Serialously with Annie Elise
259: Teacher Grooms 15 Year Old, Teen Murders His Parents & BDSM Sex Slaves
Thu, 10 Apr 2025
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Chapter 1: What updates are there in the Lori Vallow trial?
Not only are there a ton of new cases that we're following, but Lori Vallow's trial is fully underway. I mean, we had opening statements already. She is representing herself, if you don't know that, which is just beyond me. There's also an interview that came out over the weekend, another one that she gave after the Notorious Dateline one with Keith Morrison.
where she is just doubling down on everything, that she's the victim in all of this, how this is all happening for a reason, and how she's in jail right now to help save these women and get them through. And it's just like, ugh, gag me, honestly. It's like this self-righteous...
wannabe martyr in all of this and it just it makes me sick we also have karen reed's trial going on jury being seated that's full steam ahead and i'll just let you guys know right here while we were planning on covering karen reed's trial and giving you guys updates it looks like we're actually possibly going to be in the courtroom now
I'm waiting on a few details, but we have been in touch with Karen's family and apparently it's such a small courtroom that you can't get in like a regular trial. The only way you can get a seat is it's very selective and you have to like get in with a family member or somebody who's a part of the trial. And so we may be going with Karen's family and covering the trial. So stay tuned for that.
other than that what else is going on it's thursday my face is a little bit pink i apologize if you're watching this on youtube and you're like uh annie why is your face so red i went and had micro needling done over the weekend and usually my face bounces back after like 48 hours but it's taking a little bit of time this time around
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Chapter 2: Why is Annie Elise's face red in this episode?
Which, life hack for all my girlies out there, microneedling has like changed my skin entirely. I feel like I've tried all the different skin cares like retinol, tretinoin, all these things. But I started microneedling, gosh, when was it? I guess late fall. I just had my third or fourth session. And I have noticed such a difference in my skin.
So even though I'm a little pink right now, I don't have any makeup on. And you can kind of see like basically what it is. And sorry for anybody who's not interested, but I'm going to tell you anyway.
basically what it is is it's like a pen that they use it's not filler it's not injections don't worry but it's like a pen that they use and it has a ton of little micro needles at the tip of it hence the name and you can use exomes you can also use like your own plasma with
that's extracted from your blood i don't go that far i just use the exomes and they go over your skin with this pen they numb you first but they go and it takes about 10 minutes maybe 15 they go over your skin with this pen and it like produces collagen it's produced it like triggers your skin to like resurface itself i don't know all the correct terminology obviously um
But what I will say is that my skin has never been clearer. It has never been glowier. And so you do it like every six weeks you can if you want and only for like three times. And then you can, I think, do maintenance maybe, I don't know, once a year. But anyway, I went and got that. So I'm a little, you can hear ASMR. I'm rubbing my cheek right now.
It's a little sandpapery because the new skin's turning over. But I love it. I swear by it. So everybody should check it out if you're interested. I don't know. All right, you obviously aren't here because this isn't a skincare podcast, so let me just shut up and get into the cases. Oh, wait. Wouldn't be true anti-podcasting if I didn't get distracted.
I also, this last weekend, went and saw Crime Junkie. They're on tour. Little public service announcement if you guys ever listen to Crime Junkie. But I went and saw them with my sister Amy, and it was a pretty good show. It was long. It was really long, but it was a great case, good coverage, and... I found it pretty interesting. So that's what I did with my weekend.
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Chapter 3: What happened at the Crime Junkie live show?
My husband also is still in Morocco. He's running the MDS marathon. If you haven't heard of that, it is wild. It's six days, 155 miles, completely self-sufficient. You have to carry your water on your back, your food on your back, everything. You can't shower for a week, obviously, because you're in the Sahara Desert.
And then each night when you sleep, it's under a tent that you share with like six other people. But you have like, and you have like a sleeping mat, but that's it. And so all of the food he brought, it's, I don't know, what would you call it? Like astronaut food, basically, where it's like bagged and that's what he eats. And yeah, no showering. Yeah, I think you have to like
Chapter 4: What is the Marathon des Sables?
dig a hole and poop in it even there's no toilets obviously so he is finishing up now he's on what is it now it's the I think he has one day left yeah one day left the long stage is that was yesterday and that one is like last year he did it last year too I don't know why he's doing it again this year he's crazy but it's like 27 it took him 27 hours for that long stage but yeah
So that was my weekend. He's still in Morocco running because my husband's an ultra marathon runner, if I haven't told you that. Myself, I haven't run since I think 2019, but you know, God bless him. So that's what's going on in my life. Not that you care, but figured I would just throw it out there. Why not give you a few little personal anecdotes of my life, right?
So today I'm going to talk with you a little bit about what's happened with Lori Vallow and her opening statements, where things are at with Karen Reid as well. But I want to talk to you about some new cases that are breaking, and they're really unsettling. A lot of these have been also requests coming directly from you guys.
But we have once again a creepo teacher, who is a special ed teacher at that, who is now being accused of having sex with her 15-year-old student. However, what she's saying and claiming that really happened, you will have to hear it to believe it. It's pretty wild. We're also going to be talking about a 17-year-old teenager who murdered their parents and lived with their rotting bodies for weeks.
Chapter 5: What are the new true crime cases this week?
Some college students who were unfortunately stabbed to death only days apart. A mother who killed her son after a trip to Disneyland. This is one of the most
horrific stories I've heard of and I heard about it for the first time a couple weeks ago and I wanted to have more details before we covered it because it's just so unsettling and then we also are going to talk about a very successful realtor who allegedly would trap women and then hold them captive as sex slaves so we're going to talk about all these new cases we're going to talk about Lori talk about Karen maybe I'll throw in some other stuff and now let me just shut up and let's get into it
So I want to start with this special ed teacher who is now accused of having sex with her 15-year-old student. And buckle up, because this one is a roller coaster. Christina Formella is a 30-year-old teacher in Downers Grove, Illinois.
She worked at Downers Grove South High School, where there she taught special ed, she was also a soccer coach for both the boys' and the girls' teams, and was just very well-liked. And on paper, honestly, she had it all. I mean, she's beautiful, she recently married her college sweetheart, She had this great job, and she was also very well respected by all of her colleagues.
Chapter 6: What happened with the special ed teacher accused of misconduct?
However, like so many cases we discuss, you would never guess what was going on behind the scenes. See, back in December of 2023, Christina was allegedly tutoring a 15-year-old freshman boy before school. He was also on the soccer team that she coached, and she was supposed to be in this position of trust, right?
I mean, she coached him, she was tutoring him, seems like a relatively normal situation. Well, fast forward to March 15th, 2025, and this kid and his mom just like rolled up to the Downers Grove Police Department and dropped a complete bomb. because it turns out this mom had found some very damning text messages on her son's phone.
Text messages that I'm telling you, like, made her stomach turn and drop. These texts were really explicit, like, way inappropriate for a teacher and a 15-year-old student. I mean, we're talking about text messages where Christina is saying stuff like, I love you so much, baby. Even though this morning was short, it was perfect. To which then he texted back saying, I know, baby.
It was so perfect, baby. So perfect. And then she goes on to say to him, i just love having sex with you guys when i tell you the level of cringe that i have from these text messages look i think i'm affectionate and sweet with my husband but i don't even know that i would send him some of these text messages the fact that she is sending this to a 15 year old a 15 year old student It is beyond.
I mean, honestly, I just, what was this woman thinking? What was she thinking? So of course the police started digging. And when they did, they figured out that not only was Christina allegedly assaulting this kid, but apparently she had done so in one of her tutoring sessions in a classroom. A classroom, like the place where you're supposed to learn algebra.
Not learn, like, about the birds and the bees, right? Well, I guess technically you can, but you get what I mean. Not, like, reenacting it. So the cops, they didn't waste any time. And on March 16th, they pulled Christina over in a traffic stop near her house. There, they confronted her after she pulled into her driveway. Now, her husband was in the car with her, by the way, during all of this.
And they arrested her right then and there. And the cherry on top of this is it was all caught on body cam. And I want you to listen to this body cam footage because it is so unsettling. And you know what? For those of you listening to the podcast version of this, I highly encourage you after you listen to this, go check out the body cam footage that I have on my YouTube channel.
You need the visual attached with it to really understand just how unhinged this woman is.
Hey, how you doing? Officer Guzman with Downers Girl. Do you have your license on you? Yeah, I'm going to explain. I'm sure you're confused. I'll explain it to you. You're Christina? Yes. Okay, Christina, do me a favor. Can you step out of the car for me? I know you're confused. I'll explain everything to you. You don't have anything on you? You can just grab whatever you need.
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Chapter 7: How did the police arrest Christina Formella?
Start back over here. So we do have an investigation going on. We have to talk to you about it at the police department, OK? So we're going to send everything to you there. It's not my investigation. I don't know the full details. We do have to bring you there, though, OK? So I do have to put you in handcuffs and bring you to the police department. Handcuffs? Yes, unfortunately, yes.
I'm, like, willing to go with you.
I get it, yeah. Unfortunately, we have to do it that way. Do me a favor and just take this off.
Can I ask you what?
Of course, yeah. It's not, like I said, it's not my investigation. Obviously, we're here for a reason. So go ahead and turn around for me. So right now, you're just being detained, and there is a detective that needs to talk to you at the police department.
I'm like... I get it. You have a lot of questions. I'm so scared.
Yeah, everything's okay. We just need to talk to you at the police department. That's all. Nothing else on your pocket right now?
Just my phone. Just your phone?
Okay. Okay. I'm ready to sit in the back of this car. On the other side. Once you get to the police department, you'll talk to the detective, and he'll explain everything to you.
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