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Same Week, Opposite Coasts: Two Relationships That Turned Fatal [Current Affairs] Jun 15, 2026

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Two women, decades apart in age, whose relationships turned deadly within days of each other. In Berkeley, thirty-seven-year-old Vanessa Sanchez was fighting Stage 4 breast cancer when the man police called her boyfriend walked into her apartment — and days later walked out with a roller suitcase. In southeastern Kentucky, eighteen-year-old Jadeance Hale spent her final hours trying to leave her boyfriend, with her best friend Lila Asher beside her, when a 911 call and a high-speed pursuit ended in tragedy. Jessie and Andie trace both cases as they unfolded in the news this week.

Current Affairs is Love Murder’s shorter show about the cases of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now.

Sources:

https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/06/04/crime/berkeley-murder-victim-found-suitcase/

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/berkeley-homicide-suitcase/4095222/

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/trying-to-leave-him-all-day-woman-who-brought-friend-to-help-her-break-up-with-boyfriend-is-killed-before-man-turns-gun-on-himself-cops-say/

https://www.wkyt.com/2026/06/08/dispatch-audio-reveals-more-about-chase-that-led-double-murder-suicide/

https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/coroner-21-year-old-laurel-county-man-shoots-and-kills-2-teens-before-committing-suicide

https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/911-calls-reveal-concerns-before-deadly-knox-to-laurel-county-chase-ends-in-murder-suicide/

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The Devastating Murder of Danielle Marshall Jun 10, 2026

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When a loving young mother is shot in cold blood, her nine-month-old daughter is left crying at the scene. Police interview several suspects, including her ex—the baby’s father—his current girlfriend, a man she had been dating, and another who wished he could.

Sources:

1. “Danielle Marshall Murder Back in Spotlight | 11alive.Com.” 11Alive.Com, 10 AD, https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mynews/east-cobb/danielle-marshall-murder/85-a3855b99-f54c-4a35-957f-cf3ba07bc356.

2. Hawkins, Erik. “Danielle Marshall Murder: Josh Gibson Guilty In Cold Case.” Oxygen, Oxygen, 16 Mar. 2020, https://www.oxygen.com/in-ice-cold-blood/crime-news/josh-gibson-danielle-marshall-murder-cold-case.

3. In Ice Cold Blood. 2018.

4. “LIFE IN PRISON: ‘This Gruesome Murder Involved a Level of Premeditation That I’ve Rarely Seen’ | 11alive.Com.” 11Alive.Com, WXIA, 7 AD, https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/cold-cases/life-in-prison-this-gruesome-murder-involved-a-level-of-premeditation-that-ive-rarely-seen/85-517965561.

5. The Real Murders of Atlanta. 2022.

6. Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin. 2019.

7. The Atlanta Constitution, 13 Feb. 2018.

Sources:

3. In Ice Cold Blood. 2018.

5. The Real Murders of Atlanta. 2022.

6. Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin. 2019.

7. The Atlanta Constitution, 13 Feb. 2018.

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A Family Killed in Muscatine [Current Affairs] Jun 09, 2026

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This week on Love Murder Current Affairs, Jessie covers the devastating case out of Muscatine, Iowa, where police say a domestic dispute ended with Ryan McFarland killing his ex-wife Lisa and five of her children across three locations before taking his own life.

Family GoFundMe:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/johnathan-mcfarland

Sources:

https://apnews.com/article/03c85292f6bda89b524e7280052f03e1

https://abcnews.com/US/6-killed-iowa-shooting-spree-domestic-dispute-police/story?id=133498664

https://www.kcci.com/article/muscatine-iowa-shooting-spree-seven-dead/71464714

https://www.kwqc.com/2026/06/02/police-6-family-members-killed-muscatine-before-suspected-gunman-shot-himself/

https://people.com/iowa-father-who-shot-six-relatives-criminal-past-11990204

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Ye Olde Sapphic Slashing: Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward Jun 03, 2026

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A forbidden love affair turns deadly when one teenage girl brutally murders the object of her obsession in 1892 Memphis, Tennessee.

Sources:

1. Coe, Alexis. Alice + Freda Forever. Millbrook Press, 2019.

2. News 3 Channel, https://wreg.com/news/1892-memphis-teen-female-love-affair-turned-murder-is-new-opera/. Accessed 3 May 2026.

3. Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15638529/frederica-ward. Accessed 3 May 2026.

4. Public Ledger, 26 Jan. 1892.

5. The Commercial Appeal, 29 May 1898.

6. Bolivar Bulletin, 8 Apr. 1898.

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Myth and Murder in West Cork: The Story of Sophie Toscan du Plantier May 27, 2026

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Sophie Toscan du Plantier was a 39-year-old French producer, wife, and mother who traveled alone to her remote cottage in West Cork just before Christmas 1996. Two days later, she was found dead outside her gate, beaten beyond recognition, in a case that drew in Irish folklore, French cinema, a troubled local journalist, years of failed prosecutions, and a family’s long fight for justice across two countries.

Sources:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/from-paris-to-west-cork-and-back-the-story-of-the-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-murder-investigation-1.3910782

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/the-story-of-the-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-murder-investigation-a-chronology-1.2158891

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/a-23-year-investigation-what-next-for-the-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-murder-case-1.4123633

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2024/01/22/garda-cold-case-review-of-film-producers-murder-to-continue-despite-ian-baileys-death/

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/08/15/sophie-toscan-du-plantier-gardai-awaiting-results-of-tests-using-advanced-dna-collection-method/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/31/briton-convicted-of-murder-french-film-maker-ian-bailey-sophie-toscan-du-plantier

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/23/well-never-have-the-truth-death-of-suspect-ian-bailey-floors-family-of-french-film-maker

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/police-and-justice/article/2024/01/21/ian-bailey-man-convicted-in-france-for-murder-dies-in-ireland_6453379_105.html

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The Final Chapter for Three Infamous Women: Betty Broderick, Raynella Leath, and Claudine Longet [Current Affairs] May 26, 2026

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Three of our past subjects died this spring. Betty Broderick, who served 35 years for the 1989 La Jolla murders of her ex-husband Dan and his new wife Linda. Raynella Dossett Leath, the Tennessee nurse twice tried in the deaths of her district attorney husband and her second husband, and ultimately cleared. And Claudine Longet, the French-born singer whose 1976 shooting of Olympic skier Spider Sabich in Aspen ended in a thirty-day sentence served largely on weekends. We revisit how each relationship broke.

Sources:

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/betty-broderick-dies-in-custody/

https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2026/05/09/convicted-murderer-betty-broderick-dead-at-78/

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/raynella-leath-a-nurse-mom-and-focus-of-criminal-investigations-in-the-deaths-of-two-husbands-dies-at-age-77/51-1afc5928-0df6-40b5-aebc-a3fe0b5147b5

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/raynella-leath-nurse-mom-focus-203603768.html

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/claudine-longet-dead-andy-williams-spider-sabich-1236595818/

https://deadline.com/2026/05/claudine-longet-dead-1236904878/

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Scandal at the Savoy: Marguerite Alibert & Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey May 20, 2026

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A tumultuous marriage between an Egyptian “prince” and a French courtesan with ties to the British Royal Family ends in murder at The Savoy in 1920’s London.

Sources:

1. Rose, Andrew. The Woman Before Wallis. Picador, 2013.

2. Lady Killers. 1980.

3. Leake, Natasha. “How a Beguiling French Courtesan Captured the Heart of a Young British Prince, in a Love Affair That Scandalised the Royal Family | Tatler.” Tatler, Tatler, 4 Jan. 2023, https://www.tatler.com/article/prince-harrys-memoir-love-affair-edward-viii-and-french-courtesan.

4. A History of Royal Scandals. 2023.

5. “King Edward VIII - Historic UK.” Historic UK, https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/King-Edward-VIII/. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.

6. Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107069659/marie_marguerite-fahmy. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.

7. Irish Weekly Independent, 15 Sept. 1923.

8. Evening Standard, 28 Mar. 1958.

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Kouri Richins Gets Life and Alex Murdaugh Gets Another Trial [Current Affairs] May 18, 2026

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This week on Love Murder Current Affairs, Jessie and Andie cover two major updates in cases of love gone fatally wrong: Kouri Richins is sentenced to life without parole for the fentanyl poisoning murder of her husband Eric, and the South Carolina Supreme Court overturns Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions after finding his trial was tainted by the court clerk’s improper comments to jurors.

Current Affairs is Love Murder’s shorter show about the cases of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now.

Sources:

https://apnews.com/article/fa8c4b159827eef080cfa104a316454c

https://www.ksl.com/article/51496745/watch-live-kouri-richins-sentenced-for-murdering-husband-her-sons-say-they-fear-her

https://www.wvtm13.com/article/kouri-richins-eric-richins-sentencing/71291050

https://www.sccourts.org/media/opinions/HTMLFiles/SC/28329.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-carolina-lawyers-murder-conviction-overturned-2026-05-13/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-murdaughs-murder-convictions-overturned-in-south-carolina-supreme-court-ruling

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Murder on Bridle Path: Carol Kennedy and Steven DeMocker May 13, 2026

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When a beloved Arizona teacher, therapist, and artist is bludgeoned to death in her own home, suspicion falls on the two men who loved her — an ex-husband who couldn't accept the divorce, and the best friend living in her guest house. A phone call cut short, mysterious DNA under her fingernails, and a marriage that wouldn't die collide in a case that twists through an anonymous email, a contaminated autopsy table, and two trials.

Sources:

Then No One Can Have Her by Caitlin Rother (Kensington/Pinnacle, 2015)

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/dateline-full-episodes/full-episode-mystery-bridle-path-n66806

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-end-of-the-trail/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-twists-turns-in-murder-case-against-ariz-stockbrocker/

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/mystery-bridle-path-reporters-notebook-n66251

https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/murder-in-prescott-the-case-of-the-left-handed-7-wood/

https://www.basementfortproductions.com/crimelines-episodes/carolkennedytimeline2

https://www.dcourier.com/news/democker-fails-on-appeal-conviction-and-sentence-affirmed/article_0dd5f000-59a3-5dab-ae31-915be1b1fcf4.html

https://www.deseret.com/2014/1/9/20460891/sensational-murder-case-in-arizona-draws-to-close/

https://prescottenews.com/2021/08/14/local-author-releases-second-edition-of-his-book-on-the-notorious-williamson-valley-murder/

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A Houston Family Annihilation and a Miami Sentencing [Current Affairs] May 12, 2026

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This week on Current Affairs, two cases of love gone fatally wrong. In Houston, restaurateur Matthew Mitchell shot and killed his wife Thy and their two young children before turning the gun on himself, leaving the city's food scene and a tight-knit family in shock. In Miami, 18-year-old Jahara Malik was sentenced to 17 years for fatally stabbing her boyfriend Yahkeim "Keimo" Lollar in an apartment garage — a killing she claimed was an accident, and a sentence his family says still isn't enough.

Current Affairs is Love Murder’s shorter show about the cases of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now.

Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/houston-restauranteur-kills-wife-2-kids-turning-gun-rcna343757

https://abc13.com/post/river-oaks-houston-shooting-travelers-table-owners-identified-murder-suicide-scene-kingston-street-spokesperson-confirms/19044250/

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/travelers-table-owners-river-oaks-houston-home-scene-suspected-murder-suicide

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/jahara-malik-yahkeim-lollar-stabbing-death-south-florida-jail-sentence/

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/sentencing-underway-for-teen-who-fatally-stabbed-boyfriend-during-argument-in-miami/3805242/

https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/18-year-old-woman-sentenced-to-17-years-in-prison-in-boyfriends-fatal-2024-stabbing-in-miami-parking-garage/

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