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A teen sex hostage is finally freed after her missing person posters go viral. The monster who held her captive for 10-days reportedly freaked when he saw her face in the headlines.
A Nana is dead, gunned down by her own grandson who was angry she was cutting off his allowance. Plus, a nightcap ends with a dare & a bang. Jennifer Gould reports.
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A 2020 email seems to indicate Jeffrey Epstein’s death was investigated as a murder long after it was publicly called a suicide.
An Assistant U.S. Attorney from the Eastern District of New York sends an email to a redacted recipient, hoping to obtain a confidentiality agreement made with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in connection with the investigation of Epstein’s murder.
The public was also shocked by a draft announcement of Epstein’s death—dated August 9th, 2019, the day BEFORE Epstein’s body was discovered. The DOJ claims the date is simply a typo.
Mark Epstein, the financier's brother, says there is now no doubt.
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A quadruple amputee professional cornhole player from Maryland is charged with murder after a shooting inside a car.
An eight-year-old Kansas girl fights off an abductor and leads police right to the bad guy.
A Washington woman refuses put down the kitten as she's placed under arrest.
Organized crime rings have a new target: LEGO.
Drew Nelson reports
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A 25-year-old Venezuelan man stands accused of fatally shooting Sheridan Gorman, a Loyola University freshman. The 18-year-old was walking with friends near campus, reportedly hoping to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights. Near the pier at Tobey Prinz Beach, a man wearing a mask and dressed in all black clothing, ambushed the group. As they ran, Jose Medina, 25, opened fire. Gorman was shot in the back.
Using surveillance video, police tracked Medina, who was arrested at his apartment just blocks from the scene. Officers allegedly found clothing and a 40-caliber handgun matching shell casings found at the scene.
Chicago Police say the shooting appears to have been random. Medina is facing felony charges of first-degree murder and aggravated use of a firearm.
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A man who spent more than 30 years searching for his missing mother has finally learned what happened to her. In Alabama, a long-running and deeply emotional murder case involving a college student has reached another milestone. In Utah, a jury has delivered a guilty verdict in a case that prosecutors say involved deception, financial motives, and a fatal dose of poison. And in Arkansas, the Duggar family under more fire, Joseph following in Josh's footsteps. Sydney Sumner reports.
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The attempted murder trial of Maui anesthesiologist, Dr. Gerhardt Konig, is underway in Honolulu.
Each side is describing O'ahu's Pali Puka trail, but have different stories of what happened there almost exactly a year ago.
Arielle says her husband dragged her toward the cliff’s edge, attempted to inject her with “an unknown substance” using a syringe, and hit her “repeatedly on the head” with a rock.
Konig claims he was NOT trying to kill his wife, and acted in self-defense after Arielle attacked him when he threatened to expose an alleged affair with a married co-worker.
Jurors hear a witness's 911 call, watch body-worn camera footage from a responding officer, and see photos of Arielle's brutal injuries.
Konig's adult son is expected to testify about a video call his father made after the attack that prosecutors are calling a confession.
Arielle Konig is expected to take the stand against her husband next week.
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Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have released a heartfelt message to the community of Tucson, Arizona, expressing their gratitude for the support during the ongoing search for their mother, Nancy Guthrie.
Authorities discovered fentanyl hidden within Barbie doll packages sold at a discount retailer.
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Nancy Guthrie missing, the investigation now into it's seventh week.
The $1 million reward remains active despite no arrests or significant leads. The FBI is revisiting Guthrie's neighborhood, looking into the contractors and crews working on homes under construction in the area.
Join Nancy and her panel of experts for the latest.
If you have information, it can be reported anonymously to the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or online at tips.fbi.gov.
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Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of deaths, including the deaths of children. If you’re sensitive to this topic, this episode may not be for you.
Choking is fast, quiet, and more common than most people think. In this episode of Mayhem in the Morgue, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kendall Crowns explains what happens when the airway is fully obstructed, why panic and oxygen loss escalate in seconds, and how irreversible brain injury can follow within minutes. Through a series of cases, he shows how choking deaths present across age groups: swallowing problems in the elderly, intoxication and unpredictable behaviors in adults, and everyday household hazards in children. From pica-related obstructions to foreign-body ingestion and a devastating battery case with delayed, catastrophic injury, Dr. Crowns ties the forensic details to the real-world patterns that show up again and again in preventable deaths.
Highlights
• (0:00) Welcome to Mayhem in the Morgue with Dr. Kendall Crowns
• (0:30) Grapes of Death: prevalence, risk groups, and who's most at risk
• (1:00) Choking physiology: complete obstruction and the fast countdown to unconsciousness
• (2:00) Heimlich maneuver basics and why it works
• (4:00) Café coronary syndrome: the misread emergency that can cost a life
• (5:15) Case 1: a 22-year-old, trashed room, and injuries that don’t match a fight
• (7:30) Adult risk factors: impaired gag reflex, talking while eating, and certain mental health conditions
• (7:45) Case 2: pica, latex gloves, and fatal choking
• (9:45) Diagnostic criteria and patterns: the obsession, sensory pull, and short-term relief
• (11:15) Case 3: ballpoint pen ingestion, bowel perforation, peritonitis, and sepsis
• (12:30) Pediatric choking: the biggest hazards and why the youngest kids are most vulnerable
• (13:45) How kids’ airways are different: size, shape, larger tongue proportion, and a floppier epiglottis
• (14:00) Case 4: a 5-month-old, a missed item on the floor, and a cherry blocking the airway
• (15:45) Case 5: swallowed battery, delayed symptoms, burns, erosions, and fistulas into major vessels
• (18:15) Closing: prevention, awareness, and why messaging can save lives
About the Host: Dr. Kendall Crowns is the Chief Medical Examiner for Travis County, Texas, and a nationally recognized forensic pathologist. He has led death investigations in Travis County, Fort Worth, Chicago, and Kansas. Over his career, he has performed thousands of autopsies and testified in court hundreds of times as an expert witness. A frequent contributor to Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, Dr. Crowns brings unparalleled insight into the strange, grisly, and sometimes absurd realities of forensic pathology.
About the Show
Mayhem in the Morgue takes listeners inside the bloody, bizarre, and often unbelievable world of forensic pathology. Hosted by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kendall Crowns, each episode delivers real-life cases from the morgue, the crime scene, and the courtroom. Expect gallows humor, hard truths, and unforgettable investigations.
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