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…
Eighteen days before Eric Richins died, he called two friends and said, “I think my wife tried to poison me.” One friend says he heard fear in Eric’s voice. That statement goes directly to the attempted murder charge against Kouri Richins—and it may be the most damaging evidence prosecutors have. Read more…
The Nancy Guthrie investigation just got a lot more complicated—and a lot more revealing about who we’re dealing with. Law enforcement sources confirmed what many suspected: the doorbell camera images weren’t all captured on February 1st. At least one image—showing the suspect without his backpack—was taken on an earlier visit Read more…
Chelsea Gipson, Lead Crime Scene Technician, takes the stand 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 death. Read more…
Pamela Ulmer, Retired Utah State Medical Examiner, continues testimony 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 death. Read more…