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

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

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

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.

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The South Carolina Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Alex Murdaugh's appeal February 11, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. in Columbia. This is the most significant development since his March 2023 conviction for murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul.The appeal centers on two arguments. First, that former Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill tampered with the jury by making comments that could have influenced their verdict. Three jurors testified Hill told them to watch Murdaugh's body language and not be fooled by his testimony. Hill denied wrongdoing — but in December 2025, she pleaded guilty to perjury for lying under oath at the very hearing that evaluated those tampering claims.The Supreme Court has added Hill's conviction to the appellate record. The justices will review jury tampering allegations knowing the court official at the center is a convicted perjurer who lied about her conduct during the trial.The second argument challenges the admission of extensive financial crimes evidence. Prosecutors spent a week presenting testimony about the $8.5 million Murdaugh allegedly stole from clients and his law firm, arguing this created motive. The defense calls this "a trial within a trial" that prejudiced jurors before they considered the murder charges.The state's response, filed before Hill's conviction, called the evidence "overwhelming" and dismissed Hill's conduct as "foolish and fleeting."The court has three options: affirm, reverse for a new trial, or remand for further proceedings. No ruling from the bench. Decisions come later, in writing.Regardless of outcome, Murdaugh remains incarcerated on separate sentences for his financial crimes. This appeal determines whether his murder convictions stand.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughCase #MurdaughAppeal #BeckyHill #MaggieAndPaul #JuryTampering #SupremeCourt #MurdaughTrial #Moselle #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.

Three major cases. One defense attorney with prosecution experience. Eric Faddis joins Hidden Killers Live to analyze the evidence, legal exposure, and defense strategies in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping, Charity Beallis family deaths, and McKee/Tepe murder case.Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Tucson home. The 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie. Forced entry. DNA evidence. Bitcoin ransom demands sent to media, not family. Pacemaker data tracking. No suspects. Faddis breaks down how cryptocurrency ransom and medical device evidence get handled in court—and why the sheriff's contradictory statements create problems for prosecutors.Charity Beallis and her six-year-old twins were found shot to death the day after her divorce was finalized. Her father says she was shot twice. Two months later, still no arrest. The documented history: 2025 strangulation arrest, substantiated child maltreatment, a prior wife dead under similar circumstances. Faddis explains what's holding up charges and what defense looks like given this background.The McKee affidavit alleges eight years of obsession leading to the Tepe murders. Surveillance footage of McKee in the victims' yard while they were away. Stolen plates. Years of threats. A phone that went silent during the killing window. Automatic weapon or silencer specifications. No forced entry. Faddis analyzes the prosecution's case and where defense attorneys will push.A kidnapping where no one has been identified. A triple homicide where no one has been charged. A double murder where the affidavit documents alleged years of planning.Eric Faddis provides legal analysis across all three—prosecution roadmaps, defense strategies, and the evidence thresholds that determine what happens next.#NancyGuthrie #CharityBeallis #MichaelMcKee #TepeMurders #EricFaddis 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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.

Forensic extraction devices at the daughter's home. A sheriff calling suspect reports reckless. A family video scripted by investigators. More than a hundred people working the case and not a single suspect named. The investigation into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance is now as much about reading the people around her as finding the person who took her.Agents were photographed entering the home of Annie Guthrie and Tommaso Cioni — the last people to see Nancy before she disappeared — carrying what appears to be a Cellebrite device used to extract encrypted and deleted data from phones. The sheriff says that is standard. He also says there are no suspects, no persons of interest, and that reporting otherwise is irresponsible.Tonight on Hidden Killers Live, Robin Dreeke — former FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — returns for Part 2 to break down how investigators behaviorally assess the people in a victim's world. How they separate grief from guilt. What digital forensic extraction reveals about a person beyond the files on their phone. How massive media attention and public accusations reshape the entire investigation. And what happens when a case with this much heat goes quiet.Your questions. Robin's answers. Live.#NancyGuthrie #HiddenKillersLive #RobinDreeke #FBIExpert #SavannahGuthrie #BehavioralAnalysis #TrueCrimeLive #FBIInvestigation #PimaCounty #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.

 It's been two months since Charity Beallis and her twins were found dead in Bonanza, Arkansas. No arrest. No charges. Charity's father told Hidden Killers he saw her body—shot twice, chest and forehead. If his account is accurate, suicide isn't a plausible explanation.The timing is impossible to ignore. Divorce finalized December 2nd. Joint custody granted. Children to return to Randall Beallis December 5th. Bodies discovered December 3rd.Defense attorney Eric Faddis joins Hidden Killers Live to examine what this silence from investigators typically means, what evidence they might still be gathering, and what legal strategy emerges when a defendant has the documented history Randall Beallis has.That history includes a February 2025 arrest for allegedly choking Charity in front of their children. Felony charges reduced to misdemeanor. Child maltreatment substantiated for both twins in July. His attorney maintains he's cooperating and was not responsible.The history goes back further. In 2012, Randall's second wife Shawna was found dead with a gunshot wound to the forehead. Ruled suicide. Reopened in 2021 after police received statements. Closed again—evidence destroyed by court order in 2014.Physical evidence surfaced quickly. Three days after the bodies were found, family photos and a necklace bearing the twins' names were discovered in a dumpster at an apartment complex tied to Randall through court documents. Investigators have declined to comment.Two shots. Two months. No arrest. A prior wife's death under similar circumstances. A custody timeline that reads like a countdown.Faddis walks through what prosecutors need to bring charges, what defense attorneys prepare when their client has this kind of documented past, and what the person responsible for these deaths should be thinking right now.#CharityBeallis #BeallisTwins #RandallBeallis #ArkansasCrime #EricFaddis #HiddenKillersLive #TrueCrime #DomesticViolence #TripleHomicide #ColdCaseJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The official timeline is out and it raises serious questions. Nancy Guthrie's doorbell camera disconnected at 1:47 AM. Twenty-five minutes later, software picked up a person — but there is no video because Nancy had no paid subscription. At 2:28 AM, her pacemaker app went dark. That is a forty-one-minute window that tells a very specific story about how this person operated.The sheriff denied forced entry at Thursday's press conference. No cameras were smashed. The device was disconnected and has been forensically exhausted with no recoverable footage. Ransom notes went to the media, not the family. The FBI says there has been zero follow-up and zero proof of life. One person has already been arrested for faking a ransom demand to cash in on the situation.Tonight on Hidden Killers Live, Robin Dreeke — former FBI Special Agent and twenty-one-year veteran who ran the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — breaks down the behavioral signatures of this crime in real time. What does the deliberate disconnection of the camera reveal? What does the forty-one-minute pace suggest about the perpetrator's familiarity with the home? Why did the ransom demand go to the press? And what does sustained silence with no proof of life tell a trained behavioral analyst about what is really happening in this case?Bring your questions. Robin is taking them live.#NancyGuthrie #HiddenKillersLive #RobinDreeke #FBIExpert #SavannahGuthrie #BehavioralAnalysis #TrueCrimeLive #Kidnapping #ProofOfLife #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.

The kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie—Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother—remains unsolved. Investigators have confirmed forced entry at her Tucson home, DNA evidence belonging to Nancy, and ransom notes demanding bitcoin payment. Those notes went to media outlets, not the family. The FBI is involved. No suspects have been identified publicly.Defense attorney Eric Faddis joins Hidden Killers Live to analyze what we know and what it means for any future prosecution.Start with the ransom notes. Sending demands to TMZ and local news stations instead of family is an unusual play. Faddis breaks down the legal exposure that creates—even if the person who sent them isn't the abductor.The DNA confirmation raises as many questions as it answers. The sheriff says it belongs to Nancy but won't say whether it's blood. That matters. Evidence showing someone was present in their own home is different from evidence showing they were harmed there. The distinction affects charging decisions.Medical device evidence may prove critical. Investigators are using Nancy's pacemaker sync data to establish she went out of range around 2 a.m. This type of evidence is relatively new in courtrooms. Faddis explains how it gets introduced and where defense attorneys push back.The sheriff's public statements have already created complications. He told NBC Nancy "was harmed at the home" and later said he misspoke. Defense attorneys file that away for later.Jurisdiction remains unclear. Arizona has kidnapping statutes, but FBI involvement opens the door to federal charges. Faddis explains what determines venue—and which court typically delivers harsher outcomes.Nancy's age, limited mobility, and dependence on daily medication the sheriff described as potentially fatal to miss all factor into sentencing exposure.A high-profile victim, unusual ransom tactics, and emerging evidence technology. Eric Faddis breaks down the legal landscape.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrieMother #Kidnapping #EricFaddis #TrueCrime #FBI #HiddenKillersLive #TucsonCrime #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.

Monique Tepe allegedly knew for eight years that Michael McKee had threatened to kill her. According to the unsealed affidavit, witnesses said he strangled her during their seven-month marriage, forced unwanted sex, and told her he could end her life whenever he wanted. She divorced him. She never filed a public police report. She rebuilt — married Spencer, had two children — while carrying that weight. On December 30th, she and Spencer were found dead in their Columbus home. McKee has pleaded not guilty despite surveillance footage, a ballistics match, and years of documented threats.Mica Miller called police fourteen times in her final months. She reported tracking devices. Harassment. Fear for her life. She told her family if she ended up with a bullet in her head, it wasn't by her — it was JP. Two days after serving Pastor JP Miller divorce papers, she was dead. Ruled a suicide. JP just pleaded not guilty to federal cyberstalking while the indictment alleges tracking, non-consensual nude photo distribution, fifty-plus contacts in a single day, and lies to investigators.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott — author of "The Minds of Mass Killers" and a DV survivor whose ex-husband died by revenge suicide — connects these cases. She explains the psychological burden of living under direct threat, why victims don't report, the forensic profile of defendants who treat prosecution as competition, and how coercive controllers weaponize every system designed to help their targets. Two women. Two systems that failed. Two men who allegedly believed consequences were for other people.#MoniqueTepe #MicaMiller #MichaelMcKee #JPMiller #HiddenKillersLive #ShavaunScott #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.

Michael McKee is charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe. The unsealed affidavit details what prosecutors describe as eight years of obsession—surveillance footage, stolen plates, years of threats, and a cell phone that went dark during the murder window.Defense attorney Eric Faddis joins Hidden Killers Live to break down the prosecution's strategy and identify where the defense has room to challenge.The surveillance evidence is striking. Footage shows McKee walking through the Tepes' yard on December 6th or 7th while the couple was at the Big Ten Championship game. Pre-offense reconnaissance supports aggravated murder charges.Witnesses described threats spanning years. McKee allegedly said he could "kill her at any time" and that Monique "will always be his wife." Those statements came during and after their marriage—long before the murders. Faddis explains how prosecutors introduce historical threat evidence and what objections defense attorneys raise.The firearm specifications—automatic weapon or silencer, charged in the alternative—suggest the weapon hasn't been recovered. What does that hedging tell us about the investigation?McKee's phone showed no activity from December 29th until after noon December 30th. The murders occurred around 3:50 a.m. on December 30th. How do prosecutors argue digital silence equals consciousness of guilt?Vehicle evidence connects multiple points. A silver SUV with a distinctive sticker was tracked to McKee's address and workplace. The same vehicle appeared near the Tepe home on surveillance displaying stolen plates. After arrest, fresh scrape marks showed the sticker had been removed.No forced entry at the Tepe home. The aggravated burglary charge signals prosecutors believe McKee gained access another way.McKee pleaded not guilty and waived the bail hearing. What does that defense posture signal at this stage?#MichaelMcKee #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #TepeMurders #OhioMurder #EricFaddis #HiddenKillersLive #TrueCrime #AggravatedMurder #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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The federal indictment against Pastor JP Miller is a roadmap of coercive control: tracking devices planted on her car, a nude photo posted online without consent, over fifty contacts in a single day, financial interference, and lies to federal investigators. Mica Miller called police fourteen times in her final months. She reported GPS trackers. Slashed tires. Harassment. She told officers she was afraid for her life. She told her family if she ended up with a bullet in her head, it wasn't by her — it was JP. Two days after serving him divorce papers, she was dead. Ruled a suicide.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent thirty years treating survivors of coercive control. She explains exactly what the Miller indictment reveals about how these patterns work — and why every system designed to protect Mica failed. Mica told police JP "groomed" her starting when she was ten years old. In February 2024, she was involuntarily hospitalized for forty-eight hours. When she got out, according to family affidavits, her car was gone, her accounts were locked, and JP had allegedly removed documents she'd been collecting about his abuse.JP told media Mica had "mental health struggles." In a sermon, he told his congregation that mentally ill people "don't know they're sick" and need to "trust people around them." Scott breaks down how abusers weaponize mental health narratives to discredit victims and ensure no one believes them when they finally try to escape. South Carolina still has no standalone coercive control law. Senate Bill 702 has been reintroduced — and keeps stalling.#MicaMiller #JPMiller #HiddenKillersLive #CoerciveControl #FederalIndictment #ShavaunScott #Grooming #PastorAbuse #Cyberstalking #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.

Surveillance footage placing him at the scene. A NIBIN ballistics match. A cell phone that went dark during the murder window. Years of documented threats against his ex-wife. Michael McKee looked at the state's case and pleaded not guilty anyway. He waived his bail hearing but reserved the right to revisit it later — a calculated procedural move, not a white flag.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott wrote "The Minds of Mass Killers" and has spent thirty years evaluating violent offenders in forensic settings. She explains why certain defendants refuse to fold even when the evidence looks insurmountable. There's a profile. Ted Bundy represented himself and cross-examined witnesses about his own alleged murders. 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. The courtroom detachment isn't random — it's diagnostic.McKee is a vascular surgeon. Over a decade of elite medical training. He's operated on human bodies under extreme pressure, making life-and-death decisions with precision. Scott analyzes whether that professional identity feeds into the compartmentalization required to sit calmly while facing aggravated murder charges. What is narcissistic grandiosity and where does it come from? For someone like this, what does "winning" even mean? And the theory that won't go away: the detachment that allows someone to appear unaffected at trial may be the same mechanism that allegedly let them pull the trigger.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #HiddenKillersLive #ShavaunScott #NotGuiltyPlea #TedBundy #ChrisWatts #NarcissisticGrandiosity #TepeMurdersJoin 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.

Two major murder cases. One defense attorney. Tonight on Hidden Killers Live, Bob Motta examines the Brendan Banfield conviction and the Michael McKee arrest — and takes your questions about both.Brendan Banfield just got convicted of aggravated murder. The former federal agent is facing life without parole after the jury believed the au pair over him. She walked free with time served. He's going to die in prison. Bob breaks down where the defense strategy failed, whether testifying hurt Banfield, and what his appeal chances actually look like.The au pair deal, the buried evidence angle, the digital forensics investigator who got reassigned when his findings didn't match the prosecution's theory — we're examining every argument Banfield's appellate team will make. Bob doesn't sugarcoat the odds. The "harmless error" doctrine kills most appeals, and getting past that barrier is nearly impossible.Then we shift to Michael McKee, charged with murdering his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband. The surveillance footage looks damning. The phone records look damning. Witnesses say Monique told them McKee had threatened her for years. But what does a defense attorney actually see when they look at this evidence?Bob breaks down the reliability problems with video identification, the hearsay challenges prosecutors will face, and the eight-year gap between the divorce and the murders that complicates the premeditation argument.Join us live for comprehensive analysis of both cases — and bring your questions.#BrendanBanfield #MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #HiddenKillersLive #BobMotta #BanfieldVerdict #TepeMurders #TrueCrimeLive #DefenseAttorney #LivePodcastJoin 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.