This week’s docket covers the death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard the Carnival Horizon, a New York surrogacy fraud case involving MaryBeth Lewis, the horrifying starvation of a 14-year-old Wisconsin girl weighing just 35 pounds, the rescue of 122 missing and endangered Florida children, and the homicide investigation into the death of UK woman Sonia Exelby, who traveled to Florida before being killed.

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In this episode, we’re diving into one of California’s most disturbing and complicated cold cases: the Keddie Cabin 28 murders. In April 1981, 36-year-old Sue Sharp and three teenagers—her son John, his friend Dana, and her 12-year-old daughter Tina—were attacked inside a small rental cabin in the remote mountain town of Keddie. Only three young boys in the home survived. What followed was a series of investigative missteps that still shocks people today: a contaminated crime scene, a missing child who wasn’t noticed for hours, ignored confessions, mishandled evidence, and key suspects who slipped out of town just days later.

If you’re looking for a case that’s as frustrating as it is haunting, the Keddie murders remain one of the most chilling examples of a community failed by the system and of investigators still fighting to set the record straight.

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1. Long Island House Party Murder: Honor Student Fatally Stabbed During Teen Gathering
2. Florida Teen Killed 24 Hours After Reporting Sexual Assault — Suspect Convicted in Murder-for-Hire Plot
3. Indiana Man Arrested After Children Allegedly Endure Extreme Abuse and Threats
4. TikTok Influencer Ordered to Pay $1.75 Million in Alienation-of-Affection Lawsuit
5. Slidell Grandmother Allegedly Drives Impaired and Fatally Strikes 5-Year-Old Grandson
6. Nationwide Manhunt Intensifies for North Carolina Fugitive Accused of Murder and Stabbing Deputy

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In November of 1987, a young family in southern Illinois vanished from sight for just one day—and when police finally went to check their home, what they found inside would haunt the town of Ina forever.

Keith and Elaine Dardeen were the kind of couple everyone in their small community knew and admired. They worked hard, sang in church, and were raising their 2-year-old son, Peter, while preparing to welcome a new baby girl. But behind their front door was a scene of unimaginable horror—one so brutal that even seasoned investigators said it was the worst they had ever witnessed.

Elaine and little Peter were found beaten to death inside their trailer, tucked into bed as if someone wanted to hide the violence that had taken place. Elaine, seven months pregnant, had gone into labor during the attack—giving birth to a baby girl who lived only for moments before being killed as well.

Keith, the husband and father, was missing—along with the family car. And within 24 hours, his body would be discovered in a nearby field, shot and mutilated in a way that defied all understanding.

A loving family, wiped out for no apparent reason. No robbery. No known enemies. No clear motive. Just brutality, precision, and a killer who vanished without a trace.

This is the story of the Dardeen family murders—one of the most horrifying and baffling unsolved cases in American history.

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In California, Jake Haro was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for the murder of his 7-month-old son, Emmanuel, whose body has never been found.

In Kentucky, a UPS cargo jet crashed near the Louisville airport, killing nine people and injuring eleven more shortly after takeoff.

In Pennsylvania, a 13-year-old girl from Louisiana was found alive inside a box in a man’s basement after he allegedly lured her through Snapchat with promises of adoption.

In Virginia, teacher Abby Zwerner’s $40 million negligence lawsuit against school officials continues, revisiting the 2023 classroom shooting that left her critically injured by a 6-year-old student.

In California, the search continues for 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, whose mother returned home from a cross-country trip without her.

In Minnesota, a 51-year-old woman survived a violent sexual assault during her nightly walk, leading to the arrest of 21-year-old Tristen Leritz.

In Georgia, 17-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick stands accused of murdering her mother and stepfather after months of portraying herself online as a grieving daughter.

And in Boston, two college-aged men were charged after an explosion rocked a Harvard Medical School building in what prosecutors say was a deliberate act using fireworks.

Finally, in California, former American Idol contestant Randy Madden faces six felony charges for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor.

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Former Horry County 911 dispatcher Meagan Jackson and her lover, coroner’s investigator Chris Dontell, were charged in the 2020 murder of Meagan’s ex, Greg Rice. What began as a secret affair spiraled into a deadly conspiracy involving betrayal, cover-ups, and shocking courtroom twists. This episode follows the years-long investigation and trials that finally brought justice for Greg — and exposed just how far Meagan and Chris were willing to go.

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This week’s Weekly Docket is heavy. We’re covering six shocking true-crime stories making headlines right now — from small-town tragedies to international headlines.

In Montana, a mother is charged with deliberate homicide after her 2-year-old son was found decomposing in a home described as “unlivable.” Then in North Carolina, a father’s 911 confession led deputies to a car trunk containing the bodies of his four children — a discovery that left an entire community reeling.

We also cover the arrest of an attorney accused of killing his tech-executive wife in Chicago, the $100 million Louvre jewel heist that stunned France, a deadly homecoming mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi, and the chaotic downtown Montgomery shootout that left two people dead after a college football weekend.

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This week on The Weekly Docket: a Scottish woman fakes an entire pregnancy — and even a newborn — before being exposed by her own mother; new trial developments in the police shooting of Sonya Massey; the disappearance and scandal surrounding Georgia dentist Dr. Melanie Litt and her decade-long affair; two lovers in Wales found guilty in a murder-for-hire plot gone wrong; and a Texas town shattered after beloved teacher Chelsea Spillers is found murdered by her husband.

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In this week’s Weekly Docket, I’m covering four stories that are as heartbreaking as they are infuriating — from a grandmother accused of poisoning an infant with antifreeze, to the devastating update in the Ellen Greenberg case, Donna Adelson’s long-awaited sentencing, and a horrific attack in Cleveland that left a 5-year-old little girl fighting for her life. Buckle up — this week’s headlines are heavy.

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