True Crime Recaps

On February 6, 2021, Yale grad student Kevin Jiang was driving home when he was rear-ended. But this was no accident. Within seconds, the driver pulled out a gun and shot him eight times. Investigators soon uncovered a disturbing motive. The killer, MIT researcher Qinxuan Pan, was secretly obsessed with Kevin’s fiancée, Zion Perry. After the shooting, Pan vanished, sparking a months-long manhunt a...

Two nights before Thanksgiving, Molly Elliott left her New Orleans office expecting a romantic evening with her husband. Instead, she was kidnapped at gunpoint by 18-year-old valet Jessie Hoffman. He forced her to withdraw money, drove her around for at least an hour, and then made her walk barefoot down a dirt path to her own execution. Molly’s body was found on Thanksgiving morning. It took near...

Elizabeth Thomas was just 15 years old when she disappeared with her 50-year-old high school teacher, Tad Cummins, in March 2017. Their disappearance sparked a nationwide manhunt. Investigators later revealed Cummins had spent nearly a year grooming her—flirting, giving her gifts, and convincing her they shared a secret bond. When school officials began investigating, he panicked and abducted her....

Angela Sanford told police she stabbed Joel Leyva in self-defense. But when investigators looked at her phone, they found his number saved under a single chilling word: Sacrifice. Joel’s body was discovered in the desert, stabbed 13 times with a ceremonial dagger. What started as a meetup turned into what prosecutors described as a twisted ritual. Angela was convicted and sentenced to 20 years for...

In 1975, 18-year-old Karen Grammer was abducted outside a Red Lobster in Colorado Springs. She was assaulted and stabbed 42 times, becoming the victim of a violent spree carried out by a group of soldiers. Karen’s brother, actor Kelsey Grammer, has carried the weight of her murder for decades. Now, in a new memoir, he shares how her death nearly broke him and how he has fought to live with the gri...

In July 1995, 15-year-old Elyse Pahler thought she was meeting friends for a late-night hangout. Instead, she was lured into a brutal murder. Three teenage boys obsessed with heavy metal and satanic sacrifice believed killing a virgin would give their band fame and the devil’s blessing. Elyse was stabbed repeatedly as she begged for her life. For eight months, her body went undiscovered while her...

In the early morning of June 23, 1993, Lorena Bobbitt committed an act so shocking it made her a household name. Hours later, she was driving through Virginia holding the evidence of her crime in her hand, while her husband was rushed to the emergency room. Lorena claimed years of abuse—emotional, physical, and financial—drove her to the breaking point. Her trial sparked a cultural firestorm, igni...

Robert Rhoades, known as the Truck Stop Killer, transformed his long-haul sleeper cab into a rolling torture chamber. For more than 15 years, he prowled America’s highways, abducting women after murdering their boyfriends, then subjecting them to hours of brutality before dumping their bodies along desolate roads. Though Rhoades admitted to only a handful of murders, the FBI believes he may have k...

Robin Kaye, a music executive on American Idol, and her husband Thomas Deluca, a songwriter, were living the dream in their $5 million Encino mansion. That dream ended in tragedy when police found both of them murdered in separate rooms after a welfare check. Surveillance footage revealed a chilling scene. The killer jumped the fence, slipped through an unlocked door, and waited inside. Just 30 mi...

What began as another fiery campus debate ended with gunfire. Charlie Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University when a single rifle shot from a rooftop sniper hit him mid-sentence. Panic swept through the crowd as the shooter fled. Authorities identified the suspect as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, a college apprentice who traveled nearly 300 miles for the attack. Surveillance cameras captured his...

Al Kite lived a quiet life in suburban Denver until he rented a room to a man who called himself Robert Cooper. He seemed polite, professional, and trustworthy. Days later, Al was found tortured and murdered. The killer didn’t just flee. He showered, changed into Al’s clothes, and used his ATM card in a ski mask. Every detail of his life was fake. His name, his job, his phone number, all fabricate...

Sarah Grace Patrick broke down in tears at her parents’ funeral, telling a packed church how much she loved them. She even posted TikToks begging for prayers and reached out to true crime creators to help find answers. But investigators say it was all an act. Five months later, the 17-year-old was arrested and charged with murdering her mom and stepdad, Kristin and James Brock. They were shot exec...

In 1958, 16-year-old Leslie Arnold shocked Omaha by murdering both of his parents after they refused to let him see his girlfriend. That same night, he buried their bodies in the backyard and went to the movies as if nothing had happened. Two weeks later he confessed and was sentenced to life in prison. But in 1967, he escaped and disappeared without a trace. For more than 50 years, no one knew wh...

In Michigan, 13-year-old Lauryn Licari received thousands of cruel and threatening texts that ruined her friendships and reputation. For two years she believed she was being stalked by classmates or strangers. The truth was far more shocking. The stalker was her own mother, Kendra Licari, a respected coach and so-called “cool mom” who tormented her daughter while framing other kids. Kendra pled gu...

In 1988, 16-year-old David Brom picked up an axe and massacred nearly his entire family as they slept in their Rochester, Minnesota home. The brutality shocked even veteran investigators, and Brom was sentenced to three life terms in prison. But more than 35 years later, he is free. Thanks to changes in Minnesota law, juveniles convicted as adults are no longer required to serve mandatory life sen...

Rebecca Haro told police a stranger attacked her and kidnapped her 7-month-old son, Emmanuel, outside a Big 5 sporting goods store. She and her husband, Jake, even stood before cameras, pleading for his safe return. But investigators say it was all a lie. Detectives believe Emmanuel was already dead when his parents made that public plea. Jake allegedly confessed to killing his son and dumping his...

Jessica Wongso handed her best friend an iced coffee. Minutes later, Mirna Salihin was foaming at the mouth and dying, all caught on café security cameras. Prosecutors said it was a cold and calculated murder. The drink tested positive for cyanide. Jessica had a troubled past, a history of threats, and suspicious behavior like placing shopping bags around the drinks to block the view. But no one s...

Jonathan Joss, the voice of John Redcorn on King of the Hill, was shot dead outside his burned-down home in San Antonio in June 2025. Hours earlier, he and his husband returned to collect mail and discovered their burned dog’s skull. Joss, grieving and pacing the street with a pitchfork, confronted the trauma, but their longtime neighbor Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez blocked their way, brandished a rifle,...

For 23 years, the brutal murder of 49-year-old Leslie Preer haunted her family and baffled investigators. Found strangled and beaten inside her Maryland home, suspicion initially fell on her husband as the case went cold. The truth was far closer to home. Leslie’s killer was Eugene Gligor, her daughter’s former high school boyfriend who was once welcomed as family. For decades he built a successfu...

At just 15 years old, Kara Robinson was abducted at gunpoint and locked in a container by Richard Marc Evonitz — a predator hiding in plain sight. But instead of becoming his next victim, Kara outsmarted him. She memorized every detail, waited for the perfect moment, and made a daring escape. Her bravery didn’t just save her own life — it exposed Evonitz as the man behind three cold-case murders a...

Jason Corbett was found beaten to death in his North Carolina home — struck with a baseball bat and a brick. His wife, Molly Martens, and her father, a retired FBI agent, swore it was self-defense. But investigators said the crime scene told a different story: delayed 911 calls, staged details, and a victim who never stood a chance. Both were convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to deca...

In October 2024, 17-year-old Fatima Ali was attacked at her Washington bus stop in what prosecutors called an attempted honor killing. Fatima testified that her father, Ihsan, choked her until she blacked out—while her mother, Zahraa, allegedly joined in. Only a U.S. Army veteran’s quick action stopped the assault. But before trial, the judge barred the jury from hearing about past threats, abuse,...

In 1989, a friendly snow day turned into a tragedy. Seven-year-old Jessica Carr had just beaten her 9-year-old neighbor, Cameron Kocher, at Nintendo. Hours later, he shot her in the back while she rode a snowmobile—then calmly returned to his video game. Charged with murder but sentenced to probation, Cameron walked away without a criminal record. Should a child who kills ever walk free? This case...

Sade Robinson was just 19—bright, kind, and ready for a simple first date. But prosecutors say Maxwell Anderson had been preparing something far darker: a “kill room” set up weeks in advance. That night, she never made it home. What followed was a search that gripped the community and a trial that revealed chilling details of premeditation, brutality, and unanswered questions. Was this his first t...

20-year-old Paige Bell was found murdered in the engine room of a $140,000-a-week superyacht. The man accused? The same crew member she’d previously reported for harassment. As investigators piece together what happened aboard the Far From It, the yachting world is asking hard questions: Why wasn’t he fired? Where were the safeguards? And how did a dream job in paradise become a crime scene? Forme...