35-year-old Donnie Ray Birchfield Jr. is accused of holding four "vulnerable" adults in his basement for years. He was also charged with murder in the death of 49-year-old Shirley Arnsdorff, and first-degree sexual assault/
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Man Accused Of Holding Four People Captive Faces Murder Charges

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Attorneys for convicted Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger are asking a judge to waive hundreds of thousands in restitution to the victims’ families, arguing he has no ability to pay while serving multiple life sentences for the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022.
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Bryan Kohberger's Team Disputes Payments to Victims’ Families

A long awaited update in the death of Ellen Greenberg remains a controversial one as the Philadelphia medical examiner's office has once again ruled her death a suicide. The 27-year-old school teacher was found dead inside her locked apartment in 2011. An autopsy revealed Ellen had sustained twenty stab wounds to her head, neck, back, and heart. The ruling marks a devastating blow for Ellen's parents, who insist their daughter was murdered.

 

President and founder of Anchor Forensic Pathology Dr. Priya Banerjee shares her analysis of the ruling.



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Ellen Greenberg's Death Again Ruled Suicide

A second tip led Philadelphia police to the body of 23-year-old Kada Scott, and prosecutors say 21-year-old Keon King, who was already tied to another kidnapping case, has now been charged in her murder.
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Key Tip Leads Police to Body of Missing Woman, Kada Scott

In the late 19th century, Lizzie Borden stood trial for the gruesome axe-murder of her father and his wife. The case became a media spectacle, and Lizzie gained notoriety across the country. Yet despite the legends and rumors, Lizzie was ultimately acquitted of these ghastly killings.



Emily revisits her conversation with author and lawyer Cara Robertson, who brings new life to this historic case in her book, The Trial of Lizzie Borden.



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Case Review: The Grizzly Story Of Lizzie Borden

Jake Haro has pleaded guilty to murder after being accused of killing his infant son, Emmanuel Haro, and falsely claiming the boy had been kidnapped.
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California Man Pleads Guilty To Killing His 7-Month-Old Baby

A 63-year-old New York man has been arrested, and the murder convictions of three other men have been overturned after DNA found from a smoothie straw tied him to the 1984 murder of a 16-year-old girl.
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Smoothie Straw Helps Police Make Arrest In 1984 Murder

For years, investigators have had access to DNA left behind at crime scenes, but they've lacked the technology to do anything with it. However, forensic genetic genealogy has emerged as one of the leading ways to identify both suspects and victims of crime.



Founder and CEO of Othram Labs David Mittelman provides an inside look at this revolutionary technology and explains how the company is working with law enforcement to make these services more accessible.


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How Othram Labs Is Revolutionizing DNA Evidence

A 42-year-old New York City man is pleading not guilty to torturing an elderly couple inside their home and then setting it on fire, killing both.


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NYC Man Accused Of Brutally Murdering Elderly Queens Couple, Pleads Not Guilty

In 2014, Dan Markel, a law professor at Florida State University, was found shot and killed at his home. The murder in broad daylight concerned and confused the Tallahassee community. Dan's recent divorce and custody battle of his children would become a prime focus of the investigation. Years later, two shocking developments unfolded: the arrests of Dan's brother-in-law, Charlie Adelson, and his mother-in-law, Donna Adelson.



FOX News Contributor and Criminal Defense Attorney Joshua Ritter lays out the many twists and turns in the shocking and tragic case, and provides an in-depth look into the trial of Donna Adelson.


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A Family Affair: The Murder Of Dan Markel

19-year-old Damien Hurstel was arrested and charged with the murder of his mother's boyfriend, 45-year-old Anthony Casalaspro. Police arrived at the scene to find the victim stabbed and beheaded.
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Staten Island Teen Accused Of Decapitating Mother's Boyfriend

A convicted murderer who was part of a 10-person jailbreak in New Orleans in May has finally been caught. He was found hiding in a crawl space underneath a home in Atlanta.
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Final New Orleans Jail Escapee Back Behind Bars

Disgraced media mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison last week, though he'll receive credit toward his sentence for the time he served in jail before and during the trial. Combs was convicted in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.



FOX News Contributor and Criminal Defense Attorney Donna Rotunno provides her legal analysis on the sentencing and looks ahead at what's next for Combs.


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How Long Will Sean 'Diddy' Combs Spend Behind Bars?

A 33-year-old Connecticut woman is being accused of poisoning iced tea and wine belonging to her estranged husband with an antifreeze ingredient, after he was hospitalized for renal failure.
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Connecticut Mom Accused Of Poisoning Ex-Husband's Wine

Hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing each year. While some are found alive, others, tragically, are not. In Detroit, Michigan, alone, there are hundreds of unidentified victims of crime buried in unmarked graves. Two women took it upon themselves to unearth these mysteries and identify victims through Operation UNITED.



Retired FBI Special Agent Katherine Schweit discusses the incredible investigative work of Sgt. Shannon Jones and FBI Special Agent Leslie Larsen share how they're bringing closure to families in her new book, Women Who Talk to the Dead.



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How Operation UNITED Is Bringing Closure To Cold Cases

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, avoiding a life sentence from his more severe charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs Sentenced in NYC Federal Court

Investigators say they've identified a woman who was found dead 43 years ago in Illinois using advanced DNA and genealogy work.

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DNA Evidence Helps Police Identify Jane Doe After Decades

The Netflix documentary, Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, has exposed the ease with which people can anonymously target, harass, and threaten individuals online. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an important time to understand the ways in which seemingly common technology can be weaponized against us.



Head of Faculty at SANS Institute, Heather Barnhart, provides her expertise on digital forensics and later details her own experience with digital harassment as well.


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Protecting Yourself From Anonymous Crime Online

DNA evidence has helped police create a timeline for the long-unsolved 1991 murders of four teenage girls who were found dead at a yogurt store in Austin, Texas.
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Suspect Named In 1991 Quadruple "Yogurt Shop" Murders

WARNING: This episode features sensitive topics involving children. Listener discretion is advised.



In 1993, 10-year-old George Burdynski Jr. went missing from his Maryland home. While his case remains unsolved, the investigation into his disappearance led the FBI to uncover the dark and disturbing ways in which child predators interact with one another and with children online. This discovery led to the bureau's Innocent Images National Initiative.



Retired FBI Agent Stacey Perkins discusses her involvement with the creation of this initiative, as well as her work taking down a kingpin behind an international child pornography website.


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