Yolanda Saldívar, now 64, who is serving a life sentence for the 1995 murder of Tejano icon Selena, has filed paperwork to try to get released next year. Saldívar fatally shot 23-year-old superstar Selena Quintanilla-Perez on March 31, 1995, in a hotel room in Corpus Christi, Texas

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In 2024, new life was brought to some of the country's most shocking, controversial, and infamous true crime stories. Emily revisits her conversations with the people closest to these cases.

Episodes featured in this podcast:

Disappearance Before Daybreak: The Case Of Jodi Huisentruit - Guest: Find Jodi team member and podcaster Scott Fuller

A Murderous Mother: The Case Of Susan Smith - Guest: State Representative Tommy Pope

The Crimes Of OJ Simpson: The Witness - Guest: Host of the One Degree of Scandalous podcast Kato Kaelin

Nightmare On Campus: Taking Down The Gainesville Ripper - Guest: Attorney Rod Smith

The Trial Of The Menendez Brothers - Guest: Award-winning trial attorney and host of the Courtroom Confidential Podcast Joshua Ritter

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JonBenet Ramsey's father, John Ramsey, says he plans to meet with the Boulder Police Department chief in Colorado next month, as he pushes police to retest certain evidence for traces of DNA, including external male DNA that federal officials disclosed in 1997, and test other items for the first time. 

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Officials are now saying Bryan Kohberger, the suspect charged in the quadruple homicide of four Moscow, Idaho, students, was investigated in connection with a home invasion that took place before the murders in a neighboring city.

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In 2011, 27-year-old teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead with 20 stab wounds inside her Philadelphia apartment. Investigators later ruled her death a suicide. In the 13 years since her death, Ellen's parents have fought to have their daughter's manner of death changed to 'homicide' or 'undetermined.' And for the first time, Ellen's fiancé at the time of her death has spoken out about the tragedy.

Criminal defense and family law attorney Lexie Rigden dives into the facts of the case and provides her analysis of the legal battles that have sparked since Ellen's death.

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Richard Allen, who was recently convicted for the February 2017 killings of two teen girls who had been walking on a hiking trail in Delphi, known as the Delphi murders, has been sentenced to a maximum of 130 years behind bars.

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In 1998, JJ Velazquez was wrongfully convicted for the murder of a retired police officer. Eyewitnesses of the crime described the suspect as a black male with braids. JJ, a Latino man whose hair didn't match the description, was nonetheless made a suspect in the crime. JJ was eventually found guilty and sentenced to 25 years to life at Sing Sing. He spent 23 years, 8 months, and 11 days wrongly imprisoned.

Activist and actor JJ Velazquez discusses the decades-long fight for freedom and what it meant for him to finally be exonerated this year. 

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Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old former Ivy Leaguer who allegedly murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is facing increasing legal troubles as state and federal prosecutors continue to up the charges against him as new evidence comes to light.

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In a case that shocked the world, a Frenchman accused of drugging his wife of 50 years and inviting strangers over to rape her, while he filmed the assaults, has been found guilty. 

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Suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann was charged with the death of a seventh victim. On Tuesday, December 17th, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced that Heuermann was indicted in the 2000 killing of 24-year-old Valerie Mack.

FOX News Digital Reporter Michael Ruiz provides updates in his reporting on the case.

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