The defense came out swinging in the Kouri Richins murder trial and didn’t waste a single minute. Attorney Kathy Nester used her cross-examination of crime scene technician Chelsea Gipson to expose a pattern of investigative gaps that go straight to the heart of the prosecution’s case. A hydrocodone bottle from Read more…
Why murder instead of divorce? That’s the question the Kouri Richins case forces us to confront. Prosecutors allege Kouri Richins poisoned her husband Eric with fentanyl, that she made multiple attempts before the one that killed him, and that she stood to gain nearly two million dollars in life insurance Read more…
Three weeks since Nancy Guthrie was taken. Her kidnapper has said nothing. No ransom demand. No proof of life. No communication of any kind. The silence is absolute—and it’s the most important piece of evidence we have. The ransom notes that surfaced weren’t from the perpetrator. Investigators believe those came Read more…
She left fast. Filed for divorce. Moved back to Ohio. Did everything right. And according to prosecutors, the man she fled from allegedly came anyway — eight years later. This episode breaks down the real barriers between victims and the door — financial traps, custody weaponization, a legal system that Read more…
Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta delivers expert analysis on three high-profile cases: the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation stalling at day 23, the Kouri Richins murder trial in week one, and the Colin Gray prosecution that could reshape parental liability law. The Guthrie case has problems. Four hundred investigators, forty thousand Read more…
Forget the opening statements. Forget the attorneys’ spin. In this episode, we go straight to the source — the two recordings that captured Kouri Richins in the hours after Eric Richins was found dead in their bed. First, the 911 call. Placed at 3:21 a.m. on March 4, 2022. Kouri Read more…
Two words in a Los Angeles courtroom today. Not guilty. Entered by Nick Reiner’s public defender as he sat slumped behind glass, charged with stabbing both of his parents to death. Rob Reiner. Michele Singer Reiner. Found in their bedroom with multiple stab wounds on the first night of Hanukkah. Read more…
Chelsea Gipson, Lead Crime Scene Technician, takes the stand again in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his Read more…
The cause of death isn’t in dispute. Eric Richins died of a fentanyl overdose—several times the lethal amount. Dr. Pamela Sue Ulmer confirmed it on the stand. No evidence of injury. No natural causes. The question is whether prosecutors can prove Kouri Richins put it there. Day 2 of this Read more…
Within minutes of the Apalachee High School shooting, body camera footage captured Colin Gray telling deputies, “God, I knew it.” He also said he’d been trying to get his son into counseling. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down what those statements mean for Colin Gray’s defense—and whether they’re devastating Read more…