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MK True Crime hosts Phil Holloway and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss how Hawaii doctor Gerhardt Konig was found guilty of attempted manslaughter in the attack on his wife during a birthday hike, why the jury likely did not convict him of the higher charge of second-degree attempted murder, what to expect at Konig's August sentencing, the search for missing Michigan mom Lynette Hooker w...

MK True Crime hosts Dave Aronberg and Phil Holloway join the show to discuss Savannah Guthrie's return to The Today Show, TMZ's receipt of two new ransom notes claiming Nancy’s location, the search for a missing Oakland, California coffee shop owner, the powerful cross-examination of Hawaii doctor Gerhardt Konig, including the comparison of Gerhart and wife Arielle’s injuries, Los Angeles Magazine...

MK True Crime hosts Phil Holloway and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss Tyler Robinson’s defense attorneys’ claims that the bullet found during Charlie Kirk’s autopsy isn’t conclusively linked to the defendant’s rifle, why this is most likely a strategic tactic by the defense, why this isn’t a rare finding, Gerhardt Konig’s testimony on his wild account of what really happened while on a...

MK True Crime hosts Ashleigh Merchant and Dave Aronberg join the show to discuss the latest in the Gerhardt Konig attempted murder trial in Hawaii, the crucial evidence presented to the jury, including a bloodstained rock that was allegedly used by the defendant Gerhardt Konig in an alleged attack against his wife, how a search warrant assisted by AI has come into question in the trial, creepy foo...

MK True Crime hosts Dave Aronberg and Phil Holloway join the show to discuss the Gerhardt Konig trial, an anesthesiologist who is standing trial this week on attempted murder charges after he allegedly tried to kill his wife while they were on a hiking trail in Hawaii, his wife Arielle’s emotional testimony, the damning police body camera footage showing Arielle’s injuries, the case of Dayton Webb...

MK True Crime hosts Phil Holloway and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss the trial of former police officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons accused of assault with a deadly weapon against a colleague, the prosecution and defense dueling narratives, the difference between a bench trial and a jury trial, Justin Timberlake’s DWI arrest footage from 2024 released, the legal battle behind the footage releas...

MK True Crime hosts Dave Aronberg and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss what’s next for Kouri Richins, the sentencing options before the judge, Dave and Ashleigh’s own sentencing predictions, what the appeal process will be, how parole differs state to state, the jury’s foreperson speaking out about what they observed about Kouri in the courtroom, why Kouri’s kids book moved the needle fo...

MK True Crime hosts Ashleigh Merchant and Dave Aronberg join the show to discuss the jury returning a guilty verdict on all five charges against Kouri Richins, what it’s really like to be in the room when the jury comes back with a verdict for your client, Ian Runkle, Canadian criminal defense attorney and host of the YouTube channel “Runkle of the Bailey,” joins Ashleigh and Dave to discuss how t...

MK True Crime hosts Dave Aronberg and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss the latest in the Kouri Richins murder trial, why the defense rested this week without calling any witnesses, questions about Richins’ alleged signature forgery, why housekeeper Carmen Lauber was called back to the stand, why Lauber’s police interviews played into the defense’s strategy, how Dave and Ashleigh would pr...

MK True Crime hosts Phil Holloway and Dave Aronberg join the show to discuss the third week of the Kouri Richins murder trial, the testimony from Eric Richins’ friend and business partner, Cody Wright, about Eric’s fearful call on Valentine’s Day 2022, the context of the call that the jury did not get to hear, the defense’s disastrous questioning on Eric Richins’ alleged drug use, criminal defense...

MK True Crime hosts Dave Aronberg and Phil Holloway join the show to discuss the latest in the Kouri Richins murder trial, the importance of never asking a question you don’t know the answer to in court, Kouri’s friend Becky Lloyd testifying that Kouri once said ‘it would be better if Eric were dead,’ the lawyers use Lloyd’s testimony as an example of “impeachment by prior inconsistent statement,”...

MK True Crime hosts Ashleigh Merchant and Phil Holloway join the show to discuss week two of the Kouri Richins murder trial, the conflicting testimonies of Richins’ housekeeper Carmen Lauber and drug dealer Robert Crozier, Ashleigh details how the defense could have cross-examined Crozier more effectively, the missing context in both the defense and prosecution’s strategies so far, why it’s highly...

MK True Crime hosts Phil Holloway and Dave Aronberg join the show to discuss the latest developments in the Kouri Richins Murder Trial, the “swing and miss” moment when a witness shut down the defense’s strategy to paint husband Eric Richins as a regular fentanyl user, what the state’s key witness, housekeeper Carmen Lauber, testified she bought for Kouri Richins, why the judge in the Tyler Robins...

MK True Crime hosts Dave Aronberg and Jonna Spilbor join the show to discuss the beginning of the Kouri Richins murder trial, the damning texts the prosecution revealed in their opening statement, the seeds of reasonable doubt the defense sowed, what police bodycam footage played for the court revealed about Kouri, predictions that Nick Reiner won’t go to trial after pleading not guilty in the mur...

MK True Crime hosts Phil Holloway and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss the latest developments in the Nancy Guthrie abduction including criticism regarding Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos’ damage control media spiral, questions surrounding whether Nancy could have been taken across the border into Mexico, the ways the FBI could be in contact with Mexican authorities, DNA expert CeCe Moor...

MK True Crime hosts Dave Aronberg and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss the Pima County Sheriff clearing the Guthrie family as suspects in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, what can be gleaned about the potential abductor from Savannah Guthrie’s latest social media post, why genetic genealogy will be key to identifying a suspect now that the initial DNA results from the glove found near...

MK True Crime hosts Ashleigh Merchant and Phil Holloway join the show to discuss the latest developments in the Nancy Guthrie abduction, exclusive analysis from Phil on the ground in Tucson, Arizona, regarding police searching for a possible discarded phone and digital breadcrumbs, the prevailing theory among the locals and media on the ground about what really happened to Nancy Guthrie, the touch...

MK True Crime hosts Phil Holloway and Dave Aronberg join the show to discuss the latest developments in the abduction of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie, Phil reports from Tucson, Arizona, where he shares what he has learned from outside the Guthrie home, what the locals are saying about the Sheriff’s office, the newly released images and videos of a person of interest tamper...

MK True Crime hosts Dave Aronberg and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss the latest developments in the case of Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, the Guthrie family’s statement and plea to possible abductors, new information about the ransom notes that have been reported, what the autopsies of Monique and Spencer Tepe reveal, what the findings could mean for alleged killer...

MK True Crime hosts Phil Holloway and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss a Manhattan federal judge’s ruling that prosecutors would not be able to seek the death penalty at the trial of Luigi Mangione, the race between the state and feds to go to trial and why it matters who goes first, Mangione’s unexpected upcoming court appearance this week and whether or not that could signal a plea dea...

MK True Crime hosts Ashleigh Merchant and Phil Holloway join the show to discuss the arrest of singer D4vd’s friend, Neo Langston, why Neo quickly bonded out, what this means for the murder investigation of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old found dead in D4vd’s Tesla, why Lindsay Clancy, the woman accused of killing her three children with exercise bands in 2023, is suing her healthcare pro...

MK True Crime hosts Phil Holloway and Dave Aronberg join the show to discuss surgeon Dr. Michael McKee’s virtual court appearance last week where he pleaded not guilty to murder charges through his high-profile defense attorney, new records indicating that McKee broke into the Tepe home only weeks before the murder of his ex-wife Monique and her husband Spencer, fired Michigan football coach Sherr...

MK True Crime hosts Matt Murphy and Mark Geragos join the show to discuss the federal trial where high-profile real estate agent brothers Oren, Tal, and Alon Alexander are charged with running a sex-trafficking scheme for more than a decade, the complexities of date rape cases, why jury selection will be so important in this case, comedian and host of hit podcasts “Juicy Scoop” and “Juicy Crimes”,...

MK True Crime hosts Dave Aronberg and Ashleigh Merchant join the show to discuss Tyler Robinson’s appearance in court last week for a pre-trial hearing where his defense argued that the prosecution team should be disqualified due to a conflict of interest, why this could be considered a strategic tactic, the reasons why a delayed trial works in the defense’s favor, why victims’ rights vary by stat...

MK True Crime hosts Jonna Spilbor and Arthur Aidala join the show to discuss the reported emotional abuse Monique Tepe suffered at the hands of her ex-husband Dr. Michael McKee, the medical malpractice lawsuit brought against McKee only months before the Tepe murders, the remaining questions about the night of the murders, the sex abuse allegations against actor and director Timothy Busfield, the...