Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Breaking crime news as it happens throughout the day! Follow "Crime Alert Hourly Update" now on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/Crime_Alert Here's some of our top stories this week.   Search continues for an assassin who murdered the United Heathcare CEO on a NY sidewalk.  The search for missing Hannah Kobayashi's take an unusual twist.  Manhunt ongoing for a man who murdered and...

Ballerina and aspiring model Ashley Benefield stood trial for shooting her then-husband, Doug Benefield, to death. After her self-defense claim failed, a court sentenced her to 20 years in prison. The couple married just 13 days after meeting. They had one child, but their relationship was tumultuous, with frequent arguments reported between Ashley and Doug. Ashley Benefield alleged that Doug was...

Today we'd like to direct your attention to another podcast - the new Crime Alert Hourly Update. The CrimeOnline team delivers hourly updates on breaking crime news as it happens throughout the day! Follow now on your favorite podcast app: https://link.podtrac.com/CrimeAlertHourlyUpdate In the case of UHC CEO Brian Thompson's slaying, police have collected at least two DNA samples linked to the su...

The FBI has been pulled into the Hannah Kobayashi missing persons case after it's been discovered that she may have engaged in an immigration marriage scam. Hannah Kobayashi is reportedly married, and her new husband was on the Los Angeles flight with her.  She’s now listed as voluntarily missing. Police say Kobayashi indicated her intention to "disconnect from the world." McDonnell announce that...

Woman kills FB Marketplace seller while stealing the iPhone he's selling. This animal shelter has an  enor-mouse problem! For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  At 6:46 a.m., patrol officers from the Midtown North Precinct responded to a 911 call about a person shot in front of the Hilton Hotel on Avenue of the Americas. At 6:48 a.m., officers arrived and found the victim, Brian Thompson, 50, CEO of United Healthcare, with gunshot wounds to his back and leg. A manhunt is underway for the shooter, who police say waited for Thompson to exit his hotel. Acc...

Stepfather shoots and kills his 15-year-old stepson because he didn't rake the yard. California emergency room patient gets stuck in crawl space.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a surprising development, Hannah Kobayashi's family learned she crossed into Mexico on November 12 at 12:13 p.m., after no communication since November 11 and no sign of her since that date. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) investigators reviewed surveillance footage at the U.S.-Mexico border, which clearly shows the 30-year-old crossing on foot into Mexico. The footage reveals Kobayashi cr...

Today we'd like to direct your attention to another podcast - the new Crime Alert Hourly Update. The CrimeOnline team delivers hourly updates on breaking crime news as it happens throughout the day! Follow now on your favorite podcast app: https://link.podtrac.com/CrimeAlertHourlyUpdate An insurance company bigwig is shot dead outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel in what appears to be a targeted atta...

Angry customer sics her angrier husband on pizza shop employee. Clever victim secretly calls 911 in front of her attacker.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Savannah Copeland cheered at Powell Middle School’s first basketball game of the year. Her father, Michael Copeland, got up early before the rest of the family and was pulling into work when he received a call from his wife, Amanda. She told him that Savannah was not in her bed when they woke up, and she couldn’t find her. Savannah was missing. Michael rushed back home to search for their daughter...

Man tells cops he also killed his mother, after going into surgery for a self-inflicted stab wound after attacking his hospitalized wife. Drunk husband calls his wife a "bible thumper" when she tries to keep him from driving.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NOTE:  After our broadcast, Los Angeles Police announced Hannah Kobayashi had been seen on security footage crossing the U.S. border into Mexico. She was alone, on foot, with luggage in hand.  The case is now classified as a voluntary missing person case.    30-year-old Hannah Kobayashi is on a bucket list trip from her home in Hawaii to New York, where she is going to visit an aunt in upstate New...

7-year-old wearing diapers sized for a 3-year-old dies in the hospital from neglect. Woman faking identity tries to blame age discrepancy on botox! For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a body is found in a trashcan by workers of the Canton Parks Department, it doesn't matter that the park is called City Field Park.  For decades City Field Park was known as "Mother Goose Land" so when the workers call 911 to report a dead body in a trashcan, they tell 911 to send help to Mother Goose Land. Joseph Scott Morgan will turn the pages of his own storybook to find out how a simple...

The  man charged in the brutal kidnapping, rape and murder of Tennessee teacher Eliza Fletcher changes his plea after prosecutors seek the death penalty. Cleotha Abston, 40, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.   Abston was sentenced to 80 years in a separate rape case.  A sexual assault kit was submitted to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation two days after the alleged rape,...

A Portland man is dead, killed after defending a woman at a bar...Now, authorities are asking for witnesses to please come forward for details on what happened! A 19-year-old man in California is charged with the murders of four people while they slept, then allegedly set fire to the house. For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett is convicted of staging a hate crime attack against himself on a cold Chicago night.  Smollett was convicted on five disorderly conduct count and sentenced to 150 days. In reality, he spent only six days behind bars while maintaining his innocence.  Now the Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Smollett's conviction. The court did not consider where the actor...

When a complication with his injuries lands marine-veteran Jon Elliot in the ICU, his wife Brandi is left to take care of their 7-year-old daughter, Piper, between her restaurant shifts. After a week in the hospital, Jon is stable enough to move out of critical care. Piper is so excited to finally visit her dad, she spends all day drawing pictures to decorate his hospital room. Piper gives her dad...

When a mother and her son are reported missing, the Leon County Sheriff's office immediately suspects her violent boyfriend. Brazen thief steals deli truck with an employee still in the back! For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Skyline Elementary School in northwest Portland Oregon is having their annual science fair so the school is opened about 30-minutes earlier than normal to allow parents and students to see the different projects created by the students. Arriving at Skyline just after 8 a.m., Kyron Horman and his stepmother, Terri Horman, go to his classroom and drop off his coat and backpack. Kyron then shows his...

Two teens beat mugging victim to death. Rental applicant pretends to be an undercover to avoid background check.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colleen Nick brings her 6-year-old daughter, Morgan, to a baseball game in Alma, Arkansas. At the field, two children ask Morgan to catch fireflies with them in a green space off the parking lot. As the game wraps up, the children Morgan was playing with return to the stands, but Morgan isn’t with them. They say Morgan's cleaning sand out of her shoes in the parking lot. Colleen goes to get Morgan...

Son holds family at gunpoint as he shoots his father in the head. Wanted man refuses to get off his riding lawnmower for cops.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Brad Johansson told the press, "We are hoping for the absolute best but, unfortunately, preparing for the worst." He was referring to 5-year-old Oakley Carlson, who is missing. Her parents have been arrested for not cooperating with investigators. Oakley Carlson was just 8 months old when foster parents Jamie-Jo and Eric Hiles took her in. Over the next two years,...