From a jail cell, Juliana Peres Magalhaes wrote to her mother that she was “heartbroken” for what she was doing to Brendan Banfield. She said she still loved him. But she wanted to go home. Now she’s the prosecution’s star witness — and on Day 1 of Banfield’s murder trial, Read more…
Women on the Washington State University campus built survival systems to avoid Bryan Kohberger. A tally board tracking his comments. Emails with “911” in the subject line. Security escorts to their cars. A door strategy so no one would be trapped alone with him. According to a 126-page lawsuit filed Read more…
Officer Brendan Miller analyzed 60 devices. His conclusion contradicted the prosecution’s entire theory. Then he was transferred out of digital forensics and told he’d never work another case in the unit. Miller’s finding was straightforward: Christine Banfield — not her husband Brendan — appeared to control the FetLife account prosecutors Read more…
Monique Tepe bought her own engagement ring. She bought her own wedding ring. She listed both as “Separate Property” in her divorce from Michael McKee, writing “I paid” as the explanation. She never took his name. Seven months after they married in August 2015, she was done with him. Eight Read more…
Rob Reiner’s own words haunt this case. Experts repeatedly told the family that Nick was “lying or manipulating them.” Eighteen rehab stays. Years of interventions. A fortune spent on dual-diagnosis treatment. And still, his parents couldn’t figure out when to believe their son. Now a jury has to solve the Read more…
Crime scene evidence presented in the Adrian Gonzales trial this week showed exactly how the Robb Elementary shooter killed children who were trying to hide. Former Texas Ranger Juan Torrez testified that investigators placed pink and yellow trajectory rods into bullet cavities throughout Room 111. The rods demonstrated the gunman Read more…
Alan Jackson spent three weeks on the Nick Reiner case. Every waking hour, according to his own account. His team issued ten subpoenas — all now sealed by the court. Then he walked into a Los Angeles courtroom and told the judge he had “no choice” but to withdraw. Whatever Read more…
Barry Morphew pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder Monday in the death of his wife Suzanne Morphew, who disappeared Mother’s Day 2020. This marks the second time he’s faced these charges. The first case imploded in 2022 when DA Linda Stanley’s office failed to meet discovery deadlines and withheld key Read more…
Attorney Eric Faddis breaks down the legal landscape across two major cases — and exposes where the system works, where it fails, and what happens next. In the Nick Reiner case: Alan Jackson issued ten sealed subpoenas before withdrawing. He declared Nick “not guilty of murder” on the courthouse steps. Read more…
Juliana Peres Magalhaes wrote from jail that she was “heartbroken for doing this to Brendan” and that she still loved him. Then she testified against him to go home to Brazil. So who was manipulating whom? Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins Hidden Killers to break down the relationship Read more…