"I think my wife tried to poison me." Eric Richins reportedly said those words to people close to him. He took protective steps—removed Kouri from his insurance, consulted lawyers, transferred assets to his sister's control. He wasn't in denial about the danger.

And then he stayed married to her.

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Hidden Killers Live to examine the psychology of victims who remain in relationships they believe are dangerous. This isn't judgment—it's analysis. Understanding why Eric stayed requires understanding forces most people never confront.

Suspecting your partner might kill you is existential in a way other marital problems aren't. It means accepting that the person you built a life with could end that life. The mind fights that conclusion even when the evidence is there.

We analyze the protective measures Eric reportedly took while staying. The legal consultations, the insurance changes, the asset protection. He was taking the threat seriously. But preparation isn't escape.

We examine the isolation of an unbelievable truth. "I think my wife is poisoning me" sounds paranoid to anyone you might tell. How do you get help when reality sounds like delusion?

We discuss what role the children played. Eric and Kouri had three kids together. Does that keep victims close? Monitoring the threat? Protecting the family?

And we identify what friends and family should recognize. What warning signs indicate someone might be in real danger from a partner?

Join us live for expert analysis on the victim's psychology in partner homicide cases—essential for anyone who might recognize themselves or someone they love.

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The Kouri Richins trial raises a question that goes beyond the courtroom: why would someone allegedly choose murder when divorce is always an option?

Prosecutors allege Richins poisoned her husband Eric with fentanyl, that she made multiple attempts before succeeding, and that she stood to collect nearly two million in life insurance while having an affair. The facts are damning if proven. But the psychology is what makes this case resonate—the internal logic that allegedly made killing feel like the rational choice.

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Hidden Killers Live to break down the psychology of partners who choose murder over leaving. With thirty years of experience working with violent offenders, Scott examines what makes this choice feel justified to the person making it.

We analyze the language prosecutors allege Kouri used in describing her marriage—feeling "stuck" and "trapped," believing things would be "better if Eric died." What does that framing reveal about perception and justification?

We examine the method. Poisoning isn't rage—it's calculation. It requires planning, patience, and the ability to watch suffering without stopping it. Multiple alleged attempts means multiple decisions to continue. What psychology sustains that pattern?

And we look at the performance prosecutors allege followed: the children's book, the TV appearances, the public grief. How does someone perform mourning for a death they allegedly caused?

Join us live for expert psychological analysis of one of the most disturbing aspects of domestic homicide—the mindset that makes murder feel like a solution.

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The Nancy Guthrie case has entered its most disturbing phase. Three weeks since her abduction, the person who took this 84-year-old woman has communicated nothing. No demands. No ransom. No proof she's alive. Just complete, unbroken silence.

Investigators have received ransom notes—but those came from opportunists, not the actual kidnapper. The person holding Nancy has made no effort to leverage her for money, negotiate her release, or even acknowledge they have her.

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins True Crime Today to analyze what this behavioral pattern means. In kidnapping cases, silence isn't neutral—it's evidence. When someone takes a human being and refuses to engage, it tells investigators something about their psychology, their motives, and potentially their intent.

Scott examines the possibilities. Is this silence strategic calculation? Post-crime panic? Or something more disturbing—an offender for whom the act itself was the point, the taking and controlling, with no need for acknowledgment or external reward?

The Guthrie family has made repeated public appeals. They've offered payment. They've pleaded on camera for any sign their mother is alive. The response has been nothing. What kind of person remains unmoved by those pleas? What does that tell us about who has Nancy and what they want?

This episode provides expert psychological analysis on the most critical question in the Guthrie case: what does three weeks of silence mean—and what does it suggest about what comes next?

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Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta joins us live to break down three major cases: the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation, the Kouri Richins murder trial, and the Colin Gray prosecution.

The Guthrie case is stalling. Twenty-three days in—no arrest, no vehicle, DNA stuck in a lab for potentially a year. Sources say the investigation is scaling back from four hundred personnel to a small task force. Bob explains what that drawdown signals and how every delay becomes ammunition for the defense.

The Richins trial is underway with opening statements complete. The prosecution's key witness has immunity but her supplier recanted. Eric's friends will testify he said "I think my wife tried to poison me" eighteen days before his death. The 15-minute gap before the 911 call. The orange notebook. Bob analyzes where this five-week trial will be decided.

The Colin Gray prosecution could change parental liability forever. Second-degree murder instead of manslaughter—180 years versus the Crumbleys' 10-15. The FBI warned him in May 2023. Body cam shows "God, I knew it." No gun laws were broken. Bob breaks down how you charge murder when the underlying conduct was legal.

Each case presents different challenges: Can genetic genealogy save an investigation with compromised DNA? Can a defense create doubt when the dead man told friends his wife tried to poison him? How do you prove murder without proving any law was broken?

Bob Motta has watched prosecutions build and collapse. Join us live for his expert analysis of where each case stands—and what's coming next.

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The Colin Gray trial could change parental liability law across America. Prosecutors charged second-degree murder—not manslaughter like the Crumbleys. He's facing 180 years. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta joins us live to break down what's happening in Georgia and what it means going forward.

The facts are brutal. The FBI visited Colin Gray's home in May 2023 after his son made threats on Discord. Body cam footage shows Gray saying "God, I knew it" within minutes of the Apalachee High School shooting. He also said he'd been trying to get his son into counseling. Bob analyzes how those statements cut both ways—and which way a jury is likely to lean.

Here's the legal problem prosecutors face: Georgia has no safe storage law. A 14-year-old can legally possess a long gun there. Colin Gray didn't technically break any gun laws by giving his kid that AR-15. So how do you charge someone with murder when the underlying conduct was legal? Bob walks through the prosecution's theory and the defense's best counterargument.

The sentencing gap is staggering. The Crumbleys got 10-15 years for manslaughter in Michigan. Colin Gray faces 180 years in Georgia. That exposure changes everything about how this case gets tried.

Karen McDonald—the prosecutor who secured the Crumbley convictions—said her reaction to Colin Gray being charged was "rage." She said the Crumbley case was never meant to open the floodgates. Experts warn this could be applied disproportionately against families without resources. Bob addresses whether there's any limiting principle.

Join us live as we analyze whether the rules are changing in real time for parents across the country.

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Opening statements are done. The Kouri Richins murder trial is underway in Summit County. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta joins us live to break down what we learned from week one and where this five-week trial is heading.

Prosecutors painted Kouri as a calculated killer who poisoned her husband Eric with fentanyl for nearly $2 million in life insurance money. The defense promised to show the case is built on compromised witnesses and circumstantial evidence. Bob analyzes where those competing narratives will collide—and where the defense has the best opportunity to create doubt.

The prosecution's key witness is Carmen Lauber—the housekeeper who claims she sold Kouri fentanyl. She's been granted immunity. Her supplier, Robert Crozier, has recanted and now says whatever he sold wasn't fentanyl. No pills were ever recovered or tested. Bob explains how a defense attorney would approach cross-examining a witness whose credibility has already been undermined.

The 15-minute gap before Kouri called 911 is central to the state's theory. Her phone was unlocked six times during those minutes. First responders noted Eric "seemed like he had been dead a while." Bob walks through how the defense will try to explain that gap—and whether the explanation holds up.

Two of Eric's friends will testify that eighteen days before his death, he called them and said "I think my wife tried to poison me." That statement is devastating for the defense. Bob explains the best strategy for neutralizing secondhand testimony.

With over 1,000 exhibits and a hard deadline from Judge Mrazik, the defense says this case won't finish on time. Bob explains whether timeline pressure helps or hurts the prosecution.

Join us live for real-time trial analysis from a defense attorney who knows how cases are won and lost.

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Day 24 of the Nancy Guthrie investigation brought two major developments that demand real-time analysis—and criminal defense attorney Bob Motta is joining us live to break it all down.

Savannah Guthrie posted an emotional video announcing a $1 million family reward for her mother's "recovery." Not return. Recovery. That language shift tells you where the family's head is at after more than three weeks of silence from whoever took Nancy Guthrie from her Tucson home.

But the bigger news dropped from law enforcement sources: the FBI's doorbell camera images weren't all from February 1st. At least one—the image without the backpack—was captured on an earlier date. Sources suggest the suspect visited the property, encountered the camera, retreated, and returned with a plan to cover it with desert weeds.

What does this mean for the investigation? What does it mean for eventual prosecution? And why is the Pima County Sheriff's Department publicly disputing information that law enforcement sources keep confirming to reporters?

Bob Motta brings his criminal defense experience to these questions live. We'll discuss what prior surveillance visits mean for establishing premeditation, how prosecutors build cases from fragmented physical evidence, and why the DNA testing delays could actually work in law enforcement's favor if they're pursuing genetic genealogy.

We're also taking your questions and comments in real time. The tip line is overwhelmed with theories and well-wishes—the FBI had to publicly ask people to stop calling with speculation. But legitimate questions deserve answers, and that's what we're here for.

Join us live as this case enters its fourth week with more questions than answers.

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Day twenty-two. Four hundred investigators. Zero arrests. And ABC News reports the case may soon scale back to a long-term task force.

The family has been briefed. The DNA is still unidentified. The perpetrator — if local — is watching themselves become the most wanted person in America while investigators canvass gun shops, process genetic genealogy, and work through Walmart purchase records. And investigators aren't ruling out that multiple people were involved.

Robin Dreeke ran the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program for years. He understands what happens inside an investigation when it hits a wall, what sustained pressure does to someone trying to hide what they've done, and what makes people with dangerous knowledge finally talk.

This interview covers every psychological angle: the investigation running out of oxygen, the suspect watching the walls close in, the accomplice question, and the psychology of the break. Someone in this perpetrator's life knows something is wrong. Over two hundred thousand dollars in rewards. What makes them act?

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Investigators have publicly stated they're not ruling out that more than one person was involved. The evidence is contradictory: sophisticated reconnaissance but no extraction plan, forensic awareness at the door but sloppiness on the exit, ransom notes with insider details but no way to collect.

If there was a second person — a driver, a lookout, someone who helped but didn't enter the home — they're watching this investigation unfold with different psychological stakes than the person who actually took Nancy.

Robin Dreeke spent his FBI career understanding what makes people talk. He ran the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, building rapport with assets who had every reason to stay silent. In this interview, he examines what the evidence suggests about multiple actors — and what it takes for someone with knowledge of a crime to finally come forward.

The reward is over two hundred thousand dollars. Genetic genealogy is processing DNA. There are people in this perpetrator's life who've noticed the stress. What makes suspicion turn into action? What does a real tip sound like? And how does this case actually get solved?

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Twenty-two days. The doorbell footage has been broadcast everywhere. The FBI is canvassing gun shops with photos. Walmart has turned over backpack purchase records. Genetic genealogy is processing DNA. CeCe Moore says if she were the kidnapper, she'd be "extremely concerned."

If this person is local — and the January reconnaissance suggests they are — they're watching themselves become the most wanted person in America while trying to live a normal life.

Robin Dreeke ran the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. His career was built on understanding how people behave under pressure. In this interview, he breaks down what's happening psychologically inside the head of whoever did this — the sustained stress of national exposure, the behavioral mistakes pressure forces, and the tells someone in this position might be exhibiting to the people around them.

The forensic awareness at the door suggests planning. The dropped glove two miles out suggests panic. What happens when someone realizes they're in over their head?

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