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Reid Carter covers the dramatic second day of the Uvalde trial where teacher Stephanie Hale returns to the stand after her bombshell testimony nearly derailed the entire case - judge denied defense mistrial motion but will decide whether to strike her testimony completely. Nick Reiner's arraignment postponed to February after celebrity attorney Alan Jackson withdrew - Rob Reiner's son charged with...

Reid Carter covers the dramatic first day of testimony in the Uvalde school shooting trial - former officer Adrian Gonzales faces 29 counts of child endangerment as families sob hearing 911 calls and teacher's surprise testimony threatens to derail the prosecution. Pamela Smart, 57, files habeas petition seeking to overturn 1990 conviction for having her 15-year-old student lover kill her husband...

Reid Carter covers Patriots star Stefon Diggs charged with felony strangulation after allegedly attacking his private chef over a pay dispute - tried to choke her with his elbow when she asked for money. Uvalde school shooting officer Adrian Gonzales goes on trial today - first of nearly 400 cops who stood in that hallway for 77 minutes while children died to face justice. And teen killer Derek Ro...

Reid Carter covers the most audacious military operation since Noriega. Saturday morning, Delta Force and FBI agents raided Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's fortified compound in Caracas while US forces disabled air defenses and cut power to the capital. Maduro and wife Cilia Flores captured attempting to reach their safe room. Transported to USS Iwo Jima, then Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detenti...

Reid Carter returns from the 12 Crimes of Christmas special with updates you may have missed. Ashlee Buzzard pleaded not guilty to murdering her nine-year-old daughter Melodee, whose body was found in rural Utah with gunshot wounds to the head. Courtroom erupted in gasps. Bryan Kohberger is "not responding well" behind bars - guards call the Idaho student killer a "diva" filing constant complaints...

Reid Carter concludes the 12 Crimes of Christmas with the police sergeant who murdered his third wife and likely killed his fourth. March 2004: Kathleen Savio found dead in dry bathtub - ruled accidental despite bruises and gash to head. October 2007: Fourth wife Stacy, 23, vanishes. Stepbrother helped Peterson carry warm blue barrel from bedroom - tried to kill himself afterward believing Stacy w...

Reid Carter concludes the Michael Peterson saga with the stunning reversal that freed a convicted murderer. Blood spatter expert Duane Deaver: exposed as a fraud who lied about credentials and falsified evidence in multiple cases. December 2011: Conviction vacated after eight years in prison. The owl theory: microscopic feathers and talon-shaped wounds suggest Kathleen was attacked outside before...

Reid Carter begins a two-part examination of novelist Michael Peterson and two eerily similar deaths sixteen years apart. November 1985, Germany: Elizabeth Ratliff found dead at bottom of stairs - Peterson was last to see her alive, adopted her two orphaned daughters. December 2001, North Carolina: Wife Kathleen Peterson found dead at bottom of stairs in pool of blood - seven lacerations to her he...

Reid Carter rings in the New Year with the NFL star who threw it all away. Aaron Hernandez: University of Florida star, New England Patriots tight end, $40 million contract signed six weeks after allegedly killing two men over a spilled drink. June 2013: Odin Lloyd found shot five times one mile from Hernandez's mansion. Lloyd's final texts to his sister: "Did you see who I am with?" "NFL." "Just...

Reid Carter covers the Valentine's Day murder that shocked the world. February 14, 2013: Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius fired four hollow-point bullets through his bathroom door, killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. She was 29, a model and law graduate who advocated against domestic violence. He claimed intruder. She was found with her phone in the bathroom - why would an intruder bring a phone? Neig...

Reid Carter covers the trial that became America's obsession. January 2013: Jodi Arias faced first-degree murder charges for butchering Travis Alexander. She testified for 18 days - unprecedented in legal history. Claimed she was abused, that Travis was a secret deviant who deserved what he got. Prosecutor Juan Martinez demolished her story. May 8, 2013: Guilty of first-degree murder. Two juries d...

Reid Carter exposes the obsessive girlfriend who stabbed her ex-boyfriend 27 times, slit his throat ear to ear, and shot him in the head. Travis Alexander warned friends: "Don't be surprised if you find me dead one day." He called Jodi Arias a "sociopath." She slashed his tires, hacked his Facebook, snuck into his house through the doggie door. June 4, 2008: She drove 1,000 miles with gas cans to...

Reid Carter concludes the Robert Durst saga with the murder that should have ended everything - and the confession that finally did. September 2001: Durst killed his 71-year-old neighbor Morris Black, dismembered his body with surgical precision, and dumped the pieces in Galveston Bay. Acquitted after claiming self-defense. 2015: HBO's The Jinx caught Durst on a hot mic whispering "killed them all...

Reid Carter exposes how real estate heir Robert Durst evaded justice for four decades while bodies piled up around him. January 31, 1982: His wife Kathie disappeared three months before graduating medical school - she told friends "if anything happens to me, don't let Bob get away with it." Durst claimed he dropped her at a train station. Never seen again. Police never searched their cottage. Some...

Reid Carter concludes the JonBenét Ramsey special on the 29th anniversary of her body being found. 2006: Patsy Ramsey died of ovarian cancer, never cleared by police. 2006: John Mark Karr falsely confessed - DNA proved he lied. 2008: New DA issued unprecedented exoneration letter based on DNA evidence. 2024-2025: Netflix documentary reignited interest, Colorado Bureau of Investigation testing prev...

Reid Carter continues the JonBenét Ramsey Christmas special on the 29th anniversary of her murder. Boulder police immediately suspected the parents - the ransom note used Patsy's notepad and pen, demanded John's exact bonus amount, and experts couldn't eliminate Patsy's handwriting. Media coverage destroyed the family's reputation before any charges were filed. But Detective Lou Smit believed an i...

Reid Carter launches 12 Crimes of Christmas with America's most haunting unsolved murder. December 25, 1996: Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was killed in her Boulder, Colorado home while her family slept. December 26: Patsy Ramsey found a bizarre three-page ransom note demanding exactly $118,000 - her husband's Christmas bonus. Police arrived at 5:55 AM but didn't search the basement. S...

Reid Carter concludes the Top 10 countdown with the crime story that dominated 2025: Sean "Diddy" Combs. From his November 2023 arrest catalyst when Cassie Ventura filed her bombshell lawsuit, through the March 2024 raids that seized 1,000 bottles of baby oil, to the September arrest at a Manhattan hotel. The eight-week trial featured Cassie's devastating four-day testimony about "freak-offs" - dr...

Reid Carter counts down #2 on the Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of 2025: Bryan Kohberger and the Idaho student murders. November 13, 2022: Four University of Idaho students stabbed to death in their beds. December 30, 2022: Kohberger arrested across the country. For 962 days, his defense insisted he was innocent, driving alone that night. July 2, 2025: Kohberger pleaded guilty to all charges, a...

Reid Carter counts down #3 on the Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of 2025: Blake Lively versus Justin Baldoni. December 2024: Lively accused her "It Ends With Us" director of sexual harassment and orchestrating a digital smear campaign after she complained about on-set misconduct. Text messages revealed crisis PR planning: "You know we can bury anyone." Baldoni countersued for $400 million claimi...

Reid Carter counts down #4 on the Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of 2025: Cardi B's viral courtroom victory. Security guard Emani Ellis sued for $24 million claiming the rapper scratched her face with a three-inch fingernail and spat on her at a Beverly Hills doctor's office in 2018. Seven years later, trial goes viral. Cardi's testimony spawns memes—confused lawyer asks about her changing hair,...

 Reid Carter counts down #5 on the Top 10 Crime and Justice Stories of 2025: Mark Sanchez's career-ending parking space fight. October 4th, 2025, downtown Indianapolis. Former Jets quarterback turned Fox Sports analyst approached 69-year-old truck driver Perry Tole at 12:30 AM, smelling of alcohol. Surveillance video shows Sanchez climbing into Tole's truck, blocking his phone, shoving him. Tole p...

Reid Carter examines the political assassination that divided America along completely different lines than the Mangione case. September 10, 2025: Charlie Kirk, 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA and Trump's closest youth ally, shot in the neck during a campus event in Utah. Single bullet from 142 yards. Tyler Robinson, 22, surrendered the next day after his parents recognized him from surve...

Reid Carter examines the case that turned a healthcare executive's murder into a national debate. December 4, 2024: Luigi Mangione allegedly shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel - bullet casings inscribed "deny, delay, depose." Five-day manhunt ended at a Pennsylvania McDonald's. The Ivy League valedictorian from a wealthy Maryland family became a folk hero to million...

Reid Carter breaks down the year's most explosive political scandal - the Epstein files. Trump promised transparency, then stonewalled until Congress forced his hand. Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April - her posthumous memoir brought down Prince Andrew, stripped of all royal titles in October. Larry Summers resigned from OpenAI and Harvard amid investigation. Elon Musk accused Trump of bein...