Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta examines three active cases through the lens of evidentiary reality and legal strategy. The Nancy Guthrie disappearance has produced no arrest, no identified suspect, and an investigation led by a department facing a no-confidence vote, Read more…
After law enforcement released the Richins home, Todd Gabler walked in and spent four or five straight days searching it. GoPro cameras running. Documents scanned. Eric’s brother-in-law Clint Benson present or aware the entire time. No officers. No oversight from Read more…
The evidentiary picture in Aaron Spencer’s case has shifted dramatically since Judge Ralph Wilson replaced Judge Barbara Elmore. The defense filed a motion to dismiss based on the destruction of evidence — an SD card from Michael Fosler’s dashcam containing Read more…
Every piece of evidence used to convict Richard Allen traces back to one document: Detective Liggett’s probable cause affidavit. According to the defense’s appellate filings, that document told the judge a version of events the witnesses themselves would not recognize. Read more…
Licensed therapists were reportedly not welcome inside NXIVM. The people with professional training to spot coercive influence were the exact people Keith Raniere kept out. That detail tells you everything. This episode goes inside the recruitment — how Raniere got Read more…
The evidence in Timothy Hudson’s federal case presents a narrow path for the defense. He is reportedly on camera as the sole individual entering and exiting the Carnival Horizon stateroom where Anna Kepner’s body was found concealed. Anna died from Read more…
The investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance from her Catalina Foothills home has produced no arrest and no publicly identified suspect. The DNA evidence recovered from inside the home was initially sent to a private lab in Florida, then transferred to Read more…
A family that endorsed presidential candidates, worked inside conservative political organizations, and helped build the movement that just passed death penalty legislation for crimes against children — has now produced two brothers facing charges involving minors. One is convicted. One Read more…
Sheriff Chris Nanos keeps saying the Nancy Guthrie investigation is “getting closer.” That’s the language he’s chosen. Whether anyone believes him, and whether the actual evidence supports that read, is exactly the conversation Tony Brueski takes to retired FBI Special Read more…
For 34 years, Todd Gabler sat on the defense side of the courtroom. Over a hundred homicide cases, always working to challenge the prosecution’s theory. That was the job. Then an estate planning attorney connected him with Eric Richins’ sister Read more…
