Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Christa Pike has returned to prison after her discharged from the hospital.  She survived a  botched lethal injection attempt of two doses of pentobarbital during her scheduled execution at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. According to reports, the drug likely spread under her skin due to a faulty IV line rather than entering her bloodstream. After spending days unconscious an...

In Philadelphia, a municipal water employee faces 76 criminal charges, including murder, after an ambush attack claimed the life of a veteran police officer and left his partner critically wounded. In London, comedian and actor Russell Brand stands trial on multiple counts of rape and sexual assault as opening arguments get underway at Southwark Crown Court. And in upstate New York, a woman fought...

Sean Combs rushed by ambulance from New Jersey's FCI Fort Dix  to a local hospital over the weekend after suffering a non-life-threatening head injury.  Diddy left the prison for about 6 hours.  He was conscious and speaking during and after the hospital visit. The exact cause of the head injury remains unclear. The medical emergency follows a turbulent period behind bars, which inc...

Actress Selma Blair is in custody and hospitalized after allegedly leaving a passenger and flight attendant with bite marks and bloody injuries during a violent altercation aboard an October 11th Delta flight to New York. Incarcerated music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has his prison release date delayed following contraband violations, alongside a weekend emergency hospital visit for a he...

Singer D4vd will stand trial for murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, and unlawful mutilation of human remains in the death of teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez.  David Anthony Burke has pleases not guilty to all charges and remains held without bail.  A status conference is set for October 19, 2026  Prosecutors allege the murder occurred after Celeste confronted D4v...

In Washington state, two brave soldiers stepped in to tackle and disarm a woman who allegedly stabbed a young girl following a chaotic SUV rollover crash on Interstate 5. A Texas mother faces attempted capital murder charges after police say she stabbed her husband and two toddler children inside their Northlake home during an early morning attack. Meanwhile at Miami International Airport, federal...

The investigation into the House of Horror in Philadelphia keeps getting more disgusting by the day! Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the new evidence that has been uncovered, including R.C. Horsch ties to a funeral home shut down for selling body parts as well as a film showing a woman, alive, handcuffed to a bed, strangled, and what appears to be her lifeless body, a snuff film shot wit...

Kentucky bourbon executive Wes Henderson has been terminated as CEO following horrifying allegations that he secretly recorded family members, guests, and minors across multiple properties and a luxury castle resort. An Arizona man previously questioned in the high-profile disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, is back behind bars on unrelated charges as the investigation...

It's been 32 years since Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered outside her home along with Ron Goldman. O.J. Simpson was acquitted at trial, but many still believe he killed his ex-wife. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and with the release of her new book,  For My Sister Nicole: Love Shouldn’t Hurt , Denise Brown continues her decades of work helping domestic violence...

The U.S. Coast Guard still investigating Lynette Hooker’s disappearance in the Bahamas.  Lynette  vanished after her husband Brian says she bounced off the dinghy.   Recently released underwater search images are being analyzed by an underwater crime scene investigator.  Meanwhile, U.S. officials say GPS data from one of Brian Hooker’s devices shows movements i...

Donald Trump has approved a recommendation for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to face execution by U.S. Army firing squad, paving the way for the first U.S. military execution in 65 years. In South Carolina, the father of two toddlers who starved to death in their Ladson home speaks out through his attorney after friends and family repeatedly warned authorities to intervene. Meanwhile, an off-duty...

Hayden Panettiere’s ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko filing urgent court petitions seeking temporary guardianship of their 11‑year‑old daughter Kaya’s inheritance.  He already has sole custody, but he said the suit is an attempt to protect his daughter's inheritance from being lost. He cites missing jewelry, including Hayden's engagement ring, destroyed emails, and other proper...

Death row inmate Christa Pike's attorneys appear in court seeking an emergency order to preserve evidence after surviving two lethal injections in a botched Tennessee execution that left her severely injured. In New York City, investigators suspect foul play after a Bronx mother tragically died protecting her infant daughter when both were pushed from a high-rise building. Meanwhile in Arizona, an...

Christa Pike's scheduled execution, aborted after failed attempt to deliver fatal drugs.  Tennessee administered two doses of pentobarbital, but she did not die. Witnesses reported that she continued breathing and making snoring-like sounds long after the drugs were administered. She was eventually taken by ambulance to a hospital.   After being unconscious, and on a ventilator,&nbs...

Caleb Flynn, an American Idol speaks in court, saying  he has lied about many this, but proclaims he did not kill his wife.  He was arrested, tried, and convicted for allegedly murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn. Prosecutors say he fatally shot her in their home, then staged the scene to look like a home invasion. His two children were home at the time.  Ashley Flynn, 37, was shot twi...

A brutal murder in Kentucky leads to a multi-state manhunt ending in the arrest of a suspect in Tennessee. In Baltimore, tragedy strikes a youth football game when a 12-year-old girl is killed in a shooting triggered by a dispute over a parking spot. Meanwhile, an Atlanta robbery suspect leads authorities on a chase in a stolen police cruiser before crashing into a tanker truck on the interstate....

Christa Pike's scheduled execution, aborted after failed attempt to deliver fatal drugs.  Tennessee administered two doses of pentobarbital, but she did not die. Witnesses reported that she continued breathing and making snoring-like sounds long after the drugs were administered. She was eventually taken by ambulance to a hospital.   Subsequently reports says she is unconscious, on...

A homecoming block party in Georgia turns violent, leaving two dead and 35 injured when over 50 gunshots echo through a crowd of more than 1,000 attendees. On Chicago's South Side, a seven-year-old girl walking with her sister is fatally stabbed in a random attack by a woman with an extensive criminal record. In Louisiana, a 13-year-old boy is posthumously honored as a hero after sacrificing his l...

Caleb Flynn, an American Idol wanna be learns how long he will be in jail today. He was arrested, tried and convicted for murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn. Prosecutors say he fatally shot her in their home, then staged the scene to look like a home invasion. His two children were home at the time.  Ashley Flynn, 37, was shot twice in the head.   Caleb called 911 claiming an intruder...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul appoints Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor to oversee a gang rape investigation involving seven Cornell University fraternity members. Disgraced music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been placed in solitary confinement at a New Jersey federal prison following allegations that he bribed inmates to maintain a luxurious lifestyle behind bars. Gypsy Rose...

Antoinette Forbes, 53,  has been missing for a month. The public relations executive and mother of one was last seen at her home. Her car, two phones, wallet, and dog were left behind. Friends who had not heard from her,  found her home unlocked.   Husband  Russell Ashford , the father of Forbes’ 10‑year‑old son, has not been named a suspect in her disappearance. He...

September 11, 2001,  U.S. airspace closes after the terrorist attacks in New York. Dozens of transatlantic flights are diverted to Gander, Newfoundland. Thousands of passengers and crew from around the world landed in the small town, nearly doubling its population within minutes. Their story later inspired the Broadway musical Come From Away. Today, Sheryl McCollum is joined by her sister, Sh...

Witnesses recount the horrific scene inside the death chamber after Tennessee’s botched execution attempt of death row inmate Christa Pike left her in critical condition. A Massachusetts military veteran faces federal cyberstalking charges following an intense harassment campaign targeting former White House aide Katie Miller. Gymgoers in Cambridge are left shaken after 40-year-old Laquan Ho...

A transgender New York Times executive shot and killed by his elderly in-laws. Jonathan McKinsey, 40,  Director of Engineering for New York Times Games was confronted by his 77-year-old in-laws in a  parking lot in broad daylight. Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen were wearing masks and took turns with the gun as they shot McKinsey multiple times.    According to court documents Mc...

A 51-year-old Tennessee man with an extensive rap sheet is being held without bond after allegedly shooting and killing Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 65. In Florida, a 29-year-old mother faces four felony child neglect charges after authorities discovered she allegedly left her four young children, including a two-month-old infant, alone...