Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

4-year-old nearly kidnapped from parents' arms in a busy store. Cops and doughnuts takes on a whole new meaning.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thursday afternoon, February 15, Audrii Cunningham doesn't arrive home at her usual time. Family members look for her, assuming she became distracted during the walk home from the bus stop. Panic sets in, then police are notified at 5:30 p.m. and an AMBER Alert is issued. Investigators start putting together a timeline of events. Police say Audrii was dropped off at her bus stop by her dad's frien...

Mom tortures 4 young children with kitchen knives. Disgruntled boater digs new diversion into Lake Michigan.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lauren Skerritt, 28, is a fantastic physical shape due to being an athlete and obstacle course racer. The Rhode Islander stops by a Greenville Panera Bread and drinks two and a half servings of Panera Bread's "Charged Lemonade". The next day, Skerritt is rushed to the Emergency room suffering from an irregular heartbeat.  Skerritt is shocked when doctors diagnose her with a heart condition that ca...

Jilted ex-husband murders newly-weds in front of his daughter. Longhorn runs loose in New Jersey Train Station.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new owners of a house in Colorado are pleasantly surprised to find the previous owners left behind a working freezer in the garage. Pleasure turns to horror,  as they begin removing bags of frozen meat, and find a human head and hands! Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack explain what it will take to solve the mystery.  Transcript Highlights  00:01:27Talk about gruesome discovery  00:02:05 Discus...

Claud "Tex" McIver is convicted in the shooting death of his wife, Diane. That conviction has been reversed and now, the once-prominent Atlanta attorney takes a plea deal that will pave his way to a release. Georgia’s highest court ruled that the jury should have been able to consider a misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter charge. McIver has now pleaded guilty to lesser charges of involuntary mans...

When his 6-year-old daughter becomes unresponsive, Jacob Weight calls 911. He tells dispatch one of his older children was bathing his 6-year-old when she went limp and suffered some type of seizure. First responders are met by Jacob at the door. He refuses to allow EMS into the house, telling them he must get his daughter dressed. He brings her outside where she can be seen. Police and first resp...

Married teacher's DNA found in 14-year-old's bed sheets. Amish family finds their horse and buggy stolen.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Childhood friends, Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dobson, have carried their friendship into adulthood with children of their own. At 31 years old,  these two moms arrange a "No-Kids Trip" on the Carnival Cruise Ship Elation, where they will be on a 4-day cruise from Jacksonville Florida to the Bahamas. Arriving in the Bahamas, Shearer and Dobson go on an excursion called "Pirate's Cove Beach Getaway"...

Family friend pleads guilty to killing infant. Samurai Warrior on Aisle 3! For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A sketch of a possible suspect in the brutal Maryland murder of Rachel Morin has now been released. DNA collected at the scene linked the suspect to another assault across the country in Los Angeles.  A doorbell camera captures the suspect as the left the California home, but it didn't show the suspect's face.  Working with a sketch artist,  investigators interviewed the witnesses of the home inva...

Police say "vigilante justice" leaves a convicted pedophile dead.  A would-be "business man" hands out business card with cocaine samples attached.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mariah Thomas and her 1-month-old baby, Za'Riah, live with Mariah's parents. Za'Riah's grandparents leave for work just before 8 a.m. on Friday. After 1 p.m., Mariah Thomas calls her mother at work, hysterically screaming something is wrong with the baby. Her mother tells her to call 911. Mariah Thomas reports her baby daughter is not breathing. When Mariah Thomas' father comes home, he smells smo...

Woman stages murder-suicide after killing mom, sister, out of jealousy. Florida 'night-crawler' charged for entering crime scene.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

T'Montez Hurt is a Missouri Western State University freshman, but the 19-year-old is originally from St. Louis. On Thursday, February 1, Hurt is with a friend in Kansas City when he makes an early morning phone call to his grandmother.  Tecona Donald-Sullivan says she says he isn't sounding like his normal self, he sounds as if he is scared, terrified, as if he is in some mental distress. She cal...

Treveon Isaiah Taylor, Jr., is to be the first child of Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor, Sr.   In the early morning of July 9,  Jessica Ross's water broke and she went into labor at 37 weeks gestation. At 8:40 pm, after over 10 hours of labor, she was fully dilated and her doctors told her to start pushing. It was at this point during delivery that Treveon Taylor Jr.'s shoulders got stuck. ...

Parents turn in teen prison escapee. K9 officer locates missing 12-year-old girl.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A road crew in south west Georgia finds on old console tv at an illegal dumpsite on the side of a country highway. As they try to move the tv, the workers find a suitcase inside, too heavy to just be filled with clothes. As they open the suitcase, they open up a mystery that will last decades. Inside the suitcase is cement, and poking out of the cement, the body of a small child. Joseph Scott Morg...

A popular Pasadena restaurant and nightclub has been dragged into a lawsuit filed against former General Hospital star Haley Pullos. Pullos was allegedly drunk and high on pot when she caused a near-fatal car crash. The driver Pullos hit sustained a serious injury and she is now also suing the No Comment Lounge. She claims the 25-year-old actress was moonlighting in the bar that night and the actr...

Lori Paige, a student at  Griffin Middle School in Tallahassee, Florida is one of Margaret Summers' favorite students. The paraprofessional says the 12-year-old is attentive and smart, but Lori is missing. The middle schooler hasn't been seen since June 3, and police are asking the public for help. Lori Paige is 5 feet tall and weighs about 120 pounds with black dreadlocks. Lori Paige and her fath...

Child escapes kidnap attempt on walk to bus stop. 'Why are you in?' 'Battery...by chocolate egg.' For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1960, Lady Bird Lake was built by the city of Austin. The river-like reservoir was created as a cooling pond for Austin's then-new city power plant. The 416-acre lake is now primarily used for recreation, but many in the area are now concerned is it the hunting ground for a killer. There have been 10 deaths reported since 2022: four in 2022, five in 2023, and one in the past few days. Even thou...

Son beheads father, shows decapitated head in YouTube video. Las Vegas judge disciplined over racy hot-tub photo.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jennifer Crumbley becomes the first parent in the United States to be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for a mass school shooting committed by her son, Ethan. She was convicted of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in prison. Prosecutors said Jennifer Crumbley knew her son was struggling with mental health issues. They alleged instead of gettin...