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- Real Life murder investigations , trial and verdict
- An in-depth examination of some of the most stunning and emotional courtroom moments caught on camera.
- The light of the world, described as a hermetic and non-traditional Christian and as several members recount the sexual abuse they suffered as minors at the hands of their successive leaders.
- A crime from the unique lens of the accused as they take the witness stand.
- As told by the people involved, and using real footage from the tragic event, we take a deep dive into the murder trial, story, and case of rap icon, street legend - Nipsey Hussle.
- In late 2010, a middle-aged man moved into his daughter's college dorm and created what has all the hallmarks of a cult. Over the decade that followed, he extorted millions of dollars from vulnerable young adults through violence, psychological torture, and forced sex work. Actress and Director Elisabeth Rohm narrates Law&Crime's 6-part investigative series, which draws from thousands of pages of transcripts, exhibits, audio files, and video recordings from a federal trial and explores the actions and motives of Larry Ray.
- A look at some of the wildest courtroom moments: A defendant leaps over a balcony headfirst in a death-defying escape attempt; a man accused of murdering his girlfriend's 4-year old son has an unlikely defender: his girlfriend; a 19-year-old escaped defendant leads police on a high-speed chase, with devastating results; and more.
- A mourning father makes a desperate attempt to attack his daughter's killer; a judge takes off his robe to help subdue an unruly defendant; a defendant tries to sing his way to a lighter sentence; and more.
- A defendant wields an unlikely weapon, and pays the ultimate price; a judge chases down two escaping defendants; a convicted murderer's smile in court could put him in prison for the rest of his life; and more.
- A suspected murderer slashes his own throat in court; a foul-mouthed defendant lets loose on the judge; a young woman tries to save the life of the man who is suing her family; and more.
- A judge and a defense attorney bring a heated argument to fisticuffs; a woman charged with contempt makes a leap at the judge; a murder suspect pleads with the family of the victim and gets nowhere; and more.
- A man accused of murdering his five young children faces their mother in court; A prolific armed robber unleashes a nasty surprise when he is sentenced; a defendant meets his infant son for the very first time in court; and more.
- A defendant facing life in prison takes a deputy's gun, resulting in a tragic event; a defense attorney is brutally attacked by the man he's representing; a man enters an Oklahoma courthouse with no pants; and more.
- Two brothers attack their mother's murderer during his sentencing; a young woman messes with the wrong judge in bond court; an unrepentant murder suspect threatens a judge.
- Dr. Teresa Sievers was a rising social media star when she was found bludgeoned to death in her kitchen.
- When Richard Smith failed to show up for work, police discovered the murdered bodies of Smith, his mother Voncile and brother John in their home.
- Shayna Hubers called 911 to report she had killed her boyfriend, Ryan Poston, in self-defense after he attacked her.
- When the body of former policewoman Taylor Wright was discovered buried on a remote Pensacola farm, detectives had a lineup of suspect.
- When Nicole Vander Heyden was found shot to death in a Wisconsin farm field, police immediately arrested her boyfriend Doug Detrie. But do the have the right guy?
- An investigation into the murder of "Dee Dee" Blanchard found face down in the bedroom of her house just outside Springfield, Missouri.
- For decades, the mystery of Michelle Martinko's murder haunted her town in Iowa and her family as police searched for her killer without success.
- High school senior Skylar Richardson told no one of her pregnancy. However, when a newborn's body was found buried in the family's backyard, Skylar was charged with murder.
- When Shirley Carter was found murdered in her farmhouse kitchen, her abusive husband Bill was considered a prime suspect. But the husband pointed the finger at someone else - his son Jason Carter. It was up to the jury
- Todd Mullis claimed his wife fell on a four-pronged corn rake and died; investigators found more than four holes in Amy Mullis' body; they knew her death was no accident.
- What started out looking like a freak traffic accident soon becomes a suspected murder cover-up. Todd Kendhammer has to take the stand to convince a jury that he would never hurt the love of his life, his wife Barbara.
- George Burch stands accused of the brutal murder of Nicole VanderHeyden, a 31-year-old mother of three; George willingly takes the stand to prove he is not guilty and to provide the jury with an alternative suspect.
- A son finds his father slumped over dead near a pile of cocaine; he dismembers the body to conceal the crime; James Scandirito, Jr. takes the stand to explain why he thought he had to dismember and bury what he claims was his already deceased father.
- When a woman shoots her pilot husband and flees to Brazil, she sets off a long battle for her extradition and trial in the States; Claudia Hoerig takes the stand to tell a harrowing story about the end of her troubled marriage.
- A beloved college professor is executed in Tallahassee, Florida and the suspects include a mother with two children, a violent gang member and a family of wealthy dentists. The investigation leads to murder charges against a trio from Miami, who allegedly conspired with the victim's own family, in a hit man for hire scheme. In a risky move, the woman who allegedly connected the killers to the people prosecutors say paid for the murder decides to take the stand in her own defense.
- When 3-year-old Hannah Wesche dies of head trauma, the babysitter who cared for her is indicted for her murder. Lindsay Partin takes the stand to defend her innocence...and to try to explain several suspicious statements she gave to police detectives.
- A routine response to a noise complaint takes a devastating turn when Roy Oliver, a Dallas police officer, shoots and kills unarmed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. Roy Oliver will take the stand in an attempt to explain his state of mind and convince a jury that he justifiably used lethal force to protect his partner.
- When a young mother and her three children are brutally murdered in their suburban Florida home, an ex-boyfriend is charged with the killings. The jury has to decide if this was a crime of passion or a professional hit ordered by the Cartel. Henry Segura takes the stand in his own defense in an attempt to convince the jury not to sentence him to death.
- 20 year old Heather Elvis, went missing on December 18th, 2013 and was never found. Tammy Moorer, Heather's boyfriend wife, is on trial trying to convince the jury that he did not mean to harm the mistress of husband.
- New Year's Eve and a seemingly random murder, in the small town of Benton Harbor, Michigan, on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. Police body cam video captured the heartbroken cries of young Army Sergeant Kemia Hessel as she cradled her handsome, dying young husband in her arms, as he was loaded into an ambulance. But despite the happy outward appearance of the attractive young military couple, investigators soon accused Kemia of directing a murder-for-hire plot with the help of a lover.
- The Amatos were a close-knit, middle-class family with three professional sons, who enjoyed Florida Gators football games together. So, it was a shock when Margaret and Chad Amato and their youngest son Cody were found dead, shot execution-style in their suburban Seminole, Florida home. Suspicion quickly turned to middle son Grant, a trained nurse, who had quarreled with his family over money he had stolen from them to pay for the attention of a Bulgarian sex model, Silviya "Silvie" Ventsislavova, on a pay-per-view website.
- When Victoria Prokopovitz went missing in 2013, her three grown children were beside themselves with worry. Her husband, James, seemed oddly unconcerned, telling police she often wandered off and had twice tried to commit suicide. Despite a massive search, Victoria was never found. But a private detective who saw news reports of the missing woman offered his help. Conducting his own investigation, the detective learned James had been carrying on a secret affair and both he and his mistress had lied to police about their relationship. Now armed with a motive, eight years after her disappearance police charged Victoria's husband with first degree murder. But without a body, what detectives call a "no body case," the jury would have to decide.
- Popular South Carolina University college senior Samantha Josephson was the pride and joy of her family as she prepared to head off to Drexel Law School with a full scholarship. So, it was unusual when Samantha went missing after a night of socializing at the Five Points bar area in Columbia. Tragically her body was found 24 hours later, with more than a hundred stab wounds. When surveillance footage showed her getting into an Uber in Five Points, police put out an all-points bulletin, and quickly arrested Uber driver Nathaniel Rowlands during a routine traffic stop of a look-alike vehicle. But the case was far from over, as Rowlands claimed someone had stolen his car and he was not the driver in the grainy surveillance photo.
- Akron, Ohio 2017: Firefighters made a desperate effort to save a young family from a blazing fire, but rescuers were too late. Police declared that the fire was intentionally set, that it was not caused by an accident. An arson investigation begins, which included another unexplained fire a few blocks away that killed a beloved elderly couple. In the end, Stanley Ford was found guilty of arson and murder for the 2016 fire and deaths of neighbors Gloria Hart and Lindell Lewis. Stanley Ford was also found guilty of arson and murder for the 2017 fire and deaths of neighbors Dennis Huggins, Angela Boggs and their five children: Cameron Huggins, age 1; Alivia Huggins, age 3; Kyle Huggins, age 5; Daisia Huggins, age 6; and Jared Boggs, age 14.
- A camper gathering firewood in Arizona's scenic Sunset Crater National Park, a remote area on the outskirts of Flagstaff, is shocked to discover the body of a young woman, Sasha Krause, age 27, in a traditional long dress. Authorities used cell phone data, financial records, and surveillance video to tie U.S. Air Force airman Mark Gooch to the crimes. Sasha's Mennonite family and friends are stunned. Krause and Gooch were strangers. They did not know each other but both grew up in Mennonite communities; Krause in Texas and Gooch in Wisconsin. In the end, Gooch, now age 22, will spend the rest of his life in prison for the January 18, 2020 kidnapping and murder of the Mennonite woman from Farmington, New Mexico who had been a Sunday School teacher.
- Mengqi Ji Elledge, An exchange student, found a career and a love match in the idyllic Missouri university town of Columbia. So, it was a shock to her friends and family when she disappeared, leaving both her child and cell phone behind.
- Murder in Tennessee, July 2010: Ten days after NBA player Lorenzen Wright went missing, the basketball player's body was found in a swamp, shot 11 times. Lorenzen called 911 but was only able to ask for help, and then the 911 dispatcher heard 11 gunshot sounds. The police carried out an investigation, but came up empty as to who the killer or killers were, and the case went cold. During this time, Lorenzen Wright's mother, Deborah Marion, steadfastly worked hard to keep her son's case active. The investigation 'heated up' when the Memphis police obtained help from the FBI several years after the murder. Using clues from an informant, the investigators were able to successfully arrest Lorenzen's wife, Sherra Wright (the mastermind of the crime, and the mother of their six children) and her gardener, Billy Ray Turner (the actual killer) for the murder. The suspects were found guilty and sentenced to jail.
- When a hairstylist, Joleen Cummings, failed to pick up her children for a planned celebration, she was reported missing by her ex-husband. Investigators discovered a bloody scene at the salon, but the hairstylist and her SUV were gone.
- Jill Halliburton Su, an heir to the Halliburton oil dynasty fortune, is discovered dead in the bathtub by her son Justin at her upscale home in a Florida gated community in 2014.
- Florida, June 2017: Makeva Jenkins, age 33, a successful businesswoman and mother of three, posted on Facebook that she had grown her business to six figures. Just a few years beforehand, she had been homeless. Hours after her Facebook post, she was shot dead with a bullet to the head by a masked gunman. The horrible truth is that her death was a murder-for-hire. The mastermind of the crime was her husband, Euri Durrell Jenkins. The "middle man" of the crime was Dametri Dale. The gunman of the crime was Joevan Marquise Joseph. They were all arrested and charged with the murder. Euri's entire motive to kill his wife was a failed one. When he called to inquire about collecting the proceeds on the life insurance policy that was on his wife, he found out that he was not the beneficiary on the insurance. The case was "cracked" when the "middle man" Dametri Dale came forward voluntarily to confess to the homicide investigators. The killer, Joevan Joseph, took a plea deal for 15 years in prison. The middle man, Dametri Dale, took a plea deal for 15 years of probation with no jail time. The mastermind, Euri Jenkins, pleaded "not guilty" but was found guilty by the jury at trial. He was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.
- "Geauga's Child" in Geauga County, Ohio was the only name a dead newborn baby boy had during the 26 years it took to solve this gruesome cold case. The baby was found near Sidley Road in Thompson Township, Ohio on March 25, 1993. The child was partially dismembered and still had his umbilical cord attached. Authorities said the child had been placed in a trash bag and left in a wooded area but was dragged to the side of the road by animals. The case was solved with forensic genetic genealogy using DNA. In June 2019, the newborn's mother, Gail Eastwood-Ritchey of Euclid, Ohio, was arrested and charged with his murder. At that time, she told detectives that this was the second newborn child she had abandoned. In the end, now age 51, Gail Eastwood-Ritchey was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 15 years.
- 20221h6.9 (20)TV EpisodeIn 2017, former members of LLDM form an online community sharing stories of abuse at the hands of the church's venerated "Apostles"; groomed as children, they are taught to surrender their free will in return for eternal salvation.
- Journalists Rhonda Schwartz and Brian Ross report on the decades-long scandal as law enforcement also takes note; ex-LLDM members come forward to speak out as the church plans the construction of a fundamentalist community in Georgia, USA.