425: Kohberger Backtracks, ‘Netflix Trend Murder’, Nolan Wells Audio Released & D4vd Going to Trial
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hey true crime besties welcome back to an all-new episode of serialously
hello hello hello and welcome back to an all-new episode of serialously
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 coberger 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
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 diet coke she did one about her soon-to-be ex-husband only to then
be murdered by him a
allegedly shortly after that. There are also updates to cases. There's more audio that has
been released in the Nolan Wells case where it's been transcribed and like Nancy Grace is on the
necks of everyone in that case. There is so much going on. If you're brand new here and it's 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 Thursdays, headline highlights where I
break down everything going on in real time this week in 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 Collette. Hello.
It's such a shock and honor to be here. Welcome for your first time ever.
Ooh, 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.
Okay. Let me get ready. 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 said, I'll be back. And I feel like we share a wavelength, like when
it comes to music. I know, but music specifically, 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 when I 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 it'll be happy tears or sad tears that I'm back. Everybody's like,
we don't want her to come back. It'll be.
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 Koberger update. This guy, I'm
trying to like mind 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.
I called this months ago. I was like, they're pushing paperwork for it 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 withdrawing 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 Koberger 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 admin 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 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
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 in which you can file one
it's either new evidence being admitted uh proof of uh of um 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 cite 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 a year now he's been complaining about prison conditions
people threatening 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 won't 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
convinced 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 in Idaho, including an 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, clump 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, and he's in prison. And he's in prison for
23 hours a day. Yes, he has a TV and 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 are 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, enraged, pissed off, like, I can't even imagine what they must be feeling right now.
The Gonsalves family made a statement on Monday calling Brian Koberger a narcissist and quote, I
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, too. 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
guilty 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. Because
wherever you sit with this, anyone who's listening, I've never tried to hide the fact that I think he
is guilty. One hundred percent. If you don't, that's your opinion. That is absolutely fine.
I think that it's for him. It's like, oh, I get to go on recess from prison, go into this trial,
wear 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 going to call him a pussy. And as I was going to 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. He's
this criminal justice student. He thinks he's going to 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 going to plead guilty and just not even go to trial. Not get any answers.
Like, yeah, and now I can't stand the food and I'm a pussy. So I'm going to put this family now.
One thing I did think initially was how could you put your the families through this again? However,
I know that they did want a trial ultimately. So maybe for them, not all the families. Yeah.
Right. 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, because 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's saying he was advised to lie and that he like to go against us. He even I think one of
the direct quotes was my actual innocence is the truth or will prove the truth, even going as far,
which really annoyed the shit out of me to say. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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 Ph.D. When you're going through that paperwork
and you are 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 Ph.D. and like you didn't
fully understand or you were somehow coerced 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
it was my understanding that death row is better living conditions. I have 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 counsel 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 gen pop, 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 cushy lifestyle of death row.
I mean, I think what the public needs to do is just not that they haven't already just publicly
shamed 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, go down, people thinking that of him.
So I think back to Kaylee's sister, Olivia's statement in court against him where she just like
reiterated 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 receive, 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, Annie, 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. Oh, 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 was his
of the album was his black Tesla sitting in that Hollywood tow yard with the front trunk open,
which is obviously how we, you know, we know where they discovered 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
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 want to 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 hacked apple
music so i was like you know i'm gonna take a beat before i talk about this let's like 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 isn't 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 like
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
confession 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 so i gotta 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 talked through a lot of the evidence that was
presented some of the autopsy uh 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 eight percent of the evidence and a half percent of the evidence
and the other half percent of the evidence was the evidence that david had found in the house
they then focused on the messages from april 22nd through april 26th including the night that celeste
took that uber to david's house so those records showed 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 the 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 poke 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 bled out
through all of this david remained pretty much emotionless as he had the entire preliminary
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 to 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 that night and that
david as i said had been online jailed
gaming with friends shortly before she arrived. So I wanted to backtrack a moment to 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 bled out, which indicates that he either was watching 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 said 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 three
million per album, upwards of six million per album. Sponsorships was like,
it was Adidas or Nike, all of these things that then totaled upwards of like 17 million dollars
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 at play
to prove when it's like, well, no, there was like almost 20 million dollars on the line for him.
That is very strong and compelling.
Then finally, there was the 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
deterring her from becoming a witness against you if that relationship becomes public knowledge.
So, of course, prosecutors completely disagreed. They argued that while Celeste 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 multimillion 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 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.
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, I've seen some theories floating around out there too, about like
a possible,
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 this, Amy, my mind immediately went to R. Kelly.
And I was like, oh, this kind of feels just like a playbook back then when like R. 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 celebrity 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 R. 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
percipient witnesses that they plan to call during the trial, which basically a percipient
witness is someone who has firsthand knowledge of an event or an act that occurred, 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 was 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 has a lot of people thinking,
oh, his friends have flipped. Maybe Neo, maybe the girl who was involved. Is her name Aisha? I can't
remember 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 writing's on the wall and like this guy is another one that
just feels like he's above the law, like a Brian Koberger, where it's like you're parading around
with this underage girl. You're going to have to go to court. You're going with her to her family. And again, who knows how they were 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 Celeste
as this 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've talked with you about this offline a little bit, Amy,
what I think the defense is trying to bring up.
I think the defense's strategy is going to be as to him not being responsible for the murder,
but more so the coverup 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 Brooke 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, Brooke's husband, Connor Hanlon, was the one who called 911 on June 6th after saying
he found Brooke upstairs in the master bedroom of their New Jersey home. And remember, their home
is in 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 operator, 484. Let me address the emergency.
339. 339 Pottersville Road, Chester, New Jersey.
Okay, just bear with me one moment.
Oh my God. I need an ambulance.
Okay, 339 Pottersville Road, Chester Township. Is that correct?
Chester Township. Chester Township.
Chester Township. Okay, is there a floor apartment of room numbers? Is it a private home?
A private home. Okay, are you calling? Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Okay, tell me exactly what happened. I know you said your wife is. I just found my wife. I don't know what's going on. CPR, I need CPR. There's instructions.
Okay, she's not breathing or conscious? Oh my God. There's a laceration in her chest.
Okay, sir. Bear with me one moment. We're getting out there. Just stay on the line.
Okay, so she's bleeding and she's not conscious. Is that correct?
No. Okay, okay. Oh, oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God.
All right, sir. All right, the paramedics have been sent. Yeah, yeah. What?
If there's a defibrillator available, send someone to get it now and tell me when you have it, sir.
No, I don't have one. I don't have one.
Not available? Okay.
I don't know what to do. I don't know what. What the fuck? What 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. The 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 had placed it. And then dispatch had responded that the caller was James
Connor Hanlon. And if you remember, this was the first time the caller had been placed.
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 arrests have been 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 him. So there was a lot of chatter going on and a lot of people thinking that it was
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 force 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 response
that we've gotten is that we've got a new case. And so we've got a new case. 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.
I remember, too, there was that really small reward that was placed, which that could have
been to like, make it seem like whoever was responsible to lead them to believe that they
were not on their track or, you know, something like that to kind of pull them off course.
But yeah, when we got to the point where we were able to get the evidence, we were able to get
the evidence, we were able to get the evidence, we were able to get the evidence. And 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 lash laceration,
like, and the word that like the words he chose. So yeah, I don't know.
I mean, 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 forced break in or text messages or something that would allude to
some or other type of suspect or person or motive. So at this point, if there's nothing that's come
out, I don't know, building their case. That's kind of what it feels like to me. Yeah.
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All right. So we have another pretty big update in the case of Nolan Wells. I did a deep dive on
this a couple of weeks ago. So if you are not familiar with that case, I highly encourage you
to go get caught up. It is a wild one. We've been talking about it for weeks. But as a refresher,
Nolan was out with his friends on Horn Island in Mississippi on the 4th of July. 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 boat 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 author said that he
autopsies have been not conclusive in every single aspect. An independent autopsy that was performed
at the direction of the family couldn't be, it was completed, but it couldn't fully be completed
because it's going to be gross, but certain organs and body parts of Nolan's were missing
after the first autopsy 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 necks over 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 McCormick, 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 him there. She also said
that Katie was there with a completely separate group of people that day and that she eventually
left the island. And she said that she was going to stay with her. And she said that she was going
to stay on the island with her brother and his fiance. Katie herself, at this time of this
recording 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 y'all. Just pray for his family and
friends. This is a terrible situation all in all. According to her family, she's been fully
cooperative 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 Theto 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.
Theto assistance, Vicki speaking. How can I help you?
Hey, we're at the west tip of Horn, and our village pump stopped working. We're sinking.
Can you all please come? We have a membership.
All right, of course. How far is the water coming up, sir?
Can you give me a description? Ankles?
Hello?
Hey.
Yes, how far is the water coming up, sir?
It's coming up. We're just sinking. I don't know. We're going down there.
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. 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 Fort Bayou, saying that there
were about seven people on board. But while that call was happening, the sea tow 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. 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 hear 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
heard the call. And I'm like, "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, when people put you on hold, it's like,
"Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo." 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, 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
hear things in all different ways these days. Others could be people hearing different things
in poor 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 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. Which side do you believe
on? Do you believe- I 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 to the story here, as is the family attorney, Ben 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
confusion 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 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 yeah it's the friends that
are hiding some information and like 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 uh 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 arrived they found 36 year old
alexandra ali 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 unanswered questions and a lot of unknowns surrounding her death but what was strange was almost
immediately after the news of ali'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 ali 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 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 ali hiding inside of a woman's bathroom
in the hotel lobby with a swollen lip and according to court records ali 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 then called 9-1-1 so there is this disturbance in the hotel room
so there is this disturbance in the hotel room obviously people next
door heard it the hotel staff was alerted enough to then call 9-1-1 so andrew was initially charged
with second degree domestic assault for that strangulation along with third degree domestic
assault for striking ali 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 like 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
24 hours a day to detect alcohol and 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 practice
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 was 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 in
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 like if that did
escalate into what i don't know what's going on in the relationship i don't know what to do with it
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 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. 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 disturbances 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 evidence and building a case. So I'm sure if we don't have an update by the time this episode
goes out, I would imagine that there's going to be one soon. Well, and if the the basis of or a big
part of what this previous charge was, was alcohol related, since he has to have this monitor on and
then he's drinking and driving. Well, that's what I mean. That's why she probably took the fall.
Yeah. But I mean, I'm just thinking from a criminal perspective, I would imagine he feel
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 take 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 on 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 eleven fifty.
That night, they found forty three year old influencer Sarah Gilson and her estranged husband,
forty eight year old Jeremiah Sean Duffy, both dead from gunshot wounds. Investigators say that Sean shot Sarah before then turned
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 some 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 pedo. And in the case of Sarah, she posted a TikTok video that has since been viewed by millions of people.
And in the caption, 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 of law, but he was not allowed to do so. And so
the judge ordered him out of the house of law, but he was not allowed to do so. And so
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, quote, 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
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 TikTok of her sitting down for this faux documentary saying, you know,
wait until they hear about my soon to be ex-husband being exposed as a pedo and something
that maybe she finally felt bold enough to call him out to like put it on blast to say,
I'm divorcing this creep and put it out there completely, I'm sure.
Unknown to her that, or unbeknownst 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
911 incident. But then when this thing came out about him allegedly via 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 there has
a, 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. Like why wasn't he arrested? Were they still investigating? It wasn't an open
investigation. Like why hadn't there been any followup? And so a lot of people are kind of
wondering, and it's also kind of, you know, I hate to say it, but a lot of these cases,
they serve for 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 place to start.
I think this is a good example of, and I don't want to say, I don't want to get this construed
to where people think I'm trying to say silence yourself, but don't air something like that
necessarily on social media, unless you, somebody has 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. And I think that's a good example of, and I don't want to get this
thing 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 region, like to retaliate against
her. I know it's, it's heartbreaking and it's a catch 22. And I feel very strongly about this
moment that's happened over the last several years of people speaking out about being treated
unfairly or wronged or, and, 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. And I think that's
important 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 constant consequence. So instead they're going to 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 who that what that other person is going to 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 DMs from
guys asking if I am going to cover the Lindsay Clancy trial. You probably have seen it in your
feed. She is the mother who is on 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 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 podcast.
It's one zero to life tend 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 highlights. 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 prey on minor children. And don't be a Brian Coburn.
Oh, get him out of here. I know. All right, guys. Thanks. Bye.
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Progressive's "Name Your Price" tool simplifies car insurance shopping by letting users set a budget and receiving tailored coverage options without guesswork or surprises.
Brian Koberger, formerly convicted of quadruple murder, is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea and request a new trial, alleging misinformation, false promises, and poor prison conditions, including claims that death row in Idaho was misrepresented as more comfortable.
David Anthony Burke is set to go to trial after prosecutors presented enough evidence during a preliminary hearing, including text messages and a disturbing song allegedly referencing Celeste’s murder, which was later revealed to be a hacker-generated fake; prosecutors now have first-hand witnesses to testify.
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The transcript covers multiple true crime cases and a promotional segment on car insurance. Progressive emphasizes its "Name Your Price" tool as a stress-free, personalized way to shop for car insurance, allowing users to input a budget and receive matched options without hidden costs or complexity. In the true crime section, Brian Koberger is attempting to withdraw his guilty plea, claiming he was misled about prison conditions and the death penalty, and now wants to go to trial to either prove innocence or face execution.
David Anthony Burke is officially moving to trial after a preliminary hearing revealed extensive text messages showing his contact with Celeste, and a controversial, hacked song referencing her murder, which sparked widespread speculation but was later debunked as a hoax. The case also revealed the family’s prior knowledge of their relationship, raising concerns about cover-ups. Additional cases, including the disappearance of Nolan Wells and the suspicious death of Alexandra Hummel, highlight unresolved details, conflicting testimonies, and potential domestic violence patterns.
The audio evidence in the Wells case, including a phone call allegedly containing references to Nolan’s death, remains unverified but fuels public speculation. The overarching theme is the complexity of justice, media influence, and the emotional toll on victims’ families. The narrative underscores how digital evidence, public perception, and legal loopholes shape outcomes in high-profile criminal cases.
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David Burke is officially going to trial after the judge ruled there was enough evidence. A song titled 'I Did It' was leaked to Apple Music, which included lyrics referencing Celeste, sparking public debate over whether it was a confession or a hack.
Text messages show David ordered an Uber for Celeste, and surveillance is missing, raising questions about his actions that night. Prosecutors argue he planned the murder and lured her to the house, while the defense claims he was gaming and Celeste pushed to come over.
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