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True Crime This Week

Catch up on the biggest true crime stories of the week as well as the newest developments in famous cold cases.

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Copyright: © James Renner

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True Crime This Week - July 14, 2023 Jul 14, 2023

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This week: California police arrest suspected serial killer; a Colorado dentist is arrested for killing his wife; Rudy Farias speaks; the lead suspect in the Tylenol murders dies; Charles Manson groupie gets out of prison; updates in the Michael Turney case and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-bryant-rivera-arrested-serial-killing-mexican-sex-workers-rcna93198

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/07/12/james-craig-dentist-poison-wife-murder-case-preliminary-hearing/

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/rudy-farias-houston-interview-reports-missing-he-was-8-years

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/us/james-lewis-tylenol-poisonings-dead.html

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/siblings-of-alissa-turney-testify-in-michael-turney-trial

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/us/leslie-van-houten-manson-family-released/index.html

https://people.com/larry-nassar-stabbed-prison-after-comment-watching-women-wimbledon-7560715

https://people.com/man-dies-freezer-allegedly-evading-police-7558493

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True Crime This Week - July 7, 2023 Jul 07, 2023

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This week: Rudy Farias found alive after 8 years; Who is Gal Luft?; Michael Turney's trial begins; America's Most Wanted found in San Diego; Allison Mack was a good prisoner; Cocaine in the West Wing; and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/06/us/rudy-farias-mother-found-home/index.html

https://nypost.com/2023/07/06/rudy-farias-mom-janie-santana-reportedly-flees-houston-home/

https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-farias-father-rudolph-why-houston-police-investigation-1811362

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/us/ohio-abortion-rape-trial.html

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article276848586.html

https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/missing-biden-family-corruption-probe-witness-gal-luft-speaks-out-living-as-fugitive-in-undisclosed-location/

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-732050

https://fox8.com/news/most-wanted-man-arrested-after-nearly-40-years/

https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-police-crack-cold-case-from-1975-charge-florida-man-with-murder-1.6467432

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True Crime This Week - June 23, 2023 Jun 23, 2023

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This week: Kohberger gets wrecked; Gorge Amphitheater shooter blames mushrooms; Hunter Biden gets probation; Michael Turney updates; Richard Allen admits he did it; Afroman gets high; and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/us/bryan-kohberger-dna-match-idaho-killings-evidence/index.html

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/gorge-shooting-suspect-was-hallucinating-from-mushrooms-court-documents-say/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/politics/hunter-biden-plea-deal-tax-charges.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/i-m-not-supposed-to-die-this-way-r-kelly-claims-he-is-scared-for-his-life-in-prison-after-undergoing-operation-to-treat-blood-clots/ar-AA1cQ6Ak?li=BBnba9O

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/richard-allen-guilty-delphi-murders-b2360144.html

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2023/06/21/jury-selection-begins-for-trial-of-man-accused-of-murdering-stepdaughter/70341018007/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voiceless-no-longer-the-creator-of-missing-alissa/id1538289354?i=1000617814421

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True Crime This Week - June 16, 2023 Jun 16, 2023

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This week: Police claim to solve Tara Calico case; the Unabomber fizzles out; Harvard sells some brains; David Evans' killer revealed; The Zombie Hunter sentenced; and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.koat.com/article/tara-calico-case-update/44185576

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-unabombers-ideas-arent-so-marginal-now-af5211c6

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/05/us/heart-of-unabom-trial-is-tale-of-two-brothers.html

https://www.tmz.com/2023/06/13/unabomber-ted-kaczynski-suicide-hanged-himself-prison-cell/

https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2023/06/cold-cases-cracked-in-boardman-killer-of-2-boys-idd/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bryan-patrick-miller-sentenced-to-death-the-zombie-hunter-phoenix-murders/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/28-year-woman-arrested-allegedly-enrolling-high-school/story?id=100067856

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True Crime This Week - June 2, 2023 Jun 02, 2023

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This week: Danny Masterson will go to prison, Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes, Where is Marion Barter?, Armie Hammer avoids charges, Elizabeth Holmes settles in, and more!

Further Reading:

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/danny-mastersons-second-rape-trial-1235616690/

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/danny-mastersons-guilty-verdict-church-of-scientology-adamant-rape-retrial-violated-first-amendment

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/01/ben-roberts-smith-loses-defamation-case-with-judge-saying-newspapers-established-truth-of-some-murders

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/02/marion-barter-disappearance-ric-blum-rejects-testimony-of-four-other-witnesses-before-inquest

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/armie-hammer-cannibalism-abuse-controversy

https://www.courttv.com/news/manson-follower-leslie-van-houten-should-be-paroled-california-appeals-court-rules/?taid=64777d3d3e63f9000177a8b9&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&ck_subscriber_id=2054547923

https://people.com/elizabeth-holmes-prison-bryan-texas-what-we-know-7506175

https://www.wsj.com/articles/elizabeth-holmes-prison-inmates-3a46a79f

https://uncovered.com/

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True Crime This Week - May 26, 2023 May 26, 2023

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This week: Is Bryan Kohberger a suspect in another murder? Winnie the Pooh teaches kids about mass murder, Oath Keeper leader goes to prison, update in the Madeleine McCann case, and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/22/us/bryan-kohberger-idaho-arraignment/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/us/idaho-kohberger-parents-subpoena/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/us/bryan-kohberger-parents-called-before-grand-jury-pennsylvania-womans-death-reports

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/bryan-kohberger-dana-smithers-pennsylvania-b2345698.html

https://people.com/uvalde-mass-shooting-parents-speak-out-anniversary-massacre-7503429

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/25/winnie-the-pooh-books-teaches-texas-kids-run-hide-fight-shooting

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/oath-keepers-founder-sentenced-18-years-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-cas-rcna85852

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/madeleine-mccann-search-news-latest-today-b2345492.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12112193/Who-Christian-Brueckner-German-Madeleine-Mccann-suspect-sex-offender.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/alex-murdaugh-indicted-federal-fraud-charges/story?id=99570520

https://nltimes.nl/2023/05/24/putten-womans-body-identified-29-years-disappearance

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6851664

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/25/noodle-vendor-who-parodied-salt-bae-jailed-in-vietnam-for-anti-state-propaganda

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True Crime This Week - May 19, 2023 May 19, 2023

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This week: Kayla Unbehaun rescued after 6 years; Lori Vallow has a bad week; secret grand juries; Noam Chomsky meets Jeffrey Epstein; How to Create a Sex Scandal; and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/17/kayla-unbehaun-found-netflix-unsolved-mysteries

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lori-vallow-chad-daybell-what-did-they-do-doomsday-mom-murders-case-timeline/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ori-vallow-indicted-arizona-conspiracy-murder-4th-person

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/idaho-college-student-slayings-suspect-bryan-kohberger-indicted-grand-rcna84874

https://www.insider.com/jeffrey-epstein-moved-over-250k-between-accounts-for-noam-chomsky-2023-5

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/18/family-missing-teenager-elizabeth-chau-lost-trust-met-pollice-after-levi-bellfield-confession

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-crime-manslaughter-chris-lee-vida-smith-1.6844003

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/michael-polvado-probation-stepdaughter-sexual-assault

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/nyregion/connie-converse-nyc.html

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/third-accuser-mineola-child-sex-abuse-case-recants/

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True Crime This Week - May 12, 2023 May 12, 2023

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This week: Kouri Richens makes a mean Moscow Mule; Texas mall shooting; Tech CEO found dead in Santa Monica; updates in the Gabby Petito and Natalee Holloway cases; Elizabeth Holmes is cool again; and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-mom-accused-killing-husband-fentanyl-drink-tried-poison-multiple-rcna83817

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Allen,_Texas_outlet_mall_shooting

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-shooting-allen-premium-outlets-witnesses-steven-spainhouer-interview-unfathomable/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/allen-texas-shooting-victims-names-who-died-cho-family-daniela-sofia-mendoza/

https://people.com/crime/beau-mann-tech-ceo-last-sent-text-911-uber-found-dead-abandoned-property/

https://people.com/crime/brian-laundrie-mom-referenced-baking-cake-shiv-son-prison-lawsuit-alleges/

https://nypost.com/2023/05/08/dna-confirms-woman-kidnapped-51-years-ago-is-melissa-highsmith/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/kidnapped-melissa-highsmith-dna-test-texas-b2334680.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/americas/joran-van-der-sloot-natalee-holloway-extradition/index.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/05/elizabeth-holmes-prison-new-york-times-profile/674016/

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True Crime This Week - May 5, 2023 May 05, 2023

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This week: 7 dead in Oklahoma, Trump attacks woman and offers steak dinner, the Ken Waks saga, sad news in the Amy Mihaljevic case, Ana Walshe ransom note, and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/oklahoma-seven-bodies-found-missing-teens-b2330900.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/oklahoma-bodies-found-henryetta-jesse-mcfadden-latest-b2332123.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12043241/Journalist-cries-testifies-Trump-sexually-assaulted-Melania-nearby.html

https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/vile-ken-waks-controversy-explained-tiktok-crime-sleuth-comes-fire-serial-killer-claim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K39dufubQHY

https://nypost.com/2023/05/02/mysterious-ransom-note-turns-up-in-missing-mom-ana-walshes-case/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/03/alex-murdaugh-admits-lying-housekeepers-gloria-satterfield-death-no-dogs/70180030007/

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True Crime This Week - On Break Mar 20, 2023

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I'm taking a few weeks off to finish writing the new season of The Philosophy of Crime. See you in May!

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