Today, Nancy Grace and Sheryl McCollum dive into a major ruling in the Bryan Kohberger case, where the Idaho judge shut down multiple defense attempts to block key evidence - including DNA, cell phone data, and surveillance footage. Nancy gives a breakdown of the legal principles such as abandonment theory, the Fourth Amendment, and legal privilege so the public can better understand.. Nancy and Sheryl also discuss the latest heartbreaking stories of Hayden Manis, whose family only recently realized he’s been missing for five years, and Oakley Carlson, a little girl failed by the foster care system. 

Show Notes:

• (0:00) Welcome! Nancy and Sheryl introduce this week’s crime roundup   
• (0:30) Update on legal cases across the country  
• (1:00) Hayden Manis missing for 5 years 
• (1:10) BOY, 4, VANISHES 5 YEARS AGO WITHOUT FAMILY REALIZING: WHERE'S HAYDEN 
• (3:30) Oakley Carlson's heartbreaking case 
• (4:30) Latest in Bryan Kohbergers case
• (5:30) Judge strikes down every defense attempt to suppress key evidence 
• (7:00) Nancy explains the abandonment theory and privacy  
• (12:30) Why the defense tried to fight investigative genetic genealogy 
• (16:00) The legal argument over whether Amazon purchase records should be private
• (18:00) Nancy uses Lori Vallow’s Amazon purchase to Kohbergers
• (22:00) Emotional toll behind crime and reasons to keep moving forward
• (25:30) Final sign off
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Nancy Grace is an outspoken, tireless advocate for victims’ rights and one of television's most respected legal analysts. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor. She is the founder and publisher of CrimeOnline.com, a crime- fighting digital platform that investigates breaking crime news, spreads awareness of missing people and shines a light on cold cases. 

In addition, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, a daily show hosted by Grace, airs on SIRIUS XM’s Triumph Channel 111 and is downloadable as a podcast on all audio platforms - https://www.crimeonline.com/

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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. 

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X: @ColdCaseTips

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