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Music Festival Infant Death: FBI Joins Case, Offers $15K | True Crime Minute Jul 15, 2026

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The FBI has joined Michigan State Police in investigating the death of a newborn baby found in a portable toilet at the Electric Forest Music Festival, offering a $15,000 reward after preliminary autopsy findings confirmed the infant was born alive.

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Tyler Robinson: The Evidence, the Defense, and What's Next Jul 14, 2026

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The preliminary hearing may be over, but the Tyler Robinson case is only getting started. Prosecutors spent nearly a week laying out their case against the man accused of assassinating Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. From surveillance video and DNA evidence to multiple alleged confessions, prosecutors unveiled what they say is a mountain of evidence against the defendant.

Former prosecutor Joshua Ritter, host of Courtroom Confidential and a weekly panelist on Fox Nation's The Weekly Wrap Sheet, joins to break down the most powerful testimony, the legal battles that dominated the courtroom, why this preliminary hearing looked more like a full-blown trial, and what comes next as the case moves toward a possible death penalty trial.

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Suspect Calls Police on Himself, Solving 1987 Florida Cold Case | True Crime Minute Jul 13, 2026

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Nearly four decades after 20-year-old Melissa Ellison was tragically murdered in her Jacksonville, FL home, a suspect was finally arrested after unexpectedly calling the sheriff's office to provide information on the cold case.

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Husband of Slain New Jersey Mom Retains Lawyer | True Crime Minute Jul 10, 2026

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Weeks after 35-year-old psychotherapist and new mother Brooke Hanlon was found stabbed to death inside her home, authorities say her missing husband has retained an attorney and is communicating with investigators. Police have made no arrests as the homicide investigation continues.

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Part 2 | Yuba County Five: Who Never Came Home? Jul 09, 2026

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Months after the five friends disappeared, investigators made a haunting discovery: one man was found inside a remote Forest Service trailer stocked with food, fuel, warm clothing, and supplies that could have kept someone alive for months. So why wasn't it enough? Why was the heat never turned on? And what happened to the fifth man, whose body has never been found?
Author and archival researcher Tony Wright returns to examine the evidence, overlooked investigative mistakes, and the theories that continue to fuel one of America's most shocking mysteries nearly 50 years later.

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The Cracker Barrel Clue: How DNA Found 400 Miles Away Solved a 1985 Murder | True Crime Minute Jul 08, 2026

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Forty-one years after a traveling salesman was murdered in an Ohio Holiday Inn, forensic evidence discarded behind a Georgia Cracker Barrel has finally led detectives to his alleged killer.

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Part 1 | Yuba County Five: Why Did They Abandon a Working Car? Jul 07, 2026

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What drove five dependable friends into a freezing forest? In 1978, the "Yuba County Five" vanished after a basketball game, abandoning their working car 75 miles off course in the remote Sierra Nevada mountains. Nearly five decades later, it remains one of America’s most chilling unsolved mysteries.

Archival expert and author of Things Aren't Right, Tony Wright investigates who these men were, the harsh conditions they faced, and why their final steps completely defied logic.

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Genetic Genealogy Solves 1985 "Baby Boy Doe" Cold Case | True Crime Minute Jul 06, 2026

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DNA from a soda bottle has linked Diane Curry Peck to the 1985 murder of her newborn son, "Baby Boy Doe". The infant was found dead in the woods by hunters decades ago. Reopened in 2022 using genetic genealogy, the investigation led to Peck, who allegedly admitted to giving birth in a car. She has pleaded not guilty.

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Former College Football Player Charged with Murder | True Crime Minute Jul 03, 2026

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A wellness check takes a deadly turn after a former college football player barricades himself inside a home. 41-year-old Sierra Campbell is facing murder and aggravated assault charges in Fulton County after a tense standoff. Relatives grew worried about a 71-year-old family member, leading police to the residence. Officials had previously responded to a mental health crisis at the home.

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Part 2 : The Lindbergh Kidnapping | The Myths Behind the Crime of the Century Jul 02, 2026

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In Part Two, Dr. John D. Van Dyke joins Chanley Painter to examine how the Lindbergh kidnapping became one of America's first viral conspiracy theories.

They discuss the decades of claims that sought to clear Bruno Richard Hauptmann, why some people believed Charles Lindbergh was somehow involved in his own son's death, and how public distrust, celebrity, and sensational storytelling fueled those theories.

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