Brendan Banfield was a trained federal agent. Prosecutors say he spent months building a murder plot designed to look like a home invasion — complete with a fake profile, a groomed stranger, and a staged crime scene. His star witness lied for a year before flipping. Now a jury has Read more…
Rex Heuermann’s defense just made their biggest move yet. A 178-page motion filed January 12, 2026 demands the Sandra Costilla murder charge be dismissed — and points directly at another convicted killer who may have been responsible for deaths attributed to their client. Sandra Costilla was murdered in 1993. The Read more…
Monique Tepe left her first husband after seven months of marriage. She didn’t fight. She didn’t make a scene. She just got out. She rebuilt her life, married Spencer Tepe, had two children, and thought the nightmare was behind her. Eight years later, according to police, Dr. Michael McKee allegedly Read more…
Rob Reiner reportedly told friends he was “petrified” of his own son. Michele Reiner had allegedly grown increasingly worried about Nick’s deteriorating mental state. They had money, connections, access to the best treatment in the world — and none of it mattered. Because in California, families cannot force treatment on Read more…
She lied for a year. She promised to protect Brendan Banfield. Then she flipped, took a plea deal, and testified against him in open court. Now she’s negotiating with Netflix and media producers are paying her jail expenses. Juliana Peres Magalhães is the prosecution’s star witness — and the defense Read more…
For eight years, Monique Tepe never said her ex-husband’s name. She called him “her ex-husband.” Like saying it would summon him. Her family called him a monster. Said she talked about emotional abuse, threatening behavior, that she was “willing to do anything to get out.” She was always worried. But Read more…
Brendan Banfield was a trained federal agent. Prosecutors say he used that training to build a months-long murder plot — complete with a fake fetish profile, a groomed patsy, and a staged home invasion. If true, this was a law enforcement officer who believed he could outsmart the system. Robin Read more…
Nick Reiner reportedly admits to killing his parents. That alone should end the conversation. But it doesn’t — because what he says next reframes the entire case. Instead of focusing on the act, he reportedly describes his incarceration as a “conspiracy.” And that single shift raises questions that can’t be Read more…
Robin Dreeke ran the FBI’s Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. He’s spent his career studying manipulation, deception, and how predators operate. When he looks at the JP Miller case, he sees a textbook pattern of coercive control — and an indictment that only scratches the surface. According to federal charges, Miller Read more…
California’s insanity standard is different from what most people assume. You don’t have to prove the defendant didn’t know right from wrong. You only have to prove he didn’t understand the “nature and quality” of his actions. TMZ’s documentary cited the David Carmichael case — a father who methodically planned Read more…