425: Kohberger Backtracks, ‘Netflix Trend Murder’, Nolan Wells Audio Released & D4vd Going to Trial

Hey true crime besties, welcome back to an all-new episode of "Serialist's Suite." Hello, hello, hello, and welcome back to an all-new episode of "Serialist's Suite," with me, your host Annie Elise. Happy Thursday, holy shit. A lot has gone on this week so far. There is so much that we need to talk about. There's the Brian Cobrager of it all with him saying that he's innocent and he wants to withdraw his guilty plea. There's David now officially going to trial, the judge deemed that there was enough evidence, which, hello, obviously, but officially, now moving forward to trial, a lot of things that came out in the preliminary hearing that are very disturbing. And one of the biggest questions I think so many people had was, okay, what did Celeste's family know? And we're getting a little bit more information on that. There's also this horrifying new case with this woman named Sarah who did the Netflix trend that I'm sure so many of you saw where you know, you sit down in the chair, you're making your fake documentary. I did one for like being addicted to Diaco. She did one about her soon-to-be ex-husband only to then be murdered by him allegedly, shortly after that. There are also updates to cases that there's more audio that has been released in the Nolan Wells case where there's, it's been transcribed and like Nancy Grace is on the next of everyone in that case. There is so much going on. If you're brand new here and it's your one of your first episodes, let me just give you a quick little housekeeping announcement. Mondays, I release a deep dive into a single episode and then Thursday's headline highlights where I break down everything going on in real time this week and true crime. But you know what? I don't do it alone. I like to always have a surprise guest, an expert, a person in the industry or just someone else to weigh in. And you know, it's unfortunate because we've never had the same guest twice. We just are constantly turning over new guests. So with that, I'd really like to welcome to the show today's episode Amy Colette. Hello. It's such a shock and honor to be here. Thank you. Welcome for your first time ever. Oh, I'm nervous. I also want to apologize to everybody. I know the audio is a little bit trash again this week. It's because we're recording via Streamyard. Back in studio next week with regular equipment to which Amy, I just have one thing I want to say to you actually something I'd like to sing to you if you'll allow. Okay, I'd love to hear. I can't be right. I'm coming home. I'm coming home. Tell the world I'm coming. I'm not even kidding you. I swear, I wish I would have just started singing because that song was playing in my head when you say we back. And I feel like we share a wavelength of like when it comes to music. I know what you're like. Music. We communicate through song or by look. No, I have to say though, I know you were not on TikTok. That song is like the trending song for when people are reunited with their family from being overseas with the military, the army and every single time I cry like a baby, I want to see those videos. So obviously not comparing our homecoming to that, but excited to be back in studio with you. There might be some tears. I don't know if you're sad tears that are back. Everybody's like, we don't want her to come back. It'll be a mix. Yeah, great. Well, I know there's a couple of things we have talked about already like on the side this week. Lots going on. I want to start with this Brian co-worker update. This guy, I'm trying to like mine my mouth. This guy, I can't even, you know what? I'm not shocked and I know you know this because when we went on tour last fall, this was a big segment within like the headline highlights portion of the show is I called this months ago. I was like, they're pushing paperwork forward right now that doesn't make sense because he's already agreed to a guilty plea. Why is this happening? Are they trying to lay the foundation for him with drawing his plea or filing an appeal? And here we are. What? 10 months later and sure enough, that is what this guy is doing. So let's kick this off because a bomb was dropped on Monday of this week. Brian co-worker gave his first interview ever from prison and he gave this interview Sunday night with the New York Times. Now during this interview, he told them that he was planning to file for a post-conviction relief saying he wants to withdraw his guilty plea. He wants to send the entire case to trial instead. And what I thought was interesting about this too, which let me actually do some, I'm in here really quick, an appeal is different than post-conviction relief. Post-conviction relief is more of like an umbrella term. It's broader. It's where you still would cite ineffective counsel or different things like that, but it's not necessarily the same exact procedure as filing an appeal. If it doesn't go through to my knowledge, he then could file a formal appeal, but right now he's trying to do PCR. So what's interesting too is he said not only does he want to take this to trial, but he, when he didn't go to trial last July and he accepted the guilty plea, part of that arrangement was so that they would remove the death penalty from the table and he was then sentenced to four consecutive life sentences. But now he's saying not only does he want to go to trial, but he welcomes the death penalty. And I have some very specific thoughts based on his exact writing in this petition or complaint or whatever you would call it, which let me start by saying this. I saw a lot of discourse out there of people being like, well wait, when he pled guilty, he also waived his right to an appeal. Here's where it gets sticky with that. Technically, in a lot of states, actually, I think most states with the Supreme Court, but also within Idaho, there is a loophole. It's not, I get it's a law, so I guess it's not a loophole, but kind of where even if you waive your right to an appeal, there are still circumstances in which you, in which you can file one. It's either new evidence being admitted proof of what's the term I'm looking for, ineffective counsel or a violation of your constitutional rights. So that's why last fall when we were talking about this, I was like, oh, I know everybody thinks it's safe. He can't appeal. It doesn't matter. No, that's not entirely true. He can certainly drag this out if he wants to, which he strikes me as the kind of person who will want to do that. So with that, he can file for this PCR and site ineffective counsel, and what he is saying specifically is that he was tricked into accepting and filing this guilty plea, that he was promised false things, that there was misinformation, that he was under poor advisement. There was also a note in his memo where he said that he was told a different thing about the conditions of what death row in Idaho looked like in comparison to the regular prison system. And we also know that for the better part of the year now, he's been complaining about prison conditions, people threatened, other inmates threatening his life, threatening to sexually assault him, the food he complains about because he's a vegan, and he, you know, he can't hack it. Obviously, he's been complaining from day one. So the way I read that in this notice that he wrote at hand, he hand wrote was that death row is actually nicer than the prison he's in. So he's like, no, I want to be on death row. It's better and or let's take this to trial, throw a Hail Mary. Maybe I'll be found innocent and I'll be exonerated, but if not, putting the death penalty back on the table, at least I'll be sentenced to death, I will have to continue living out like this in prison for four consecutive life sentences. Like, let's just shoot our shot. So the filing documents were released a few hours after the interview came out. And as I said, he alleges that he was, quote, convinced to falsely confess to the quadruple murder and burglary that he was, it was coercion, disinformation, and false promises. He also claimed that he was, quote, invent that actual guilt was not an important factor in accepting his plea deal. And he said that he was advised to lie. And as I mentioned, he also goes on to say that he was told, quote, a gross misrepresentation of death row and Idaho, including in elaborate fabricated story of counsel's horrific experience touring an actual eight by eight death row cell. The filing also claims that Brian's attorneys withheld evidence from him and never told him about a supposed, quote, "flump of unknown hair" that was found in Ethan Chapin's hand. Now, to me, like I said, it sounds like he's trying to say that he was promised possibly a more comfortable life behind bars if he accepted this deal. And the death penalty would be taken off the table, but now, and all of that in comparison to a very uncomfortable life if he went to death row. But now, I think he's realizing that prison life isn't everything that he thought it was going to be. He's in solitary confinement, 23 hours a day. Yes, he has a TV in a notebook, but he has food that he hates. He's getting all these threats from other inmates. So I think he'd rather lose the trial and get the death penalty. Or like I said, shoot his shot and hope that he's found innocent because although it's not the majority, there is a big chunk of people out there who believe that he is innocent. That he is either at help that he is wrongfully convicted, that he was coerced into falsely confessing. I mean, there is a large group out there who believes that and as we know, if it goes to trial, all it takes is one juror to have a little bit of doubt to throw the whole thing into chaos. Now when it comes to how the families of the victims feel about this, obviously they are not happy in rage. Pist off, like I can't even imagine what they must be feeling right now. The Gonzales family made a statement on Monday calling Brian Coburger a narcissist and quote, I love this, the mosquito, you just can't seem to swat. They said, we would have preferred a death penalty trial. We fully believe in the evidence. Instead, BK received exactly what he asked for, a deal that spared his life. Know this, he hates that life. He wants another chance to roll the dice. And I agree to, I am obviously not a medical professional so I can't diagnose somebody as a narcissist, but I would bet a lot of my money on the fact that I think Brian is a narcissist. So I think not only is he a pussy and he can't sack these prison conditions. And so now he wants to take a shot and go back to trial. But I also think for him, he kind of wants to relive everything and have enough evidence in there that he thinks proves his innocence and that he once again is outsmarting people 'cause wherever you sit with this, anyone who's listening, I've never tried to hide the fact. I think he is guilty, 100%. If you don't, that's your opinion. That is absolutely fine. But I think that it's for him. It's like, oh, I get to go on recess from prison, go into this trial where maybe a different outfit if they allow him look through all the evidence again, torture these families and keep them in purgatory for who knows how long and just milk the system with a shot of, hey, either I'll get out or I'll get the death penalty by firing squad and I'll be killed and I won't have to live the rest of my life in this torturous prison. He's a pussy, I hate him, this makes me so angry. What do you think? - I was gonna call him a pussy and as I was gonna say, I felt like that was too vulgar but that's exactly what he is because I feel like number one, he's trying to outsmart, like he's this criminal justice student. He thinks he's gonna be able to commit this murder and get away with it. He's a moron and fucked that up ultimately, got caught. Then he's like, I'm above it all, I'm gonna plead guilty and just not even go to school and do drugs with that. Not getting any answers, like, yeah. And now I can't stand the food and I'm a pussy, so I'm gonna put this family out. One thing I did think initially was how could you put the families through this again? However, I know that they did want to trial ultimately so maybe for them not all the families, they were stupid. And then another thought when he was saying that when he pled guilty, he didn't think that had anything to do with the guilt behind the crime. So wouldn't you then do like an Alfred plea where you're saying like I'll be Sam guilty or like I'll admit to being guilty and take that plea but I'm not actually confessing to the crime 'cause if that were true, wouldn't he have done that? Well, it depends what they offer you, but also, I mean to that point though, he say he was advised to lie and that he like to go against his he even, I think one of the direct quotes was my actual innocence is the truth or we'll prove the truth. Even going as far which really annoyed the shit out of me to say justice wasn't served in this case because the public never got a trial and had the opportunity to see all the evidence. Yeah, because you didn't go to trial, you took a plea deal. But my point to what you said is that yeah, this guy was on the road to a PhD. When you're going through that paperwork and you're accepting a plea deal and when the judge is asking you, repeatedly point blank, do you understand the terms of this agreement? Are you guilty and you are verbally giving a yes? A yes, you're telling me, you're so smart, you were on the road to PhD and like you didn't fully understand or you were somehow cursed or tricked but you're this smart, brilliant guy, this criminology major, give me a break. Well, and also am I wrong in saying, I thought it was my understanding that death row is better living conditions. I've always thought that. So as a criminal justice student, wouldn't you have known that too? Well, so yes, that's why in his thing, he's saying that the council told him that when they toured it, the conditions were not good. And so I think that's where he's like, oh, death row isn't going to be great and cozy and comfy. It's going to be better to be in not GenPop, obviously, but solitary in the prison system. And now I think he's realizing it is better. So he's like, oh no, I want that 'cause she lifestyle of death row. I mean, I think what the public needs to do is just not that they haven't already. Just publicly shame the fuck out of this guy and make him feel like the idiot he is because that's the whole thing. He is a narcissist. His ego is everything. He continues to think he's like beating the system or making some big point. And at the end of the day, it's just further making him look like the coward weak pathetic loser that he is. And I think more than anything, that's what he doesn't want is people to like have him go down, think he can go down people thinking out of him. So I think back to Kaylee's sister Olivia's statement in court against him where she just like eviscerated him and like brought him to his knees basically of like what a weasel he is. And look, I don't know that there's, he's got a leg to stand on in this situation. I truly do not think it will go anywhere. But I've been fooled before, you know, you never know. And like I said, I don't know if you've had as much visibility to it as I have just from like the comments and DMs that I received, but there are so many people who think that he is innocent. And so I'm not trying to come for you guys. If you believe that, don't yell at me in the comments being like, and you're attacking this guy, he's innocent, like we're all entitled to our own opinions. My opinion is based on the evidence and based on the fact that he admitted his guilt, okay? But I'm not going to come for you for having your opinions. But like, yeah, I just, I don't like any of this. - Yeah, okay, I know. Now, you always say you hope that you'll never have to talk about him again. And then he is that mosquito that you cannot swat. - Exactly, Steve was spot on with that comparison. Now, speaking of other absolute trash humans, we've got to talk about David Anthony Burke and everything that went down in the preliminary hearing. He's officially going to trial. And we got to talk about, you know, not only the big takeaways that came out through the prelim, especially on Monday, but also what happened over the weekend. Because you guys probably have seen it in your social media feeds, but on Sunday, a song was very quietly uploaded to David's official Apple Music page. The song was titled, I did it. And the cover art of the album was his black Tesla sitting in that Hollywood toa yard with the front trunk open, which is obviously how we, you know, we know where they discover Celeste remains. So Apple Music also gives you a little bit of a preview of songs, which I didn't know I don't use Apple Music. I use Spotify not for any reason. It's just the app that's on my phone. But apparently it gives you like a little preview of a song before you can listen to the entire thing. And after people started listening to that preview, it became pretty obvious that this was not actually a new song, that it was an older song. And more than that, the lyrics are what had people talking. It was apparently the same song that was leaked back in September of 2025, titled Celeste. And it included the lyric, Celeste. The girl with my name tattooed on her chest. There also was a lyric about being like left in the Tesla. I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to happen. Things that made people ask like, okay, was he admitting to this in his music? There's obviously been this big conversation about him blurring the lines between fantasy and reality and him allegedly murdering Celeste as a way to bring his quote unquote art to life if you can even call it that. So people started talking and there was a lot of buzz. I didn't wanna talk about it over the weekend because my first thought when I saw this and heard it, I was like, I don't think that there's proof that this isn't AI generated. I don't think that he is some mastermind that scheduled this upload to happen or had his manager release it or anything like that. I think that somebody probably had to Apple music. So I was like, you know, gonna take a beat before I talk about this, let's just see where this goes. And sure enough, it was a hacker, but a lot of people thought that it was real. I think even still to this day, a lot of people think that it was real, which if you are one of those people, it is not real. So basically, it was a hacker who hacked in, put this song in there, which what a disgusting thing to do and like exploit this young girl's murder and this high profile case to like, then put music on, hack in, put music on his account, saying he did it and send everybody into a tailspin. It's just so gross, in my opinion. So the internet being the internet, there were a lot of wild theories, as I said, floating around. Some people thought that it had been planned ahead of time or that David wanted this song to come out. now because he was going to plead guilty and he wanted it to like be in line with that release. Others wondered if maybe he was going to try to take a plea deal and so this was some kind of concession before doing that. People even went as far as to say that he was only using the court process to buy time and to move money around before eventually pleading guilty. Which personally, I don't buy any of that, I really do think that the hacker theory is what makes the most sense. So the song was eventually removed after being up for 24 hours and as of right now nobody involved in the case has said a word about it. It was just all a very strange thing that happened over the weekend. So let's now move on to the preliminary hearing because Monday was the fourth and final day. And I released, if you missed it, you may have, you know, I released bonus episodes guys. You've got to keep you on your toes and that's one of the reasons you should either follow the podcast or subscribe on YouTube so you don't miss those bonus episodes. But I released about an hour and a half bonus episode on Sunday, recapping everything that had gone on in the preliminary hearing up until that point. So you can go back to that, listen, we talk through a lot of the evidence that was presented, some of the autopsy, things that were discovered, we go through everything. But then Monday was the final day. So prosecutors continued walking through the evidence, starting the day with thousands of text messages between David and Celeste. And they told the court that the two of them exchanged somewhere between 8,000 and 9,000 text messages before her death. They then focused on the messages from April 22nd through April 26, including the night that Celeste took that Uber to David's house. So those records show David ordering the Uber for her, tracking her ride, and Uber records confirming that she arrived at his home around 10, 10 pm that evening. However, very surprisingly, there was no surveillance outside of the house of him meeting her outside or her walking in. There are cameras all out front of the house, so maybe they were down, maybe they were wiped, maybe she went in through this side gate, who really knows. But I did think it was interesting that they had this digital trail and footprint, but then they didn't have the surveillance image to back it up of her entering the house or him coming out to meet her. And it's alleged that he was playing video games with his friends while she was in route to his house. So then there's also no witnesses apparently, and I'll get to this in a moment that we know of, who saw her come into the house that night. So I could see where the defense was trying to focus some holes here. But they also then talked about the 20-minute window after she arrived leading to when they believe she was murdered within that 20-minute span, and him just luring her there, blitz attacking her, and then standing by as she blood out. Through all of this, David remained pretty much emotionless as he had the entire preliminary hearing. And as prosecutors read through text after text between him and Celeste, he mostly just stared straight ahead, just very, very blankly. Then, during the defense's questioning, he spent most of the time looking down at the table in front of him, but overall, there just really wasn't much of a reaction from him at all. So then both sides got to their closing arguments, where they like wrap everything up, trying to convince the judge that there is enough evidence to move this forward to trial. And honestly, this was probably one of the biggest parts of the day, because the defense argued that the prosecutors hadn't actually proven any of the three special circumstances that they're trying to attach to the murder, which if you remember, there's first lying in wait, and the fact that he premeditated this, lured her into the house, and was waiting for her arrival so that he could murder her. They said that there was no evidence that David had planned some sort of ambush. Pointing out that Celeste was actually the one pushing to come over at night, and that David, as I said, had been online gaming with friends shortly before she arrived. So I wanted his back track a moment too, a preliminary hearing. You don't have to put all your cards on the table. You just have to show enough to the judge to say, "Here's the evidence we do have, not all of it. Here's enough that we think will convince you to take this to trial." So I have no doubt in my mind that there is stronger evidence that will prove that when it goes to trial, especially because of the language that was included in the prosecutor's brief when they say that after Celeste was killed, he stood by and waited as she blood out, which indicates that he either was watching that her bleed out, that he possibly recorded her bleeding out, that there was something happening because they used very specific language. So I think that they absolutely will prove that, and I do think to an extent that Uber proved that as well, but anyways, the defense was arguing that. The other special circumstance was financial gain. The defense is then that the prosecutors were basically guessing when they said that David killed Celeste to protect his career. They said that future music earnings are too speculative to count as financial gain under the law. Therefore, there would be no way to know if there would even be money to gain in the future, which I guess, I mean, the way they had laid it out, it was like a minimum guarantee of 3 million per album, upwards of 6 million per album. Sponsorships was like crocs, it was a data serenity, all of these things that would then total upwards of like $17 million in earning potential, but it's not guaranteed money necessarily. But that does seem to be the strongest motive because Celeste was threatening to out their relationship to people and to destroy his career. So it seems kind of odd for them to be like, oh no, there's not enough money to prove when it's like, no, there was like almost $20 million on the line for him. That is very strong in compelling. Then finally, there was this special circumstance of the allegation that he killed Celeste to keep her from becoming a witness against him. The defense argued that there wasn't any evidence that she had actually threatened to go to the police, saying that everything supporting the special circumstances was all just circumstantial evidence and assumptions. But again, that ties in, in my opinion, with the financial gain piece of it. Obviously, by silencing her and murdering her, you are protecting your assets, but also you are hindering her from becoming a witness against you if that relationship becomes public knowledge. So of course, prosecutors completely disagreed. They argued that whilst the last may have arranged to come over, she of course had no idea what was waiting for her. They said that David knew that she was coming, unlocked the gate and door for her, and was waiting for her to get there. They also argued that protecting a multi-million dollar career absolutely could qualify as financial gain. And that Celeste had become a serious threat to both his reputation and his future. And then there was one moment that really stuck with everyone in the courtroom apparently. Prosecutor Beth Silverman ended a part of her argument by saying, quote, her body turned to liquid while he went on tour. According to reporters who were there, someone in the courtroom quietly whispered right after hearing that Jesus under their breath because she so bluntly illustrated what he allegedly did to her remains, just letting her rot in the car. Another big bombshell that I forgot to mention that came out during all of this on Monday is that apparently Celeste's family knew about their friendship, relationship, connection, whatever you want to call it. He apparently had gone to church with her family and met her family. We know that he had taken her to Texas to meet his family. And whether or not she lied about his age or whatever excuse could come up there, obviously they know he's a celebrity, he's a singer, they could one quick Google search shows you his age. So I'm not buying that for a second. And even more than that, the parents signed off on her traveling internationally as a minor with him to London. So they knew that there was something going on between the two of them. And again, way more evidence of exactly what they knew and the knowledge they had will come out during the trial. But my mind, I've seen some theories floating around out there too about like a possible immigration issue and that David was like threatening to call immigration on them if they didn't allow their relationship or something to that effect. I don't know how true that is. And I don't know if they, I don't know what their immigration status is. But to me, when I first heard that, and I don't know if you'll agree with the same me, my mind immediately went to our Kelly. And I was like, oh, this kind of feels just like a playbook back then when like our Kelly was promising the family and the parents of these young girls, I'm going to make her a star, I'm going to take care of her, I'm going to make her famous to where the parents get so swept up in that of their child having a better life than they did and all of these things and they get kind of glamorized by the the liberty of it all that they allow these things to happen. And I don't know that he was making any promises of that nature possibly. Again, we will find out more in the trial when that happens. But my mind went to our Kelly for sure. So by the end of the day, the judge ruled that the prosecutors had presented enough evidence for the case to move forward on all charges and all special circumstance allegations. So David's going to remain behind bars without bail and his next hearing is scheduled for August 31st. However, one of the biggest moments actually came after court wrapped up because outside of the courthouse, the DA told reporters that prosecutors have precipiant witnesses that they plan to call during the trial, which basically a precipiant witness is someone who has first-hand knowledge of an event or an act that occurs. either because they personally saw something or experienced something or received possibly like a message of sorts related to the case. It's not an expert witness, it's not someone giving opinions, it's someone who is actually there or has direct knowledge of the act and what happened. Now we still have no idea who those witnesses are, how many of them they have, what they know, but hearing that prosecutors have firsthand witnesses waiting to testify, it definitely got a lot of attention and it has a lot of people thinking, oh, his friends have flipped, maybe Neo, maybe his, the girl who was in Mahesh, I can't remember, like how many friends flipped, we also know that a lot of them were a part of the grand jury proceedings, so what's going to come out at trial? I mean we also have seen with what we've seen so far during the preliminary hearing, that's only a very small portion of the evidence, as I said. So there is going to be a lot that comes out during the trial. So as usual, I'm going to be watching for updates on this. A trial date could be set as soon as 60 days from now, we also know that his team has been advocating his innocence from day one, so they may not file motion after motion, they may want a speedy trial, but I don't know, we'll see where this goes. I'm curious to see what happens. I mean I think the writings on the wall and like this guy is another one that just feels like he's above the law, like a Brian Cobert, where it's like you're parading around with this underage girl, you're going with her to her family. And again, who knows how they are presenting the nature of their relationship, but he's obviously his friends were aware, business people were aware. So he's teetering that line already, then he's feeling like, oh, maybe either she's going to out me, or if somebody else does, because now the length of time they've been together, how many people now at this point might know about it. And then if she's a scorned, you know, girl in love or whatever and wants to come forward, she's a threat. And so not only does he allegedly take her life, but then to your point goes on tour and just has complete disregard for her. So it's like the most selfish piece of shit ever. And then now it's like, you're going to court and you have no remorse. And of course you're staring blankly because there is nothing. I'm sure he knows his entire world is going to come down on him and the evidence is just I'm sure stacking up. You said something really interesting, the scorned piece of it. That's something I talked about in the deep dive episode that released Sunday, which you guys can find it in the feed. You can also find it on YouTube. But one of the things that the defense tried to bring up towards the end of last week in the preliminary hearing was that those stab wounds could have been self-inflicted trying to almost paint so less as this like unhinged unwilling to let him go that she could have done this to herself. And I also share in that episode. And I think I talked with you about this offline a little bit, Amy, what I think the defense of strategy is going to be as to him not being responsible for an murder, but more so the cover up and that he panicked. And I go into a lot of detail in that episode about what exactly I think they're going to lay out. We'll see if any of that happens. Obviously, I'm not a lawyer. So maybe they have a better strategy in place. But I did go into all the details of that in that episode too. That's crazy that it could go to trial so quickly. I know. I hope it does. Same. Well, we have an update. This is just a quick one on the Brook Hanlon case that I talked about last week because there's been a little bit of new information that's come out. And if you remember, Brooks has been Conor Hanlon, was the one who called 911 on June 6th after saying he found Brook upstairs in the master bedroom of their new Jersey home. And I remember their home isn't like a remote area that's not near any neighboring homes. And she was unconscious, not breathing, and had what he had described as large lacerations to her chest. And here's that 911 call again. 911 for you. Three three nine. Three nine. Five orders. No road. Okay, that's your bare. One moment. Oh my god. I need. I need to have you. Okay, every 39 potter road and chest or town trip. Is that correct? Okay, there are four apartment of room numbers. Is it private home? Okay, tell me exactly what happened. I know you said your wife. Okay, she's not breathing or conscious. Oh my god. There's there's the last three minutes. Okay, sir, everything one moment. We're getting out there to stand the line in this more information. Okay, she is bleeding and she's not. Okay, okay. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. All right, the parents have been sent to stay in the line. Yeah, yeah. If there's a defabulate available, send someone to get in now and tell me when you have it, sir. No, I don't have one. I don't have it. Not available. Okay. I don't know what to do. I don't know what's the fuck. So now, as of late last week, newly released dispatch audio is giving us a little bit of a better idea of what the first responders were thinking. Almost immediately after they got there. It turns out that just 13 minutes after that 911 call was placed and just less than two minutes after the officers were on the scene. This first responding officer can be heard telling dispatch suspicious death right now. And almost immediately after that, the major crimes team was then assigned to the case. Then after the death was labeled as suspicious, a high ranking official with the Morris County Sheriff's Office can be heard over the radio asking when the original 911 call came in and who would place it. And then dispatch had responded that the caller was James Connor Hanlon. And if you remember, this was there was a lot of speculation going on and we talked about that last week because as of now, nearly two months after Brooke's death, there are still no rest of the men made, no suspects that have been publicly identified or persons of interest. But Connor went MIA. No one can find him. We also know that oftentimes, stab wounds can be a result of a crime of passion. So there was a lot of chatter going on and a lot of people thinking that it was potentially the husband or someone close to Brooke. So the Morris County Medical Examiner's Office has confirmed that Brooke's autopsy determined her cause of death to be multiple sharp first injuries and officially ruled her death as a homicide. But literally, there was no additional information that has come out over the last two months. So the community is still reeling and of course, all eyes are focused on Connor at this point. But we'll see if there's any more information that comes out. I think it's definitely obviously alarming that the first responding officer immediately clocked it as a suspicious death. Then Connor goes MIA. So maybe they're just collecting evidence at this point to try to build a stronger case, but we'll be following it to see what new evidence comes out. There were number two. There was that really small reward that was placed, which that could have been to make it seem like whoever was responsible to leave them to believe that they were not on their track or something like that to kind of pull them off course. But yeah, when we had released the episode last week, the majority of the comments I saw, which I get it. A lot of people are quick to be like, the husband did it, the husband did it. But a lot of the comments were like something shady, especially that 911 call where he's like, there's a large lousy laceration like and the word that like the words he chose. So yeah, I don't know. I mean, you see, we have to have something like that be investigated for two months and you live in this kind of remote area. You would think there would be some sort of evidence left behind or evidence of a force break in or text messages or something that would allude to some or other type of suspect or person or motive. 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Then somehow, two days later, he was found dead in the water on the shoreline of Horn Island. Investigators still haven't released his official cause of death, and honestly, the stories about what happened that day, just keep getting more and more confusing. Initially, his friends were taking the bow back to the mainland, and they said that he wanted to stay on Horn Island with a girl that he met. Yet, the girl said that she saw him get back on the boat with his friends, so there were two conflicting accounts right there. The autopsies have been not conclusive in every single aspect, an independent autopsie that was performed at the direction of the family. Couldn't be, it was completed, but it couldn't fully be completed because it was gonna be gross, but certain organs and body parts of Nolan's were missing after the first autopsie had been performed. I mean, it's just, it's a very tragic case, and one that has a lot of people divided. This is the one that I said earlier, that like Nancy Grace has her foot on everybody's neck, so we're this case, okay? So one of the biggest new developments is that the young woman that Nolan was reportedly talking to before he disappeared has now been identified. She's 19 year old Katie McCormack, a college student from a town just east of ocean springs where Nolan lived. Now, as I said, from the beginning, Nolan's friends said that after their boat started taking on water, they were going to leave. Nolan decided to stay behind so that he could hang out with her. He planned to then later catch a ride back to the mainland with another group who had been partying on the island that day. However, now Katie's sister Gracie is saying that that's not what Katie believed happened. According to Grace, Nolan wasn't staying behind to spend time with Katie. She said that Katie actually assumed that Nolan was getting back on that same boat that he came on. And she also said that she believed that these friends who were telling him to get on the boat wouldn't have just left in there. She also said that Katie was there with a completely separate group of people that day and that she eventually left the island with her brother and his fiance. Katie herself, at this time of this reporting though, hasn't publicly spoken out about what happened, but she did comment on social media writing, what's understood doesn't have to be said. I love you all, just pray for his family and friends. This is a terrible situation all in all. According to her family, she's been fully cooperated with both investigators and Nolan's family. The family's attorney Ben Crump says that that's exactly why these conflicting stories matter. Katie's side said that Nolan was getting on the boat, but Nolan's friends say that he stayed behind. Specifically, the attorney said, she's saying he went to get on the boat. They're saying he didn't get on the boat. So which is it? Somebody must not be telling the truth. Authorities still haven't identified any suspects though. They also haven't said whether or not they do believe that there was foul play involved and they haven't released his official cause of death. Then another interesting piece of this case also came out this week and this has everybody talking because audio was released from a phone call that Nolan's friends had made to a private company called Theeto after their boat started taking on water near the west tip of Horn Island. This call has been broadcast everywhere, transcribed and people believe they can hear friends in the background, basically acknowledging that Nolan had died or was dying. So here's the beginning of that call. Theeto assistance, Vicki speaking, how can I help you? Hey, we're at the west tip of Horn and our village stalks working, we're going, we're sinking, can y'all please come? We have a membership. Oh, right, of course. How far is the word coming up, sir? Can you give me a description, ankles? Hello? Hey. Yes, how far is the water coming up, sir? Oh, it's coming up, it's, we're just thinking, I don't know, like we're just, we're going down now. In the recording, the caller tells the dispatcher, hey, we're at the west tip of Horn and our pump stopped working, we're sinking, can y'all please come? The dispatcher asks if everyone is on board and the caller responds, yeah, yeah, everyone's on board. Then he asks for the boat to be pumped out and towed back to four by you, saying that there were about seven people on board. But while that call was happening, the C-toe captain said that he had already talked to the owner of the boat, who they thought was the caller's grandpa, who reportedly told him that the teens didn't actually need help at the moment, but that if anything changed, he'd call back. So all of that to say, since that call was released, people, like I said, have started enhancing that background audio, not the person who was actually making the call, but all the friends talking in the background. And this is something that has been shown as a transcript out there. I want to just vocalize right now. I can't, with 100% certainty, say that I share these things in the background. But this is the transcription that is being broadcast out there on several different news channels and independent journalist channels and things like that. So after enhancing the background audio, people are claiming that they hear things like, he's dead, or, oh my god, and check his chest. And in the beginning of the call, you could kind of hear under the hold music, you know, people put you on hold like, you could kind of hear that there is a lot of commotion going on. But like I said, none of the interpretations have been verified, even though that transcript is floating around, like, quotes of Nolan's dead. Is he, like, Nolan could get up, man, get up, man, all of these different things. So some of the clips could certainly be AI. You never know. And people enhance things in all different ways these days. Others could be people hearing different things in core audio quality and thinking that they heard something because they want to hear something. And investigators haven't confirmed if any of these phrases actually were said. So for now, we are still left with even more questions than we had a few days ago or even a week ago. Maybe by the time this episode comes out, there will be more information on that call as a total, I don't know. But this case is definitely still on my radar. I'm looking for any updates that come out. I will let you know once we hear of anything new that deep dive is available. If you want to go back and listen, something doesn't feel right. And I'm not one to say I think something shady and that automatically happened. I think the friends are responsible. I don't know. But I do think since they haven't been able to rule out foul play since there is not an official cause of death yet. And because the friend and the girl have conflicting stories, there is something weird here. Like, which side do you believe on? I don't know. I really don't know. I really don't know. I don't know. I don't know. The family and Nolan's family is very adamant that there's more of a story here, as is the family and crump. And I'll say this too. The majority of what I'm seeing out there online, just through public chatter, is that they believe the friends are involved and that they're covering this up. Because early on too, one of the friend's mother, who's a judge, was very involved in it, was making a lot of public statements and they thought that maybe there were some cover-ups happening and collusion and things like that, which I break all of that down in the earlier deep dive. But I don't know where I'm at right now. I feel like there's something in information. Katie is cooperating and that she doesn't feel like she's being too defensive in her statement. She's kind of just saying like, I don't need to say anything. You guys know the information and what's important is just like getting to the bottom of this and like for the family. And I don't know. Something tells me that yeah, it's the friends that are hiding some information and think. Okay. Maybe a little nervous that they were going to get caught or something. All right, all right. We'll see. All right, we'll see. We'll see, O'Brien. Well, we have another case that's just absolutely awful that has a lot of people talking and this one came out of Missouri. This one all started on the early morning hours of June 23rd when deputies were called to a home in New London, Missouri for a medical emergency. I don't know if you've heard about this one. No, I haven't. But when the first responders [BLANK_AUDIO] arrived, they found 36-year-old Alexandra Alley Hummel unresponsive from inside the home. And despite all their efforts to save her, she was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy was ordered, but over a month later, investigators still have not yet released her cause or manner of death. They also haven't said whether foul play is suspected. So officially, everyone just-- there is nothing official. Everyone just has a lot of unanswered questions and a lot of unknowns surrounding her death. But what was strange was almost immediately after the news of Alley's death broke, people started looking back at something that had happened earlier last year with her husband. So another issue with her husband. Her husband's esteemed anesthesiologist, Dr. Andrew Hummel. And this all took place on a vacation that they took last year in St. Louis. So check this out. Back on July 4th of 2025, so almost a year ago, Alley and Andrew were staying at a Hilton hotel near St. Louis right before leaving for a trip to Jamaica. And police were called out for a domestic disturbance. And usually, these are always red flags and indicative of a bigger issue. Because when officers arrived, they found Andrew with a cut on his hand and blood inside the hotel room. And later found Alley hiding inside of a woman's bathroom in the hotel lobby with a swollen lip. And according to court records, Alley had told the officers that during an argument, Andrew had strangled her multiple times until she couldn't breathe and had also hit her in the face. And a guest also staying in the hotel in the room next door to them had said that they could hear arguing and that they heard a woman repeatedly screaming, get off me before hotel staff later than called 911. So there is this disturbance in the hotel room. Obviously, people next door heard it. The hotel staff was alerted enough to then call 911. So Andrew was initially charged with second degree domestic assault for that strangulation, along with third degree domestic assault for striking Alley. Then he was released after posting bond, but he was ordered to wear this ankle monitor, which I've never heard of this before. I've heard of those breath things that you have to take in your car after a DWI. But this was an ankle monitor that would test his sweat every single 30 minutes, 24 hours a day to detect alcohol. And this all happened during his arraignment last September when he pleaded not guilty. So alcohol must have been a pretty big factor in this domestic disturbance. I've never heard that as a punishment. Then on March 12th of this year, he took a plea deal. He pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of fourth degree assault. He was sentenced to one year in jail on each count, but both sentences were suspended, which means he never actually served any jail time for that. Instead, he was given two years of probation in order to remain sober, complete substance abuse and psychological evaluations, undergo domestic violence assessment, and attend a domestic violence victim impact panel. And then after the assault, the hospital where he was an anesthesiologist at actually revoked his privileges so he could no longer practice there. However, he was still able to hold on to his medical license and practiced anesthesiology in other medical facilities. But then came the night where Ali was found. Around 7.30 that evening, police received reports of a pickup truck driving erratically on Highway 61 outside Bowling Green, Missouri. Witnesses say the truck rear ended a semi, but when the semi driver got out to exchange information, the pickup driver allegedly tried to run him over before speeding away. However, witnesses were able to get the truck's license plate and it was connected back to Andrew. And when he and Ali got home that night around 10 p.m., police officers were already waiting there for them. Ali reportedly told police that she was the one driving, not Andrew, and as a result, she was arrested that night for a DWI and for fleeing the scene of an accident. And just hours later, deputies were called back to that exact same home for that medical emergency where Ali was found unresponsive. Now authorities have not connected Ali's death to last year's assault case. And like I said, they haven't announced a manner or cause of death, but since her death, several friends and family members and neighbors have come out shared what they had witnessed over the years. Some neighbors say that they saw Ali with black eyes and bruises. One neighbor even said that Ali would mow the lawn in the summer wearing a hoodie and large sunglasses to cover the injuries on her face. Friends have also said that Ali was afraid to leave the marriage because she believed that Andrew would kill her if they did. Some claim they even went to the police themselves with the concerns, but were told there wasn't really much authorities could do unless Ali chose to press charges herself. And to be clear, none of this has been confirmed by authorities, but it's definitely raised a lot of eyebrows in the case. Because obviously there is this huge incident that happened a year ago. Friends have witnessed these things throughout the course of their marriage, and then now there's this medical incident where they're called to the home and Ali's unresponsive. Friends have described Ali as someone who had an infectious smile, a laugh that could brighten any room. She was a nurse, a mom to one son loved her four dogs and was known for always putting other people first. And so for now, we just sit without answers and her friends and family are just wondering what happened. And investigators are still looking into her death and the case is ongoing, so we'll certainly update you with any new information that we get. But I think that it seems like there's a lot of evidence of abuse in the relationship outside of even that incident that happened last year. And then the fact that she was covering supposedly in this-- or could have been covering for him in this DWI where he gets out and hits the semi, it'll be interesting to hear what that witness testimony looks like. And I'm sure the driver of that semi has more information that would come forward. And if she was, in fact, concealing that, I think that would show that there was some sort of turmoil in the relationship. And it kind of got me to thinking, if that did escalate into what caused her death, was it because he was already-- couldn't be practicing at the hospital that he originally worked at as a result of what happened in the year before. Now, if he was charged with a DWI, I would imagine his license would be completely revoked. And she is probably one of the only few people that knew he was the one driving in that hit and run. And so I'm just wondering if, like, any of that is what caused the escalation. What are your thoughts? Yeah, I mean, I think that there's obviously a history and a pattern here of domestic disturbance is there. I would imagine that she probably was covering for him with the DWI. And because he had-- he was on probation and all those things-- he would have gone to jail if he gave the other driver his identification. So I think she covered. Then I think it could have been something where, rather than trying to silence her, maybe she said, like, enough is enough. I just took the fall for you, like, I'm out of here. And that's what made him potentially lash out. I would guess that they are gathering more of an incident building a case. So I'm sure if we don't have enough date by the time this episode goes out, I would imagine that there's going to be one soon. Well, and if the basis or a big part of what this previous charge was alcohol-related, since he has to have this monitor on, and then he's drinking and driving-- Well, did I mean? That's why I should probably took the fall. Yeah, but I mean, I'm just thinking from a criminal perspective, I would imagine he is feeling the heat. I mean, yeah. And from a professional standpoint. So it's crazy what people do when they feel threatened for getting in trouble. It's like, why would you risk getting in trouble for something far worse than just taking the consequence of drinking and driving? He'd go to jail and probation, yeah. And so he just probably didn't want that. But it's actually, OK, that kind of takes us into this next case, because it's also very, very heartbreaking and has to do with a man and woman, husband, wife. And as more information is coming out, it gets more and more difficult to ask yourself, like, could this have been prevented? So, late on the night of July 23rd, police were called to a home in Oklahoma after a child inside the house called 911. According to some of the audio that has since been released, a dispatcher told responding officers that they could hear a woman screaming and crying in the background of this call. And they said that there was then some sort of loud bang before the call disconnected. When officers got to the home around 1115 that night, they found 43-year-old influencer Sarah Gilson and her estranged husband, 48-year-old Jeremiah Sean Duffy, both dead from gunshot wounds. Investigators say that Sean shot Sarah before then turning the gun on himself. But what makes this case so disturbing is everything that had happened in the weeks leading up to this murder, self-harm, self-exit situation. Because just 12 days earlier, Sarah posted a TikTok video that has since been viewed by millions of people. And it was a part of that trend that everybody is like posting and joking about, you know, sitting down for my Netflix documentary on XYZ. Just talking about filming a future documentary and like, you know, it's a little niche, funny type saying. Except Sarah, when she posted hers, she wasn't joking. And for those of you watching the video version of this, I'm going to play it for you on the screen. And then for my audio listeners, I will describe it for you. So the text on her video read, "Preparing for when Netflix drops a documentary about my soon-to-be ex-husband who I just found out is a peto." And in the capture, she wrote, "I wish I was joking." And as it turns out, there was already a lot happening behind the scenes. Court records show that Sarah had filed two protective orders against Sean back in 2021. However, both of them were dismissed after she didn't show up for the hearings. Then, on June 10th of this year, she filed for another emergency protective order. And in this one, she said that Sean had a gun and had threatened to take his own life and had gone on the run. A judge ordered him out of the house immediately and also ordered him to stay at least 100 yards away from Sarah at all times. Few weeks later, though, that order was extended through August. But that wasn't the only protective order that was filed that day. Another woman also filed one against Sean on behalf of her 15-year-old daughter who played on the youth basketball team that he coached. According to court documents, Sean allegedly kissed and inappropriately touched this 15-year-old girl, and another coach reportedly caught him in the act. The girl's mother also said that her daughter told her that Sean had sent her messages, inviting her to his hotel room during a tournament, and even offered her money to "keep quiet." So once all of that was reported, an active investigation was started against Sean for lewd acts against a minor, and that investigation was still ongoing when Sarah was killed. Then, just this week, another heartbreaking piece of this story came out. Sarah's first husband, Lyle, spoke publicly, and said that he had spent years begging Sarah to leave Sean. He said that although they divorced about seven years ago, they had become close friends and they worked really well together as co-parents to their two children. He said that he offered her over and over again to help her leave, but felt like Sean had such a strong hold over her that she just couldn't get away. Lyle also said that Sarah was an incredible mom who would have done absolutely anything for her kids. Then, he added that, in the end, trying to protect children is what ultimately cost Sarah her life, which it's just this case has gone absolutely viral and everybody is talking about it because first you have this tiptock of first sitting down for this faux documentary, saying, you know, wait until they hear about my soon-to-be ex-husband being exposed as a peto, and something that maybe she finally felt bold enough to call him out, to like put it on blast as I am divorcing this creep and put it out there completely, I'm sure, unknown to her of it, iron but known as to her that he would then see that, be scented, whatever, and then would go and attack her. Then you peel that whole layer back and a child who made this 911 call, while this was happening in the house, two dead bodies, the trauma that child has to endure, the long history of a pattern going on here, people trying to intervene and help, and at the root of it, we know that she didn't show up to several of those hearings after the 2021 incident, but then when this thing came out about him allegedly assaulting a 15-year-old girl, she couldn't ignore it anymore, spoke up for herself, was leaving, and that that is the catalyst that brought all of this to a head. It's just so sad, it's incredibly sad, and it's a case that has a lot of people questioning whether there was truly enough done when there were already protective orders in place and an active criminal investigation underway. Why wasn't he arrested? Were they still investigating? It wasn't an open investigation. Why hadn't there been any follow-up? A lot of people are wondering, and I hate to say it, but a lot of these cases, they serve as educational episodes as well, because it helps you identify what red flags to look for, it does help generate awareness, it helps you see the signs of what to look for in potential abusive relationships, and I think this is a good example of, and I don't want to say, I don't want to get this construed or people think I'm trying to say silence yourself, but don't air something like that necessarily on social media, unless you, somebody's been arrested, you have protections in place, or like you're sure that they won't retaliate against you or can't retaliate against you, and that's not to say she did anything wrong, absolutely not, I think she found her voice and she was trying to jump on this trend, but also maybe it was therapeutic for her a little bit to vocalize what was going on, but I've seen a lot of people speaking out since then being like, you know, if you're going through something like this, go through the appropriate measures, go to the police, like don't even risk and jeopardize anything of taking it public yet, because look at this perfect example of what this monster then did as a reason, like to retaliate against her. I know it's heartbreaking, and it's a catch-22, and I feel very strongly about this topic, obviously, and just I think that you have this movement that's happened over the last several years of people speaking out about being treated unfairly or wronged, or of this type of subject matter, and I think like it's important that people still talk out, and I think it's important, and I understand too, like you said, finding your confidence and being able to out people that like the rest of the world doesn't know is a certain way, and it's like all you want is like that truth to be out, and you almost feel like if I say it out loud and everyone sees it, then nothing can happen to me because I've like exposed it, but the other side of that is those people are diabolical and have nothing to lose, and are desperate, so you're right in the sense of like you're outing them, and now they might get their consequence, but for them they're too cowardly to ever even live through that consequence, so instead they're gonna punish you and take their own life, and I think that that is the ultimate cowardly thing you can do, and I just feel bad for that, I just feel so badly for the whole situation because I'm sure she felt like she was doing what was right and protecting children, but you're right, you need to be careful and cautious, and you never know what that other person's gonna do on the other side. I know, it's incredibly sad. Now actually that kind of brings me into my next topic, and it's unrelated, but speaking of children, I have seen a lot of messages and comments and dams from you guys, asking if I am going to cover the Lindsey Clancy trial, you probably have seen it in your feed, she is the mother who is in trial right now for the murder of her three children, I did release an episode this week, but on my other feed tend to life, so if you don't let follow that podcast yet, go ahead and follow it, and that's where the episode is, it's also over on YouTube, I released it on Tuesday, as a reminder, new episodes between the two podcasts are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and then of course some bonus episodes, so you can go listen to that right now, it's 102 life, 10 to life, and I go all through the backstory of what happened in that case, what's been going on in the trial, what we can expect going forward in the trial, I also share a little bit about my own personal experience within the postpartum space, and just talk through everything, so that is available for you right now. So right now you can go back and listen to the David, Deep Dive, and everything that happened in the prelim, that released Sunday, Monday, I released a brand new episode too, it was on the Netflix documentary Talks of Love Story, which is like the wildest documentary ever, I know it's going viral right now, but of course as always a lot was left out, so I dissected that, then Tuesday was Lindsay Clancy, and then of course today headline highlight, so lots for you to go back and binge this week. That is what I've got for today, excited to be reunited next week, and I'll be back with you on Monday with an all new Deep Dive into a case, so until then be nice, don't kill people, just get a divorce, I think that that really applies today, and don't pray on minor children, and don't be a prime coberg. Oh, get him out of here. I know, all right guys, thanks, bye.