Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

The body of Margaret "Maggie" Sniegowski is found by a farmer, dumped along a central Indiana highway.  Police say the teen had been dead for several days. At the time, however, no one knew who the girl was and it would be 20 years before the 17-year-old was identified,  thanks to DNA technology.  Boone County Coroner Justin Sparks said an autopsy ruled her cause of death as undetermined.  Sheriff...

A 14-year-old is found dead. A Missouri pilot receives DWI charge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Five-year-old Ann Pham is the youngest of 10 children, but her family felt her so responsible that the parents allowed the girl to walk the few blocks to her kindergarten class alone.  Pham never made it. She had been suffocated, sexually assaulted, and her body discarded.  according to police. Now, thanks to new DNA technology, Robert John Lanoue, 70, a former Fort Ord soldier, is charged with on...

Severed head and body parts found in impounded car. Drunk shopper drives scooter inside Walmart.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ex-jailer Vicky White commits suicide as cops close in on her and fellow fugitive Casey White.  Authorities tracked down the Alabama outlaws to a motel in Evansville, Indiana. The pair attempted to flee when they realized police had found them, which led to a chase.   A newly released  911 call appears to contain the last words of Vicky White. As sirens screech in the background,  a woman’s voice...

Multiple murders are linked to one man thanks to a young survivor. Sandra Sapaugh,  kidnapped by William Reece, throws herself move a moving vehicle and is able to describe and identify her attacker. Reece was sentenced to prison after already serving 10 years for two previous rapes. Whiles in jail, Reece must conform to laws in his state that say his DNA must be uploaded to a database. That's whe...

Social media predator is apprehended. Woman claims she does in fact have a passenger.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The search for Oakley Carlson is still underway. The little girl has not been seen in over a year.  Carlson is just 9 months old when she is placed with foster parents  Jamie Jo and Erick Hiles. Over the next two years, the little girl becomes part of the family, but then November 2019,  Washington's Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF) reunites Carlson with her biological parents, Jor...

Attempted killer seeks help from police. A street peddler wields a pitchfork. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is a renewed push for DNA testing on the evidence in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case. Ramsey, 6, was reported missing by her mother the day after Christmas 1996. Patsy Ramsey reported finding a ransom note that demanded more than $118,000. John Ramsey discovered the girl’s body the same day in the basement of the family’s home in Boulder, Colorado. Investigators determined that JonBenet was...

An Iowa man stalks gambling winner. Police chase tractor operator.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Lori and Chad Daybell move closer to trial, Tammy Daybell's death is back in center stage. Tammy Daybell's death is initially ruled natural causes. The seemingly healthy 49-year-old is training to run a 4K race, but Chad Daybell reports that his wife is dead in the bed beside him one morning. The family refuses an autopsy, but as bodies seem to pile up around the newlywed family, Daybell's body...

A man released on bond commits murder. A disgruntled neighbor kills a pet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Still, no suspect has been named in the death of Jared Bridegan. The 33-year-old Microsoft executive drops his twins off at the home of his ex-wife, Shanna Gardner-Fernandez. Bridegan is with his 2-year-daughter as he drives home. On their way home, Bridegan stops to remove a tire from the middle of the road. There's no room to drive around it. That's when the Microsoft executive is shot and kille...

A teenager commits grisly double homicide. Stolen Eagles memorabilia has been recovered.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bowen Turner's latest arrest for probation violation means he will now have to register as a sex offender. The South Carolina man accused of three rapes was arrested for disorderly conduct and given bail, but Turner denied bail on another charge stemming from a probation violation. Turner, 19, was arrested on Mother’s Day and after his arrest, he allegedly called a female jailer the "B-word" and t...

A Michigan mother with a history of driving violations is charged after her three children die when Letitica Marie Gonzales crashes her SUV into an icy pond. The Gonzales boys, all under age 5, drowned after being trapped upside down in their car seats, underwater.  Gonzales was impaired at the time, under the influence of a synthetic opioid.  The 30-year-old was charged this week with three count...

A man claims self-defense against "Bigfoot summoner." A thief has interesting priorities.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A motion filed by the prosecution in the Chad and Lori Daybell cases asks that DNA testing be performed on items found the Daybell property. Those items:  a shovel, pickaxe, the duct tape that was surrounding JJ's body, and also DNA testing on JJ's fingernails.  What's at issue is consumptive DNA testing, meaning, that when the testing is complete there is no more DNA for future tests. So, there i...

35,000 fentanyl pills end up all over the highway during traffic stop. 911 alerted that girlfriend wants to eat candy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Delia Owens' "Where the Crawdad's Sing," a fictional story about a murder in North Carolina, has sold more than 12 million copies and has spent 166 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. However, Owens is linked to another murder. The author is wanted for questioning in Zambia about a deadly shooting in Africa in the 90s. During that time, Owens and her then-husband Mark ran a Zambian conse...

Mother refuses medical help for child. Lottery-lawyer may need his own! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old student at California Polytechnic State University, disappears after attending a campus party. She is still missing more than 20 years later, but now the man accused of her murder stands trial. Paul Flores is charged with killing the college student during an attempted rape. His father, Ruben Flores is said to have helped bury the slain student behind his home.   Paul...

Fire crew briefly loses their truck. Los Angeles Spiderman is a thief, not a hero! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Murder charges were filed against South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh in the deaths of his wife and son. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found fatally shot at their family’s 1,770-acre lodge in Colleton County.  Alex Murdaugh claims that he was visiting his mother in Varnville, 20 minutes away.  A bond hearing is slated for Wednesday, where Murdaugh will find out if he will be granted bond or not....