This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Springfield, Missouri, to discuss the case of Hailey Marie Owens, a 10-year-old girl was abducted, sexually assaulted, and killed by Craig Wood. Her case sparked national outrage, led to significant changes in local law enforcement response times, and inspired legislative reform regarding child safety alerts. Hailey Owens was walking home from a friend's house in broad daylight in northwest Springfield when 45-year-old Craig Wood pulled up next to her in a Ford Ranger. After pretending to ask for directions, he lunged from the vehicle, grabbed her, and threw her into the truck. Crucial eyewitnesses pursued the truck and successfully noted its license plate number, providing it directly to the police. Using the license plate details, law enforcement traced the truck to Craig's home. Upon entering the house hours later, investigators discovered that Hailey had already been raped and shot in the back of the head. It should be noted that Craig Wood was a local school district employee and youth sports coach. In 2017, a jury found Craig guilty of first-degree murder. However, because the jury deadlock occurred during the penalty phase, the final sentencing fell to the judge. In 2018, Greene County Judge Thomas Mountjoy officially sentenced him to death. Craig's legal team filed multiple appeals over the years, arguing ineffective counsel and challenging statements made during the penalty phase. The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously denied his final appeal on January 13, 2026, officially affirming his death sentence. He remains on death row at the Potosi Correctional Center.

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Tampa, Florida, to discuss the case of 7-year-old Amanda Victoria Brown, who tragically disappeared from her home on September 11th, 1998. Her high-profile case led to the ultimate conviction of a repeat offender, although her physical remains have never been found. On the morning of September 11th, Amanda's mother, Kathy Hartman, woke up at around 6:00 AM to discover that her daughter was missing from her bedroom. Also missing from the trailer was Willie Seth Crain Jr, a 52-year-old local crab fisherman whom Kathy had met at a bar a couple of days prior and allowed into her home. Willie was a convicted child molester who had previously served time in prison. Although Amanda’s body was never recovered, investigators discovered traces of Amanda's blood on Willie’s boxer shorts, a tissue, and a toilet seat inside his trailer. He was arrested, tried, and found guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping in 1999. He was sentenced to death.

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head across the pond to Pontypridd, South Wales, to discuss the case of Tracey Woodford, a quiet woman from Rhydyfelin who was brutally murdered, sexually assaulted post-mortem, and dismembered in April of 2015. Her killer, Christopher May, a 50-year-old former butcher, was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 28 years. On April 21st, 2015, Tracey met Christopher at the Skinny Dog pub. The two left the pub together at closing time and walked toward Christopher's flat in the Graig area. When Tracey failed to return home and could not be reached, her family reported her missing. Three days later, on April 24th, police officers conducting routine inquiries visited May's flat. Upon searching the property, they discovered a horrific scene...

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Smyrna, Delaware, to discuss the case of 3-year-old Emma Grace Cole, who became the victim of a tragic and highly publicized case of fatal child abuse and torture. On September 13, 2019, Emma's charred skeletal remains were found in the bushes near the Smyrna-Clayton Little Lass Softball fields. Because her body was severely burned and left without identification, investigators spent more than a year working to identify her. She was referred to by law enforcement as "Baby Elle" until a credible tip led to her identification in October 2020. Court documents later revealed that Emma endured an agonizing final year of life. Her mother, Kristie Haas, and stepfather, Brandon Haas, subjected Emma and her half-siblings to starvation, extreme physical discipline, and forced exercise. Emma was heavily singled out for the abuse. After Emma became unresponsive following a severe beating, her mother attempted to revive her with a cold shower rather than calling 911. After Emma died, Kristie burned her body and dumped her remains. The couple then lied to family members, claiming Emma was away at a mental health facility, and fled Delaware for Indiana and Pennsylvania, where they were eventually arrested.

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Arkansas to discuss the case of Jersey bridgeman, a 6-year-old girl , who became the subject of widespread national attention following her tragic abduction and murder on November 20, 2012. Before her murder, Jersey had already suffered severe, publicized abuse at the hands of her family. In 2011, her father, David Bridgeman, and stepmother, Jana Bridgeman, were arrested for chaining her to a dresser as a form of punishment. Both pleaded guilty in June 2012 to false imprisonment and permitting the abuse of a minor. Her stepmother was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and her father was sentenced to 18 years. Following their arrest, Jersey was placed back into the custody of her biological mother. On November 20, 2012, just days after her sixth birthday, Jersey was reported missing from her home. Later that day, law enforcement discovered her body hidden in a bedroom closet inside a vacant house located between her home and a neighbor's house. An autopsy confirmed that her cause of death was asphyxia due to strangulation, and forensic evidence indicated she had been sexually assaulted. Police arrested Zachary Holly, a 28-year-old next-door neighbor and trusted family friend who had been babysitting Jersey and her younger sibling the night she disappeared. Zachary had even pretended to help detectives search for Jersey before his arrest.

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head down south to discuss the case of Keisha Monique Epps and Tamra Marshon Stewart, Tamra Marshon Stewart are two individuals arrested in August 2026 for severely neglecting and abusing four children inside a semi-truck cab for nearly seven years. Epps, a 51-year-old truck driver, and Stewart, her 37-year-old fiancé, allegedly forced the children to live inside the tractor-trailer cab starting in December 2019.

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This week, Drewby and Yergy hop on I-95 and head up to Bangor, Maine, to discuss the case of Braxtyn Smith, a 10-year-old boy who died in February of 2024 following two years of severe, prolonged abuse, starvation, and physical restraint at the hands of his family. Because he was homeschooled and socially isolated, the extreme neglect went unnoticed by authorities until he was brought to a hospital weighing only 48 pounds. His tragic case resulted in a series of major criminal convictions and has triggered a sweeping state-level investigation. But as Maine residents, we have to ask ourselves... How the hell did this happen? AGAIN.

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Washington state to discuss the crimes of Jack Owen Spillman III. Known as the "Werewolf Butcher," Jack is a serial killer and rapist from Spokane, Washington, who is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole at the Washington State Penitentiary. In April 1995, Jack murdered 48-year-old Rita Huffman and her 15-year-old daughter, Mandy Huffman, in East Wenatchee, Washington. Following his arrest for those crimes, he also confessed to the 1994 slaying of 9-year-old Penny Davis in Tonasket, Washington. Jack broke into homes, brutally slaughtered his victims, and subsequently engaged in gruesome post-mortem sexual mutilation and theatrical staging. He once told a cellmate that he imagined himself as a werewolf stalking its prey. His personal journals, later recovered by investigators, detailed dark fantasies of consumption, transformation, and primitive animalistic dominance. While in custody, he openly declared to a cellmate that his ultimate ambition was to become "the world's greatest serial killer."

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head over to the UK to discuss the case of Marley and Elijah Thomas, two young boys who were drowned in a bathtub by their mother, Kara Alexander, after an evening of smoking "skunk," which is a catchall for strong cannabis strains. On December 16th, 2022, the two boys were found dead at their home on Cornwallis Road in Dagenham, East London. Their father, Selvin Thomas, became concerned after failing to reach Kara and went to the house, where he discovered the boys' bodies lying together in a bunk bed. Post-mortem examinations determined that Marley and Elijah died from either drowning or suffocation. During her trial at Kingston Crown Court, Kara denied the murders. She claimed she had put the boys in the bath and fell asleep, arguing that they had "accidentally" drowned. Prosecutors successfully dismantled this defense, proving the children could not have drowned accidentally at the same time and that she had deliberately held them underwater.

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Philadelphia, PA, to discuss the case of 4-year-old Zya Singleton. On October 30th, 2019, emergency services responded to a home in Philadelphia's Fairmount neighborhood. Zya's guardian, Samiya Brown, claimed that the toddler had accidentally fallen out of a second-story window while playing with a cat. Zya was hospitalized in critical condition and tragically died from her injuries and a severe blood infection on November 3rd. Medical professionals and the city medical examiner quickly determined that the window-fall story was a lie. An autopsy revealed that Zya had endured years of horrific, systemic physical abuse. Her injuries included severe malnutrition, multiple broken bones, acid, cigarette, and thermal burns, human bite marks, as well as homemade stitches that Samiya had haphazardly sewn into Zya's skin, which ultimately led to sepsis. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office described the tragedy as "potentially one of the worst cases of child abuse anyone has ever seen." Samiya was immediately arrested and denied bail. In May of 2022, she avoided a first-degree murder trial by pleading guilty to third-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child, and possessing an instrument of crime. Zya’s biological mother, Jasmine Singleton, had voluntarily given custody of Zya to Samiya, who was a family friend and married to her stepbrother, around two years prior to the murder. Jasmine did so because she lacked the immediate financial means to care for her daughter and wanted to prevent Zya from entering the formal foster care system.

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