Former forensic detective Karen Smith is bringing her podcast “Shattered Souls” to the newly launched CrimeOnline Podcast Network. Smith is no newcomer to show business. She has a background in both radio and television, but it’s her background in law enforcement that gave her the most experience with hosting a true-crime podcast. She worked with …
The intense media coverage around the Gabby Petito case is being credited with bringing closure to the family of a missing hiker who was found dead in the same Wyoming national forest where the 21-year-old woman’s body was found on September 19. CNN reports that Robert “Bob” Lowery had gone missing after traveling to the …
On Tuesday, police reportedly discovered a body amid their ongoing search of a Tennessee woman who vanished in June. Knoxville police found the unidentified body while looking for Desheena Kyle, 26, who was reported missing from her apartment on June 28. While WVLT reported that officials said Kyle was last heard from on June 23, …
Episode 1: Death in the Tetons
An Indiana boy who was reported missing last week was found dead with his dog in a wooded area near a highway. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 14-year-old Jacob McCarty of Cordyn was last seen alive on September 21, when he went for a walk with his dog Isabella. Family members reportedly told police that Jacob …
Both Joseph Scott Morgan and Karen Smith are contributors to CrimeOnline’s flagship podcast, “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace,” where they provide expert analysis on the biggest criminal cases in the country.
An 8-year-old boy died on Monday night after he was shot on his front porch. WKRC reports that Demetrius Stevenson was fatally shot in the head in Markham, Illinois, while he was playing on his porch. Investigators reportedly believe it may have been a gang-related shooting, with the little boy’s 18-year-old brother the intended target. …
The attorney for former Northwestern professor Wyndham Lathem claims his client was “catfished” online and didn’t kill anyone, despite evidence of him admitting to the murder. Lathem (pictured right) is currently on trial in Chicago for the 2017 murder of his boyfriend, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau (pictured left). On Tuesday, Lathem’s lawyer, Kenneth Wine, alleged that former …
The sons of a housekeeper who died on Alex Murdaugh’s property in 2018 asked a South Carolina court on Monday to jail the disgraced lawyer until he returns the millions of dollars he allegedly embezzled from them in an insurance scam. Eric Bland, a lawyer for Gloria Satterfield’s sons, Tony Satterfield and Brian Harriott, filed …
The family of a 6-year-old Colorado girl who died this month on an amusement park ride plans to file a lawsuit after a state investigation completed on Friday concluded that staff did not ensure the girl was buckled in. The Denver Post reported that Wongel Estifanos fell 100 feet to her death at Glenwood Caverns …
The 21-year-old woman was found dead behind a firehouse in South Carolina. Her car was found abandoned and burned 10 miles away
As the search for the person of interest in the death of Gabby Petito continues, new speculation surfaces about where Brian Laundrie could be. A photo taken of Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito was posted on Petito’s Instagram page in February. The pair later posted a review of the area. They described the spot as …
