Murder Files Unsealed

A Vermont jury has convicted Jason Eaton of attempted murder for the 2023 shooting of three Palestinian college students in Burlington. The court rejected the defendant's insanity defense, which claimed he was acting under the influence of delusional messages from intelligence agencies. The attack resulted in severe injuries, including the permanent paralysis of one victim, Hisham Awartani. While...

This episode chronicles the tragic transformation of the Word of Life Church in upstate New York into a violent religious cult. Led by the manipulative Tiffany Irwin, the group operated under extreme isolation and used destructive mind control to dominate its members. The situation culminated in the fatal beating of nineteen-year-old Lucas Leonard and the severe injury of his brother, Christopher,...

This episode details the chilling investigation into Daniel Wozniak, a community theater actor who orchestrated a double murder to finance his upcoming wedding and honeymoon. Initially, police suspected Sam Herr, an Army veteran, after finding the body of Julie Kibuishi in Herr's apartment staged to look like a domestic assault. However, the discovery of a teenager using Herr’s ATM card led detect...

This episode describes the premeditated murder of Nathan Anderson, an Oregon bakery worker who was killed by his colleague, Cody James Denowith. The violence was fueled by a deadly love triangle after Denowith’s girlfriend, Dominique Marie Britt, claimed that Anderson had sexually assaulted her. Investigative evidence, including cell phone data and surveillance footage, ultimately exposed the coup...

The episode details the investigation into the murder of Carl "KJ" Beam, whose disappearance in 2022 was initially ignored by local authorities. His mother eventually sparked a police inquiry after receiving a Facebook tip claiming the victim was buried beneath a crawl space in Aurora, Colorado. Law enforcement discovered Beam’s remains encased in concrete under the apartment of Casey Bach, leadin...

On Christmas Day in Gainesville, Florida, Amanda Janszen was arrested after a deadly shooting occurred during a scheduled custody exchange at a Walgreens. Janszen allegedly opened fire on her child's father and another woman, Anna Terrell, while her own five children were present in her vehicle. Following the attack, she led police on a high-speed chase before being apprehended and expressing a de...

A Mississippi grand jury recently concluded its investigation into the mysterious death of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old who disappeared during a Fourth of July celebration on Horn Island. Despite concerns from the family regarding potential racial bias or foul play, officials announced that no criminal charges would be filed against his companions. Medical experts ultimately classified the cause of...

This episode details the capture and investigation of Aaron Hjermstad, a former educator and coach convicted of s - abusing over 120 children. While attempting to flee a prison sentence in 2021, Hjermstad was apprehended during a routine traffic stop in Idaho where police discovered a massive collection of incriminating digital evidence. This discovery revealed the true scale of his crimes, which...

Musical artist D4vd, legally known as David Burke, is set to stand trial for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez following a detailed preliminary hearing. Prosecutors allege that the singer killed the teenager to prevent her from exposing their illegal sexual relationship, subsequently dismembering her remains and hiding them in his vehicle. Forensic evidence presented in court inclu...

This episode details the investigation and conviction of Christopher Waide for the 2014 homicide of Lea Porter in Colorado. After police initially lacked sufficient evidence for an arrest, the victim’s brother, Maxx Porter, successfully extracted a confession by secretly recording a confrontation during a staged meeting. Waide eventually admitted to the killing on a recorded 911 call, though he un...

This episode recounts the tragic disappearance and death of Natalie Bollinger, a 19-year-old nursing student from Colorado. While initial public suspicion focused heavily on a man with a history of stalking the victim, digital evidence eventually led investigators to Joseph Michael Lopez. Following her discovery in a wooded area, authorities determined that Lopez had responded to a Craigslist adve...

This episode examines the notorious 1966 mass murder of eight student nurses in Chicago committed by Richard Speck. It centers on the discovery of a shocking 1988 prison video that surfaced years after the crime, showing the killer openly confessing and boasting about the slayings. The footage exposed a disturbing lifestyle of drug use and sexual activity within Stateville Prison, suggesting a tot...

On July 13, 1966, Richard Speck committed a notorious mass murder by breaking into a Chicago townhouse and killing eight student nurses. The source details how the assailant systematically attacked the women via strangulation and stabbing, while also noting the sexual assault of one victim. It provides personal backgrounds for the victims, who were largely trainees at South Chicago Community Hospi...

This episode examines the unsolved disappearance of Robert Fisher, who remains a fugitive twenty-five years after the murders of his wife and two children in Scottsdale, Arizona. Prosecutors believe Fisher killed his family and detonated their home in 2001 before vanishing into the wilderness. Despite being featured on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list for nearly two decades, his location and ultimat...

The episode details the tragic case of Brooke Deini, a nineteen-year-old woman who was beaten to death by her boyfriend, Devon Blair, in Columbus, Ohio. Despite a documented history of domestic violence and a prior guilty plea for assault, Blair had been released on a low-cost bond by a judge shortly before the fatal encounter. The violence claimed the lives of both Deini and her unborn son, leadi...

This episode details a violent domestic assault that occurred in Clinton Township, Michigan, in July 2024. After being stabbed fourteen times while sleeping, a man managed to escape to his driveway where neighbors found him and alerted the authorities. The victim identified his longtime partner, Jennifer Hayes, as the attacker, though she had already fled the scene. Police discovered multiple weap...

This episode covers the investigation and trial of Donovan Faison, a Florida man convicted of the first-degree murder of 18-year-old Kaylin Fiengo and her unborn child. Prosecutors argued that Faison killed the victim because she refused to have an abortion, which he feared would expose his infidelity to his girlfriend. Evidence presented in the case included incriminating text messages where Fais...

This episode provides a detailed overview of the 2024 trial of Robin Howington, a Tennessee mother convicted in the shooting death of her five-year-old daughter. The prosecution argued that Howington’s criminal negligence and child neglect led to the tragedy, highlighting her shifting stories and attempts to destroy evidence to evade responsibility. In contrast, the defense maintained the shooting...

A 36-year-old Missouri mother, Ashley Parmley, is facing first-degree murder charges after turning herself in for the deaths of her two young children. Law enforcement officials report that the suspect confessed to shooting her nine-year-old daughter and drowning her two-year-old son in a resort fountain. Investigators are currently analyzing digital evidence and surveillance footage to establish...

This episode examines the criminal conspiracy of Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt, two elderly women who orchestrated a lethal insurance fraud scheme in Los Angeles. The pair targeted vulnerable homeless men by offering them food and shelter, only to murder them and stage the scenes as hit-and-run accidents. By falsifying their relationships to the victims, the duo successfully collected million...

The episode details the tragic murder of Mlli Matas, a California nurse who was strangled and beaten by her former boyfriend, Aaron Steven Romo. Despite a restraining order and a history of abuse, Romo lured Matas to his apartment where she was killed shortly after police officers failed to intervene. Following a trial where the defense claimed Romo’s actions were born of love, a jury convicted hi...

This episode examines the tragic death of fifteen-year-old Aliana Dicky, who was allegedly murdered by her 21-year-old ex-boyfriend, Trevor Batty, just before her middle school graduation. The episode details a history of domestic abuse leading up to the shooting, supported by surveillance footage and witness accounts from an Uber driver. Following the suspect's arrest on murder and home invasion...

This episode examines the January 2024 shooting of Austin Fitzgerald in Jacksonville, Florida, following a confrontation involving a controlling relationship. The text details the police interrogation of the shooter, Luis Eduardo Rosess, who claimed he acted in self-defense after Fitzgerald and another man allegedly burst into his home. However, investigators uncovered incriminating text messages...

This episode documents the investigation into a brutal 2023 quadruple murder of a family and their pets in Romeoville, Illinois. Investigators discovered that the primary suspect, Nathaniel Huey Jr., was manipulated into committing the massacre by his fiancée, Hermalinda Palomo, through an elaborate catfishing scheme. Seeking revenge for his infidelity, Palomo posed as a cartel member online to co...

This episode details the investigation into Jasper (Julia) Egler, a 16-year-old from Florida accused of the double murder of her mother and her mother’s boyfriend. While Egler initially reported a fictitious home invasion to emergency dispatchers, law enforcement quickly identified inconsistencies in the crime scene evidence and surveillance footage. During a recorded interrogation, detectives add...