Witness
Appearances
48 Hours
The Cyanide Killer
He told me the whole story. He grounded Sinai, refilled the pills, and he gave her two pills. She had a car accident and she died.
48 Hours
The Cyanide Killer
Her eyes were still open, and her chest was gurgling, and she was just slumped there clutching her cell phone.
48 Hours
With God as a Witness
We heard something outside, like a pop. And I got up to look out the window, and as I was doing that, we heard a scream, and I saw Farrah fall. And then we heard another shot.
48 Hours
With God as a Witness
It was at that time when we realized she wasn't getting up that we dialed 911.
48 Hours
With God as a Witness
Just started giving them a play-by-play of what we were seeing. Okay.
48 Hours
With God as a Witness
Price-Dash setting him up to say, we just did this thing, you need to pay me off.
48 Hours
With God as a Witness
The police already had the gun in custody. They easily could have had her write that down.
48 Hours
Two Wigs and A Gun Pt 1
I knew I was looking for a 40-something white female. We had some driver license photos of both Tina, the sister, as well as Piper Roundtree.
48 Hours
Two Wigs and A Gun Pt 1
We were looking for females. We were looking for females, and I was putting my money on blondes. Piper had brown hair. Tina had blonde. I stationed a uniformed officer at the end of the terminal with a set of pictures and asked him as well to stop anyone he thought might be either of the individuals. The plane landed and the passengers filed off.
48 Hours
Two Wigs and A Gun Pt 1
She just got past us. There was too many people, too few of us, not enough people to stop every possible female that could have been this person.
48 Hours
Deadly Divorce, Part 2
He was very scared of her. I was with him a couple of times when she called and threatened him.
48 Hours
Driven To Death
We knew it was going to be a difficult case, but not because of the facts. All of my female friends kept telling me throughout trial, they would keep saying he had it coming.
48 Hours
Driven To Death
I believe that she intended to kick Bonnie's ass that day, okay? That's what she wanted to do. She wanted to go over, and she wanted to beat up Bonnie.
48 Hours
Driven To Death
When two vehicles are moving at a high rate of speed and they're going at the same speed, you're not going to see huge damage when they collide.
48 Hours
Driven To Death
It doesn't make sense to say this was an accident when you look at the surrounding circumstances.
48 Hours
Driven To Death
Mercy is for someone who says, I did wrong, give me mercy. Not for somebody who says, you got it wrong, but give me mercy anyway.
48 Hours
The Peggy Hettrick Case - Part 2
They schemed and planned this elaborate psychological experiment on him, and he passed it.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
He would tell me, checks in the mail, FedEx, coming, be here soon. Nothing ever happened.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
The PET scan shows abnormal function of the cells in the orbital frontal lobe.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
I think he's of sound mind and he knows, you know, right from wrong.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
He has planned this, okay? I think it's so outlandish, it's so preposterous that it's fabricated. Henry Turner and Stanko spent a lot of time together.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
Why dad? You know, I mean, dadgum, he's 74 years old, eight days before his 75th birthday. I mean, come on. I mean, he befriended him.
48 Hours
The Mind of a Murderer
I think what a lot of us felt is that he was temporarily insane when he wanted to be temporarily insane.
48 Hours
The Imposter
He refused to set foot on the soil of Connecticut because it was an evil state and that was where his parents had died. So even if we had to drive between Boston and New York, he would not actually allow stops in the state of Connecticut.
48 Hours
Coerced Confessions
911 emergency. We just had like a transient type walking on our door. He's got a red shirt on.
48 Hours
The Ivy League Murder
830 Saturday night, residents in the East Rock neighborhood heard the distinct sound of gunfire.
48 Hours
The Ivy League Murder
A sense of shock and sadness has settled on the Yale University community after the Saturday night shooting death of grad student Kevin Jiang.
48 Hours
The Ivy League Murder
The victim was a student at Yale's School of the Environment, originally from Chicago. He was an Army vet who posted on Facebook just a week ago his joy in getting engaged.
Bone Valley
Jeremy | Chapter 4 - Horse and Buggy
You know, the railroad track's right there. Yeah. You know, I walk on the railroad track, the steel part, right? Yeah. You know, once the train comes, your scent is going to be gone. I never heard that before. Yeah. I didn't think it would work, but it did work.
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
As the news of 18-year-old Anita Knutson's murder spilled into the city of Minot...
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
Well, I guess the million-dollar question is here, who would want to hurt her?
Dateline NBC
Murder in Minot
Nicole and I were sitting on the couch, and someone from the kitchen was talking about it, and that's when it was stated. From Nicole Rice, it was that she had did it, that she had killed Anita. Nicole said that? Yes. Okay.
Dateline NBC
The Room Downstairs
I had a flat tire earlier in the day, and I had to come back to fix it. You know, it was raining, it was windy, it was just very miserable. I started to put all my tools away. For some reason, I just happened to look up. And I saw smoke going across the street. From the corner house? From going across from the corner house, going across to the right.
Dateline NBC
The Room Downstairs
As soon as I saw that there was a bright amber glow, I knew that was a definite fire. So I decided to just quickly run back to my girlfriend, said, listen, call 911. There's a house that's on fire.
Dateline NBC
The Room Downstairs
I started yelling. I started pounding on the door as hard as I could just to see if there was any activity, see if anybody was home. Anything? All the lights were off. Everything was quiet. When I went around to the side, the amount of smoke and the amount of flames, the basement was fully engulfed.
Dateline NBC
The Room Downstairs
I also noticed that the neighbor had a spigot nearby. I was pouring water on the windowsill, but that fire inside was rolling.
Dateline NBC
Verdict in the roommate murder trial. Mom accused of murder by fire and van. And, actor Dennis Quaid.
Oh, here we go. Here we go. You're going to do this Einstein thing on us, huh?
Dateline NBC
Verdict in the roommate murder trial. Mom accused of murder by fire and van. And, actor Dennis Quaid.
Nicole and I were sitting on the couch and a couple of buddies were playing video games and someone from the kitchen was talking about it. And that's when it was stated, the comment. When what was stated? The comment was that from Nicole Rice, it was that she had did it, that she had killed Anita. Nicole said that? Yes.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
Yeah, so we learned that Christopher Austin was about in middle school when he met Robert Baker and that his dad and Robert Baker were very good friends.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
As the years went on, Christopher Austin and Baker developed a friendship. Christopher Austin even worked for him almost as an assistant and, you know, kind of the way he put it, doing whatever Baker needed him to do.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
This is when Austin testifies that, yeah, he understands, like, he knows why he's there. And so when detectives finally bring him in for an interview, Christopher Austin admits to them that, yes, he was there and that, yes, he stabbed Fabio.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
Yeah. Who knows if it's because now that he's confessed to detectives or for what reason, but Austin now starts opening up more to his cellmate. He tells him that his unk, his uncle, who we know is Robert Baker, and the woman that, and these are the words he uses, the woman that he was messing with, were both involved.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
And at this point, the prosecutor in court asks him if he sees that woman, does he see her in court? Yes.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
That's right. He mentions to the undercover agent that Monica was supposed to be coming into a large sum of money, which he said was insurance money.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
Yeah, when he got emotional, and it usually happened during times when there was direct questioning about the murder itself, and he would kind of hang his head low and get quiet and emotional. And regarding the day of the murder, he testified that they were at Baker's apartment, and Baker gets a text. And Baker says the text is from Monica.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
And that she is telling him that there is basically a small window. And so Baker's like, okay, this is the time. We got to go now. Does he talk about the actual murder and how it was carried out? Yeah, I would say that this was probably one of the most... Chalking things. I mean, it's not very often that we get to hear from a killer directly from his own mouth how a murder went down.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
And that's exactly what we heard in Christopher Austin's testimony. He described once they got into the house how Baker sort of took the lead.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
A lot of Austin's testimony focused on conversations he had with Baker. And so that's something that the defense really wanted to highlight in their cross-examination, is that Christopher Austin never spoke to Monica about a murder plan. He never saw a text that showed that Monica wanted Fabio dead. This is all coming through Robert Baker.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
The other thing that they really wanted to highlight for the jury was that Austin did whatever was necessary in order to get himself the best deal that he could. And in his discussions with the prosecutor after the arrest—
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
The defense attorney quoted the transcript and said that Austin is basically telling the prosecutor, hey, I got to get home to my girls, his girls being his wife and his young daughter.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
What the defense wants the jury to realize is that in exchange for getting the deal that Austin did, that's why his testimony is coming out the way it's playing out in court now. He ended up pleading guilty to second-degree murder, which carries a sentence of 16 years to life. Now, he won't be sentenced until after this trial is over, and his deal is...
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.
is based on the truthful testimony that he gives in court. And whether it's truthful or not, I think what the defense wants the jury to hear is that, again, Christopher Austin had no direct knowledge that Monica wanted Fabio dead or had any part in this planning.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdict in the roommate murder trial. Mom accused of murder by fire and van. And, actor Dennis Quaid.
Oh, here we go. Here we go. You're going to do this Einstein thing on us, huh?
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdict in the roommate murder trial. Mom accused of murder by fire and van. And, actor Dennis Quaid.
Nicole and I were sitting on the couch and a couple of buddies were playing video games and someone from the kitchen was talking about it. And that's when it was stated, the comment. When what was stated? The comment was that from Nicole Rice, it was that she had did it, that she had killed Anita. Nicole said that? Yes.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
This does feel like it's gone to trial very quickly. There's an actual real issue of a new charge that just came up. We'll see what happens with that.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Anything else? All right. Thanks very much. See you, everyone. Bye.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
I mean, I didn't think I hit him, hit him, but could I have clipped him? Could I have tagged him in the knee and incapacitated him? He didn't look mortally wounded as far as I could see. Or could I have done something that knocked him out and his drunkenness and in the cold didn't come to again?
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
A verdict in Chattanooga. A widow accused of murder. And how to avoid natural disaster scammers.
Andrea, I love this topic. It's very timely to talk about right now.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
An alleged "murder dentist" in Colorado. Hawaii husband takes the stand at his second murder trial. And Keith talks about his latest podcast series.
The minister called and they said, do you remember my dad being killed? Never in a million years would you think that you'd see your parents' house taped off, the farm taped off by that yellow tape.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
Hi. Glad to be back.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
Yes. So this is a security video that was broadcast by CNN in May of last year. So four months before Combs' arrest. It allegedly shows him assaulting his former girlfriend, Cassie, in a hotel hallway in 2016. Prosecutors referred to the video in their indictment and want to show it to the jury as a part of their criminal case against him.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
The defense asked the judge to throw the video out, arguing the video is wholly inaccurate, having been altered, manipulated, sped up, and edited to be out of sequence. All claims that CNN has denied. And on Friday, the federal judge overseeing the case ruled that the video can be shown in court.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
Yeah. So the judge agreed to grant anonymity to alleged victims two, three, and four in the indictment. And he also refused to grant a delay in the trial, which the defense had asked for. But there was a partial victory for Combs' attorneys. They had asked the judge to throw out the testimony of a prosecution witness by the name of Dawn Hughes.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
She's a clinical and forensic psychologist with expertise in sexual abuse.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
Yeah. So she will be allowed to testify about why sexual assault victims might delay disclosing their abuse and stay in relationships that are abusive. But she won't be able to testify about coercive control or how perpetrators act to control their victims.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
We don't know any details of the deal that was offered, but we know that Combs rejected it.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
So the big news is that the judge has finally weighed in on whether Brian Kohlberger could face the death penalty if convicted at his trial this summer. And it looks like the answer is yes. Earlier this week, the judge denied a defense motion to take the death penalty off the table because of illegal technicality.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
And this was after he ruled last week against another defense motion, which said that Kohlberger shouldn't face a death penalty because of his diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD. In that ruling, the judge pointed out that no court has ever found ASD to be death disqualifying diagnosis.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
Yeah, so this is the case of Anna Konezovich, the Colombian-American woman from South Florida who disappeared in Madrid in early 2024. According to prosecutors, she had moved to Spain to start a new life after separating from her husband, businessman David Konezovich. And he was arrested for her murder last year. Anna's body has never been found, and David denied any involvement in her death.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
Remind us how David was allegedly tied to this case. Sure. So federal investigators said David kidnapped Anna from her apartment and killed her. There's security camera video of a masked man entering Anna's building around the time of her disappearance. and spray painting the security cameras in the lobby of the apartment building.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
Authorities say that the man looked a lot like David and also that David was seen on camera at a nearby hardware store buying that exact brand of black spray paint.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
So in some pretty shocking news, David Konezovich was found dead on Monday morning at the federal detention center in Miami where he was awaiting trial that was supposed to start in June. His defense attorney confirmed that he died by suicide and asked for a thorough investigation. Hmm.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
Yeah, so I spoke to Santa, her best friend. You know, she's definitely shocked and still processing the whole thing. She was getting ready for trial. She was planning on being there. Her family has also released a statement that said, the suicide of Anna's murderer closes a painful chapter in our lives previously filled with the dread that he might not face justice.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
Now we may never know where he put Anna's body.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
Thank you, Andrea.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
New evidence in Karen Read's retrial. Cold case arrest in Ohio. And a big ruling in Sean Combs case.
He says, that's my ex-girlfriend. She did this.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
Impasse: S1-E8
Okay, can you just try to ask him? I know it's tough, but we already have the fire department going. I just got to know if he's breathing.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
Impasse: S1-E8
It's his girlfriend, yeah. They were out having drinks, and then she left and expected him to come home at some point, and he never did.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
Impasse: S1-E8
Okay. And who's that in the background? Is that someone related to you?
Lords of Death
Who are the Lords of Death?
This girl had to hold her down while they were torturing her. And Tim was laughing as he was torturing this lady.
Lords of Death
Who are the Lords of Death?
Tim should be looked at for any murders that happened in any area that he lived in at that time. How do we know he's not a serial killer? How do we know he's not murdered other people?
Lords of Death
Who are the Lords of Death?
So Tim had a tattoo on his arm that was just letters. It said LOD. I was told it stood for Lords of Death. And in order to get the tattoo, you had to take someone's soul.
Murder In America
EP. 193: WASHINGTON D.C. - She Gave Her Child To A Pedophile: The Disappearance of Relisha Rudd
I seen the little girl about three weeks ago, you know. She was coming out the apartment, in and out the apartment with him and his old lady, you know. I haven't seen him since. I ain't seen him since the other day.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
What were you getting in Spanish? I was doing great because, so I started the year like any other with open mind, ambition. I want to get the work done. I'm not like other kids. I don't see, how do people have the same class on their phone? Like they know that we're excited. It's not that hard, honestly. And it makes you like hell. And it really just fucks over your future, honestly.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
The screen was very old-fashioned. Hates technology. Yeah. Makes your life hell if she sees your phone. And she's not that great at English. So just that. And she kind of just stands in front of the class and, like, talks about stuff and then will give us worksheets. But I feel like the information has not been covered nearly enough. Some kids, like, else can do it. She picks favorites.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
I don't feel good speaking English because she's missing. But I just, I wasn't one of her favorites, I think. And she will prioritize her favorites, even though they're the ones that are usually doing the best in class. And it's the way she teaches, it's not like to pass the class. And it feels very self-taught and you're on your own.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
Well, she's always on time. She's always where she says she'll be. when she says that I don't have too much of a personal relationship with her, but I know people that do.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
I know there's a lot of kids that fall into the same boat as me in Spanish classes, and they don't like her. She's kind of an asshole sometimes. Not like her enough to hurt her. I don't know. I heard about her window being smashed. I don't know how long ago that was.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
And then just yesterday, my dad, he had gone and actually had a meeting with her because I had been complaining to him about her and how Spanish is kind of shitting on my GPA. And so he was like, okay, I'm going to talk to her. And he just told me yesterday that on Will driving me to therapy, that he didn't want to tell me anything because I would still be seeing her.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
But apparently, so I didn't know that it happened all in the same night. Her house got egged and pee-peed, and I guess the window was smashed. I guess I had it all at the same time. And that meeting, Ms. Graver had asked him about it. That's how he found out. Asked him because she was suspecting me.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
come down on you if you were involved in an egging or a teething but if you were involved but if you were involved we want to get it out of the table now so we can identify that and move on from it so were you involved no you were not involved no I have no idea usually people like until this happens you can find out once again small town people can be boasty you never know when no word will slip from someone's mouth and then it can spread I haven't heard anything
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
And I could ask around me if I know, but I bet they're being very quiet. It was pretty serious. I mean, smashing somebody's window, that's a big charge. Actually, it's not. Well, it could very easily become breaking and entering, right?
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
No, other than us arguing in class. No, I don't. Okay. Yeah. I wasn't. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
And I got out of there because I wanted to completely disassociate myself from anything that would have happened. You wanted to at that time? Before anything happened, I said, I need to get out of here. If something goes down, I... don't want to be involved at all. And I left, and I didn't assist with anything.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
I had no, I don't want to say no knowledge, but I, something was up, and... You felt like you didn't have knowledge. Okay. Mm-hmm. Okay. And I know there's... It's just, I... Something was kind of, I've been in situations where. No, this isn't my language. Okay. Don't shortchange it now. I'm not shortchanging it. Okay.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
What I'm saying is that I've been in situations where I may not be involved, but I may be with the people that did it or whatever it was. And things go south very, very quickly as soon as officers show up and whatnot. And I knew, I could feel that this could very easily be one of those situations. Okay, tell me about the situation.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
And I don't know anything past that point, other than the next day, I see that she's not at school.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
We were hanging out for a little bit, and we were at this shelter that's... You can kind of see the parking lot. Even though it's far off, you can see the parking lot. Yeah. But then Zoe asked me if she needs, and then she didn't seem right. And I see Ms. Grayberg. Don't glaze over that. What didn't seem right? I had heard prior things for the past week about just a lot of people talking about Ms.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
Grayberg. And just, I knew something. I bet that there were other people at the park. posted up, I don't know, on the trail or what. And I had seen some teenagers when they were coming, like in the distance, going down, and it was sketchy, and I see her, and I think something might go down. I need to disassociate myself, because I'm staying on the right track. I need to keep clean record.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
I'm getting all my grades in. I'm getting as much college credit in. I'm not trying to fuck this up by becoming a suspect. because of me being by something that just happened and being a teenager. And so I left.
Sword and Scale
Episode 287
We were walking down the path, the road, and there were other people. Okay. I'm telling you, this was not a one-person thing. There were five, six, seven maybe. Okay. And I'm walking down and then we get to the, there's another trail that heads off and then I, a few minutes later, I look down and I couldn't see who, there were multiple people around and they were moving. Moving what? A body. Okay.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
I came home from work one day and I smelled an unbelievable smell in the bathroom. Couldn't figure out what it was and I found out that it was gun cleaning solvent.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
He was acting strange and was falling all over the place and fell into the bathtub and the smell was just unbelievable. And then shortly thereafter was when he was cleaning again and it had gone off.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
He was sitting at the dining room table and was cleaning the gun, and I wasn't very far away from him at all, and it went off. And it was just, you know, it was a foot away from me, and it was a hole in the floor. And he said that he didn't realize it was loaded, and it went off.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
Well, I mean, of course I started yelling, and I was scared, and then I got on the phone and I was talking, and then I think, I don't remember if I actually left, I just don't really recall. All I know is I was extremely scared. And it wasn't too long after that that he went to work and I packed up my stuff and I was gone.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
He followed me. He caught me on 31 one day and tried to get me to pull over and kept following me. And I wasn't going to pull over. And I know the roads a lot better than him and I end up losing him.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
No, because I went into hiding, basically. And I went and stayed at a friend's house.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
I mean, I was scared. I was literally scared. With what I was told at the Edinburgh Police Department, what they told me and everything that had gone together, I was just scared. I wanted to make sure everything was done and the divorce was finalized.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
During your friendship with Mr. Randolph, did the defendant ask you questions that you thought odd or made you feel uncomfortable?
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Sword and Scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Never. I wasn't even out there early in the morning. First we heard about it, I was in the car with it. Ray's brother, T, we were going to move a friend of his and we saw a lady passing out flyers and we stopped and he grabbed two flyers and was reading the flyers first, we heard about it.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
That was like, yeah, I did go back over there that Friday because I went out to move.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Yeah, it was, I don't know if she was white or Puerto Rican or something. She was standing right there in 93rd, kids were passing out flyers.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Christopher said that the only thing he knew about Aliana was the same thing anyone else did.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
I mean, I'm not gonna lie. Yeah, we went in the house. Me, T, and... What's the other guy's name? Um... They call him, what is his nickname? They call him Boogie. Call him what? Boogie. Boogie? Yeah. I mean, we went and we took the hot water heater and the furnace out. T and Boogie?
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
And we took a couple pieces of some wiring, some, you know, little metal stuff connected to the furnace, took that out and took it to the scrap yard. So you're talking about the piping and wiring? Yeah, took it to the scrap yard. How long ago was that? That's like Monday, Tuesday when we was there.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
We just put it on like a cart, a shopping cart. And took it up the street, and the next morning we put it in the van and took it to the scrapyard.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
We walked around the house, but we just didn't walk. I mean, it's like we didn't focus in there like we in here trying to see what's in here. We just looked around. I mean, I'm not saying the basement and the dining room was the only thing we looked at. I mean, we looked around the house, but I didn't go around the house like just trying to see what's all in here we can take.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
No, you know what, I did go upstairs because we went to see if they had a cast iron tub up there. You're talking about the second floor? Yeah, we went up to the bathroom, looked, came back down.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
I'm trying to get it right, but I'm sitting here and I'm nervous because I'm actually in the house that this girl's body was found in. So I'm like, I want to get this right.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
What did you run into? I'm a crackhead. I get high and I do stupid shit for people for money. Okay.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Everybody you hang with, that you smoke with or get high with, you don't know everybody you deal with. went on that night or that morning, it's probably impossible because I was high.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
By the time I realized how old this girl was, I left. Okay. I left. And there was other smokers around that, I mean, I might not know you if you were getting high, and I'd be like, you know where to get something at? Yeah, when you gonna look out for me? Yeah, whatever. How this little girl got involved, I do not know. If I could go back to this day,
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Despite the video evidence of Christopher stalking Aliana near the church on 93rd Street, he tried to tell the police that two strangers invited him into the abandoned house and Aliana was already inside.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
No, as far as hurting her, no. I had nothing to do with that. I'm going to be honest to God, they told me that she was somebody that was And now when I hear the news and they say she was slow, I understand why she was going along with what they were saying. She was probably scared or whatever. I had no idea. I'm high. I'm just... You get high. Thinking it's cool.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Um... On the carpet, on the little bundle right there. Which room? I think it was the little room closer to the door.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
When I went there Wednesday, we was just smoking. We was just getting high. I went and got some more dope, came back. And she was already there naked. I don't know how they got her naked, how they got her in there. Okay. She was already naked. And so I'm taking this to the party.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
In the living room. She was just sitting there quiet. And she had like a black hat on. Black hat? The only thing she had on was like a black hat. I don't know if it was one of theirs or... It was basically like, it was like, man, just look out for me and she gonna look out for you, whatever, whatever. Like, lay down and open your legs, go ahead and get my dudes, huh?
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
surprising I mean it's surprising to me now that I look at this and I see what I saw on the news and I saw the flyers and I'm like well so it's just the three of you inside this house basically it's like I really didn't even fit inside her so it was basically me just sitting here and I jacked myself off basically do you use a condom or anything? no I gave the condom to somebody.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
I gave it to one of them. I mean, I opened it up, and I was about to use it, but I just jacked myself off, and I rubbed up against her as I was coming.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Three people went in there scrapping and then the two people was in the house with me.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
No, I'm not trying to blame other people. I'm trying to tell you exactly what happened.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Which bus stop were you standing at? Right there at the corner of Fuller, by the church. Okay. Because we was trying to decide where we was going to get the dope from.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Everybody that we was calling either wasn't even answering the phone or...
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
The video from the church is going to show... I'm standing here. My dude walked by to show him walking down, talking with Aliana. She's probably walking a few steps behind him. And I'm still standing here.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Actually, I stood like in the little storm thing and got high just so the wind wouldn't blow my lighter. You're talking storm door? Is that what you're talking about? Yeah, that leads to the basement. Okay. Where's she at? She's like standing right there by the door, back door, if you mean it.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
I came through the house and Sometimes his delusions are so unbelievable that it does seem like the drugs removed him from reality.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
I don't know exactly what happened at that moment, like she attacked me or whatever. Like if she suddenly realized I was wrong and I need to get away from here, but I was high and it scared me. I turned around and it's like I punched her, but then it's like after that, it's like, well,
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
right side of her face but in her face was it with a closed fist or an open hand it might have been a closed face but after that i just blacked out and i just was like when you said you punched her what did she like fall back or something like that i don't remember like like i said when i turned around and went into
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Actually, those tools was there. They were there at the house? I remember seeing them there. Where did you see them at the house? Sitting on the ledge by the window. Did you use any of those tools? I don't remember what I picked. came through that it had happened and I'm just disgusted right now with myself.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
Being honest with you, I don't remember your name, but I'm being absolutely honest with you. Okay.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
I just regret getting high and if I... Their child would still be here. It's like, I mean, a lot of things get blamed on drugs, but like I told him, I was clean for three years, and then it's like when I started getting high again, I don't know what happened. It just turned on a monster inside of me, I guess. I don't know, and I just hated myself so much.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
I never wanted this to happen, and ever since that day, I've been feeling regret and remorse. Through the year, I've made a lot of phone calls, and in those calls, I've said things, a lot of things, in order to protect my family's feelings. I've admitted to my guilt to the detectives and to my lawyers.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
I ask my lawyers not to contest or challenge anything in this case because I really want to freeze family to have closure. I will not try to hide behind drugs or alcohol. I will not pretend or lie because it wouldn't be fair to the family. I apologize to the family and the community for my actions. There is no excuse for what I've done.
Sword and Scale
Episode 290
I can't imagine the pain the family feels, but I know the pain I felt when I had to look at what I'd done.
The Daily
Terror in New Orleans
So, Nakaira Cheyenne-Dedeau was 18 years old from Gulfport, Mississippi, To her close family and friends, she was known as Biscuit because her grandmother, Jennifer Smith, used to make her biscuits as a child and she used to love to eat them. And she used to call her My Biscuit. So among her close family and friends, that was her nickname. She was very close to her family. She had five siblings.
The Daily
Terror in New Orleans
She was like probably one of the favorite grandchildren of this entire family. The proudest moment of her grandmother's life, for sure, was during her graduation in May. They had a party right before the actual ceremony where her mother made bouquets of money that they had given to her. And then they all got dressed. She got dressed in her, like, red cap and gown.
The Daily
Terror in New Orleans
And all her family went in T-shirts with her face on it. Like, even the babies of the family went in ones with her face on it.
The Daily
Terror in New Orleans
Yeah, so that was a surprise to her family and even some of her close friends that she was in New Orleans at all. When I spoke to her family yesterday, they had no idea that she had been there. And they said that if they had known that she was planning on it, that they would have convinced her otherwise.
The Daily
Terror in New Orleans
Because her grandmother in particular talked about how she has always worried about these sorts of attacks, mass shootings, etc. on holidays. So she said that she would have convinced her otherwise to not go there.
The Daily
Terror in New Orleans
Her grandmother told me that everyone is devastated. Her grandmother has 17 grandchildren. This is the first time she's lost a grandchild. What's particularly painful for the family to know was that in a few weeks she was getting ready to start a new phase in her life, going to school at Blue Cliff College, majoring in nursing.
The Daily
Terror in New Orleans
She was supposed to follow in the footsteps of her mother and her grandmother, who were both nurses. One of the most poignant things that her grandmother told me in our conversation yesterday was was that Nakira was a joy for the little time that they had had her. And yesterday, they were really struggling, saying that it was hard to believe that she was gone.
The Daily
Terror in New Orleans
The guy in the pickup truck just punched the gas and mowed over the barricade.
The Daily
Terror in New Orleans
I turned to look down the street, and there's just bodies littered throughout the entire street. And the screams, I mean, you can't think about, you know, unhear that.
The Daily
Terror in New Orleans
You know, at 1.30 in the morning, I was throwing beads off the balcony, trying to continue ringing in the fun of the new year. And so to come out of the balcony and immediately see dead bodies on the ground was jarring.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Anti-Israel Attack in DC, Kid Cudi Testifies in Diddy Trial, Trump Admin vs. Harvard: AM Update 5/23
He was covered in rain. He was clearly in trauma. He was in shock. And, you know, some of the people at the event brought him water. They sat him down. Are you OK? Were you shot? What happened? He's like, he's like, somebody call the cops, bring the cops in. So about 10 minutes later, when the cops actually came in, he said, I did this. He said, sir, I'm unarmed. He put his hands up.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Anti-Israel Attack in DC, Kid Cudi Testifies in Diddy Trial, Trump Admin vs. Harvard: AM Update 5/23
He grabbed a red keffiyeh out of his pocket and started the Free Palestine chants. You know, there's only one solution and to fight a revolution. And he was being dragged out of the building as he was yelling Free Palestine.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Anti-Israel Attack in DC, Kid Cudi Testifies in Diddy Trial, Trump Admin vs. Harvard: AM Update 5/23
When the cops actually came in, he said, I did this. He said, sir, I'm unarmed.
Today, Explained
Reigniting Syria's civil war
But it was a huge death toll, and the smoke hung over the city. It was a very frightening place. I did see it. I guess I'm sorry I saw it in many ways.
Trained to Kill: The Dog Trainer, the Heiress and the Bodyguard
The Bundle in the Back
My first thought was, oh, a body. I thought, oh, you know, you're reading a murder mystery. You know, silly girl. You know, that's not a body.
Trained to Kill: The Dog Trainer, the Heiress and the Bodyguard
The Bundle in the Back
I didn't see his face head on when we first pulled in. I saw him when he pulled next to us to leave.
Trained to Kill: The Dog Trainer, the Heiress and the Bodyguard
The Bundle in the Back
We were scrambling to find pen and paper and write the license plate number down.
True Crime with Kendall Rae
Au Pair & Husband’s Affair Leads To Double Homicide? The Christine Banfield & Joseph Ryan Case
Everything happened too fast. I was going to take her to this zoo this morning.
True Crime with Kendall Rae
Au Pair & Husband’s Affair Leads To Double Homicide? The Christine Banfield & Joseph Ryan Case
I was going to take her to this zoo this morning, and then I forgot the line she was going to bring. I turned around and came back here. And then I saw this car. This is her car. I like both of them. I like both of them.
True Crime with Kendall Rae
Au Pair & Husband’s Affair Leads To Double Homicide? The Christine Banfield & Joseph Ryan Case
And then... Oh, so his father called her to see what's going on because early in the morning, like, two people was here. And then he was... He tried to voicemail. I called Brandon. It's her husband. He's up there. I told him, I see a strange car, but I don't know who is that. Please come here. I'm scared. I was following the car. And then... He came here and then we went inside.
True Crime with Kendall Rae
Au Pair & Husband’s Affair Leads To Double Homicide? The Christine Banfield & Joseph Ryan Case
The guy, I don't know who it is, he was spanking her. I was just all here.
True Crime with Kendall Rae
Au Pair & Husband’s Affair Leads To Double Homicide? The Christine Banfield & Joseph Ryan Case
Yeah, he went upstairs first and then I went to see what was going on. I left in the basement and then... When I was there, Brandon was saying, police, drop the knife, drop the knife. They were yelling at each other. He was saying, like, drop the knife.
True Crime with Kendall Rae
Au Pair & Husband’s Affair Leads To Double Homicide? The Christine Banfield & Joseph Ryan Case
It's okay. You don't have to get it all out right now. You didn't see the girl before either? So the guy and the girl you don't know?
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Police Were TRAUMATIZED by Grisly Crime Scene After Killer Nanny Does UNTHINKABLE to 2 Children
I see Leo next to her. They had blood on them. Then I see the defendant.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Police Were TRAUMATIZED by Grisly Crime Scene After Killer Nanny Does UNTHINKABLE to 2 Children
I WALK DOWN THE HALL AND I SEE THE LIGHT ON UNDER THE DOOR, SHE SAID. I SEE LULU. I KNEW THAT SHE WAS DEAD. SHE'S LYING IN THE BATHTUB AND HER EYES ARE OPEN. I SEE LEO NEXT TO HER. THEY HAD BLOOD ON THEM. THEN I SEE THE DEFENDANT. BLOOD ALL OVER HER AND EYES BUGGING OUT. ALL I REMEMBER SAYING TO HER IS, I HATE YOU. PROSECUTORS SAY LULU TRIED DESPERATELY TO DEFEND HERSELF.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Police Were TRAUMATIZED by Grisly Crime Scene After Killer Nanny Does UNTHINKABLE to 2 Children
Prosecutors described the children's wounds in painfully graphic detail. They claim Ortega was angry at the Crimms for overworking her and was resentful of Marina Crim for being able to provide for her children in a way she could not. The defense says the 55-year-old caregiver was suffering from mental illness and was unaware of the consequences of her actions.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Police Were TRAUMATIZED by Grisly Crime Scene After Killer Nanny Does UNTHINKABLE to 2 Children
During the two years Ortega worked for the family, Crim says Ortega never complained about any struggles that would lead to her actions on that horrible fall day. The devastated mother says, quote, she killed my best friends. And when leaving the courtroom, Crim turned to Ortega and said, you're gross. You're disgusting.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
His Cries for Help IGNORED: How MONSTER Parents BRUTALLY Murdered Their Son After Systemic Failures
A day does not go by where I do not regret and feel remorse over the loss of AJ.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
BARBARIC: EVIL Father Does Unthinkable to Baby Daughter Because he was JEALOUS?!
I can never again be sure that I know someone for who they truly are.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
BARBARIC: EVIL Father Does Unthinkable to Baby Daughter Because he was JEALOUS?!
to make such an uneducated decision on behalf of everyone in Maddox's life. Any one of our family members or friends would have gladly taken her from you if you had just told her that you were feeling you were going to harm her.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
BARBARIC: EVIL Father Does Unthinkable to Baby Daughter Because he was JEALOUS?!
His completely irrational actions have left me with no answers or closure. Brian has not only taken my daughter away, but also abandoned me as well, leaving me with feelings of extreme loneliness and sadness. This situation also leaves me questioning my own judgment of others' intentions and their character. Burying my daughter alone was the single most hallowing experience I've ever endured.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
BARBARIC: EVIL Father Does Unthinkable to Baby Daughter Because he was JEALOUS?!
Knowing that her death was at the hands of the man that I once loved, entrusted with our lives, takes me to the core. Because of what Ryan has done, I can never again be sure that I know someone for who they truly are. Ryan learns his actions have affected the lives of others as well. Maddox was loved by everyone she met. She was strong and inspiring. She's missed greatly by everyone who knew her.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
BARBARIC: EVIL Father Does Unthinkable to Baby Daughter Because he was JEALOUS?!
And those who are very close to her, such as our family, are heartbroken in outreach. I want her to be known for who she was, and I want to be known for the loving mom and wife that I truly was. As a result of Brian's actions, I need for him to spend the rest of his lifetime in prison. I fear for my safety and I fear for the safety of all of his peer roommates back in the community.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
BARBARIC: EVIL Father Does Unthinkable to Baby Daughter Because he was JEALOUS?!
He's deceived everyone in his life with ease. And he's betrayed all of us with his actions.