Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Unattended toddler alerts police to unconventional living situation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tammy Jo Blanton's body is found in her bathtub by police responding to a welfare check request. Just the night before, September 10th, 2014, Blanton called 911, saying that her ex-boyfriend, Joseph Oberhandsley, would not leave the front of her home. The welfare check had been requested by Blanton's friend and co-worker when Blanton did not show up for work. When police arrive at the home, Joseph...

Virginia Judge Penney Azcarate denies Amber Heard’s request have her defamation trial  deemed a mistrial on the grounds that the court seated the wrong juror. Amber Heard’s legal team claims a person not called to jury duty was inadvertently seated on the jury for Johnny Depp's defamation lawsuit.   At issue is juror number 15. Heard's legal team says a 52-year-old man responded to a jury summons...

Ellie and Angela Green were like many mothers and daughters. Sometimes they argued.  Ellie Green had just returned from Italy, after studying abroad. That’s when the argument happens. Ellie stays with her boyfriend's family for a few days, and with no word from her mother,  Ellie texts her father.  Geoffrey Green’s reply says Angela has been committed to a psychiatric hospital and asks Ellie not t...

Louisiana mom tells police her child was kidnapped but video surfaces that tells a different story. Car chase turns into assault against Charlotte cop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chrissy Powell has not been seen nor heard from since July 5th. That morning Powell is running late to work. After speaking with her mother and calling the office, Powell can be seen leaving her home through doorbell camera footage.  That is the last time anyone has seen the 39-year-old mom of two. Family and friends are extremely worried and have checked travel routes to work, hospitals and jails...

Man follows wife, stabs dead her teen lover.  Teen girl wrecks car as she watches Netflix while driving.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh may soon face murder charges in the death of his wife and son. According to FITS News, South Carolina's State Law Enforcement Division will present its case to a Grand Jury on Thursday. Murdaugh is already facing dozens of charges concerning financial fraud.   On June 7, 2021, Maggie and Paul were found fatally shot at their family’s 1,770-acre lodge in Collet...

Flint man accused of threatening GM plant with violence. Disney fan commits grand larceny.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jill Sidebotham and her two-year-old daughter, Lydia, missing after leaving for a camping trip. The invitation to go camping came from Lydia's father, Nicholas Hansen, and Sidebotham's ex. Sidebotham and Hansen planned to return from their trip to Phillips, Maine, on June 30. When they didn't, Sidebotham's family members report her missing. On July 2, Sidebotham, Hansen, and their daughter are see...

Woman tried to transport her infant in a crate strapped to a bicycle. Man faces more than 10 charges after police stop.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amber Heard’s legal team claims a person not called to jury duty was inadvertently seated on the jury for Johnny Depp's defamation lawsuit, and that warrants a new trial.  At issue is juror number 15. Heard's legal team says a 52-year-old man responded to a jury summons and was seated on the jury, but the summons was for a 77-year-old man with the same last name living at the same address.     Joi...

Remains of missing mom found in abandoned car. Half-naked woman claims snakes ate her pants See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A family vacation to Bali turns deadly. Sheila von Wiese-Mack is found bludgeoned to death inside a suitcase. The socialite's 25-year-old daughter Heather Mack and her 21-year-old then-boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer are charged and convicted by an Indonesian court. Police say Schaefer bludgeoned von Wiese-Mack with a bowl and then he and Mack stuffed her body into a suitcase and attempted to flee the s...

Atlanta lawyer Claud “Tex” McIver's murder conviction has been overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court. McIver was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of his wife. The court ruled unanimously that the jury should have been allowed to consider a lesser charge — involuntary manslaughter.   Diane McIver died after being shot in the back. A family friend was driving Dia...

Georgia man once charged in violent road rage, now charged with murder. Love interest extorted over $45. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kaylee Jones, 16, has been missing from her Georgia home for over two weeks. On the night of June 14th, Daniel and Brenda Jones told their daughter good night, but in the morning she was gone.  Detectives believe Jones may have met up with someone she has spoken to online.  Jones' mother says the parents had taken the girl's phone, but she still had access to a laptop and in looking at her online...

Millionaire lottery winner convicted of murder.  Street vendor charged after throwing hot dog at a cop.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

College freshman AJ Hadsell returns home for spring break, March 2015. Five weeks later her body is discovered face-down in a ditch, covered by a sheet of plywood. Investigators immediately identify that foul play is involved. Deep bruises are visible on Hadsell's torso and face. Hadsell has been murdered. Detectives turn their attention towards AJ’s stepfather, Wesley Hadsell, as their primary su...

Police say Monday's holiday mass shooting had been planned for weeks. Seven people died and dozens were injured as Robert Crimo III fired as many as 70 rounds into the crowd from a Highland Park rooftop. The shooter accessed the roof via a fire escape ladder, then fled the scene wearing women’s clothing.  An AR-15-type weapon was used n the assault, but police say Crimo bought the rifle used in th...

10-year-old dies in fire intentionally set by older brother. Parents charged with neglect.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kaitlin Armstrong, accused of murdering elite gravel cyclist Moriah Wilson, has been captured.  Armstrong was found with the help of Costa Rican authorities, who deported the yoga instructor after Armstrong entered the country on a fraudulent passport.  Armstrong was reportedly in possession of her sister's passport.  U.S. Marshals say Armstrong was staying at a Santa Teresa beachside hostel, an a...

Kaylee Jones, 16, has been missing from her Georgia home for over two weeks. On the night of June 14th, Daniel and Brenda Jones told their daughter good night, but in the morning she was gone.  Detectives believe Jones may have met up with someone she has spoken to online.  Jones' mother says the parents had taken the girl's phone, but she still had access to a laptop and in looking at her online...

Bodybuilder arrested after collecting disability for 5 years.  Woman arrested for assaulting girlfriend with a cat.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investigators say the little boy found inside a suitcase in rural Indiana died from an electrolyte imbalance. The medical examiner says that the imbalance was most likely due to a “viral gastroenteritis” caused by excessive vomiting or diarrhea. State police are still working to identify the boy, believed to be about 5 years old.  Toxicology tests came back negative and the boy had no severe injur...