Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Maliyha Hope Garcia was 5 years old, but weighed only 24 pounds when paramedics found her dead in her adoptive parents home just before Christmas 2016. Estevan and Sacora Garcia allegedly starved the child to death, according to a grand jury indictment in Bend, Oregon. Court documents say an alarm on Maliyha’s bedroom door alerted the couple if the child tried to sneak a meal overnight. Nancy Grac...

Tex McIver claims a fatal bullet in his wife’s back was an accident, but prosecutors charge the Atlanta lawyer with intentionally shooting Diane McIver. The attorney is also accused of asking witnesses to lie to police. His spokesman told reporters the gun was in his lap because he feared being attacked by “Black Lives Matter” demonstrators while driving in midtown Atlanta and he pulled the trigge...

Mindy Lee’s mysterious death is a cold case in more than one sense. The mom’s frozen corpse was found five days after friends told police she jump out of their truck, leaving her young daughter behind, and ran into woods wearing no shoes and light clothing in 25-degree weather in the shadow of Colorado’s Pike’s Peak in 2010. Private detective Bobby Brown began working the case amid Lee’s mother’s...

Elizabeth Thomas’ father says in divorce papers that abuse inflicted by her mother set the teen up for the mind control that allowed teacher Tad Cummins to convince his student to run away with him. Nancy Grace discusses the case with Corey Ricci, the lawyer representing Anthony Thomas in the divorce. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/liste...

Elizabeth Thomas is a “tiny little thing” taken away by a teacher who wanted to make her his child bride. She’s back home with her family undergoing therapy after a 39-day journey across 9 states which ended in a small California cabin. Tad Cummins is also headed back to Tennessee to face kidnapping charges. Thomas family lawyer Jason Whatley talks with Nancy Grace about new details emerging. Lear...

Tad Cummins’ defense against charges he kidnapped 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas appears to be that he was only helping his student run away from home. The former teacher appeared in court Monday, asking a judge to send him home to Tennessee so he can fight the charges. Nancy Grace discusses the latest details of Cummins’ plan to disappear with the girl. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://w...

Members of a California commune rejected Tad Cummins for membership and instead alerted police they suspected he was the Tennessee teacher wanted for kidnapping a 15-year-old student. KDRV-TV reporter Mike Duffy joins Nancy Grace and Alan Duke in this episode to discuss details of how Cummins tried to hide in a remote community but was caught when neighbors became suspicious. We also learn victim...

Fugitive Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins was nabbed in Northern California and 15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas was rescued from his clutches. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke talk to the 15-year-old’s family lawyers about the great news and with psychologist Caryn Stark about what the ordeal means for the child. You’ll also hear the full news conference detailing how it ended in this episode. Learn mo...

Former NFL Patriots’ star Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his prison cell five days after a jury found him not guilty in two murders. Prison officials say he hung himself with a bed sheet, although his lawyer suggests it could’ve been murder. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the tragic life and death of a once promising football superstar in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at htt...

Midlothian, Texas, police still have “persons of interest” in the Missy Bevers murder probe, but they are keeping key evidence a secret for now, Assistant Chief Kevin Johnson says. The chief breaks a 6-month silence about the case on the first anniversary of the fitness instructor’s death in this episode, telling Nancy Grace and Alan Duke why investigators have been so “judicious” in what they mak...

Whoever murdered Missy Bevers inside a Texas church is still unknown and at large despite video recorded before and after the brutal attack a year ago. Security cameras captured the murderer walking the church hallways, carrying the hammer used to bludgeoned Bevers to death as she arrived to conduct a sunrise fitness class April 18, 2016. If investigators are close to catching the fitness instruct...

Fort Worth, Texas, police found no signs of a forced entry at the pool house where Molly Matheson’s mom found the 22-year-old college student strangled to death on April 10, 2017. No suspects have been identified in the killing, which happened in a quiet neighborhood blocks from the Texas Christian University campus. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the Texas murder mystery in this episode. Learn...

George and Cindy Anthony have suffered through unbearable torture as the parents of Casey Anthony. They give their most revealing interview yet about their thoughts on their daughter in “Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery.” Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss what they say in the Investigation Discovery’s series in this episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnet...

The unexpected discovery of DNA on clothing recovered from clothing worn by murdered Debbie Randall could lead to the person who killed the 9-year-old girl in 1972. Debbie was kidnapped from her Marietta, Georgia, neighborhood and found 8 miles away 16 days later. Cobb County Cold Case Detective Morris Nix tells Nancy Grace in this episode that the DNA is helping to close in on a suspect. Learn mo...

A trial nears for Angelika Graswald, the woman accused of murdering her fiancé by pulling a plug on his kayak during a Hudson river outing. Prosecutors say Graswald wanted to end their troubled relationship and collect on a $250,000 life insurance policy. Defense lawyers say it was an accident and her confession was coerced by cops. Nancy Grace & Alan Duke discuss the case in this episode. Lea...

Our Crime Stories team has worked for months uncovering new information and taking a fresh look at old evidence in the search for answers in the mysterious disappearance of Chase Massner. We now ask you to help by raising questions about what you’ve heard so far. Nancy Grace and the team discuss those questions in this 6th episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwo...

Ashley Morris Mullis vanished from her Muncie, Indiana, home in September 2013, leaving behind an infant daughter and two sons. Don Morris has spent every weekend since handing out flyers and asking for people to help find her. This is despite his belief that his daughter and the man he suspects killed her are both dead. The father’s refusal to give up is fueled by his love for his young granddaug...

Elizabeth Thomas’ father is asking a court to force witnesses to disclose everything they know about how Tad Cummins plotted to make the high school freshman his wife. Cummins, 50, is one of Tennessee’s most wanted fugitives after allegedly running away with his young student. This episode looks at revelations from a new court filing by her family. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.i...

The first 4 episodes introduced you to Stephanie Cadena, Chase’s mother, and Brad Clement, the friend who was the last known person to see Chase before he vanished 3 years ago. The person you have not heard from yet is Amanda Massner, Chase’s wife. This is unfortunate, since, Brad said some pretty bad things about Amanda when Nancy Grace confronted him in episodes 3 & 4. We still hold out hope...

Tucson police confirmed a body found in a remote area last month was Isabel Celis, the girl snatched from her bed and missing for the past five years. The break in the case was not "happenstance," according to the police chief, but he wouldn't give details about how the child's remains were found. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss the dramatic developments in the case, which Nancy has covered clos...

Stephanie Cadena never met the last known person to see her son Chase Massner because detectives asked her not to contact Brad Clements. But as Massner's disappearance is handed off to the cold case unit, Nancy Grace arranges for the mother to surprise the key witness in an effort to get answers. This 4th episode takes you inside the motel room the morning it happened. Learn more about your ad-cho...

Fugitive teacher Tad Cummins and kidnapped student Elizabeth Thomas shopped for food at a Oklahoma City Walmart two days after they disappeared from Columbia, Tennessee, according to newly-revealed security camera images. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke discuss with Jason Whatley, the lawyer for Elizabeth’s family, what the photos tell us about where Cummins may have taken the 15-year-old girl. Learn mo...

Brad Clements has been pummeled by social media speculation since he's the last known person to see Chase Massner before he vanished on March 27, 2014. Amateur detectives questioned his story, suggesting it’s changed over time. Just as the probe is turned over to a cold case unit, Nancy Grace knocks on Clements’ door in an unannounced visit. This third episode of our series presents what happened...

A former student of Tad Cummins shares a song the Tennessee teacher once serenaded her with. Dastiny Parrish tells Nancy Grace how Cummins courted her several years before he allegedly kidnapped 15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas. The prosecutor in the kidnap case also speculates the teacher has taken the student to Mexico, where he may be posing as a church missionary. Learn more about your ad-...

Three years after Chase Massner vanished, his grieving mother calls on Nancy Grace to help find answers. Cobb County, Georgia, police are turning the case over to a cold case unit, but Grace tracks down key witnesses to retrace the Iraq War vet’s last known steps. She shares what she is finding over the next weeks in a special “Crime Stories” series. Nancy visits with Chase’s mom in this episode....