December 6, 1991. Four teenage girls walk into a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. By midnight, all four are dead, and the building is on fire. What investigators find in the wreckage is almost nothing — a crime scene deliberately Read more…
There are at least thirty-three Yellow Deli locations worldwide. The reviews are glowing. The atmosphere is warm. And according to former members, cult researchers, and the Southern Poverty Law Center, every single one of them is allegedly a recruitment center Read more…
The Nancy Guthrie investigation didn’t just face an unknown offender. It faced internal conflict between the agencies responsible for solving it. The FBI director went on record with public criticism of how the case was handled — an extraordinary step Read more…
There’s a behavioral gap in the Nancy Guthrie case that doesn’t get talked about enough. The suspect allegedly arrived at her Tucson home with concealment, a weapon, and enough awareness to interfere with the doorbell camera. That’s not a crime Read more…
The criminologist behind the biggest new book on the Idaho murders has been publicly disavowed by the defense team that hired him. Ann Taylor, Elisa Massoth, and Bicka Barlow said they are “appalled” by Brent Turvey’s media appearances and that Read more…
Eric Richins survived the first attempt. He knew what was happening to him. He told people close to him that he believed his wife was trying to end his life. And then Kouri Richins handed him a Moscow Mule with Read more…
Eleven when they allegedly met. Thirteen when the relationship allegedly became sexual. Fourteen when she was reportedly dead. The People’s Brief in the D4VD case lays out a progression that prosecutors call a years-long pattern of sexual exploitation — and Read more…
Jordan Chandler told a private investigator that Michael Jackson never did anything to him. Then his father was caught on tape threatening to destroy Jackson. Then a twenty-three-million-dollar check was written. Then the boy vanished — from the case, from Read more…
The man behind the biggest claims in the new Idaho murders book has been publicly disavowed by the people who hired him. Criminologist Brent Turvey — the primary source for Christopher Whitcomb’s book — was called out by Ann Taylor, Read more…
According to prosecutors, the morning after Celeste Rivas Hernandez was allegedly stabbed to death, David Anthony Burke ordered a shovel from Home Depot. Then chainsaws. Then a body bag. Then an inflatable pool — all allegedly under the fake name Read more…
