The theory has a name. Wrench Attack. It’s the term used in FBI and digital forensic circles for organized crypto-extortion operations — networks that target wealthy individuals or their family members, recruit disposable operatives to do the violent work, and Read more…
According to the defense’s appellate filings, a man connected to Abby Williams admitted in a police interview to practicing pagan rituals that included animal sacrifice and human bloodletting. He told them he owned a .40 caliber firearm. Officers never collected Read more…
Every person charged alongside Keith Raniere took a deal. Every single one. When they learned what was on his hard drive, the plea agreements came fast. He was the only one who maintained nothing was wrong. NXIVM operated for two Read more…
There’s a reason Sheriff Chris Nanos keeps using the phrase “getting closer.” The Nancy Guthrie investigation is sitting on top of two specific bodies of evidence that — if processed right — could end this case. Whether the office actually Read more…
Something has shifted in the Nancy Guthrie investigation, and Sheriff Chris Nanos isn’t pretending otherwise. He’s confirmed he’s no longer talking directly with Nancy’s family — Savannah Guthrie, her siblings, none of them. Every family conversation now routes through the Read more…
Five days after the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously overturned Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions, his defense team filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Becky Hill. Seventeen pages. Section 1983. Six hundred thousand dollars in damages directed to the receivership. Read more…
The defense asked for additional time to file a motion for a new trial and indicated they need to retain an expert. The appellate lanes are identifiable: alleged prosecutorial monitoring of attorney-client jail calls, the Crozier recantation, the venue challenge, Read more…
The contrast at the center of the Reiner case right now is almost impossible to reconcile. Jake Reiner published a raw Substack essay about losing both parents — milestones stolen, a career Rob and Michele won’t get to see, grief Read more…
A conservation officer interviewed Richard Allen two days after Abby Williams and Libby German were found murdered. Allen said he’d been on the trail. He gave his name. He answered every question. And then his report was misfiled under the Read more…
Three separate grand juries heard testimony from friends, managers, and family members of David Anthony Burke — people allegedly close enough to what prosecutors describe that they were questioned under oath. The alleged murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez is the Read more…
