Anna Kepner’s stepbrother pleaded not guilty. Former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins Tony to read the defense strategy from the outside looking in. Five questions covering the plea entered without the defendant present, the defense team’s own request for the adult transfer, the judge-selection strategy tied to the same judge who Read more…
The person accused of killing Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival cruise ship just pleaded not guilty in federal court — and he didn’t even show up to say it. His attorney filed a one-page document while the sixteen-year-old stayed home, wearing a GPS ankle monitor, living with a relative, and Read more…
The conviction was life plus twenty years. The civil judgment was $152 million. And Warren Jeffs is still issuing orders from a prison cell in East Texas. According to multiple reports, his brothers have served as conduits—using coded letters and allegedly hidden recording devices to relay instructions. A 2022 edict Read more…
Part 2 of our deep-dive with former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis. This one is on the charging document itself. First-degree murder with three special circumstances. Continuous sexual abuse of a child. Mutilation of human remains. The death penalty is on the table. We cover DA Hochman’s financial-gain theory and whether Read more…
Prosecutors have reportedly said David Anthony Burke did not dispose of Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s remains alone. And yet he is the only name on the felony complaint. Former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis joins Tony for the legal breakdown of who’s still exposed and why. Eric walks through the cooperation language Read more…
The evidence seized from the Yearning for Zion Ranch reads like a prosecution’s exhibit list assembled by the defendant himself. The Bishop’s Record—a handwritten ledger documenting underage marriages. Photographs of Warren Jeffs with a pre-teen girl in ceremonial settings. Medical records showing dozens of children with histories of bone fractures. Read more…
The public record tells part of the story. Josh Duggar’s federal conviction for possessing child abuse material. Joseph Duggar’s arrest on a charge of lewd and lascivious behavior on a child under twelve. Kendra Duggar’s charges in Arkansas. But Amy Duggar King says the public record is the fraction that Read more…
This is the full three-part interview series with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott — one of the most comprehensive psychological examinations of the D4VD case produced anywhere. Scott has spent over three decades in forensic mental health, trauma recovery, domestic violence response, and the study of criminal violence. She’s the author of Read more…
This is not internet speculation. This is not armchair detective work. This is credentialed, professional doubt from doctors, statisticians, and legal scholars who have reviewed the evidence and concluded that the conviction of Lucy Letby may be built on flawed science. Dr. Shoo Lee, a retired neonatologist based in Canada Read more…
“Romantic Homicide.” That’s the name of the song that made David Anthony Burke famous. Lyrics about killing someone in the back of his mind and not regretting it. An unreleased track that reportedly references “Celeste” by name and describes obsession. A music video with a dark-haired girl and blood. An Read more…