Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide

Five-year-old Jakaiden Smith had seen his pediatrician in December 2025 weighing about 30 pounds.

Less than two months later, a passerby spotted a black trash bag floating along a Florida bay. Inside was Jakaiden, weighing just 20 pounds.

His mother, Jalynda Smith, had disappeared. 

What investigators allege happened before Jakaiden reached that water may be even harder to understand than how he was found.

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Five-year-old Kamarie Holland was supposed to be protected by a court order that specifically prohibited her father from leaving her in her mother’s care.

But on December 13, 2021, Kamarie’s mother called 911 and claimed her daughter had vanished during the night.

Investigators would uncover something far, FAR worse.

This is the devastating case of how Kristy Siple, Corey Holland, and the system failed a little girl against Jeremy Williams.

This case includes graphic detail of child abuse. Listener discretion is advised.

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A child-custody hearing ends quietly inside a South Carolina courthouse. No shouting. No threats. No indication that anything unusual is about to happen.

But once everyone reaches the parking lot, everything changes.

Behind what happens next is a years-long story involving an affair, a marriage, a little girl with two father figures, and a truth that Andrew White had already been living with for nearly a year. Was what happened outside that courthouse a man suddenly breaking under years of betrayal, or something much more calculated?

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Ryan Greenwood built an online following by sharing parenting advice, Christian messages, and videos about being a better father.

Then, in August 2025, his 4-month-old daughter Elizabeth Greenwood died.What initially appeared to be a tragic loss quickly became a criminal investigation. As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered troubling internet searches, allegations of prior incidents involving the infant, and evidence prosecutors say painted a very different picture than the one Ryan presented online.

This episode breaks down the investigation, the trial, and the conviction that followed Elizabeth Greenwood's death.

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Nannie Doss spent decades chasing the kind of love story she read about in romance magazines and lonely-hearts ads. She married again and again, always searching for what she called the “perfect mate.” But wherever Nannie’s search for romance took her, tragedy never seemed far behind.

By 1954, one sudden death in Tulsa, Oklahoma, finally made a doctor stop and ask questions that stretched far beyond one marriage. Soon investigators were looking backward through years of suspicious deaths across multiple states, and at the cheerful grandmother the press would eventually nickname the “Giggling Granny.”

How many secrets had been hiding behind Nannie Doss’s smile?

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When a seven-month-old Florida baby suddenly started vomiting, his parents pointed doctors toward a recent bump on the headboard and a pre-existing medical condition involving fluid around his brain. But emergency surgery and a subsequent investigation revealed something far more sinister.

This episode talks about the investigation into Anthony Hester the allegations of him shaking his son until he had to be hospitalized.

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Jariah Edwards was 17 years old, 32 weeks pregnant, and visiting San Diego with her family when someone unexpectedly showed up outside their rental in the middle of the night.

Police say Trevon Williams had traveled from Arizona, told Jariah he brought her flowers, and convinced her to come outside.

Minutes later, Jariah had been shot.

Doctors fought to save both her and her baby girl and investigators would soon learn that what looked like a romantic gesture may have been used to get Jariah alone.

Everything said in this episode is alleged because the case is still ongoing.

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When six-year-old Justin Elmore arrived at the hospital, the adults caring for him said his injuries came from hitting himself in the head.

Doctors immediately knew something was wrong with that explanation.

Justin had a brain bleed, a punctured lung, and injuries across his body. Then investigators searched the home, the adults’ phones, and the surveillance footage, and discovered a sad tale of continuous abuse.

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Three children disappeared into the ocean in the middle of the night. Hours later, they were found along the shoreline of Coney Island, and their mother was wandering barefoot, soaking wet, repeatedly telling family that the children were "gone."

As investigators pieced together the final hours before Zachary, Liliana, and Oliver Merdy died, they uncovered years of mental health struggles, custody battles, reports of neglect, and repeated concerns that some believe should have triggered stronger intervention long before that September morning.

This episode examines one of New York City's most heartbreaking family tragedies, the guilty plea entered by Erin Merdy, and the ongoing debate over whether the system failed these children.

Past Cases Mentioned in this Episode:

She Killed Her Children — But Was it Mental Health Illness or Murder? | The Lindsay Clancy Case
https://murderandlove.com/she-killed-her-children-but-was-it-mental-health-illness-or-murder-the-lindsay-clancy-case/

Ate His Eye; He Believed His Brother Had to Be Sacrificed to Save the World | Matthew Hertgen
https://murderandlove.com/ate-his-eye-he-believed-his-brother-had-to-be-sacrificed-to-save-the-world-matthew-hertgen/

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Amy Vilardi was the one who called 911 after finding four members of her family dead inside their South Carolina home.

For nearly eight years, no one was charged.

Then investigators went back to evidence that had been sitting in the case file ... including a photograph that led them right to Amy and Ross Vilardi.

But the case was built on circumstantial evidence. Would it be enough to prove four murders beyond a reasonable doubt?

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