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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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True Crime This Week - March 10, 2023 Mar 10, 2023

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This week: Four Americans kidnapped in Mexico, Bryan Kohberger is not as smart as he thinks he is, a new victim in the Alex Murdaugh case, the Porchlight Project identifies a John Doe, Brian Laundrie's mother claims she merely likes good books, and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/03/07/americans-kidnapped-mexico-found-dead/11418471002/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-murders-suspect-bryan-kohberger-was-busted-pjs-stuffing-trash-ziploc-bags-prosecutor-says

https://www.foxnews.com/us/alex-murdaugh-allegedly-raped-sex-worker-thought-going-die-report?dicbo=v2-a3gg0dx

https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2023/02/authorities-reveal-identity-of-youngstowns-john-doe/

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/kentucky-detectives-crack-murder-and-rape-of-teen-in-1976/

https://komonews.com/news/local/missing-person-oregon-advances-in-dna-parabon-nanolabs-new-technology-missing-olympia-washington-thurston-county-woman

https://people.com/crime/brian-laundrie-mom-burn-after-reading-letter-gabby-petito/

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True Crime This Week - February 24, 2023 Feb 24, 2023

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This week: Alabama police freeze a guy to death, a Polish woman says she's Madeleine McCann, police find Nicola Bulley, Alex Murdaugh is a lying liar, Rita Curran's murder solved using genetic genealogy, and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/18/anthony-mitchell-froze-death-alabama-jail-lawsuit/11290571002/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/17/us/anthony-mitchell-alabama-jail-family-lawsuit/index.html

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/polish-woman-claiming-to-be-madeleine-mccann-shares-new-proof-she-is-missing-girl/ar-AA17L3uh

https://nypost.com/2023/02/23/family-of-julia-faustyna-refuses-dna-test-after-madeleine-mccann-claim/

https://au.news.yahoo.com/bombshell-twist-madeleine-mccann-claim-parents-speak-out-004221783.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/uk/uk-nicola-bulley-body-identified-intl/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-64713045

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/us/alex-murdaugh-murder-trial-testify.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/23/vermont-rita-curran-murder-police-dna-cigarette

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/sheriffs-office-human-foot-found-port-angeles-belongs-woman-missing-since-2018/ZL22QELG4RDIVCLBGZ46SOXC5I/

https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/sequim-body-is-identified-from-foot/

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/23/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-cryptocurrency-exchange-charges

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alaska-woman-pleads-guilty-killing-best-friend-man-catfished-offered-p-rcna71330

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True Crime This Week - February 17, 2023 Feb 17, 2023

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This week: UK police blame menopause for a woman's disappearance; Sandy Hook survivor survives another shooting; DNA testing in the JonBenet Ramsey case; free cocaine in Australia; Jes Staley loves Disney princesses; and more!

Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Nicola_Bulley

https://news.sky.com/story/nicola-bulley-stopping-menopause-drugs-ended-up-causing-this-crisis-family-says-12812469

https://news.sky.com/story/nicola-bulley-youtuber-dan-duffy-arrested-and-fined-for-joining-search-12812411

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/msu-shooter-was-found-2-legally-purchased-guns-ammo-threatening-note-o-rcna70973

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Conger

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/us/alex-murdaugh-wife-sister-proctor.html

https://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-paying-50000-week-for-drugs-his-lawyer-says/

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/dna-from-jonbenet-ramseys-clothes-not-match-for-family

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/15/california-woman-slain-in-1989-missing-daughters/11266316002/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/16/ex-barclays-boss-accused-of-discussing-photos-of-young-women-with-jeffrey-epstein

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True Crime This Week - February 10, 2023 Feb 10, 2023

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This week: The disappearance of Nicola Bulley, did FBI official Charles McGonigal help the Russians?, the real story behind a romance novelist's fake death, Ljubica Topic's murder is solved, A.I. replaces police sketch artists, and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/forensic-expert-searching-nicola-bulley-26174019

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/fury-people-travel-miles-take-26186194

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/partner-missing-nicola-bulley-says-29148921

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/09/nicola-bulley-police-issue-dispersal-notices-after-social-media-speculation

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/nyregion/fbi-money-laundering-charles-mcgonigal.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-charlie-mcgonigal-labyrinth-oleg-deripaska-russia-trump-allison-guerriero-2023-2?op=1

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/health/fake-death-romance-novelist-meachen.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20230201&instance_id=84170&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=109090506&segment_id=124081&te=1&user_id=0e215a04f903fbc2bbadd6f0ad5996a6

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ljubica-topic-1.6742072

https://kvta.com/news/first-degree-murder-charges-filed-in-1981-deaths-of-two-ventura-county-women/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjk745/ai-police-sketches

https://variety.com/2023/tv/reviews/stolen-youth-review-sarah-lawrence-cult-hulu-docuseries-1235499712/

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True Crime This Week - February 3, 2023 Feb 03, 2023

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This week: Alex Murdaugh is the worst; real life Highway to Hell; a South African businessman is poisoned; an important update in the Holly Piirainen case, Doppelgangers attack, and more!

Future Reading:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11705809/Alex-Murdaugh-birthday-video-used-defense-depict-loving-family-BACKFIRED.html?ico=related-replace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Alex_Murdaugh

https://people.com/crime/wife-husband-drove-tesla-off-cliff-told-paramedics-intentionally-tried-kill-us/

https://www.businessinsider.com/cyanide-poisoning-ceo-attempted-murder-south-african-police?inline-endstory-related-recommendations=&_gl=1*3sbkdm*_ga*NjQ4NTk5NTY3LjE2NzMzNzQwNzE.*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTY3NTM3MTIwMy4zLjEuMTY3NTM3MTI0NC4wLjAuMA..

https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2023/02/01/in-93-case-of-holly-piirainen-authorities-say-clothing-could-hold-answers/69862616007/

https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-01-31/after-37-years-unidentified-woman-identified-using-genealogy-technology?fbclid=IwAR3VFrPKc1KFS1tCXEykQAoWZhLSW7UwJoVAfU1LWVuKe3vJW0s_pmWldZw

https://people.com/crime/woman-allegedly-tried-kill-lookalike-poisoning-cheesecake-steal-id/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/30/doppelganger-murder-ingolstadt-german-prosecutors-allege-woman-killed-lookalike-to-fake-death

https://www.thedailybeast.com/murf-the-surf-review-how-a-champion-surfer-became-a-jewel-thief-and-murderer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Roland_Murphy

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True Crime This Week - January 27, 2023 Jan 27, 2023

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This week: Officers charged with Tyre Nichols' murder; Rick and Morty are in trouble; where to put a transgender prisoner: police solve Brad Bellino case; San Francisco police release new picture of the Doodler and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/who-was-tyre-nichols.html

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/26/us/tyre-nichols-death-memphis?smid=url-share#all-five-officers-face-the-same-set-of-charges-here-is-what-they-mean

https://www.thegamer.com/justin-roiland-allegations-grooming-abuse-predatory/

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/25/justin-roiland-dropped-from-rick-and-morty-after-domestic-abuse-charges

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/26/trans-woman-isla-bryson-found-guilty-rape-not-be-held-in-womens-prison-sturgeon

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/22/scotland-passes-bill-making-it-easier-for-people-to-legally-change-gender

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/16/rishi-sunak-blocks-scotlands-gender-recognition-legislation

https://porchlightonline.org/an-exclusive-philosophy-of-crime-investigation-the-unsolved-murder-of-brad-bellino/

https://www.salemnews.net/news/local-news/2023/01/killer-of-12-year-old-identified-after-50-years/

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/doodler-serial-killer-suspect-sketch-age-progression-san-francisco-cold-case/

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True Crime This Week - January 20, 2023 Jan 20, 2023

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This week: Alec Baldwin charged with manslaughter; Carole Baskin's husband still mostly missing; Brian Walshe needs a VPN; an entire Michigan family goes to prison for life and more!

Further Reading:

https://deadline.com/2023/01/alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-charges-mary-carmack-altwies-halyna-hutchins-1235226760/

https://nypost.com/2021/10/27/rust-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-reed-tied-to-friends-death/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Baskin

https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/19/tiger-king-carole-baskins-first-husband-jack-donald-lewis-disappear-12423475/

https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/19/tiger-king-carole-baskin-husband-missing-dead/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/us/brian-walshe-ana-walshe-google-searches/index.html

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2023/01/19/greenville-county-killer-identified-22-year-cold-case-sharon-anschutz-roger-hudgens/69821876007/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-man-charged-1994-cold-case

https://people.com/crime/michigan-family-life-prison-killing-family-dollar-security-guard-mask-mandate/

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/u-s-court-reinstates-guilty-verdicts-in-1987-killings-of-vancouver-island-couple-1.6208022

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/juror-bias-cold-case-murder-defendants-conviction-reversed/

https://www.wtvm.com/video/2023/01/19/more-details-opelika-jane-doe-identified-amore-wiggins-after-11-years-parents-arrested/

https://oanow.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/100-match-opd-announces-opelika-jane-doe-identified-two-suspects-arrested-in-connection-to-case/article_60d5fbce-9813-11ed-bad9-23e163c20dea.html

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True Crime This Week - January 13, 2023 Jan 13, 2023

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This week: Everything you need to know about the Ana Walshe disappearance; Black Lives Still Matter; Biden keeps secrets in his garage; strange mystery out of Brisbane; DNA Doe project solves two more cold cases and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/10/us/ana-walshe-brian-missing-timeline/index.html

https://people.com/crime/ana-walshe-husband-once-sold-fraudulent-andy-warhol-paintings/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/11/black-lives-matter-co-founder-cousin-killed-los-angeles-police

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/01/10/biden-classified-documents-double-standard-trump/11022762002/

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/12/mystery-womans-remains-hidden-in-wall-of-brisbane-apartment-block-for-at-least-seven-years

https://uncovered.com/cases/kristin-oconnell

https://www.fltimes.com/news/murder-mystery-remains-unsolved-thirty-years-after-a-college-student-from-minnesota-was-murdered-in/article_d1acf920-43b5-11e5-89d8-8b1dfe661e96.html

https://feltongroupllc.com/can-you-identify-this-voice/

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/kathy-alston-body-found-1971-new-hampshire

https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a42386448/hatchet-wielding-hitchhiker-kai-true-story/

https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2023/01/how-to-murder-your-husband-cybill-shepherd-plays-nancy-crampton-brophy-in-tv-movie-about-oregon-murder-case.html

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True Crime This Week - January 6, 2023 Jan 06, 2023

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This week - Bryan Kohberger charged with Idaho murders; Andrew Tate arrested; Michigan Mom catfishes her daughter; search will continue for MH370; the United States executes its first transgender prisoner; robot lawyers and more!

Further Reading:

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/idaho-student-murders-suspect-bryan-kohberger-court-01-05-2023/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_University_of_Idaho_killings#Trial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tate

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/andrew-tate-how-make-money-arrested-romania-b2256514.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/greta-thunberg-andrew-tate-tweet-twitter-rcna63477

https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-mom-charged-harassing-catfishing-daughter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370#Marine_debris

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/05/australia-should-back-new-search-for-mh370-says-top-official-who-led-first-effort

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amber-mclaughlin-executed-missouri-first-transgender-woman-executed-in-us/

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/04/madoff-the-monster-of-wall-street-netflix-review-grubby-and-jaw-dropping-from-start-to-finish

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True Crime This Week - The Top 10 True Crime Stories of 2022 Dec 30, 2022

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This week - A look back at the Top 10 most popular true crime stories of 2022!

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