It’s just afternoon when Andy Byler and a friend arrive at the Byler home. He shares the home with his pregnant wife, Rebekah, and their two children. At around 12:15 p.m., Byler walks into his living room finding his wife dead on the floor. After checking on his wife, Byler starts looking for his children …
Madeline, 13, has been missing since Monday morning when her mom’s boyfriend dropped the teen off near the Peace United Methodist Church, a few blocks from Hunters Creek Middle School in Orlando. At approximately 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Madeline’s mom goes to pick her up and finds that Madeline never reported to school. Police started …
Elijah Vue, 3, has been missing now for eight days. The toddler was last seen at the home of her mother’s boyfriend, Jesse Vang. Vang had been taking care of the boy for about a month to reportedly help mother Katrina Baur with care and discipline. The day Vue vanished, Vang said he was disciplining …
The man accused of killing Audrii Cunningham, 11, has his first court appearance in the nude. Don Steven McDougal is naked when an officer goes to his cell to take him before the Justice of the Peace. When told to put on clothes McDougal tells the police he doesn’t have any. He’s told to cover …
Laken Riley spent four years running cross-country track for her high school, River Ridge in Woodstock Georgia. Her love of running continues during her studies at the University of Georgia. After earning her undergraduate degree, Riley begins her studies to be a nurse. Riley sets out on a morning run. She grabs her phone, telling …
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
More details are emerging in the death of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham. Police reveal that the girl’s body was tied on a rope which was then tied to a rock. Today, Nancy talks to the searcher who found the body’s location using sonar and reveals that some of the girl’s clothing was found on the river’s edge. …
Audrii Cunningham’s body has been found along the Trinity River after water levels were lowered, allowing detectives access. Don Steven McDougal, 42, led investigators to the location earlier in the investigation. McDougal has now been charged with capital murder. Don Steven McDougal has been a person of interest since the first 24 hours of Audrii …
Thursday afternoon, February 15, Audrii Cunningham doesn’t arrive home at her usual time. Family members look for her, assuming she became distracted during the walk home from the bus stop. Panic sets in, then police are notified at 5:30 p.m. and an AMBER Alert is issued. Investigators start putting together a timeline of events. Police …
Lauren Skerritt, 28, is a fantastic physical shape due to being an athlete and obstacle course racer. The Rhode Islander stops by a Greenville Panera Bread and drinks two and a half servings of Panera Bread’s “Charged Lemonade.” The next day, Skerritt is rushed to the Emergency room suffering from an irregular heartbeat. Skerritt is …
When his 6-year-old daughter becomes unresponsive, Jacob Weight calls 911. He tells dispatch one of his older children was bathing his 6-year-old when she went limp and suffered some type of seizure. First responders are met by Jacob at the door. He refuses to allow EMS into the house, telling them he must get his …
Childhood friends, Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dobson, have carried their friendship into adulthood with children of their own. At 31 years old, these two moms arrange a “No-Kids Trip” on the Carnival Cruise Ship Elation, where they will be on a 4-day cruise from Jacksonville Florida to the Bahamas. Arriving in the Bahamas, Shearer and …
