{ "stories": [ { "slug": "tanya-hillerud", "title": "Tanya Hillerud", "subtitle": "A Florida homicide revisited in The Hooters Murders", "summary": "Tanya Hillerud, a Hooters employee, was shot and killed at her Port Richey home in 1997. Her boyfriend Vincent Rizzi was convicted of first-degree murder in 1999 and received a life sentence. Her story is one of five included in the 2026 documentary The Hooters Murders: Deadly Shift. The film connects separate cases through the women’s employment; it does not describe a single offender or coordinated series of crimes.", "location": "Port Richey, Florida", "period": "1997", "note": "Content note: homicide, stalking or relationship violence. Linked reporting and documentaries may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "tina-louise-foster", "title": "Tina Louise Foster", "subtitle": "A modeling offer and a Roanoke homicide", "summary": "Tina Louise Foster, 20, disappeared in Roanoke in January 2001 after meeting a man who offered to photograph her for modeling. She was later found dead in her car. Christopher Haynes pleaded guilty to her murder in January 2002 and was sentenced to life imprisonment that March. Contemporary local television reports preserve the investigation and sentencing coverage; the 2026 Hooters documentary revisits her story alongside four other cases.", "location": "Roanoke, Virginia", "period": "2001", "note": "Content note: homicide, stalking or relationship violence. Linked reporting and documentaries may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "carrie-ann-williams", "title": "Carrie Ann Williams", "subtitle": "An unresolved Virginia homicide and an acquittal", "summary": "Carrie Ann Williams, 26, was found shot to death in the Richmond area in 2002 after finishing work at Hooters. Her boyfriend Raleigh Campbell was charged, but a jury acquitted him. The case appears in The Hooters Murders: Deadly Shift. The 2026 coverage describes the killing as unresolved; the acquittal must remain clear when reading older accounts of the investigation.", "location": "Richmond and Chesterfield area, Virginia", "period": "2002", "note": "Content note: homicide, stalking or relationship violence. Linked reporting and documentaries may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "alissa-blanton", "title": "Alissa Blanton", "subtitle": "A stalking case and an unsuccessful request for protection", "summary": "Alissa Blanton, 23, was killed outside her Orange County workplace in February 2010. Roger Troy, a man she had met while working at Hooters, shot her and then himself. Days earlier, Blanton had asked a court for an emergency protective order; it was declined on the information presented. Reporting examines the warning signs and her family’s subsequent calls for stalking awareness. Her case is a major thread in The Hooters Murders: Deadly Shift.", "location": "Orange County and Merritt Island, Florida", "period": "2010", "note": "Content note: homicide, stalking or relationship violence. Linked reporting and documentaries may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "prisma-contreras", "title": "Prisma Contreras", "subtitle": "A Las Vegas worker abducted after her shift", "summary": "Prisma Contreras, 21, was abducted after leaving work at the Hooters Casino Hotel in Las Vegas in January 2010. Her body was found in her vehicle near Boulder City. Gregory Hover was convicted and sentenced to death in 2013. Richard Freeman pleaded guilty to two murders, including hers. Contemporary sentencing coverage and the later documentary trace how investigators connected the offenses. The separate defendants’ legal outcomes should not be treated as interchangeable.", "location": "Las Vegas and Boulder City area, Nevada", "period": "2010", "note": "Content note: homicide, stalking or relationship violence. Linked reporting and documentaries may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "james-jimmy-michael", "title": "James “Jimmy” Michael", "subtitle": "A Morgantown fire and the Michelle Michael prosecution", "summary": "James “Jimmy” Michael died at the couple’s Morgantown home in November 2005. A house fire initially shaped the investigation, but toxicology evidence led investigators to examine a drug his wife, nurse Michelle Michael, could access at work. A jury convicted her of murder and arson in 2007. She maintained her innocence. In 2023, she sought a new trial over her lawyer’s performance. Snapped and John Glatt’s book revisit the evidence and competing accounts.", "location": "Morgantown, West Virginia", "period": "2005", "note": "Content note: homicide and family loss. Summaries are non-graphic; linked programs and records may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "joseph-joe-andriano", "title": "Joseph “Joe” Andriano", "subtitle": "A homicide investigation amid a terminal illness", "summary": "Joseph “Joe” Andriano was living with a serious cancer diagnosis when he was killed in the family’s Ahwatukee apartment in October 2000. The investigation examined poisoning evidence, emergency calls and Wendi Andriano’s account of the night. She claimed self-defense at trial; a jury convicted her of first-degree murder in 2004. The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed her conviction and death sentence in 2007. The linked opinion separates the evidence, defense arguments and appellate findings.", "location": "Ahwatukee, Phoenix, Arizona", "period": "2000", "note": "Content note: homicide and family loss. Summaries are non-graphic; linked programs and records may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "matthew-winkler", "title": "Matthew Winkler", "subtitle": "The Selmer minister’s death and a manslaughter verdict", "summary": "Matthew Winkler, a minister at Selmer’s Fourth Street Church of Christ, was fatally shot in March 2006. His wife, Mary, was found with their three children in Alabama the following day. At trial, she alleged abuse and said the shooting was accidental; prosecutors disputed that account and sought a murder conviction. The jury instead found her guilty of voluntary manslaughter in 2007. The linked reporting and book explore the trial without treating contested testimony as established fact.", "location": "Selmer, Tennessee", "period": "2006", "note": "Content note: homicide and family loss. Summaries are non-graphic; linked programs and records may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "martha-gail-fulton", "title": "Martha Gail Fulton", "subtitle": "A library employee killed in a murder-for-hire plot", "summary": "Martha Gail Fulton was leaving her job at the Orion Township Public Library when she was killed in October 1999. Investigators traced the shooting to a plot involving Donna Trapani, who had been involved with Fulton’s husband, and people recruited from Florida. Separate juries convicted Trapani and Sybil Padgett of first-degree murder and conspiracy. Michigan’s Court of Appeals affirmed those convictions in 2003. The federal habeas decision provides another detailed record of Trapani’s unsuccessful challenge.", "location": "Orion Township, Michigan", "period": "1999", "note": "Content note: homicide and family loss. Summaries are non-graphic; linked programs and records may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "melissa-james", "title": "Melissa James", "subtitle": "The assistant whose death led to the Titus and Ryan prosecutions", "summary": "Melissa James, 28, worked as a personal assistant to bodybuilding competitors Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan in Las Vegas. Her death in December 2005 led to an investigation that followed the couple across the country. They entered different guilty pleas in 2008: Titus admitted second-degree murder, kidnapping and arson, while Ryan pleaded guilty to arson and battery. The distinction matters when reading accounts that describe them together. Killer Couples revisits the case; contemporary reporting records their separate sentences.", "location": "Las Vegas, Nevada", "period": "2005", "note": "Content note: homicide and family loss. Summaries are non-graphic; linked programs and records may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "jeff-zack", "title": "Jeff Zack", "subtitle": "A murder conviction and a separate conviction reversed", "summary": "Jeff Zack was killed at an Akron gas station in June 2001. John Zaffino was convicted of the murder, and his conviction survived appeal. Investigators also pursued Cynthia George, who had been romantically involved with both men. Her conviction for complicity was reversed in 2007 because the appellate court found insufficient evidence that she solicited or procured the killing. This case guide keeps those different outcomes explicit and pairs the Killer Couples episode with the reversal and subsequent reporting.", "location": "Akron, Ohio", "period": "2001", "note": "Content note: homicide and family loss. Summaries are non-graphic; linked programs and records may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "william-bill-mcguire", "title": "William “Bill” McGuire", "subtitle": "A New Jersey disappearance investigated across state lines", "summary": "William “Bill” McGuire disappeared from Woodbridge in April 2004. The discovery of his remains along the Virginia coast brought investigators in two states into the case. His wife, Melanie McGuire, was convicted of murder and related offenses in 2007 and sentenced to life plus an additional term for perjury. New Jersey’s appellate court upheld the verdict and sentence in 2011. The linked prosecution announcement and court opinion document the findings behind the widely televised case.", "location": "Woodbridge, New Jersey; Virginia coast", "period": "2004", "note": "Content note: homicide and family loss. Summaries are non-graphic; linked programs and records may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "alan-terra-bates", "title": "Alan & Terra Bates", "subtitle": "A custody visit ending in a double homicide", "summary": "Alan Bates and his wife, Terra, were killed in February 2002 during a custody dispute involving Alan’s daughters. The killings took place at the Hoover home of his former wife, Jessica McCord, and her husband, Jeff; the victims’ remains were later found in Georgia. Jessica was convicted in 2003 and received life without parole. Jeff also received life sentences. Snapped examines the case, while reporting traces the investigation and its impact on the victims’ families.", "location": "Hoover, Alabama; Rutledge, Georgia", "period": "2002", "note": "Content note: homicide and family loss. Summaries are non-graphic; linked programs and records may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "jasper-jack-watkins", "title": "Jasper “Jack” Watkins", "subtitle": "An unidentified victim and a long-running financial deception", "summary": "Jasper “Jack” Watkins was killed in 1996, but authorities did not identify his remains until 2003. That identification helped expose a financial scheme involving Nancy Siegel, who had used his identity and continued collecting his benefits after his death. A federal jury convicted her of second-degree murder-witness tampering and multiple fraud offenses in 2009, and she received a 400-month sentence. Snapped follows the investigation; the federal announcements document the verdict and punishment.", "location": "Maryland; Loudoun County, Virginia", "period": "1996–2009", "note": "Content note: homicide and family loss. Summaries are non-graphic; linked programs and records may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "patricia-patti-wheelington", "title": "Patricia “Patti” Wheelington", "subtitle": "A Texarkana killing and a disputed appeal", "summary": "Patricia “Patti” Wheelington was killed at her Texarkana home in December 2013. The investigation focused on Virginia Hyatt, whose husband had been involved with Wheelington, and tested her account against surveillance and other circumstantial evidence. A Miller County jury convicted Hyatt of capital murder in 2016, bringing a life-without-parole sentence. Arkansas’s Supreme Court affirmed in 2018, with two justices dissenting. The opinion and local coverage allow readers to examine both the ruling and the disputed evidence.", "location": "Texarkana, Arkansas", "period": "2013", "note": "Content note: homicide and family loss. Summaries are non-graphic; linked programs and records may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "angie-dodge", "title": "Angie Dodge", "subtitle": "DNA, a wrongful conviction and the search for the person who killed her", "summary": "Eighteen-year-old Angie Dodge was killed in her Idaho Falls apartment in 1996. Christopher Tapp was convicted, but DNA evidence and years of scrutiny eventually helped clear him. Genetic genealogy led investigators to Brian Dripps, whose DNA matched evidence from the crime scene. Tapp was exonerated in 2019. Dripps pleaded guilty to murder and rape and received a sentence of twenty years to life in 2021, bringing a different legal outcome after decades of investigation.", "location": "Idaho Falls, Idaho", "period": "1996", "note": "Content note: murder, sexual violence and wrongful conviction. Linked sources may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "kent-heitholt-ryan-ferguson", "title": "Kent Heitholt & Ryan Ferguson", "subtitle": "A sports editor’s killing and a conviction overturned", "summary": "Sports editor Kent Heitholt was killed outside the Columbia Daily Tribune in Missouri in 2001. Ryan Ferguson was convicted after his friend Charles Erickson implicated him, but witnesses later withdrew key testimony. An appeals court overturned Ferguson’s conviction in 2013 because prosecutors had withheld evidence, and the charges were dropped. Erickson, who had pleaded guilty and later challenged his confession, was released on parole in 2023. Their different legal outcomes are central to understanding the case.", "location": "Columbia, Missouri", "period": "2001", "note": "Content note: murder, loss and wrongful conviction. Linked reporting discusses disputed testimony.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "samantha-josephson", "title": "Samantha Josephson", "subtitle": "The student whose killing prompted rideshare safety advocacy", "summary": "Samantha Josephson, a University of South Carolina senior preparing for law school, disappeared after leaving Columbia’s Five Points district in March 2019. She entered a car she believed was her requested ride and was killed. Investigators used vehicle evidence, surveillance and forensic testing to build the case against Nathaniel Rowland. A jury convicted him in 2021, and he received a life sentence. South Carolina’s appeals court upheld the convictions in 2024 and subsequently declined rehearing.", "location": "Columbia, South Carolina", "period": "2019", "note": "Content note: abduction, murder and loss. Linked programs may include distressing testimony.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "mollie-tibbetts", "title": "Mollie Tibbetts", "subtitle": "The search after an evening run in Brooklyn, Iowa", "summary": "Mollie Tibbetts disappeared during an evening run in Brooklyn, Iowa, in July 2018. The search drew attention to surveillance footage showing her route and a nearby car. Investigators eventually questioned Cristhian Bahena Rivera, who led them to her remains. A jury convicted him of first-degree murder in 2021. The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction in 2023, addressing challenges to his police statements and the rejection of a request for a new trial.", "location": "Brooklyn, Iowa", "period": "2018", "note": "Content note: murder and loss. Linked reporting and documentaries may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "holly-bobo", "title": "Holly Bobo", "subtitle": "A Tennessee disappearance, trial and contested witness account", "summary": "Nursing student Holly Bobo disappeared from her Tennessee home in April 2011; her remains were found more than three years later. Zachary Adams was convicted in 2017, while two other defendants resolved their cases through pleas. Subsequent reporting examined a key witness’s recantation and Adams’s efforts to obtain another trial. A July 2026 ruling denied a renewed request. The case’s source record includes the original prosecution and later challenges, which should be read in their procedural context.", "location": "Darden, Tennessee", "period": "2011", "note": "Content note: abduction, sexual violence and murder. Sources discuss contested testimony and court challenges.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "kelsey-berreth", "title": "Kelsey Berreth", "subtitle": "The investigation after a Colorado mother vanished on Thanksgiving", "summary": "Flight instructor and mother Kelsey Berreth disappeared from Woodland Park, Colorado, on Thanksgiving in 2018. Investigators examined her fiancé Patrick Frazee’s account and evidence supplied by Krystal Lee, who testified about the killing and its concealment. A jury convicted Frazee in 2019 of murder and related offenses. He received life without parole plus additional years. Colorado’s appeals court upheld the conviction in December 2022, a ruling reported by local newsrooms the following month.", "location": "Woodland Park, Colorado", "period": "2018", "note": "Content note: relationship violence, murder and loss. Linked sources may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "chris-smith-edward-shin", "title": "Chris Smith & Edward Shin", "subtitle": "A business partner’s emails concealed a California killing", "summary": "California entrepreneur Chris Smith’s family received emails suggesting he had left his business behind to travel. Investigators later found that his business partner, Edward Shin, had killed him in their San Juan Capistrano office in June 2010 and impersonated him afterward. An Orange County jury convicted Shin of murder for financial gain in 2018. Dateline later interviewed Shin after his life sentence, examining the business relationship and the messages that had misled Smith’s loved ones.", "location": "San Juan Capistrano, California", "period": "2010", "note": "Content note: murder, deception and loss. Linked reporting may contain distressing detail.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "pamela-zimmerman", "title": "Pamela Zimmerman", "subtitle": "A Bloomington office killing and a trial that ended in acquittal", "summary": "Pamela Zimmerman, a financial planner and mother of three, was killed in her Bloomington, Illinois, office in 2014. Prosecutors charged her former husband Kirk Zimmerman, arguing that financial conflict provided a motive. His defense challenged the investigation and argued that other leads had been neglected. A jury found him not guilty in May 2019. Dateline’s later report and local trial coverage offer different entry points into a case where an accusation must not be presented as a conviction.", "location": "Bloomington, Illinois", "period": "2014", "note": "Content note: murder and family loss. Kirk Zimmerman was acquitted; allegations in historical reporting are not findings of guilt.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "heidi-firkus", "title": "Heidi Firkus", "subtitle": "Two emergency calls and a decade-long investigation", "summary": "Heidi Firkus died in her St. Paul home in April 2010 after an emergency call reporting an attempted break-in. Her husband Nicholas told police an intruder had shot them both. The investigation examined that account alongside the couple’s financial circumstances. A jury convicted Nicholas of premeditated murder in 2023, and he received life imprisonment without release. Minnesota’s Supreme Court upheld the conviction in February 2026, concluding that the circumstantial evidence supported the verdict.", "location": "St. Paul, Minnesota", "period": "2010", "note": "Content note: relationship violence, murder and loss. Linked sources include emergency-call evidence.", "published": 1 }, { "slug": "dan-markel", "title": "Dan Markel", "subtitle": "A law professor’s murder and the prosecution of a hired-killing plot", "summary": "Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was killed at his Tallahassee home in July 2014. The investigation uncovered a murder-for-hire plot and led to several prosecutions. His former brother-in-law Charlie Adelson was convicted in 2023; former mother-in-law Donna Adelson was convicted in 2025 and sentenced to life imprisonment that October. Reporting, court coverage and his mother Ruth Markel’s memoir document the criminal proceedings alongside the family’s grief and efforts to maintain relationships with his children.", "location": "Tallahassee, Florida", "period": "2014", "note": "Content note: murder and family loss. 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This is criticism and reported context, rather than a court record.", "url": "https://culturemixonline.com/review-the-hooters-murders-deadly-shift-starring-kate-taylor-tara-nelson-marc-digiacomo-denise-espitia-brian-cross-bianca-prieto-and-jaya-saxena/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "hooters-tina-louise-foster-arrest", "caseSlug": "tina-louise-foster", "kind": "news", "title": "WDBJ investigation coverage — February 9, 2001", "creator": "WDBJ · Virginia Tech news archive", "description": "Archived local television script reporting Haynes’s arrest. This early report predates the guilty plea and sentencing.", "url": "https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/WDBJ-7/script_archives/01/0201/020901/020901.m.htm", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "hooters-tina-louise-foster-sentence", "caseSlug": "tina-louise-foster", "kind": "news", "title": "WDBJ sentencing coverage — March 26, 2002", "creator": "WDBJ · Virginia Tech news archive", "description": "Contemporaneous reporting records the life sentence and earlier guilty plea. Search within the archived broadcast script for Haynes to reach the relevant segment.", "url": "https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/WDBJ-7/script_archives/02/0302/032602/032602.6.htm", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "hooters-carrie-ann-williams-report", "caseSlug": "carrie-ann-williams", "kind": "news", "title": "2026 coverage of the Williams case", "creator": "Oxygen reporting · syndicated by AOL", "description": "The documentary companion article revisits Williams’s death and the unresolved case. Historical accusations should be read alongside the acquittal.", "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/deadly-stalker-killing-duo-hunt-000002000.html", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "hooters-carrie-ann-williams-review", "caseSlug": "carrie-ann-williams", "kind": "web", "title": "The Hooters Murders — case coverage and review", "creator": "Carla Hay · Culture Mix", "description": "This independent review confirms Williams’s inclusion and records the acquittal. It is a film review, not a court judgment.", "url": "https://culturemixonline.com/review-the-hooters-murders-deadly-shift-starring-kate-taylor-tara-nelson-marc-digiacomo-denise-espitia-brian-cross-bianca-prieto-and-jaya-saxena/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "hooters-alissa-blanton-abc", "caseSlug": "alissa-blanton", "kind": "news", "title": "Reporting on Blanton’s stalking complaints and death", "creator": "ABC News · February 2010", "description": "Contemporary reporting examines her request for an emergency protective order and the circumstances of the killing.", "url": "https://abcnews.com/GMA/alissa-blanton-stalker-kills-florida-newlywed-hooters-waitress/story?id=9801964", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "hooters-alissa-blanton-local", "caseSlug": "alissa-blanton", "kind": "news", "title": "Why did the court deny protection?", "creator": "WFTV · February 2010", "description": "Local reporting examines the court’s handling of the request and the information available at the time.", "url": "https://www.wftv.com/news/why-did-court-deny-protection-for-woman-being-stal/286625243/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "hooters-alissa-blanton-awareness", "caseSlug": "alissa-blanton", "kind": "outcome", "title": "Family advocacy for stalking awareness", "creator": "UPI · February 11, 2010", "description": "Blanton’s father urged greater awareness after her death. This entry documents advocacy; it does not claim that a particular law was enacted because of the case.", "url": "https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/02/11/Victims-father-urges-stalker-awareness/15371265908618/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "hooters-prisma-contreras-sentence", "caseSlug": "prisma-contreras", "kind": "news", "title": "Freeman sentenced in the Contreras and Romero murders", "creator": "Boulder City Review · September 19, 2013", "description": "The report distinguishes Freeman’s guilty plea and parole-eligible life sentence from Hover’s death sentence. It is a dated sentencing report rather than a current custody record.", "url": "https://bouldercityreview.com/news/man-gets-life-sentence-for-murders/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "hooters-prisma-contreras-report", "caseSlug": "prisma-contreras", "kind": "news", "title": "The documentary’s account of Prisma Contreras", "creator": "Oxygen reporting · syndicated by AOL", "description": "Companion reporting identifies Contreras and the documentary’s account of her case. For the precise sentencing distinction, see the contemporary local report.", "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/deadly-stalker-killing-duo-hunt-000002000.html", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-james-jimmy-michael-episode", "caseSlug": "james-jimmy-michael", "kind": "tv", "title": "Snapped — Michelle Michael", "creator": "Oxygen True Crime · Season 6, Episode 14 · TVmaze listing", "description": "Identifies the Michelle Michael episode covering this case. The season and episode numbers follow TVmaze's listing. Use the companion reporting and records below to distinguish the television account from the documented legal outcome.", "url": "https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/94928/snapped-6x14-michelle-michael", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-james-jimmy-michael-source-1", "caseSlug": "james-jimmy-michael", "kind": "book", "title": "Playing With Fire", "creator": "John Glatt · St. Martin’s Griffin / Macmillan", "description": "The publisher identifies Glatt’s nonfiction account of Jimmy Michael’s death and the prosecution of his wife, Michelle, also known as Shelly. This page confirms the book’s author and subject and offers edition information for readers seeking a longer narrative.", "url": "https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250093141/playingwithfire/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-james-jimmy-michael-source-2", "caseSlug": "james-jimmy-michael", "kind": "news", "title": "Michelle Michael’s 2023 retrial request", "creator": "Erin Cleavenger · The Dominion Post via Yahoo · August 2023", "description": "Local reporting on Michael’s challenge to her representation at trial.", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/convicted-murderer-michelle-michael-requests-023300386.html", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-james-jimmy-michael-source-3", "caseSlug": "james-jimmy-michael", "kind": "news", "title": "Death Without Mercy", "creator": "CBS News · 48 Hours · 2008", "description": "CBS’s account examines the investigation and trial. 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Use the companion reporting and records below to distinguish the television account from the documented legal outcome.", "url": "https://tv.apple.com/ca/episode/wendi-andriano/umc.cmc.dg80ztuet6cnvxvqqsxabvhg?showId=umc.cmc.3j92b5sv5qgf4emr3agcgjake", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-joseph-joe-andriano-source-1", "caseSlug": "joseph-joe-andriano", "kind": "record", "title": "State v. Andriano (2007)", "creator": "Supreme Court of Arizona · opinion reproduced by FindLaw", "description": "The court’s opinion reviews Wendi Andriano’s direct appeal, including the trial evidence and her legal objections, and affirms the conviction and sentence. It provides the judicial reasoning behind the outcome; it is not a complete trial transcript.", "url": "https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/az-supreme-court/1015530.html", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-joseph-joe-andriano-source-2", "caseSlug": "joseph-joe-andriano", "kind": "record", "title": "Arizona Supreme Court case summary: Andriano", "creator": "Arizona Judicial Branch · April 2007", "description": "Official advance case summary identifying the homicide, conviction and issues presented for oral argument. This is a useful guide to the appeal’s background, while the separate July 2007 opinion supplies the court’s final decision.", "url": "https://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/45/07Summaries/April24CR050005AP.pdf", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-joseph-joe-andriano-source-3", "caseSlug": "joseph-joe-andriano", "kind": "news", "title": "Local reporting on the Andriano investigation and trial", "creator": "Joe Enea · ABC15 Arizona", "description": "A local television newsroom’s retrospective outlines the investigation, Andriano’s defense and the verdict. The account cites corrections records and the state opinion; use it as reported context alongside the linked judicial materials.", "url": "https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/death-row-diaries-woman-kills-terminally-ill-husband", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-matthew-winkler-episode", "caseSlug": "matthew-winkler", "kind": "tv", "title": "Snapped — Mary Winkler", "creator": "Oxygen True Crime · Season 6, Episode 1 · TVmaze listing", "description": "Identifies the Mary Winkler episode covering this case. The season and episode numbers follow TVmaze's listing. Use the companion reporting and records below to distinguish the television account from the documented legal outcome.", "url": "https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/94915/snapped-6x01-mary-winkler", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-matthew-winkler-source-1", "caseSlug": "matthew-winkler", "kind": "news", "title": "Jury finds Mary Winkler guilty of voluntary manslaughter", "creator": "The Christian Chronicle · April 19, 2007", "description": "Contemporaneous coverage of the verdict in Matthew Winkler’s death. It distinguishes the jury’s manslaughter finding from the murder charge pursued at trial and records how testimony unfolded within a closely watched case involving a local church community.", "url": "https://christianchronicle.org/jury-finds-mary-winkler-guilty-of-voluntary-manslaughter/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-matthew-winkler-source-2", "caseSlug": "matthew-winkler", "kind": "news", "title": "ABC News revisits the Winkler trial", "creator": "ABC News · April 2024", "description": "A retrospective featuring interviews and trial coverage examines the competing accounts of the Winkler marriage. Allegations made by Mary Winkler remain attributed testimony; the legal outcome was a voluntary-manslaughter conviction, rather than the murder verdict prosecutors requested.", "url": "https://abcnews.com/amp/US/made-preachers-wife-kill-husband/story?id=109358837", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-matthew-winkler-source-3", "caseSlug": "matthew-winkler", "kind": "book", "title": "The Pastor’s Wife", "creator": "Diane Fanning · author’s official book page", "description": "Fanning’s official page identifies her nonfiction book about Matthew Winkler’s death, Mary Winkler’s prosecution and the family’s experience. It supplies a verified book match and purchase options; its narrative framing should be read alongside contemporaneous verdict reporting.", "url": "https://dianefanning.com/project/the-pastors-wife", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-martha-gail-fulton-episode", "caseSlug": "martha-gail-fulton", "kind": "tv", "title": "Snapped — Donna Trapani", "creator": "Oxygen True Crime · Season 28, Episode 17 · Oxygen listing", "description": "Identifies the Donna Trapani episode covering this case. The season and episode numbers follow Oxygen's listing. Use the companion reporting and records below to distinguish the television account from the documented legal outcome.", "url": "https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/season-28/episode-17/donna-trapani", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-martha-gail-fulton-source-1", "caseSlug": "martha-gail-fulton", "kind": "record", "title": "People v. Trapani and People v. Padgett", "creator": "Michigan Court of Appeals · May 27, 2003 · State Bar of Michigan archive", "description": "The joint appellate opinion describes the evidence concerning Gail Fulton’s murder and reviews the defendants’ challenges to their trials. It affirms both convictions and records the sentences; the document is an appellate ruling rather than the complete case file.", "url": "https://www.michbar.org/opinions/appeals/2003/052703/19100.pdf", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-martha-gail-fulton-source-2", "caseSlug": "martha-gail-fulton", "kind": "record", "title": "Trapani v. Stovall: federal habeas decision", "creator": "U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan · January 17, 2006 · GovInfo", "description": "This federal opinion denies Donna Trapani’s petition for habeas relief. It summarizes the underlying prosecution and addresses the claims brought before that court, giving readers a primary legal source for the post-conviction history.", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-mied-2_04-cv-72821/pdf/USCOURTS-mied-2_04-cv-72821-0.pdf", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-melissa-james-episode", "caseSlug": "melissa-james", "kind": "tv", "title": "Snapped: Killer Couples — Kelly Ryan & Craig Titus", "creator": "Oxygen True Crime · Season 10, Episode 1 · Oxygen listing", "description": "Identifies the Kelly Ryan & Craig Titus episode covering this case. The season and episode numbers follow Oxygen's listing. Use the companion reporting and records below to distinguish the television account from the documented legal outcome.", "url": "https://www.oxygen.com/killer-couples/season-10/kelly-ryan-craig-titus", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-melissa-james-source-1", "caseSlug": "melissa-james", "kind": "news", "title": "Bodybuilder, wife get prison in slaying", "creator": "Las Vegas Review-Journal · August 23, 2008", "description": "Local sentencing coverage records Titus’s 21-to-55-year term and Ryan’s six-to-26-year term, along with the different offenses covered by their pleas. It is a contemporaneous report of the sentencing hearing, not a current custody-status lookup.", "url": "https://www.reviewjournal.com/?p=840452", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-melissa-james-source-2", "caseSlug": "melissa-james", "kind": "news", "title": "Bodybuilding couple get prison time", "creator": "United Press International · August 23, 2008", "description": "This dated news report independently records the sentencing outcome and identifies Melissa James as the couple’s assistant. Read its account of the guilty pleas carefully: Titus’s conviction included murder, while Ryan’s covered arson and battery.", "url": "https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/23/Bodybuilding-couple-get-prison-time/58511219536450/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-jeff-zack-episode", "caseSlug": "jeff-zack", "kind": "tv", "title": "Snapped: Killer Couples — Cindy George and John Zaffino", "creator": "Oxygen True Crime · Season 12, Episode 10 · Oxygen listing", "description": "Identifies the Cindy George and John Zaffino episode covering this case. The season and episode numbers follow Oxygen's listing. Use the companion reporting and records below to distinguish the television account from the documented legal outcome.", "url": "https://www.oxygen.com/killer-couples/season-12/cindy-george-and-john-zaffino", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-jeff-zack-source-1", "caseSlug": "jeff-zack", "kind": "record", "title": "State v. Rohr-George (2007-Ohio-1264)", "creator": "Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals · March 21, 2007 · opinion reproduced by Midpage", "description": "The appellate opinion reverses Cynthia George’s conviction for insufficient evidence and explains why proof of a relationship and motive did not establish solicitation. It also distinguishes her appeal from Zaffino’s murder conviction, which the court had affirmed.", "url": "https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-v-rohr-george-3766285", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-jeff-zack-source-2", "caseSlug": "jeff-zack", "kind": "news", "title": "Supreme Court refuses to review Cynthia George case", "creator": "Cleveland 19 News · August 29, 2007", "description": "Local reporting records the Ohio Supreme Court’s refusal to review the decision overturning George’s conviction. It is a follow-up to the appellate ruling and supports the case guide’s distinction between the two defendants’ legal outcomes.", "url": "https://www.cleveland19.com/story/7000557/supreme-court-refuses-to-review-cynthia-george-case/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-jeff-zack-source-3", "caseSlug": "jeff-zack", "kind": "record", "title": "Ohio Supreme Court case announcements — August 29, 2007", "creator": "Supreme Court of Ohio", "description": "The official announcement lists State v. Rohr-George, case 2007-0529, among appeals not accepted for review. This verifies the procedural follow-up; the separately linked Ninth District opinion explains why the conviction was reversed.", "url": "https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2007/2007-Ohio-4285.pdf", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-william-bill-mcguire-episode", "caseSlug": "william-bill-mcguire", "kind": "tv", "title": "Snapped — Melanie McGuire", "creator": "Oxygen True Crime · Season 5, Episode 12 · TVmaze listing", "description": "Identifies the Melanie McGuire episode covering this case. The season and episode numbers follow TVmaze's listing. Use the companion reporting and records below to distinguish the television account from the documented legal outcome.", "url": "https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/94914/snapped-5x12-melanie-mcguire", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-william-bill-mcguire-source-1", "caseSlug": "william-bill-mcguire", "kind": "news", "title": "New Jersey announces McGuire’s sentence", "creator": "New Jersey Office of the Attorney General · July 19, 2007", "description": "The official sentencing release identifies William McGuire, the jury’s findings and the punishment imposed on Melanie McGuire. It presents the prosecution’s account of the evidence, which can be compared with the appellate court’s review linked here.", "url": "https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases07/pr20070719a.html", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-william-bill-mcguire-source-2", "caseSlug": "william-bill-mcguire", "kind": "record", "title": "State v. McGuire: direct appeal opinion", "creator": "New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · March 16, 2011 · official PDF", "description": "The published appellate opinion reviews the circumstantial evidence, trial rulings and defense objections before affirming the verdict and sentence. It offers the court’s reasoning in detail, including the legal standards applied to the issues raised on appeal.", "url": "https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases11/pr20110316b-McGuire-opinion.pdf", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-william-bill-mcguire-source-3", "caseSlug": "william-bill-mcguire", "kind": "record", "title": "State v. McGuire: post-conviction appeal", "creator": "New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · August 7, 2017", "description": "This later, unpublished opinion affirms the denial of post-conviction relief. It should be read as a decision on the specific claims before the court, rather than a substitute for the trial record or every later proceeding.", "url": "https://www.njcourts.gov/system/files/court-opinions/2017/a2150-14.pdf", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-alan-terra-bates-episode", "caseSlug": "alan-terra-bates", "kind": "tv", "title": "Snapped — Jessica McCord", "creator": "Oxygen True Crime · Season 6, Episode 2 · TVmaze listing", "description": "Identifies the Jessica McCord episode covering this case. The season and episode numbers follow TVmaze's listing. Use the companion reporting and records below to distinguish the television account from the documented legal outcome.", "url": "https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/94916/snapped-6x02-jessica-mccord", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-alan-terra-bates-source-1", "caseSlug": "alan-terra-bates", "kind": "news", "title": "Custody Battle Probed in Double Slaying", "creator": "Annie Gowen · The Washington Post · February 2002", "description": "Early reporting on Alan and Terra Bates and the custody dispute. This predates the convictions.", "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/02/20/custody-battle-probed-in-double-slaying/756e021a-03cb-4f85-a462-736c34fe9f00/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-alan-terra-bates-source-2", "caseSlug": "alan-terra-bates", "kind": "news", "title": "Jeff and Jessica McCord: dated local case overview", "creator": "Wade Kwon · Wade on Birmingham · August 26, 2009", "description": "A Birmingham journalist’s retrospective records the convictions, sentences and locations associated with the double homicide. This dated overview supplies local context, while the contemporaneous reporting linked here captures the investigation before the criminal proceedings concluded.", "url": "https://wadeonbirmingham.com/2009/08/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-alan-terra-bates-source-3", "caseSlug": "alan-terra-bates", "kind": "news", "title": "Oxygen’s account of the Bates case", "creator": "Benjamin H. Smith · Oxygen · August 6, 2018", "description": "A companion account includes family interviews and the McCords’ separate court outcomes.", "url": "https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/woman-kills-ex-husband-and-his-new-wife-with-the-help-of-her-cop-husband", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-jasper-jack-watkins-episode", "caseSlug": "jasper-jack-watkins", "kind": "tv", "title": "Snapped — Nancy Siegel", "creator": "Oxygen True Crime · Season 28, Episode 9 · Oxygen listing", "description": "Identifies the Nancy Siegel episode covering this case. The season and episode numbers follow Oxygen's listing. Use the companion reporting and records below to distinguish the television account from the documented legal outcome.", "url": "https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/season-28/episode-9/nancy-siegel", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-jasper-jack-watkins-source-1", "caseSlug": "jasper-jack-watkins", "kind": "news", "title": "Federal verdict in the Jack Watkins case", "creator": "U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland · FBI archive · March 16, 2009", "description": "The official verdict announcement explains the identity-theft scheme, the delayed identification of Watkins and the offenses decided by the jury. It also records an acquittal on one bank-fraud count, preserving the distinction between charges and convictions.", "url": "https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/baltimore/press-releases/2009/ba031609a.htm", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-jasper-jack-watkins-source-2", "caseSlug": "jasper-jack-watkins", "kind": "news", "title": "Nancy Siegel sentenced to 400 months", "creator": "U.S. Department of Justice · District of Maryland · April 23, 2009", "description": "The federal sentencing release records Siegel’s prison term, supervised release and restitution order. Its account of the trial evidence helps connect Watkins’s murder to the fraud prosecution; the page is a dated official announcement, not a current prison locator.", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/md/news/archive/MarylandWomanSentencedtoover33YearsforMurderandFraudinDecades-longIdentityTheftScheme.html", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-patricia-patti-wheelington-episode", "caseSlug": "patricia-patti-wheelington", "kind": "tv", "title": "Snapped — Virginia Hyatt", "creator": "Oxygen True Crime · Season 28, Episode 18 · Oxygen listing", "description": "Identifies the Virginia Hyatt episode covering this case. The season and episode numbers follow Oxygen's listing. Use the companion reporting and records below to distinguish the television account from the documented legal outcome.", "url": "https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/season-28/episode-18/virginia-hyatt", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-patricia-patti-wheelington-source-1", "caseSlug": "patricia-patti-wheelington", "kind": "record", "title": "Hyatt v. State (2018 Ark. 85)", "creator": "Supreme Court of Arkansas · March 15, 2018 · opinion reproduced by Justia", "description": "The majority opinion affirms the conviction and sentence, while a dissent disputes the sufficiency and handling of evidence. Reading both opinions helps distinguish the controlling judgment from disagreements among the justices about the trial record.", "url": "https://law.justia.com/cases/arkansas/supreme-court/2018/cr-16-800-0.html", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-patricia-patti-wheelington-source-2", "caseSlug": "patricia-patti-wheelington", "kind": "news", "title": "Local retrospective on the Wheelington murder case", "creator": "Field Walsh · Texarkana Today · June 28, 2019", "description": "A local report revisits the investigation and 2016 verdict when the case appeared in another television program. It summarizes testimony and surveillance evidence and explains that the capital-murder verdict carried a mandatory life-without-parole sentence in this prosecution.", "url": "https://txktoday.com/news/investigation-discovery-show-features-miller-county-murder/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "peacock-expansion-patricia-patti-wheelington-source-3", "caseSlug": "patricia-patti-wheelington", "kind": "news", "title": "Slain square dancer’s friends testify in capital murder trial", "creator": "Field Walsh · Texarkana Today · February 5, 2016", "description": "Contemporaneous courtroom coverage records witness testimony during Hyatt’s trial. The article was published before the verdict, so its descriptions of accusations and disputed testimony should be read together with the later judgment and appellate decision.", "url": "https://txktoday.com/crime/slain-square-dancers-friends-testify-in-capital-murder-trial/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-angie-dodge-48-hours", "caseSlug": "angie-dodge", "kind": "tv", "title": "48 Hours — The Twisted Case of Angie Dodge", "creator": "CBS News · Anne-Marie Green · November 9, 2019", "description": "The broadcaster’s episode announcement identifies this report about DNA evidence, genetic genealogy and the search for Angie Dodge’s killer. Its 2019 perspective predates Brian Dripps’s guilty plea and sentencing; pair it with the later court reporting linked here.", "url": "https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and-stations/shows/48-hours/releases/?view=53912-a-brutal-murder-police-have-dna-evidence-could-a-discarded-cigarette-lead-to-a-killer-2", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-angie-dodge-sentence", "caseSlug": "angie-dodge", "kind": "news", "title": "Brian Dripps’s 2021 sentence in the Angie Dodge case", "creator": "Idaho Statesman · Jacob Scholl · June 8, 2021", "description": "Local reporting on the sentence imposed after Dripps pleaded guilty, including the minimum term before parole eligibility. The article also explains Christopher Tapp’s release and later exoneration, keeping the two men’s very different roles in the case clear.", "url": "https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article251982673.html", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-angie-dodge-tapp", "caseSlug": "angie-dodge", "kind": "web", "title": "Remembering Christopher Tapp", "creator": "Innocence Project · 2023", "description": "The organization that helped represent Tapp reflects on his wrongful conviction, the genetic-genealogy breakthrough and his life after exoneration. This is an attributed account from his advocates and a useful companion to the independent reporting on Dripps’s prosecution.", "url": "https://innocenceproject.org/news/remembering-christopher-tapp-beloved-innocence-project-client-the-first-person-in-the-world-to-be-exonerated-with-genetic-genealogy/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-kent-heitholt-ryan-ferguson-48-hours", "caseSlug": "kent-heitholt-ryan-ferguson", "kind": "tv", "title": "48 Hours — Ryan Ferguson @LifeAfterTen", "creator": "CBS News / Paramount+ · season 26, episode 30", "description": "This follow-up examines Ferguson’s release after his conviction in the Heitholt case was overturned. Paramount’s episode record identifies the program and installment; use the exoneration registry and later reporting alongside the broadcast to follow developments beyond its release.", "url": "https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/JsXx3oaHQOxbXpXt9k02tbdYuORWD0LE/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-kent-heitholt-ryan-ferguson-registry", "caseSlug": "kent-heitholt-ryan-ferguson", "kind": "record", "title": "Ryan Ferguson — exoneration case profile", "creator": "National Registry of Exonerations · updated June 2025", "description": "A detailed research profile traces the evidence used against Ferguson, the appellate ruling and the decision to drop the case. It also records later civil litigation and separately notes Erickson’s parole. This is a registry account, not the original judgment.", "url": "https://exonerationregistry.org/cases/11452", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-kent-heitholt-ryan-ferguson-erickson", "caseSlug": "kent-heitholt-ryan-ferguson", "kind": "news", "title": "Charles Erickson’s release from prison in 2023", "creator": "Associated Press · January 10, 2023", "description": "A concise account of Erickson’s release after nearly two decades in custody. It distinguishes his guilty plea and later recantation from the overturned conviction of Ferguson, helping readers avoid treating parole and exoneration as the same legal result.", "url": "https://apnews.com/article/902c5fa42d9e293fcf7a303e51e7a737", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-samantha-josephson-dorms", "caseSlug": "samantha-josephson", "kind": "tv", "title": "Death in the Dorms — Samantha Josephson", "creator": "ABC News Studios · season 1, episode 5 · 2023", "description": "This documentary installment concerns Josephson’s disappearance shortly before her anticipated college graduation. The episode-specific Apple TV listing confirms its title and placement in the series. Consult the linked appellate reporting for developments after the program’s original release.", "url": "https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/samantha-josephson/umc.cmc.7csyndl2clnh04gbqhuqijytt?showId=umc.cmc.5jxkqhvubwnb5nc04rhq0z7mh", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-samantha-josephson-appeal", "caseSlug": "samantha-josephson", "kind": "record", "title": "South Carolina Court of Appeals upholds Rowland’s convictions", "creator": "South Carolina Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office · August 21, 2024", "description": "The prosecutor’s office summarizes the appellate decision and the disputed traffic-stop, handwriting and DNA evidence. Read this as an official prosecution-side explanation of a court ruling; it is a dated case update rather than a complete appellate record.", "url": "https://www.scsolicitor5.org/news/sc-court-of-appeals-upholds-nathaniel-rowlands-convictions-for-murder-and-kidnapping/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-samantha-josephson-rehearing", "caseSlug": "samantha-josephson", "kind": "news", "title": "Court declines rehearing in the Josephson murder case", "creator": "WIS · Kevin Connaughton · September 25, 2024", "description": "Local reporting covers the court’s refusal to reconsider its decision affirming Rowland’s conviction. It explains his objections and the earlier appeal, providing a later procedural update to the television documentary and identifying the life sentence imposed in 2021.", "url": "https://www.wistv.com/2024/09/25/sc-court-appeals-denies-rehearing-request-man-convicted-usc-students-murder/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-mollie-tibbetts-last-day", "caseSlug": "mollie-tibbetts", "kind": "tv", "title": "Dateline: The Last Day — The Case of Mollie Tibbetts", "creator": "NBC News · season 1, episode 1 · 2022", "description": "The series opener follows the investigation into Tibbetts’s disappearance, including surveillance evidence from her evening run. This episode-specific listing supplies title and series information; compare the narrative with the appellate opinion for the legal questions addressed after trial.", "url": "https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-case-of-mollie-tibbetts/umc.cmc.49sj2eyfc7674fhwkyhyj6bzn?showId=umc.cmc.1fg38c31pia7kkjku40wgy6b2", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-mollie-tibbetts-opinion", "caseSlug": "mollie-tibbetts", "kind": "record", "title": "State of Iowa v. Cristhian Bahena Rivera — appellate opinion", "creator": "Iowa Court of Appeals · October 11, 2023 · PDF", "description": "The court’s opinion affirms the murder conviction and discusses police questioning, the request for a new trial and claims about undisclosed evidence. 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Read it with the subsequent court reporting, because the request for a new trial continued after this program aired.", "url": "https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2895589/2020-2024-05-31-a-deadly-scream", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-holly-bobo-latest", "caseSlug": "holly-bobo", "kind": "news", "title": "Zachary Adams’s new-trial request denied in July 2026", "creator": "WSMV · Li Cohen · July 17, 2026", "description": "This local update reports the latest ruling verified for this collection, including the dispute over a prison interview in which a witness recanted. It attributes the defense’s position and includes responses from Bobo’s family and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.", "url": "https://www.wsmv.com/2026/07/17/convicted-murderer-holly-bobo-case-has-appeal-denied/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-holly-bobo-abc-podcast", "caseSlug": "holly-bobo", "kind": "podcast", "title": "What Happened to Holly Bobo?", "creator": "ABC News / 20/20 True Crime · investigative podcast series", "description": "ABC’s serialized reporting follows Bobo’s disappearance, the investigation and later disputes over the evidence. This is the series’ official Apple Podcasts listing, with individual installments available there. Its reporting should be read alongside subsequent judicial rulings rather than treated as a verdict.", "url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-happened-to-holly-bobo/id1808997893", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-holly-bobo-impact", "caseSlug": "holly-bobo", "kind": "tv", "title": "IMPACT x Nightline — It Started with a Scream: What Happened to Holly Bobo?", "creator": "ABC News Studios · June 12, 2025", "description": "The broadcaster’s announcement verifies this later documentary and its interviews about the conviction and recanted testimony. It establishes the program’s subject and release, while the July 2026 news entry provides a procedural development that occurred after the documentary.", "url": "https://www.dgepress.com/abcnews/pressrelease/impact-x-nightline-it-started-with-a-scream-what-happened-to-holly-bobo-6-12/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-kelsey-berreth-dateline", "caseSlug": "kelsey-berreth", "kind": "tv", "title": "Dateline — Devil’s Bargain", "creator": "NBC News · Andrea Canning · 2020", "description": "Dateline examines Berreth’s disappearance and the investigation that led to Frazee’s conviction. Peacock’s episode page identifies this installment; numbering can differ across television catalogs and streaming editions. 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The article also records the original sentence and explains that the appellate court did not publish a written opinion setting out its reasoning.", "url": "https://krdo.com/news/2023/01/03/appellate-court-rejects-patrick-frazees-appeal-to-guilty-murder-conviction/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-kelsey-berreth-podcast", "caseSlug": "kelsey-berreth", "kind": "podcast", "title": "Devil’s Bargain — Dateline NBC audio edition", "creator": "Dateline NBC · Andrea Canning · February 11, 2020", "description": "The official podcast edition offers the Dateline report in audio form, with family members and investigators discussing the case. It is another format of the network’s reporting, rather than an independent investigation or an update on subsequent appellate proceedings.", "url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devils-bargain/id1464919521?i=1000465261823", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-chris-smith-edward-shin-dateline", "caseSlug": "chris-smith-edward-shin", "kind": "tv", "title": "Dateline — In a Lonely Place", "creator": "NBC News · Keith Morrison · December 6, 2019", "description": "NBC’s announcement verifies this installment and its interview with Shin after his conviction and life sentence. The program investigates the false impression that Smith was traveling abroad. Use the district attorney’s verdict release to compare the broadcast with the prosecution’s case summary.", "url": "https://nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com/nbcnews/2019/12/05/convicted-killer-breaks-his-silence-to-dateline-nbc-about-the-murder-of-his-business-partner-that-sparked-national-headlines/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-chris-smith-edward-shin-verdict", "caseSlug": "chris-smith-edward-shin", "kind": "record", "title": "Orange County jury convicts Edward Shin of murder", "creator": "Orange County District Attorney · December 7, 2018", "description": "The prosecutor’s verdict announcement describes the business relationship, the financial-gain finding and the effort to conceal Smith’s death. It predates sentencing, so its reference to a maximum sentence should not be confused with a sentencing order or current custody record.", "url": "https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/man-convicted-of-murdering-business-partner-for-financial-gain-to-assume-full-control-of-the-company/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-chris-smith-edward-shin-podcast", "caseSlug": "chris-smith-edward-shin", "kind": "podcast", "title": "In a Lonely Place — Dateline NBC audio edition", "creator": "Dateline NBC · Keith Morrison · August 19, 2025", "description": "An official audio release of Dateline’s reporting on Smith’s disappearance and the messages sent to his family. The episode page identifies the reporter and listening format. Treat the listed podcast publication date separately from the date of the original television investigation.", "url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-a-lonely-place/id1464919521?i=1000721995904", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-pamela-zimmerman-dateline", "caseSlug": "pamela-zimmerman", "kind": "tv", "title": "Dateline — Before Midnight", "creator": "NBC News · Keith Morrison · June 17, 2019", "description": "The episode record identifies Dateline’s report on the killing of a businesswoman found in her office. Local reporting and journalist Edith Brady-Lunny’s account independently connect the broadcast to Pamela Zimmerman. The trial ended with Kirk Zimmerman’s acquittal, which must remain explicit.", "url": "https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1713219/dateline-nbc-2019-06-17-before-midnight", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-pamela-zimmerman-verdict", "caseSlug": "pamela-zimmerman", "kind": "news", "title": "Kirk Zimmerman acquitted in murder trial", "creator": "WGLT · Ryan Denham · May 6, 2019", "description": "On-the-day local reporting records the not-guilty verdict and explains the competing prosecution and defense arguments. It includes reactions from both sides and the police department’s response, providing the essential legal context for viewing Dateline’s account of the investigation.", "url": "https://www.wglt.org/news/2019-05-06/kirk-zimmerman-acquitted-in-murder-trial", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-pamela-zimmerman-reporter", "caseSlug": "pamela-zimmerman", "kind": "web", "title": "The local reporter behind Dateline’s Zimmerman coverage", "creator": "Edith Brady-Lunny · In the Media", "description": "The reporter who covered the case explains her participation in Dateline’s Before Midnight and identifies the broadcast’s discussion of the investigation and acquittal. This author-site account verifies the episode’s connection to the case; it is not a separate court finding.", "url": "https://edithbradylunny.com/in-the-media/", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-heidi-firkus-dateline", "caseSlug": "heidi-firkus", "kind": "tv", "title": "Dateline — 65 Seconds", "creator": "NBC News · Blayne Alexander · October 20, 2023", "description": "This installment examines the emergency calls and the long investigation following Heidi Firkus’s death. The episode record identifies its original broadcast and interviews. It aired before the Minnesota Supreme Court’s 2026 decision, so consult the later legal update as well.", "url": "https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2668326/dateline-nbc-2023-10-20-65-seconds", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-heidi-firkus-appeal", "caseSlug": "heidi-firkus", "kind": "news", "title": "Minnesota Supreme Court upholds Nicholas Firkus’s conviction", "creator": "FOX 9 · Katie Wermus · February 25, 2026", "description": "Local reporting summarizes the Supreme Court’s decision affirming the murder conviction and life sentence. It explains the significance of the circumstantial evidence and supplies a dated appellate update beyond the original Dateline report and the earlier charging document.", "url": "https://www.fox9.com/news/nicholas-firkus-murder-conviction-upheld-minnesota-supreme-court", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-heidi-firkus-complaint", "caseSlug": "heidi-firkus", "kind": "record", "title": "State v. Nicholas Firkus — 2021 criminal complaint", "creator": "Ramsey County · May 18, 2021 · PDF", "description": "The original charging document sets out the investigators’ allegations and probable-cause narrative, including the emergency calls and scene examination. It predates trial and is not itself proof of guilt. 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Donna Adelson’s subsequent conviction and sentence belong to later reporting and should not be inferred from this earlier episode.", "url": "https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2747064/dateline-nbc-2024-01-19-family-matters", "affiliate": 0, "body": "", "fileKey": "", "published": 1, "updatedAt": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "new-tv-dan-markel-donna-sentence", "caseSlug": "dan-markel", "kind": "news", "title": "Donna Adelson sentenced to life imprisonment", "creator": "WCJB / Florida reporting · October 13, 2025", "description": "This report covers Donna Adelson’s sentencing after her conviction for participating in Markel’s murder. 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