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Jury selection is underway for 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony who is facing life in prison for the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Texas last year. Extra security is in place at the courthouse and there is a strict electronic gag for members of the media given all the racial tensions that have erupted in the aftermath of the murder. Anthony is black, Metcalf was white,  and a significant amount of misinformation has circulated online that resulted in death threats for both the victim’s and the defendant’s families over the past several months. 

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Ted Bundy didn’t look like a monster. He looked like someone you’d trust. Charming, intelligent, and seemingly normal, Bundy fooled friends, girlfriends, neighbors, and even some of the people investigating him.

Bonnie Bartlett joins Elisa Donovan to revisit The Deliberate Stranger and the true story behind one of America’s most notorious serial killers. Decades later, the case still raises unsettling questions about evil hiding in plain sight. 

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Proceed with caution, as Emily and Shane are discussing the graphic murder of Miss Switzerland finalist, Kristina Joksimovic at the hands of her husband, Marc Rieben.

Rieben was methodical when murdering and dismembering his wife, but Kristina’s father learned the truth when he discovered her severed head in a trash bag in their home.  

How does Switzerland law differ from The United States? What was Marc Rieben’s defense? Did he receive the death penalty for his unfathomable crimes? 

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It’s a heinous story that shocked the New York community, 34-year-old Erin Merdy drowned her 7, 4 and 3 month old children in the Atlantic Ocean. Merdy left their bodies along the Coney Island shoreline where it took authorities hours to find them. A judge showed leniency to Merdy, going against prosecutors who wanted her sentenced to life without parole. Once you hear how her life turned upside down, from a young woman with hopes of a health care career to a hopeless single mother suffering from postpartum depression, his lesser sentence may be more understandable. 

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A judge gave 52-year-old Shannon O’Connor the maximum sentence possible after the California mom was found guilty of more than 4 dozen felony counts. O’Connor cried openly in court as victims and their parents stepped forward to describe the lasting trauma she caused for plying teens with drinks and egging on non-consensual sex in her home. O’Connor claims she held alcohol fueled parties to help her 15-year-old son’s social life, but prosecutors say she is now a sexual predator, convicted felon and a registered sex offender. 

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What happened to Korey Wise after the Central Park Five convictions was almost unimaginable.

Emmy-winning actor Jharrel Jerome opens up about filming the brutal prison scenes in Netflix’s When They See Us, portraying Korey Wise’s years inside Rikers, and the emotional toll of stepping into one of the most devastating wrongful conviction stories in America.

He also shares the powerful moment the real Korey Wise finally watched the series, and why the story still hits so hard years later.

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Hawaiian police are asking for help tracking down a 36-year-old man they say is armed and extremely dangerous. Police say Jacob Daniel Baker murdered 3 elderly men over a 2 day killing spree in the Puna area of the Big Island. In recent days, at least two residents of the area requested restraining orders against Baker after they say he directly threatened their lives. 

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U.S. investigators are asking Bahamian authorities for permission to search a new area for missing Michigan mom, Lynette Hooker. Authorities say GPS data from Brian Hooker’s device has revealed he wasn’t where he said he was the night he told police his wife fell overboard in rough seas. Hooker was arrested and held for 5 days, but ultimately released after officials didn’t have enough evidence to charge him in connection with Lynette’s disappearance. 

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A Florida judge decided to allow 16-year-old Timothy Hudson, accused of raping and murdering his step-sister Anna Kepner on a cruise ship last fall, to remain free with family members until his scheduled trial this fall. Prosecutors implored the judge to place Hudson in custody, questioning whether it would take a second murder before the judge deemed the teen dangerous. Ultimately, the judge sided with the defense. 

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Police believe they have finally solved a 34-year-old cold case out of Kentucky.  23-year-old Anna Lee Manning went missing in November of 1992. Late last week her husband and mother-in-law were arrested and charged with her murder. And just this week, police found skeletal remains in a shallow grave on Manning’s mother-in-law’s 5 acre property. Investigators are awaiting official identification of the remains, but believe they’ve finally found Anna Lee.

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