Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan

In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, we examine the 2019 disappearance of 18-year-old backpacker Theo Hayez in Byron Bay. After a night out, he was asked to leave a bar and was later seen on CCTV heading toward the beach as his phone data showed a short, unusual route.

With no confirmed sightings after that, investigators weighed accident theories against possible third-party involvement. It shows how fast a case can stall when the digital trail ends and no witnesses come forward.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, we continue the Carina Saunders investigation as the search ends in a grim discovery. On October 13, 2011, her remains were found behind a Homeland store in Bethany, shifting the case from missing person to homicide. Detectives revisited statements, traced connections around Kenny Richards, and weighed what could be proven against what witnesses later changed.

Part 2 matters because it shows how a case can stall without physical evidence, even after arrests. We track the 2012 charges against Jimmy Massie and Lewis Ruiz, the 2013 dismissals, and how OSBI took over and kept pursuing leads.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, we examine the 2011 disappearance of 19-year-old Carina Saunders in the Oklahoma City metro. After struggling with meth and unstable housing, Karina was last reported after being dropped off near a Taco Bell, then her phone went quiet. As family searched, police worked conflicting accounts, a threatening text message, and names that kept resurfacing in the early investigation.

Why it matters is how fast a missing persons case can be shaped by uncertain timelines and unreliable witnesses.

Part 1 follows the first reports, early leads, and the questions that set the direction of the search.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, we look into the 1993 abduction of 12-year-old Polly Klaas from a sleepover in Petaluma, California. A bearded intruder entered her bedroom, tied up two friends, and took Polly while her mother slept nearby, launching a fast moving investigation and an urgent search across the region.

As leads stalled, a separate police encounter on a rural driveway resurfaced, and evidence began to connect to repeat offender Richard Allen Davis. We follow how investigators closed in, what the case revealed about public safety and sentencing, and how Polly’s name became tied to lasting legal debate.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, we continue with Part 2 of the Kendra Hatcher case, focusing on the murder for hire plan prosecutors said Brenda Delgado organized in 2015. Testimony described the Jeep used to reach Hatcher in her uptown parking garage, the role of driver Crystal Cortez, and how taking her purse was meant to resemble a robbery.

Investigators then followed payments and discarded items as Delgado fled to Mexico and the circle tightened around the people involved. The trials show how evidence can assign responsibility to the planner as well as the gunman.

Part 2 closes the timeline and the court outcomes.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, we trace how Dallas doctor Ricardo “Ricky” Paniagua’s breakup with Brenda Delgado shifted into repeated run ins, late night calls, and signs of surveillance. As Ricky moved on and began dating dentist Dr. Kendra Hatcher in 2015, investigators later mapped a pattern of jealousy and planning that set the stage for what followed.

This case matters because it shows how stalking behaviors can escalate before anyone recognizes the risk.

Part 1 follows the timeline, relationships, and early warning signs that were later used to explain motive.

The story continues in Part 2.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, we look into the 2015 disappearance of 29-year-old Jesse Farber from Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. After days of unusual behavior and missed work, Jesse called his partner Rachel on August 11 saying he was being chased by 10 to 11 coyotes and needed help, then the line went dead and he was never found. 

Search teams combed Sharp Mountain, where coal pits and air shafts made the terrain dangerous, but no trace turned up. Later items believed to be his were reported in the woods, raising questions about an accident, a hallucination, or possible outside involvement.

Jesse remains missing.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, we look into the disappearance of Nguyet “Wiki” Phung, a 19-year-old student who vanished on May 9, 1991. She left home at 6:30 a.m., met her boyfriend Ken, and was dropped at Shoreline Community College by 7:20, but she never reported to her Seattle job and never returned home.

Investigators focused on Wiki’s last known movements and Ken’s statement, which included many names and claims that detectives said they could not confirm. The case matters because early contradictions can shape how a missing person search unfolds and small gaps can become decades of uncertainty. Wiki remains missing.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, we examine the disappearance of 36-year-old tattoo artist Ruben Carranza from Greensburg, Pennsylvania, who vanished in the summer of 2025 after borrowing his grandfather’s white 2002 Toyota Avalon. When calls and texts stopped, investigators traced the last sightings, a final phone ping near Mount Pleasant Township, and a vehicle later found deliberately hidden in the woods near Acme. We break down the timeline, the leads, and the questions still unanswered.       

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In Part 2, we continue the investigation into Lily and Jack Sullivan, as new tips, sightings, and digital leads complicate the case. From reports of a loud vehicle and possible hotel sightings to trail cameras, volunteer searches, and repeated RCMP briefings, we break down what was verified, what was ruled out, and why the rumor mill kept growing online. We also revisit key questions raised by interviews, including talk of polygraphs and past welfare reports, while investigators stay tight-lipped on their working theory.

Join us as we map the latest developments and what could come next.

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