnesota man faces murder charges after apartment residents report seeing him dragging what appeared to be a dead woman in the early morning hours. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A judge hands down a life sentence after a young child dies from repeated beatings tied to toilet training, with prosecutors saying the injuries were survivable if help had been called sooner. Police probe a possible hate crime after gunfire erupts outside a home decorated for Hanukkah, leaving a family shaken and investigators searching for suspects who vanished into the night. Federal agents move in just in time to stop a New Year’s Eve bombing plot, arresting suspects in the desert as authorities say explosive devices were already being prepared. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Kentucky family speaks after being reunited after more than four decades apart, following the arrest of a woman accused of abducting her young daughter in 1983. A Wisconsin woman accused of felony retail theft is arrested after walking into a Walmart during a “Shop with a Cop” event. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Florida retiree is facing the loss of his home and the collapse of his marriage after an artificial-intelligence scam using deepfakes of Elon Musk drained his savings. A Florida middle school goes into lockdown after an automated safety system mistakes a clarinet for a gun. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kayakers are looting flooded property in Washington as deputies investigate a theft case tied to historic high water in Snohomish County. A Tennessee NFL player returns home from a Sunday night road game to find his house burglarized while he was away in California. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Federal authorities say a coordinated New Year’s Eve bombing plot targeting multiple locations across Southern California is thwarted after investigators tracked suspects into the desert while they tested their explosives. A Georgia high school football coach is behind bars after investigators say he assaulted multiple players during the season. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Jewish family in Southern California says they were targeted in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime after gunmen shouted slurs and opened fire on their home as they celebrate Hanukkah. A former Georgia police officer is facing federal charges after investigators say she produced images involving child sexual abuse and animal exploitation. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A woman in Georgia is recovering from life-threatening burns after a stranger poured a corrosive substance on her during a nighttime walk in a Savannah park. A family dispute in Florida ends with an elderly man charged with attempted murder after police say he shot his adult son in the face for not coming to visit. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A routine ride request in Los Angeles turns into a shock when a woman discovers a stranger locked inside the trunk of a self-driving Waymo near MacArthur Park in the Westlake area. An American grandmother is back home after being arrested in the Bahamas when authorities found a handgun and ammunition in her purse during a cruise stop in Nassau. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A spider is now at the center of a criminal investigation after a DoorDash delivery ends with a husband and wife getting sick and a driver accused of spraying their food with alleged pepper spray during a late-night drop-off in Indiana. A New York City man is accused of stabbing his wife and torturing his 12-year-old stepdaughter inside a Bronx apartment, allegedly forcing a needle-like object into the child’s brain. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New York prosecutors say a massive, organized retail theft ring that targeted Home Depot stores across nine states has been dismantled, with 13 people now facing hundreds of felony charges. A woman in Missouri escapes an alleged sex-trafficking operation after using ChatGPT to create a fake email, leading to the arrest of a man accused of beating her and threatening her one-year-old child, according to court records. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A teenage boy in Pennsylvania is now living with a new foster family after police say he was confined, starved, and repeatedly abused inside a Brookville home for years, leading to more than 900 criminal charges against two women. A Los Angeles judge orders a thirty-one-year-old man held without bail after prosecutors accuse him of fatally stabbing his father, Grammy-nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes inside the family’s Santa Monica home. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Georgia mother’s murder case now moves to a grand jury after investigators revealed she told police the hours before her daughter’s death felt “like a dream.” A tourist is stabbed inside Macy’s Herald Square while changing her baby’s diaper in a restroom, triggering an attempted murder charge and a major police response in Midtown Manhattan. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A former Maryland pediatrician receives a decades-long prison sentence as prosecutors move forward on more cases tied to the doctor inappropriately touching little girls. A Utah murder case deepens as prosecutors charge a truck driver’s ex-wife and her apparent lover in a stabbing death that unfolded along I-80. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Colorado domestic violence case turns deadly in Westminster as a mother of three is found dead days after her ex-partner was released from jail, prompting renewed questions about a system meant to protect her. A Hollywood director is convicted in New York after prosecutors prove he used Netflix money meant for a science-fiction series to fund a lavish personal spending spree. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A teen breakup turns into a triple homicide in Texas as police say a fifteen-year-old boy killed a mother and two children inside a North Odessa apartment. A Maryland newborn death investigation turns into a murder case after detectives say autopsy findings and phone evidence point to trauma, not an accidental smothering in the death of a baby known as “K.C.” Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A popular Charlotte, North Carolina brewery faces immediate fallout after police accused a co-owner of breaking into a home and raping a thirteen-year-old girl. A Tennessee teenager and his stepfather are accused of killing the boy’s mother, burning her body, and then telling police she had left the country. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two Oklahoma parents are now charged with first-degree murder after their two-year-old daughter was mauled to death by a dog in their home. Human remains are found near the Coney Island Boardwalk as detectives make two discoveries of bones in thick brush. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In West Virginia, a 15-year-old boy’s suicide is now tied to an online sextortion scheme that his father says is “100% murder.” A federal warning is issued as criminals use stolen and altered social-media photos as fake “proof of life” in virtual kidnapping scams. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Deputies in Florida are confronted with a 130mph stolen-car crash after the driver claims he teleported into a BMW and says aliens were after him. The Trump administration moves to deport a Belarusian woman even as she faces major U.S. criminal charges, putting a years-long federal case at risk. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Eight teen football players in Florida now face felony charges after a trip to a sporting goods store ends with more than two thousand dollars in stolen gear and a lost championship shot. A Georgia mother who created a GoFundMe after her two-year-old son died is now arrested in connection with his death by apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A North Carolina woman finds an escaped inmate inside her car on what was supposed to be an ordinary Monday morning. A Georgia mother is sentenced to life in prison after her four-year-old son died from head injuries that followed repeated beatings tied to him not being potty trained. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A prominent Minnesota business leader admits in federal court that he stole reward money in three gun violence cases and used it to fuel a lavish lifestyle. An elderly Texas woman is sentenced after federal prosecutors prove she dispatched the equivalent of 150,000 lethal doses of fentanyl through the mail in a drug scheme tied to a supposed “side hustle.” Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Florida town reels as two teenagers are jailed for the premeditated shooting and burning death of a fourteen-year-old girl. A former Missouri police officer admits he stole nude images from women during traffic stops and sent at least one private video to his own phone. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A California man now faces more than a decade in prison after prosecutors accuse him of planning and carrying out the violent killing of a pregnant dog in an alley in Anaheim. A nonverbal boy remains missing in New York City as his mother remains jailed for refusing to tell a judge where he is. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A violent robbery in Washington has an elderly victim speaking out nearly two months after losing part of her finger as police continue to hunt for the suspect. An execution is scheduled in Georgia for a convicted killer nearly twenty-two years after the deaths of two young real estate agents inside a model home. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A city on the California coast moves to permanently outlaw pickleball after neighbors complained the nonstop popping noise became unbearable. A Florida man is now in jail after deputies say a fake real estate scheme unraveled behind a front door that literally dared them to return with a warrant. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A growing legal fight in Pennsylvania now centers on something called a barnacle: a windshield-blocking device that drivers say is being used to trap them for fast cash. Police in Virginia are now using an AI translator built into their body cameras, hoping to get around the language barrier with some residents. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A 25-year-old college student in Delaware is in federal custody after police stop a pickup truck and uncover weapons, body armor, and a written plan to attack a university police station. A deadly standoff in Connecticut now leaves one man dead, a second body found inside the home, and a trove of explosives under investigation. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A newlywed couple in Georgia is still waiting for justice after more than $10,000 in wedding donations vanished and their decorator was later arrested on a theft charge. A social media fitness influencer in Indiana now sits in jail without bond after police charged him with multiple counts of child seduction involving a 16-year-old girl. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A tense search in Wisconsin ends with two missing siblings found safe after reports that a girl had abducted her younger brother at gunpoint. A suspect is now in custody in Virginia in the long-unsolved federal pipe-bomb case tied to the January 6th Capitol attack in the District of Columbia. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A woman is pulled from a burning row house in Massachusetts by a good Samaritan utility worker with a bucket truck moments before flames would overtake the very spot she evacuated to. A New Hampshire OnlyFans model is sentenced to jail and probation after filming herself urinating on food and hotel property during a months-long pee spree. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Everything you may have missed as Luigi Mangione tries to exclude evidence in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rebecca Park, a northern Michigander who was thirty-eight weeks pregnant when she disappeared, is now at the center of a homicide case as new charges are filed following the discovery of her body and the continued search for her missing baby. A Georgia couple now faces criminal charges after investigators say they abandoned their dog just before leaving the state for a Hawaiian vacation. The grinch who stole Thanksgiving dinner takes an 80-year-old volunteer’s car while she serves meals to the homeless in Portland. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Canyon County, Idaho man wanting to reconcile with his wife is now dead, and she faces life behind bars after a cold campground killing plotted across state lines. A woman is accused of slashing her sleeping boyfriend’s throat and calling 911 to declare, “Today is my Independence Day.” Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Massachusetts elementary school is rocked as two brothers stand charged in a classroom sex crime case, with one alleged of a simulated sex act on camera. A California jury brands a desert killer a monster after a lying-in-wait murder and a return trip to violate the body. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Montana doctor charged in a child sex case dies in a jail cell as investigators scramble to protect possible victims. A Kentucky man now faces felony child abuse and assault charges after a child is left with life-threatening head injuries during a diaper change. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Michigan doctor is sentenced to decades in prison after victims confront him in court for secretly recording children and sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. A trashed trash panda turns a Virginia liquor store break-in into a viral spectacle after drinking itself unconscious in a bathroom. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A murder case unfolds in broad daylight in California, where a married couple in their 60s is shot to death in the driveway of their million-dollar home in what police call a targeted attack, with another death possibly linked to the case. A statewide manhunt is underway in Georgia after a jailed man escapes from an Atlanta hospital following an apparent suicide attempt, vanishing with a stolen gun. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The grinch who stole Thanksgiving dinner takes an 80-year-old volunteer’s car while she serves meals to the homeless in Portland. Five Washington children are found living in a trash-filled car with three dogs and visible drug paraphernalia as three adults are jailed on child and animal cruelty charges. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A former Marine recruiter drops to his knees in a Michigan courtroom to beg for forgiveness after nearly killing an eleven-year-old girl during a home invasion in the middle of the night. A Georgia couple now faces criminal charges after investigators say they abandoned their dog just before leaving the state for a Hawaiian vacation. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Colorado parolee’s stolen-car crash on Highway 83 is now blamed for killing a father and three children and leaving two teens fighting to recover. A Los Angeles man now faces felony charges for allegedly shutting down the 110 Freeway during rush hour to film a music video as cars did donuts around him. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Kentucky couple now faces murder charges after a man was thrown from a second-story balcony in Elizabethtown and later died. A dead man is now the focus of a Virginia investigation after his own car was towed twice over 15 days with his body left unnoticed in the back seat. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Massachusetts man is held without bail after pleading not guilty to murdering his parents and setting their home on fire. Mark Allen Geralds, a Florida prisoner convicted of a brutal 1989 home-invasion murder, is now set to die by lethal injection. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A father and his nine-year-old son are found shot inside a home in Ohio in what police now call a possible murder-suicide. A Tennessee death row inmate who raped and killed a college student in Chattanooga nearly four decades ago is now set to die by lethal injection after declining to choose his execution method. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.