Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide

Kenneth Parks walked into a police station covered in blood and confessed. He said that he killed his in-laws, but he'd been asleep the entire time! This case isn’t about whether it happened, but about whether he was conscious when it did. Let's get into this sleepwalking case of Kenneth Parks. After show: A teenage girl is brought to the hospital… but it’s already too late. What investigators unc...

A man, Bradley D. Armstrong, shows up to his wedding…but never makes it to the ceremony. Because deputies walk in and arrest him before he can say “I do.” Now, this case isn’t just about what was left off a marriage application, it’s about whether this marriage should have ever been allowed in the first place. To hear my husband's commentary, join the Patreon at any paid tier: www.patreon.com/love...

A mother, Jellisa Baxter, calls 911 and says she killed her 3-year-old daughter. The details are clear and the confession is recorded, but the case doesn’t move forward. Because now, the question isn’t just what happened ... it’s whether she can even stand trial for it. Today we talk about mental health issues and the judicial system. Let's get into a Florida Man Friday case. *********************...

This case starts with a 911 call, but it quickly turns into something much more complicated. Benjamin Elliott confesses to killing his twin sister, Meghan Elliott, but says he thought he was dreaming. In this episode, we break down the sleepwalking defense, the medical testimony, and the evidence that led to a shocking verdict. **********************************************************************...

A welfare check leads deputies to a backyard and a discovery no one expected. Investigators say a newborn was born alive inside a home, but never taken to a hospital, never reported, and never given a chance. Instead, what unfolded over the next 24 hours is now the center of a criminal case; authorities say the baby could have survived. Now, the question isn’t just what happened, but why. This is...

Inside the attempted murder trial of Gerhardt Konig Hey LaM Fam and welcome to a little something extra! I decided to give you all a sneak peek by dropping the first day of the Gerhardt Konig trial coverage right here for everyone. Consider this your invite to be part of our fictional LaM jury experience over on Patreon. If you love what you hear today and you want the full day-by-day breakdown, a...

He said he blacked out. Then he said another personality did it. But what he admitted to was something far worse. This is the case of Hadden Clark. **This is a past Serial Killer Bonus episode that was found in the patreon patreon.com/loveandmurder at the $5/mo and above tier. Listen now on Love and Murder ********************************************************************************************...

A retired police chief vanished from a tiny Illinois town. For nearly a year, friends thought he was still alive because text messages kept coming from his phone. Then police opened a storage unit across the street from his house. Inside a box… they found his body. This is the case of Richard “Rick the Cop” Young and Marcy Oglesby. ****************************** After show: A husband calls 911 say...

Four-month-old Ioni Souders stopped breathing. But when doctors examined her, they found far more than a medical emergency. Now two adults, Layla Souders and Jose Melendez Padilla, are charged with murder, and investigators say the abuse had been building for weeks. This is the case of the murder of Ioni Souders. ************************************** Do you have thoughts about this case, or is th...

A Pan Am flight attendant comes home from work during a snowstorm and disappears. Her husband says she left town. But investigators find missing carpet, a rented woodchipper, and something chilling scattered along the banks of a Connecticut river. This is the case of Helle Crafts, one of the first murder convictions in the United States without a body. *********************************************...

A 4-year-old foster child starts vomiting after lunch, but by the next day, he’s dead. Police call it capital murder. The jury says they don’t believe she meant to kill him ... and they convict her anyway. Seven years later, everything changes. This is the case of Andrew Burd and the foster mom, Hannah Overton, who went from life without parole to declared innocent. *******************************...

A young doctor collapsed at her father’s home in Bengaluru. Her husband said it was a medical emergency. Six months later, forensic labs found Propofol in her system — and investigators uncovered messages that read, “I killed my wife for you.” This episode covers the death of Kruthika Reddy, the arrest of Mahendra Reddy, and the Propofol murder investigation unfolding in Marathahalli, Bengaluru un...

A 14-year-old girl, 31 weeks pregnant and reportedly malnourished, leads investigators in Escambia County, Florida to uncover allegations against her own parents. Months later, a 2-month-old infant suffers a skull fracture. Authorities say Tara Alexis Sykes used Roblox to instruct a 10-year-old relative on how to kill the baby and burn down a house. Attempted murder charges followed....then came a...

A hike on Hawaii’s Pali Puka Trail turned into a fight for survival. Hikers say they saw Dr. Gerhardt Konig straddling his wife, Arielle Konig, striking her with a lava rock near a cliff edge. Prosecutors say he tried to push her, beat her, and inject her with syringes. In this episode of Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide, we break down the attack, the alleged premeditation, and the upcoming...

A teenage girl came home and found her father bleeding to death on the patio. Police said it looked like a burglary, until the evidence started pointing inward. This episode breaks down the murder of Fabio Sementilli and the conspiracy hiding inside his marriage to Monica Sementilli. After show: A three-month-old baby arrived at a doctor's appointment with a golf-ball-sized bump hidden under his h...

A man, Tyler Baglini, walks into a hospital holding a bloody knife and says a serial killer murdered his girlfriend. Minutes later, police find a woman fighting for her life in a basement apartment. This episode follows the lies, the texts, and the final moments that exposed what really happened to Kerri Fidalgo. In the after show, I tell you a case of a mother who went looking for her pregnant da...

Gunfire ripped through a Jacksonville parking lot just after 3:30 a.m., leaving two people dead inside a car and no clear motive in sight. What investigators uncovered next led them to a man driven by revenge, and a case that stretched across decades before ending on death row. Let's get into the Florida Man Friday case of Michael Bernard Bell. ************************************** Do you have th...

A woman, Christine Banfield, is dead inside her home. A second man, Joseph Ryan, is dead in the same bedroom. And the husband says he walked in just in time to stop it. Prosecutors told a very different story — one involving a secret affair, a fake online profile, and a scene they say was carefully staged to shift the blame. The jury had to decide who was telling the truth. And what really happene...

A man left for a duck hunting trip and never came back. For 17 years, the story stayed stuck between “drowning” and “alligators”… until a kidnapping exposed what investigators say was the real pact of silence. This episode covers the disappearance and murder of Mike Williams, and how Denise Williams and Brian Winchester became the center of a case built on secrets, life insurance, and a body burie...

A three-year-old boy didn’t move when his grandparents tried to wake him up. By the time police arrived, it was clear he hadn’t simply died in his sleep. Matthew Maison’s death exposed years of ignored warnings, repeated reports to CPS, and a system that kept returning him to the same home despite visible injuries and escalating abuse. This episode follows what happened to Matthew, the adults, lik...

After weeks of testimony and just 45 minutes of jury deliberation, a Milwaukee courtroom delivered a verdict in the murder of Sade Robinson—a case built on phone data, surveillance footage, and what happened after a first date that turned deadly. This episode is an update that follows the trial, the verdict, and the sentencing. Initial Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-severed-leg-washes...

Leslie Preer didn’t show up for work one morning. When her husband and her boss went to check on her home, they found blood everywhere. For years, suspicion followed the wrong person. The real answer stayed hidden, locked inside DNA recovered from beneath Leslie’s fingernails. It would take more than two decades, new forensic technology, and a single discarded water bottle to uncover the truth. Th...

In this episode of Love and Murder, I tell you of the tragic and senseless killing of Hollywood actress Dominique Ellen Dunne. Dominique's promising career was cut short when her volatile relationship with her boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, led to a violent altercation, ultimately resulting in her untimely death.  Listen now ** This was a previously recorded bonus episode from season 4. ** ******...

Four family members sat down for a home-cooked lunch in Leongatha, Australia. Within days, three were dead and one barely survived. At the center of it all was Erin Patterson and a beef Wellington. What happened inside that kitchen became one of Australia’s most disturbing murder trials. Listen to your season 6 premiere, with Ky being back from vacation, right now on Love and Murder. *************...

A woman agreed to meet Elmoncy Sercle in Aventura, Florida, believing she was there to sell a pair of used sneakers she’d listed online. What happened next turned violent and ended with her being run over by a vehicle. Let's get into a Florida Man Friday case where entitlement takes it to a whole other level. ************************************** Do you have thoughts about this case, or is there...