An Arizona man’s unpaid debt spiraled into the kidnapping and murder of his roommate. John Anthony Cole kidnapped his debtor’s roommate, Antoine Smith, and held him ransom, demanding payment “or else.” The situation turned deadly when Smith tried to escape. Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie breaks down the disturbing case on this episode of Scandal.

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A 24-year-old Illinois woman was approaching her college graduation date when she was murdered in cold blood. Alexis Maki was trying to move forward with her life when she met up with her then-boyfriend, Emmet Metzger, to discuss ending their relationship, including who would take custody of their shared dog. In the hours following Emmet’s arrival at Alexis’ apartment, he called 911 and told police he needed to be arrested. Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie breaks down the case and Emmet’s interrogation on this episode of Scandal.

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A New Hampshire mom who called herself a “brain cancer wife” on TikTok killed her family after posting an eerie video on the social media platform. In Emily Long’s last TikTok video, the mother of three said, “Our kids are definitely struggling,” and noted their plans to get together with neighborhood friends that day. The next morning, police discovered four members of the Long family dead in their Madbury home. Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie breaks down the tragic story on this episode of Scandal.

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A Colorado man called for a welfare check after his wife stopped answering her phone. When police arrived at Daniel Krug’s home, they found Kristil Krug dead in the garage. Krug had recently filed a police report regarding a stalker after receiving a series of texts from what appeared to be her ex-boyfriend. When investigators looked deeper into the case, they realized the stalker was actually the man she married. Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie breaks down the twisted case on this episode of Scandal.

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An Ohio woman told police she found two burglars in her boyfriend’s apartment when she went to visit him. Deborah L. Frazier claimed she was shot in the leg and her boyfriend, Thomas Waddell, was killed during the alleged home invasion. Investigators soon realized Deborah’s story wasn’t adding up. Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie breaks down the case on this episode of Scandal.

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Bodycam footage shows New Mexico cops confronting a substitute teacher after she allegedly got caught kissing a student at Estancia High School. Michaela Ford reportedly asked the principal not to tell her husband about the situation. Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie breaks down the accusations against Ford and her interrogation on this episode of Scandal.

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A U.S. airman began noticing a strange, bitter taste in his coffee while he was stationed in Germany. Roby Johnson set up hidden cameras in his kitchen to monitor the coffee pot — what he found shocked him. Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie breaks down how the Air Force member caught his own wife poisoning him on this episode of Scandal.

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A New Hampshire teen murdered his older brother's entire family while his sibling was out of the house. Eric Sweeney, a then-16-year-old, tried to cover up the murders by blaming an intruder. Sweeney was under the guardianship of Sean and Kassandra Sweeney at the time of the killings. Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie breaks down the tragic case on this episode of Scandal.

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A nurse practitioner frantically called 911 a few hours after leaving a bar with his coworker. Police rushed to the scene and found Alex Penning, a nurse in the Minnesota area, dead from a gunshot wound in her bathroom. When investigators dug a little deeper into the chain of events from that night, they discovered inconsistencies in the story given by Penning’s coworker, Matthew Ecker. Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie takes a deep dive into that fatal night on this episode of Scandal.

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Witnesses say they watched as a man covered in blood ate his food inside a McDonald’s. Investigators discovered the bloody man, Ross Judd, allegedly murdered two people just a few hours earlier — a pregnant woman and her boyfriend. Now, police believed Athena Georgopoulos and Andrew Gunn’s murders involved an argument over dogs. Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie breaks down the shocking story on this episode of Scandal.

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