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Reid Carter covers Monday's sentencing of Victor Martinez-Hernandez to life without parole plus life plus 40 years for the brutal murder of Rachel Morin. The 37-year-old mother of five was attacked while jogging the Ma & Pa Trail in August 2023. Her Apple Watch recorded her heart rate dropping from 115 to 62 in under three minutes. Martinez-Hernandez, wanted for murder in El Salvador and depor...

Reid Carter concludes the Gilgo Beach investigation with Rex Heuermann's arrest after thirteen years. DNA from pizza crust matched hair on victims, but the defense calls new whole genome sequencing "magic." Heuermann allegedly scheduled murders during family vacations, searched victims' names online, and asked Google why the killer hadn't been caught. His ex-wife Asa Ellerup still believes he's in...

Reid Carter begins a two-part deep dive into the Gilgo Beach murders. Shannan Gilbert's terrifying 911 call in 2010 triggered a search that uncovered the bodies of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes - the "Gilgo Four." All were young women, escorts, wrapped in burlap along Ocean Parkway. Seven more bodies followed. But corrupt Police Chief James Burke d...

Reid Carter exposes three defendants living in fantasy worlds. Nicholas Kassotis's third wife testifies about an $850,000 house purchase that vanished in a suspicious car fire while Mindi's body decomposed. Donna Adelson, the 75-year-old grandmother accused of orchestrating son-in-law Dan Markel's murder, was arrested on a jetway fleeing to Vietnam after her son's conviction. Meanwhile, fugitive r...

Reid Carter returns from the Lindsay Lohan weekend with three disturbing updates. The Kassotis dismemberment trial explodes as Wife #3 testifies he claimed to be a widower while shopping for knives and dating apps. A Missouri woman gets 46 months in federal prison for hiding movie star chimp Tonka in her basement and lying he was dead. But the bombshell: 17-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick arrested fo...

Reid Carter concludes the Lindsay Lohan saga with her shocking transformation from convicted criminal to Disney comeback queen. After the Bling Ring robbed her home, sharing a jail cell with her burglar, and fleeing to Dubai to escape American celebrity culture, Lindsay did the impossible: she got boring. Now married with a baby, sober for a decade, she's returned in "Freakier Friday" to prove chi...

Lindsay Lohan served just 84 minutes in jail for seven misdemeanors including two DUIs and cocaine possession while regular Americans rot in cells for far less. Reid Carter exposes the shocking timeline of Hollywood's most famous train wreck: the Disney darling who lived in hotels as a teenager, crashed her Mercedes high on cocaine, led police on a chase down PCH, and showed up to court with "F**k...

Reid Carter delivers justice updates across America. In Florida, Sheila Agee is finally convicted of encouraging her son to murder Brooklyn Sims after her first trial ended in mistrial due to a juror doing crossword puzzles during deliberations. Fraser Michael Bohm pleads not guilty to killing four Pepperdine students while driving 104 mph, hiring Karen Read's lawyer for his defense. The Nicholas...

Reid Carter exposes Oregon serial killer Jesse Lee Calhoun, who got early release for fighting wildfires then allegedly murdered four women, scattering their bodies across two states. The firefighter-turned-predator targeted vulnerable women with addiction issues, including one who'd reported him for choking her months before her death. Plus, the shocking Florida trial of Sheila Agee, who allegedl...

Reid Carter exposes the twisted tale of Kouri Richins, the Utah mom who allegedly poisoned her husband Eric with a fentanyl-laced Moscow Mule, then wrote a children's grief book while planning to profit from his $5 million estate. With $3 million in debt and a secret lover, she allegedly tried to kill him on Valentine's Day first, then succeeded two weeks later. Plus, the Jordan Palmer murder tria...

Reid Carter tracks three horrific manhunts across America. In Montana, decorated Army veteran Michael Paul Brown is on the run after allegedly executing four people at his local bar, including a retired cancer nurse just starting retirement. In Tennessee, the search intensifies for Austin Drummond, who allegedly murdered an entire family but left baby Weslynne alive on a stranger's lawn – plus two...

Gary Busey finally admits he's guilty – the 81-year-old actor pleads to groping women at a horror convention while appearing via Zoom. Reid Carter exposes how this Oscar nominee became a convention creeper facing only probation. Plus, Maxwell Anderson gets life in prison for the brutal murder and dismemberment of Shahday Robinson, but still claims innocence while her mother demands justice. And a...

After 35 years in prison, the Menendez brothers are suddenly eligible for parole - and Erik is fighting for his life in a hospital. Reid Carter reveals how explosive new evidence, including allegations that Jose Menendez raped a Menudo band member, transformed America's most hated killers into TikTok heroes. The shocking May 2025 resentencing, Netflix's controversial dramatization, and the cultura...

August 20, 1989: Jose and Kitty Menendez are brutally shotgunned to death in their Beverly Hills mansion. Reid Carter exposes how their sons Lyle and Erik transformed from grieving orphans to cold-blooded killers, spending $700,000 in six months while police chased mob theories. The bombshell confession to therapist Dr. Oziel, the explosive abuse allegations that shocked America, and the sensation...

Reid Carter breaks down James Craig's life sentence for poisoning his wife Angela with protein shakes while planning a new life with his Texas mistress - justice for the dentist who thought medical knowledge made him untouchable. Plus, Billy Delgado gets 50 years for shooting his ex-wife five times, rejecting a 40-year plea deal that would have saved him a decade. Then, the case you may have misse...

Ghislaine Maxwell dangles Epstein secrets before Congress but demands immunity, advance questions, and a get-out-of-jail pass in explosive new letter. Meanwhile, Sean "Diddy" Combs claims he's the only "john" in federal prison as he begs for $50M bond after dodging life sentences. Plus: Colorado dentist James Craig's jury deliberates whether protein shake murders deserve death, while Texas shooter...

Reid Carter examines the deadliest mass shooting in New York City in 25 years, as former high school football player Shane Tamura drove cross-country to execute NFL employees over claims of CTE before taking his own life. From his chilling suicide note blaming football for his mental illness to the hero cop who died trying to stop him, we break down how grievance and delusion created Monday's Manh...

Reid Carter breaks down Dr. Salvador Plasencia's guilty plea to supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine, as text messages reveal the doctor called the Friends star a "moron" while plotting to exploit his addiction for $55,000. Plus, shocking developments in Florida as Alize Seymore pleads guilty to child abuse just as her murder trial was set to begin, accepting 20 years for torturing her 6-year-old...

Reid Carter breaks down Lori Daybell's final sentencing in Arizona as the "Doomsday Mom" receives two more life sentences and claims her victims are "happy" in heaven. From devastating victim impact statements to the judge's scathing rebuke, discover how this twisted saga finally ends. Plus, explosive testimony in the James Craig poisoning trial as the lead detective reveals surveillance footage o...

Reid Carter exposes the calculated cruelty of Colorado dentist James Craig, who allegedly poisoned his wife Angela with cyanide-laced protein shakes while carrying on a torrid affair with a Texas orthodontist. From secret email accounts and deadly internet searches to the mistress who broke down on the witness stand, discover how a three-week romance may have cost a mother of six her life. Plus, w...

Reid Carter closes the book on the Idaho student murders as Bryan Kohberger receives four life sentences and families finally confront the monster who destroyed their children. From devastating victim impact statements to the judge's emotional rebuke, discover why Kohberger stayed silent and what the newly released police reports reveal about his calculated cruelty. Plus, this week's other verdict...

Reid Carter concludes the shocking Vallow-Daybell saga with justice delivered from beyond the grave. June 9th, 2020: investigators discover JJ and Tylee's horrific remains on Chad's property - Tylee dismembered and burned, seven-year-old JJ suffocated and wrapped in plastic. The bodies provide devastating evidence destroying Chad and Lori's claims of divine mission. Lori receives life sentences in...

Reid Carter reveals how Chad and Lori's final murder sealed their doom. October 19th: Tammy Daybell dies mysteriously, with Chad's eerily calm 911 call and rushed cremation destroying evidence. Just seventeen days later, the "grieving" widower marries Lori in a Hawaiian paradise ceremony. But their victory celebration becomes their downfall as families demand answers about missing children. When R...

Reid Carter exposes the killing spree that destroyed two families. July 11th: Alex Cox executes Charles Vallow in "self-defense" while Lori hosts a pool party hours later. September: Sixteen-year-old Tylee vanishes after Yellowstone, dismembered and buried on Chad's property. Two weeks later, autistic seven-year-old JJ disappears, found wrapped in plastic and duct tape. October 19th: Tammy Daybell...

Reid Carter exposes how Chad and Lori's twisted theology became a systematic murder plan. Using a "spiritual rating system," the doomsday couple identified family members as "zombies" needing elimination - conveniently targeting those blocking their path to love and money. Text messages reveal chilling discussions of "death percentages" for husband Charles and son JJ, while Chad claims divine reve...