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Nancy Grace and the CrimeOnline team deliver hourly updates on breaking crime news as it happens! The latest in trial coverage, missing persons, active investigations, and so much more!

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  • Today · 6 min

    Murder on the High Seas: Texas Man Charged After Wife Found Dead in Cruise Ship Cabin | Crime Alert 11.12.26

    Federal authorities charge a 48-year-old Texas man with murder after he allegedly beat and strangled his wife inside their cabin aboard the MSC Seascape cruise ship. New York police arrest a 17-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong, who was gunned down while walking to school in the Bronx after reporting bullies. A San Francisco judge sentences IT consultant Nima Momeni to 16 years to life in prison for the 2023 fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • Yesterday · 6 min

    Husband Convicted of First-Degree Murder After Court Confession to Dismembering Missing Nurse Wife | Crime Alert 11.11.26

    A Virginia jury convicts Naresh Bhatt of first-degree murder in the horrific disappearance and dismemberment of his nurse wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt. A 48-year-old man faces federal murder charges after allegedly beating and strangling a woman to death inside their stateroom aboard an MSC cruise ship. Estranged father of Meghan Markle, Thomas Markle Sr., is ordered detained without bail after tampering with and cutting off his court-ordered ankle monitor following federal child pornography charges. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • Tuesday · 6 min

    Judge Denies Lindsay Clancy’s Double Jeopardy Motion to Dismiss Murder Charges | Crime Alert 11.10.26

    A Massachusetts judge has rejected Lindsay Clancy’s double jeopardy motion, clearing the way for prosecutors to retry her for the murders of her three children following a deadlocked jury. In Florida, a nineteen-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of his sixteen-year-old girlfriend after her body was uncovered in a wooded area north of Tampa. Meanwhile, in Washington State, two sheriff's deputies were fatally shot while heroically attempting to breach a residence and rescue hostages during an armed domestic standoff. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • Monday · 6 min

    Arcadia House of Horrors: Parents of 26 Surrogate-Carried Children Charged in Massive Abuse Case | Crime Alert 11.09.26

    In California, wealthy real estate investor Guojun Xuan and his associate Silvia Zhang are being held on twenty million dollars bail each after authorities raided their Arcadia mansion and uncovered an abusive compound involving twenty-six children born through surrogates. In Texas, former hurricane relief volunteer Daren Monk has been charged with domestic violence murder in the disappearance of forty-six-year-old mother Julia Renee Carter, whose remains have still not been found. In Colorado, repeat offender Zakary Dean Hirschfield was sentenced to five years in prison after a routine traffic stop escalated into a dangerous, high-speed chase that prosecutors argue should have been prevented by earlier judicial intervention. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • Saturday · 6 min

    Toronto Police Defend Release of Wounded Suspect Linked to Brutal Home Invasion | Crime Alert 11.07.26

    Toronto police are under intense scrutiny after releasing a wounded suspect from the hospital before connecting him to a violent middle-of-the-night home invasion that left real estate CEO David Morton and his family grievously injured. In Indiana, a father and his teenage son face murder charges in the tragic shooting of seventeen-year-old high school football standout Christopher Wilson Junior in a horrifying case of mistaken identity. In Idaho, student massacre survivor Dylan Mortensen is pleading with a judge to halt the release of unredacted police footage and photos, citing years of stalking, harassment, and severe invasions of her personal privacy. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • Friday · 6 min

    NYC Marathon Trainee Katie Suarez Dies After Brutal Waterfront Stabbing in Brooklyn | Crime Alert 11.06.26

    Twenty-eight-year-old Katie Suarez has died after being stabbed twice in the neck during an apparently random attack while jogging along a Brooklyn waterfront path. In upstate New York, eighteen-year-old Raymond Wright Junior has been convicted of second-degree murder for strangling his fourteen-year-old girlfriend, Samantha Humphrey, and discarding her body in the Mohawk River over a pregnancy dispute. In Georgia, thirty-five-year-old Jason Christopher Campbell was sentenced to ten years in prison for burning his mother's body in their backyard after falsely telling dispatchers she had been abducted by aliens. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • November 5 · 6 min

    Convicted Killer Captured: Escaped Tennessee Murderer Jacob Allen Morley Apprehended in Missouri | Crime Alert 11.05.26

    Escaped Tennessee murderer Jacob Allen Morley is back behind bars after leading multiple state and federal agencies on an intensive multi-state manhunt into Missouri. In Colorado, eighteen-year-old Omar Perez faces first-degree murder charges following a deadly weekend shooting near the University of Colorado-Boulder campus that left nineteen-year-old student Luca Hanlon dead and another hospitalized. In Oregon, thirty-five-year-old Vince Edgar Chavez is held without bail on ten felony charges after violently invading a Canby home, assaulting a twelve-year-old girl with a hammer, and abducting her ten-year-old sister before tactical teams executed a dramatic raid. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • November 4 · 6 min

    Halloween Party Horror: 19-Year-Old Cheerleader Killed in Illinois Mass Shooting | Crime Alert 11.04.26

    A college Halloween party in Illinois ends in tragedy when a mass shooting leaves a 19-year-old cheerleader dead and eight others wounded. In Oklahoma, a mother receives seven life sentences after her 11-year-old daughter gives birth to her stepfather's child in a home without running water. Finally, a missing Utah teenager is found safe in Oregon after more than 500 days, ending a nationwide search connected to online exploitation networks. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • November 3 · 6 min

    Botched Execution Aftermath: Christa Pike Demands Exit from Infirmary Solitary | Crime Alert 11.03.26

    Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike files an emergency court declaration detailing squalid conditions and isolation following her botched lethal injection. Atlanta authorities arrest two women on murder charges after four-year-old Cobee Cooks is discovered beaten to death beneath a pile of laundry. A former West Point cadet faces a civil lawsuit after confessing in federal court to poisoning his pregnant classmate with abortion medication. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • November 2 · 6 min

    Arizona Bride-to-Be Survives Brutal Stabbing by Fiancé Claiming Divine Prophet Mission | Crime Alert 11.02.26

    An Arizona woman narrowly survives after her fiancé allegedly stabs her in the neck and claims to be a divine prophet just weeks before their wedding. In Florida, a mother and family photographer faces felony child neglect charges after allegedly leaving her four young children unattended to take a work trip to Las Vegas amid a contentious divorce. A historic DNA breakthrough in Utah officially closes the fifty-two-year-old murder of a former police chief's teenage daughter, definitively tying the cold case to notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 31 · 6 min

    10-Year-Old Oregon Girl Found Bound in Duffel Bag Following Midnight Abduction | Crime Alert 10.31.26

    A 10-year-old Oregon girl is safe after being abducted from her bed and discovered bound inside a duffel bag, leading to the arrest of a suspect who assaulted her older sister with a hammer. In Oklahoma and Texas, authorities confirm four-year-old Andres "Harry" Furley was fatally shot in the head by his father in a tragic murder-suicide following a missed custody exchange. An Idaho man accused of violently sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in his Tesla avoids immediate prison time after a judge sentences him to a one-year rider rehabilitation program. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 30 · 6 min

    Florida Husband Indicted for First-Degree Murder in Wife's Disappearance and Elaborate Overseas Cover-Up | Crime Alert 10.30.26

    In Florida, a husband is indicted for first-degree murder in his missing wife's presumed death after allegedly orchestrating an elaborate international scheme to fake her digital footprint overseas. In Southern California, an Anaheim man faces murder charges after allegedly stabbing a man to death upon discovering him in bed with his wife and two young children. In New York, tactical officers arrest a mother's ex-boyfriend after her body was discovered buried in a shallow grave near a Queens beach. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 29 · 6 min

    Alexander Brothers Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Sex Trafficking Case | Crime Alert 10.29.26

    Former luxury real estate brokers Oren, Tal, and Alon Alexander each receive 30-year federal prison sentences following their convictions for orchestrating a violent sex trafficking operation. In Florida, a mother stands accused of leaving four young children home alone to travel to Las Vegas. In Southern California, a rabbi intentionally drives into a worker painting lines in a Camarillo Costco parking lot. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 28 · 6 min

    Florida Inmate Caught Operating CSAM Ring from Prison Cell | Crime Alert 10.28.26

    Convicted child predator Thomas Kendall Jr. faces new scrutiny after authorities discover a contraband cell phone containing thousands of abusive images inside his Florida prison cell. In California, Cedric von Ferdinand stands accused of fatally poisoning his cancer-stricken foster mother with fentanyl before burying her remains and stealing over half a million dollars in assets. Meanwhile in Alabama, forty-seven-year-old Thomas Henry Steele faces capital murder charges for allegedly decapitating his aunt and grandmother with a chainsaw inside their Mobile home. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 27 · 6 min

    Historic $800 Million Settlement Reached in Archdiocese of New York Abuse Litigation | Crime Alert 10.27.26

    The Archdiocese of New York agrees to a historic, eight-hundred-million-dollar settlement with thirteen hundred survivors of clergy sexual abuse following years of intense litigation under the Child Victims Act. In California, an alleged drunken driver faces gross vehicular manslaughter charges after plowing his vehicle into a crowd of cyclists during a nighttime Halloween ride in Montclair, leaving two dead and two others injured. Meanwhile in Florida, Tallahassee police arrest a fifteen-year-old boy on attempted murder charges after a chaotic mass shooting near Florida A&M University's football stadium leaves twelve people wounded. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 26 · 6 min

    Judge Denies Lindsay Clancy Defense Bid to Investigate Lone Holdout Juror in Triple Murder Trial | Crime Alert 10.26.26

    A Massachusetts judge has summarily dismissed attempts by Lindsay Clancy’s defense team to investigate and question the lone holdout juror who forced a mistrial in her triple murder case. On the George Washington Bridge, a retired NYPD detective has been arrested and charged with murder following a suspected road rage shooting that killed a Con Edison worker and father of two. In Florida, a 47-year-old man is jailed without bond after allegedly slashing an elderly shopper's neck with a box cutter at a Publix because the victim looked like he was from the 1960s. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 24 · 6 min

    "He Wanted to Get Rid of Her": In-Laws Claim NYT Exec Threatened Their Lives | Crime Alert 10.24.26

    The elderly California couple facing murder charges for allegedly gunning down a New York Times Games executive, now claim their son-in-law threatened their lives, leading to the purchase of the guns used in the attack. In West Virginia, two Charleston parents have been arrested on child neglect charges after their severely emaciated 12-year-old daughter—weighing just 40 pounds—was found wandering alone for hours. A New Mexico judge has overturned the 2002 murder conviction of 73-year-old Linda Henning in the disappearance of Girly Chew Hossencofft, ordering a new trial after finding Henning suffered from severe delusions and was mentally incompetent during the original proceedings. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 23 · 6 min

    Los Angeles Father Arrested for Double Murder in Broad Daylight Execution of Two Young Sons | Crime Alert 10.23.26

    A 35-year-old Los Angeles father is jailed on four million dollars bail after allegedly shooting and killing his 4-year-old and 11-year-old sons following lunch before attempting suicide. In Georgia, an 81-year-old Navy veteran riding a mobility scooter was fatally struck as an innocent bystander during a reckless shootout across a crowded Gainesville Walmart parking lot. In Kansas, public scrutiny intensifies after a driver who plowed her pickup truck onto an active soccer complex field—killing a 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man—was released without charges pending toxicology and mechanical testing. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 22 · 6 min

    Secret Fraternity Group Chat Recording Leads to Felony Charges for North Carolina Teen | Crime Alert 10.22.26

    A 19-year-old North Carolina man faces felony charges after allegedly recording a non-consensual sexually explicit video of a college student and distributing it to a fraternity group chat. In Connecticut, a convicted murderer who served thirty years behind bars is arrested for the fatal road rage shooting of a grieving father of four. In Southern California, two 15-year-old high school girls are in custody after authorities thwarted an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at Corona High School. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • October 21 · 6 min

    Sacramento Husband’s Bogus ICE Arrest Story Collapses After Missing Nurse Found Burned and Buried | Crime Alert 10.21.26

    A Sacramento husband faces murder charges after fabricating a story blaming federal immigration agents for the disappearance of his estranged wife, whose burned remains were discovered buried seventy miles away. In Mississippi, an eighty-one-year-old homeowner was fatally shot with his own firearm during a violent 4 AM struggle with an intruder who was filmed hours earlier shouting religious delusions. Authorities in Ohio are actively searching for a fugitive mother charged alongside a custodial grandmother with involuntary manslaughter after a seventeen-month-old toddler suffered a fatal fentanyl overdose. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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