Real-Time Crime

The body of 39-year-old personal trainer Elena Moore was discovered nearly a week after she went missing, and now a full week later, police still don’t have any answers into how or why Moore died.  Preliminary autopsy results show no physical trauma and did not reveal a cause of death. Also, several cryptic social media posts made by Moore in the months and weeks leading up to her death...

74-year-old Dusty Ray Spencer is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday, which will make him the oldest man ever executed in the state of Florida. Spencer’s attorneys have made a last ditch appeal to the Supreme Court, citing cruel and unusual punishment towards a 74-year-old man suffering from significant medical conditions. Spencer was convicted for the 1992 brutal stabbing and b...

63-year-old Richard Glossip was back in court yesterday asking a judge to set a new preliminary hearing to determine whether there was enough evidence for prosecutors to proceed with a third trial.  The judge refused and instead set a September trial date for the former death row inmate whose murder conviction was thrown out by the Supreme Court last year. Glossip has maintained his innocence...

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s become an unexpected sensation during the World Cup: Ranch dressing! Apparently, foreign travelers can’t get enough of the all-American condiment and are trying to bring some home with them in their carry on luggage. So much so, the Transportation Security Administration has issued a tongue-in-cheek warning to travelers about placing ranch dressing in their checked luggage, as the...

The murder trial for Karmelo Anthony may be over, but there is growing controversy and a widening divide among Anthony’s supporters and Austin Metcalf’s father. Jeff Metcalf has been making the rounds following Anthony’s first degree murder conviction and addressing the concerns many have about whether Anthony, who is black, got a fair trial with not one black juror seated. ...

Several news outlets are reporting that law enforcement sources say a second ransom note sent to a Tucson television station claimed that 84 Nancy Guthrie was dead.  In the note, the kidnappers reportedly said they did not mean to kill her, but that she died soon after being abducted.  According to authorities, the FBI and police believe the notes were authentic and from Guthrie’s...

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mississippi family of a one year old boy shot and killed by police is asking for the release of the officer’s body cam footage, as well as the dash camera and store surveillance video. Police maintain little Kohen Wiley’s mother and her friend were trying to get away in their vehicle after a shoplifting call when the car veered towards the officer who fired the fatal shots. The big...

Perhaps we should’ve seen this one coming. After Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called President Trump a liar for saying she begged to have a photo with him, Trump doubled down and fired back over the weekend. Trump suggested Meloni was trying to be friends with him to get her “numbers up.” Meloni responded on social media with a message for Trump, calling his constant, un...

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A drug marketed as safe. Doctors who trusted the science. Families torn apart by addiction. Dopesick pulled back the curtain on the opioid epidemic and the devastating consequences that followed. Danny Strong discusses the investigation, the victims, and the shocking truths behind one of television's most powerful true-crime dramas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a bizarre turn of events, President Trump announced that Park Police have arrested “multiple individuals” for vandalizing the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. Among them, a three-time Olympian who says he stopped at the site just to have a look. Trump even named ABC veteran reporter Jonathan Karl of trying to rip the rubber off of the surface of the pool, saying he was caught w...

A tragedy in the music world, after authorities discovered 29-year-old Tay Keith dead in his apartment.  Right now, his death is listed as “unclassified” pending an autopsy report, but as of this recording, no foul play is suspected. Keith was behind some of the biggest hits this past decade, working with artists like Drake, Travis Scott, Beyonce, Eminem, Kanye and DJ Khaled. His...

California officials are trying to determine how the daughter of an Oscar winning director and her husband died after pulling off a California highway with their car still running. 84-year-old Judith Wyler Sheldon and her 86-year-old husband Wylie were on their way to meet friends to attend an annual Shakespeare Theater festival. After they didn’t show up to dinner reservations, police found...

When Zachariah Rasch shot his wife in the head, burned her body, and impersonated her for days after her death, what did he expect the outcome to be? How did investigators identify his wife, Crystal, by a single tooth? When Zachariah took the stand at his own trial, what was his defense? Did the jury see through him, or did he walk away a free man?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

It is difficult to watch an LAPD officer raise his gun and fire four fatal shots at Jameson, a golden saint berdoodle as he bounces towards him, barking. The body cam footage shows how quickly everything unfolded after officers knocked on Marie Marseille’s door, following up on a call regarding a screaming woman. Marseille had been celebrating the Knick’s big win. After watching the vi...

From notorious killers and headline-making scandals to the unsettling twists of Maternal Instinct,  Elisa Donovan and Jenn Fessler swap their latest obsessions and explore the dark stories that captivate us, haunt us, and keep us hitting next episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She was the only European leader to attend President Trump’s Inauguration last year, but now Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is speaking out and against Trump after a comment he made about her to a reporter. Trump claimed Meloni begged for a picture with him and said he did it because “he felt sorry for her.” Meloni quickly made a video refuting his claim, saying she’...

Just one day after attorneys for accused Unitedhealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione announced an “affirmative psychiatric defense” they withdrew it. There was a Thursday deadline for Mangione’s legal team to provide details of their defense to prosecutors, that’s when they gave the court a one sentence withdrawing their previous notice. Now the question becomes, what possib...

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prosecutors have charged a Chicago college student with hate crimes, arson, damage to property, disorderly conduct and reckless conduct after Merlin Liu admitted to burning a cross in Grant Park.  Liu uploaded a video and then gave an interview to a local reporter claiming he didn’t realize the historic relevance and severity of a burning cross in this country. Liu claims he was simply...

A teenage girl disappears...left for dead in the woods by a trusted teacher. Against impossible odds and a harrowing thirty-hour ordeal, she survives. Jennie Garth discusses the emotional toll of portraying Ashley Reeves' mother, why the story hit especially hard as a mom of three daughters, and the scene that left her shaken long after filming ended. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

After following up on a tip, police have found a body in a wooded area that matches the description of missing 39-year-old Elena Katherine Moore. Moore, a personal trainer,  was last seen leaving the gym and walking into a wooded area. Her husband reported her missing the following day. While police haven’t ruled out foul play, ring camera footage from a week before she went missing, sh...

18-year-old Romanch Mahajan was celebrating his high school graduation with his parents and younger brother with a once in a lifetime trip to NYC. The family decided to take a relaxing ride through Central Park in one of its iconic horse drawn carriages. When the driver stepped away to snap a family photo of the group, the horse bolted and accelerated, throwing Romanch to his death. Now there are...