Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

In this episode of the Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack delve into the chilling case of 76-year-old Leon Hignite, who is found abandoned in his home with gruesome injuries. They explore the forensic details of blood spatter patterns, analyze the severity of Leon's injuries, the challenges faced by the medical team, and the disturbing circumstances surrounding the incident.  Subscribe t...

A Texas woman calls police and says she has been locked inside a trailer for four years. The unidentified victim said all the exits to the home were blocked. There were burglar bars on the windows and padlocks on the doors. Police unsuccessfully tried to use bolt cutters, but ultimately, the fire department had to use power tools to get the woman out.  Abraham Bravo Segura, 42, is now charged with...

Investigators are looking for a prior connection between Bryan Kohberger and his four murder victims.  Authorities submitted several search warrants to  TikTok  and  Google , asking for user history dating to January 2021 for the three female victms, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20.  The dating app, Tinder, was asked for historyt on Goncalves and Mogen.  Kohberger report...

Appeals exhausted, Pamela Smart files a petition to compel the governor and Executive Council to reconsider giving her a commutation hearing. This too,  fails. The  state Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the petition for lack of jurisdiction. Smart was convicted of conspiracy to murder in the June 1, 1990, shooting death of her 24-year-old husband in their Derry condominium. The then teen trigg...

Missing 14-year-old found drugged in older man's home. Passenger goes berserk after missing his bus stop.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The search is on in Ocklawaha, Florida for a killer. Three teen victims, reportedly friends, were found shot. The first victim, Layla Silvernail, was found in a dumpster. She was still alive but later died at the hospital. Hours after finding Silvernail, a 17-year-old boy was found dead, miles away. He had also been shot.  The last victim, a 16-year-old girl, was found in Silvernail's vehicle, par...

Twenty years after Scott Peterson was convicted of murdering of his wife and unborn son, his family is still proclaiming Peterson is innocent. Fox News Correspondent Laura Ingle talks with Nancy Grace about her new investigation, "Reporter's Notebook: The Scott Peterson Case."  Ingle tells Nancy about her new interviews witnesses and her return to the places prominent in the story. And Ingle revea...

Elderly man kills wife and daughter out of 'mercy.' Hoax 911 calls garner armed responses on innocent victims.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Felicia LoAlbo-Melendez, 11, was being bullied in school. On top of this, she had just lost her father to pancreatic cancer.  By all appearances, the little girl was handling it all as best she could. Felicia told her mother, teacher, and the school administrator about the bullying that she and other students were subjected to. In fact, she wrote emails suggesting solutions to the school, like a "...

Husband kills wife and in-laws over extended stay. Toddler killed when left under supervision of mom's boyfriend.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cohasset man Brian Walshe has been indicted for the murder of his wife, Ana Walshe, who vanished in early January after a New Year's Eve party. Prosecutors say the 48-year-old husband dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body in multiple trash cans in the area. Police have recovered blood-stained items from the home, including a hacksaw. Walshe has pleaded 'not guilty' to first-degree murder....

Attempted thieves caught by employee who stayed hidden. Nightclub misunderstanding turns deadly.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The body of Stephen Smith has been exhumed.  Smith's death was initially investigated as a hit-and-run but investigators say the evidence did not support that as a cause of death. Smith's body was discovered on a rural road in Hampton county back in 2015. Now that a new autopsy has been done, the investigation is just beginning.  Nancy Grace speaks with Criminal Defense Attorney and former FBI age...

The body of Stephen Smith has been exhumed, autopsied and reinterred.  A SLED security team accompanied the body to a location in Florida where the examination took place. Information on the new autopsy has not be released yet.  Meanwhile,  news of two possible persons of interest has come to light.  Investigation into those leads are continuing.  Stephen Smith's body was discovered on a rural roa...

Mother who kills her children to get back at ex-husband found guilty. Man shot while his wife livestreams on Facebook.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Smith died mysteriously in 2015 in South Carolina. Though his death was initially ruled a hit-and-run, it has more recently gained attention following the 2021 murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, which lead to the reopening of his case two years ago. The Murdaugh family was mentioned in the initial investigation, but no charges were filed. Smith was found dead with a large gash on his for...

A judge sentenced Aiden Fucci, now 16, to life in prison after his conviction of first-degree murder for stabbing a 13-year-old girl over 100 times.  Fucci entered his guilty plea earlier this year.   During the investigation surveillance photos show the mother of teen murder suspect Aiden Fucci washing his clothes the day Tristyn Bailey was murdered. Crystal Smith was arrested and charged with ta...

Shommaonique Wickerson goes to work, leaving her 6 children in the care of her 31-year-old cousin, Paris Propps. Hours later, Wickerson gets a call from Propps saying "your kids are missing."  Three of the girls in his care have gone missing. The three sisters were then found dead in their neighbor’s private pond. Officials first reported the deaths as tragic drownings. Now, police say the girls w...

Attempted kidnapper fought off by middle school students. Carjacking victim dies while speaking with police.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As a Colorado dentist faces murder charges connected to the poisoning death of his wife, new information shows James Craig asked his church for help in cleaning his basement, while his wife lay dying in the hospital.  Police say James Craig bought arsenic and cyanide and secretly poisoned his wife's protein shakes. Angela Craig had made many recent hospital visits, and checked into a hospital agai...

Man shoots his girlfriend's three young sons. Wanted man flees cops, running over an officer.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the legal legwork continues, pushing for the exhumation of Stephen Smith's body, crime screen photos raise important questions about the original investigation. Why was there mud caked on the teen's shoes? Why was his car's gas cap askew? If Stephen Smith was hit by a car, why wasn't there more blood at the scene?   Nancy Grace talks in-depth with Chris McDonough. He's the Director at the Cold...

Stephen Smith's family is close to answers about his death as attorneys work to get approved to exhume Smith's body.  Smith's death was originally designated a hit-and-run, but something uncovered in the Alex Murdaugh double-murder investigation prompted the South Carolina Highway Patrol to reopen the investigation. Crime scene photos have been released by SLED and some graphic crime scene photos...

Man tries to feed murder victim's organs to his family. Woman attacks her father and son with a kitchen knife.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A female shooter shot through the glass doors of a church school to gain access to the building. After breaking the glass, the shooter crawled through the lower portion of the door.  The 28-year-old transgender person is seen pacing the hallway, heavily armed, as alarms are blaring. Six people were killed; three 9-year-old students and three faculty members. Police storm the building, then exchang...