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CC True Crime Minute: 29 Years After Illinois Girl Vanished, Police Have a Suspect Aug 27, 2025

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Nearly thirty years after an 11-year-old girl went missing from a small town in Illinois, police have arrested a suspect and charged him with murder.

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CC True Crime Minute: Mom Who Claimed Baby Was Kidnapped Is Arrested — as Child Remains Missing Aug 26, 2025

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A California couple was arrested a week after their 7-month-old was reported missing by the child's mother, who claimed an attacker hit her and kidnapped her baby from outside a store.

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Ep 76: Donna Adelson Trial Begins, Kohberger Evidence Controversy, Menendez Brothers DENIED Parole and More! Aug 23, 2025

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Welcome back to another Courtroom Confidential Weekly Roundup! This week, host Joshua Ritter shares his insights on some of this week’s updates in true crime, including:
- The long anticipated murder trial for Miami Matriarch Donna Adelson kicked off this week for the killing of her son-in-law Dan Markel over 10 years ago.
- The stream of new information continues to flow as documents are released surrounding the investigation into Bryan Kohberger, the man responsible for killing four college students in 2022.

- A parole board has issued their recommendation for Erik and Lyle Menendez, two brothers convicted of shooting their parents to death over 30 years ago.

Plus, more breaking headlines and a preview of next week’s biggest cases.
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CC True Crime Minute: Hitwoman Traveled Overseas to Kill for Her Lover Aug 22, 2025

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The "unexceptional" Wisconsin woman convicted this week of traveling overseas to murder a man on behalf of her lover delivered chilling messages to the man's dad, whom authorities believe was also a target.

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CC True Crime Minute: ‘Chimp Crazy’ Star Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years After Ape Investigation Aug 21, 2025

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The main subject of HBO‘s 2024 docuseries “Chimp Crazy,” was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison last week.

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CC True Crime Minute: Diaper-Wearing Man Allegedly Approached Young Girls Asking for a Diaper Change Aug 20, 2025

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A Texas man wearing only a diaper allegedly approached an 11-year-old girl and asked her for a diaper change.

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CC True Crime Minute: Decomposing Body Found of Missing Teen Who Sent Chilling Final Text Aug 19, 2025

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A decomposing body has been found in the search for a North Carolina teen who vanished after sending his mom an alarming text message, pleading, “Mom, help.”

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CC True Crime Minute: Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Mom as a Teenager Because She Took His Cellphone Aug 18, 2025

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Last week a Tennessee man pled guilty in the shooting death of his mother and was sentenced to thirty years in prison.

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Ep 75: Donna Adelson Expected to Testify, Pediatrician Charged with Staging Daughter’s Drowning, Nicholas Kassotis GUILTY for Murder and Dismemberment of his Wife and More! Aug 16, 2025

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Welcome back to another Courtroom Confidential Weekly Roundup! This week, host Joshua Ritter shares his insights on some of this week’s updates in true crime, including:
- What may be the final chapter of a case over 10 years in the making is set to begin against Donna Adelson, a Florida grandmother accused of being the mastermind behind the murder-for-hire of her former son-in-law Dan Markel.

- Neha Gupta, an Oklahoma pediatrician and mother, faces reduced charges for the death of her four-year-old child, and allegedly staging it to look like an accident.

- Former military prosecutor Nicholas Kassotis is convicted in Georgia for the murder and dismemberment of his wife, Mindi Mebane Kassotis, despite his personal pleas to the jury.

Plus, more breaking headlines and a preview of next week’s biggest cases.

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CC True Crime Minute: Parrot Helps British Police Bust Prison Drug Ring Aug 15, 2025

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Earlier this month a parrot trained to mimic drug-related phrases played an unlikely role in helping British police dismantle a narcotics network operating inside a prison.

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