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They collected the broken necklace. Was it ever tested? Sgt. Jamie Pearston says she did not submit it for testing. Asked whether somebody else did, she says she doesn’t know. That leaves me wanting the person or lab record that can answer it. She also describes blood-like staining and areas of the truck where she found no blood. The prosecution asks whether rain could remove evidence; she says ye...

Same phone extraction. Updated software. Now the call times show up. Robert Criscione says the original phone report wasn’t displaying call dates and times. He rebuilt the report with updated Cellebrite software using the same raw extraction from May 2023. Put the old report beside the new one—that’s what I’d want to see. Which fields changed on the page, and what was already in the extracted data...

Police went to speak with Cooper. Did they ask him about drinking? Detective Tyler Bastos says he did not believe he asked about drinking, and he did not seek a blood or urine test. By then, multiple hours had passed. That made me stop. I want to know what officers asked, what Cooper answered and how long it took to get to that interview. Bastos explains how the hospital interviews led police to C...

The judge stops to clarify the wording while Detective Matthew Harrington is showing Sophie’s boot. Harrington collected and preserved evidence from the hospital, including clothing, the boot and a phone. The defense asks about his training to interpret the marks. I want to know how we get from what’s visible on the leather to an explanation of how it got there. Harrington wasn’t the collision rec...

“He had two versions.” I want to hear exactly what those two versions were. Sophie’s brother, Jackson R., remembers differences in the location and speed Cooper described. On cross, the defense challenges whether he is describing conflicting accounts or separate parts of what happened. Jackson agrees he wasn’t in the truck. So I want y’all to hear the cross too. Before I call two statements a cont...

He woke up to his wife screaming. Then he was trying to get his daughter to the hospital. Scott R. describes the night Sophie came home and the family’s decision to drive her to Bristol Hospital after calling 911. He also tells the court he can’t put an exact number of minutes on everything. I wouldn’t expect a frightened parent to be counting seconds. I still want the times checked against the ca...

Her daughter is in the ER. The doctors need answers. So she calls Cooper. Sophie’s mother, Lynn R., says she needed to know what had happened before Sophie came home. Then comes her question about the truck: “You weren’t stopped?” That’s the exchange I want to sit with. Lynn can tell us what she saw at home, what she did to get help and what she says Cooper told her. She wasn’t there for the ride....

Officers speak with Cooper Ouellette about the previous night. Listen to the questions they ask and the account he gives as we follow the sequence in the Sophie case. The companion video shows the encounter around the truck when he brought her home. #HillbillyCrime #HillbillyCrimeTime #CooperOuellette #Bodycam

In this episode of Hillbilly Crime , host Elizabeth provides a detailed breakdown of the ongoing legal case surrounding the death of Amber Spradlin , who was found dead in Floyd County, Kentucky , in June 2023 ( 0:03 - 4:27 ). Case Overview and Key Figures: The Defendants: Michael "MK" McKinney III faces a murder charge and complicity to tampering with evidence. His father, Dr. Michael M...

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This video from Hillbilly Crime provides an update on the Amber Spradlin homicide case ( 7:46 ), focusing on a new Kentucky State Police (KSP) laboratory report ( 12:00 ) and three recent defense motions filed in late October 2026 ( 10:19 ). Key highlights of the update: DNA Report Findings: The host reviews KSP Report 16 ( 12:12 ), which identifies Roy Kidd as a contributor to DNA mixtures found...

This video from Hillbilly Crime provides a detailed breakdown of the legal proceedings regarding the sentencing of Laura Owens ( 4:44 ), who pleaded guilty to four felonies related to a fabricated pregnancy scheme involving Clayton Echard and Greg Gillespie ( 5:42 ). Key highlights discussed in the video: Victim Exploitation: The show analyzes how Owens targeted the victims, often manipulating the...

Why do you think the judge only gave this woman 30 days? Going through his explanation, he says she didn't benefit from it and so her mental health had to be the basis of the problem. Or that was my interpretation of what he said. What did you think?

When does somebody’s private behavior become the public’s business? We discuss what changes when conduct reaches into public work and why an independent investigation matters. Accountability means getting answers, including answers that could clear someone. Join Hillbilly Crime Time for a conversation about where that line belongs.

Who could get close to Mickey Stines after he surrendered? We examine the footage and discuss why I believe access should have been more restricted. The conversation centers on who was approaching him, the circumstances surrounding those interactions, and how that moment was handled.

The panel watches the same surrender footage and comes away with very different interpretations. We get into the disagreement over Mickey Stines’ behavior and what, if anything, it tells us about the insanity argument. Hear both sides of the discussion and decide which points you find convincing.

One account describes a big gun. Another describes a small gun. But there’s another question we want answered: was the gun in its holster, or had it been taken out? We compare the reported accounts and discuss the missing context around that lunch, including whether the full interview provides an answer.

Mickey Stines surrenders, and the officers’ reactions give us plenty to talk about. We watch the footage and discuss his apparently calm demeanor during that moment. Pull up a chair with Hillbilly Crime Time as we take a closer look at the interaction and what caught the panel’s attention.

Neither home was searched after the shooting, and no other phone was confiscated. One phone was voluntarily handed over to KSP by reportedly Christine Bolling. She was the employee of Mickey's Sheriff's Department who appeared to be intimately involved with the former Sheriff, by way she was touching him all over after the shooting. His hands were cuffed behind his back, and everyone just...

Mickey Stines and his bail analysis.

This video from Hillbilly Crime , hosted by Elizabeth Jones , discusses the Kentucky Court of Appeals decision to uphold the denial of bond for former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines ( 4:45 ). Key Legal Analysis: Bond Denial Affirmed: The court ruled that the Commonwealth sustained its burden by showing the proof of guilt is evident and the presumption of guilt is great, cit...

This video, hosted by Elizabeth on the channel Hillbilly Crime , discusses the sentencing of Laura Owens , who pleaded guilty to four felony charges related to pregnancy fraud ( 7:12 ). Case Background: Owens was involved in a long-term pattern of manipulation affecting multiple men over roughly 10 years, including Clayton Echard (from The Bachelor ) and Greg Gillespie ( 8:21 , 11:51 , 15:42 ). In...

One account describes a big gun. Another describes a small gun. But there’s another question we want answered: was the gun in its holster, or had it been taken out? We compare the reported accounts and discuss the missing context around that lunch, including whether the full interview provides an answer.

Grooming and task force activity? It is all over the place.