Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan

In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, the 1932 kidnapping of 20-month-old Charles Lindbergh Jr. becomes one of the most famous criminal cases in American history. What starts with a child missing from his nursery, a handmade ladder, and a $50,000 ransom note quickly becomes 13 ransom messages, meetings with the mysterious “Cemetery John,” a failed payment exchange, the discovery of Charles Jr.’s remains, and the arrest of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The case also left unanswered questions and helped reshape federal kidnapping laws.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, the murder of 22-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind begins with an eight-month pregnant woman leaving her apartment to help a neighbor with a sewing project. What starts as a sudden disappearance becomes repeated police searches, a newborn found inside the neighbors’ apartment, conflicting stories from Brooke Crews and William Hoehn, and the discovery of Savanna’s body in the Red River. The case later leads to convictions, questions about missed evidence, and Savanna’s Act addressing missing and murdered Indigenous people.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, Part 2 looks at the investigation after Sean Daugherty’s death was ruled self-inflicted. What starts with the family questioning the scene, the clothing, the house, the timing, and the lack of early media coverage quickly becomes neighbor interviews, surveillance questions, forensic testing, official statements from the sheriff’s office, conflicting claims, and one difficult question about whether the case was fully understood from the beginning.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, Part 1 follows the troubling death of 12-year-old Sean Daugherty in Yorktown, Virginia. What starts with a normal afternoon after school, a quick babysitting favor, an untouched snack, and unfinished chores quickly becomes Sean found in the backyard, a shocking 911 call, broken glasses, missing clothing questions, strange details inside the home, and one family’s belief that the first explanation did not answer what really happened.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, the disappearance of 18-year-old Roxanne Paltauf becomes a Texas case still waiting for answers 20 years later. What starts with Roxanne staying at an Austin motel with her boyfriend, a final phone call to her mom, and a plan to go back-to-school shopping quickly becomes an argument, claims that she walked away, her phone and belongings left behind, hundreds of strange calls, her ID found with another man, possible trafficking concerns, billboards, searches, and one family still pleading for the truth.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, the unsolved murder of 17-year-old Maggie Long becomes a heartbreaking Colorado case still waiting for answers. What starts with Maggie leaving school to change and grab treats for a holiday concert quickly becomes a house fire, a suspected burglary, stolen weapons, ammunition, a safe, jade figurines, a light-colored van, three possible suspects, FBI involvement, a hate crime reclassification, and one family still hoping the right tip can finally bring justice for Maggie.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, Part 2 follows the discovery that changed the Jessica Lunsford case and the legal fight that followed. What starts with John Evander Couey’s confession and the search of a home across the street quickly becomes the heartbreaking discovery of Jessica’s remains, DNA evidence, arrests, a thrown-out confession, trial delays, guilty verdicts, a death sentence, and the creation of the Jessica Lunsford Act, which changed offender monitoring laws across the country.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, Part 1 follows the disappearance of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford after she vanished from her bedroom in Homosassa, Florida. What starts with her alarm still going off, a missing pink nightgown, her purple stuffed dolphin gone, and a cut screen door quickly becomes a massive search, national media attention, hundreds of volunteers, FBI involvement, false leads, and growing concern around a registered sex offender who had been living just yards away from Jessica’s home.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, the death of 19-year-old Derontae Martin becomes a case filled with unanswered questions. What starts with Derontae found shot in the attic of a man’s home after a party quickly becomes a self-inflicted ruling his family never believed, a strange 911 call, a phone returned wiped clean, concerns about the property owner, a second autopsy that challenged the first findings, another suspicious death on the same property, a coroner’s inquest ruling death by violence, and still no arrest.

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In this episode of Crime Bit with Danelle Hallan, the murder of 7-year-old Joan D’Alessandro becomes a case that changed victims’ rights. What starts with Joan delivering Girl Scout cookies near her Hillsdale, New Jersey home quickly becomes a missing child search, a mother’s concern about a neighbor, FBI support, Joseph McGowan’s failed polygraph and confession, Joan found in Harriman State Park, a life sentence, years of parole hearings, Rosemary D’Alessandro’s fight for families, and the creation of Joan’s Law to protect future victims.

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