True Crime Reality

This weekend, a Texas judge has denied 18-year-old Karmelo Anthony a new trial after explosive revelations came out about a “gentleman’s agreement” between the prosecution and the defense.   Both sides agreed to keep out incendiary past behavior by both Anthony, and his murder victim, Austin Metacalf that led up to the altercation at a high school track meet that ended with Anthony stabbing Metcalf in the heart. Anthony’s lawyers have vowed to continue their fight, arguing Anthony wasn’t able to take the stand in his own defense because the prosecution reneged on part of their verbal, backroom deal. 

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Police and community organizers have had to cancel events and warn the community when a 58-year-old woman fled a brutal crime scene after calling 9-1-1. Authorities found her police officer husband lying in the yard, dead, and a bloody scene inside the home they shared. Community leader and mental health advocate, Karen Solomon, was last spotted in a doorbell video camera, walking down a street in a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops early Tuesday morning and police have no idea where she is right now, but have told residents to consider her armed and dangerous.

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Rev. Danté Stewart joins Amy & T.J. for Spiritual Sunday to share his perspective on aging, resilience and finding hope when life feels overwhelming. The author, minister and former Clemson football player reflects on lessons from his grandmother, why he sees getting older as a gift and the simple practices that help him keep moving forward. Danté also opens up about the spiritual challenges he believes so many people are facing today, from a lack of trust and security to feelings of hopelessness and numbness. He shares why pausing, journaling, reaching out to others and staying connected to the perspective of children can help us remain hopeful and human through difficult times.

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Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff sparked a national frenzy when he said Trump just wants to “travel with Natalie” at a recent campaign rally. Natalie Harp has been dominating headlines for the past week, as her intense devotion to Trump was revealed after a news outlet released personal letters she wrote to the President in 2023. Harp can be seen by Trump’s side 24/7, and it’s now led to so much speculation and innuendo, the White House has released a statement. We go over America’s fascination with the 35-year-old, and discuss why her hair color has become a constant mention in nearly every story.

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The final day for the defense on Friday could serve as a master class for attorneys everywhere! After Lindsay Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington finished questioning his final witness, a forensic psychiatrist who stated Clancy was in a psychotic state, he was far from done. Once the prosecution called its rebuttal witness, another forensic psychiatrist, the defense destroyed his credibility on cross and questioned his diagnosis… and that’s when things got combative, and it was effective as hell for the defense.

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Eva LaRue is breaking her silence on the terrifying 12-year stalking ordeal she kept private for years and the shocking reality that her stalker is now out of prison and back in society. LaRue reveals the threats that left her living in constant fear, how the ordeal impacted her daughter Kaya, and why stalking victims can feel trapped even when no physical crime has occurred. Now, she is telling her story in My Nightmare Stalker: The Eva LaRue Story and revealing what finally made her ready to speak out.

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Explosive new details are emerging in the retrial hearing for Karmelo Anthony, the black Texas teen who was convicted of murdering fellow teen Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet. We are learning there was a backroom, gentleman’s deal between Anthony’s former defense attorneys and prosecutors to keep damning evidence of violence and racism about both young men out of the trial.  Anthony’s new attorneys telling the court their client couldn’t testify on his own behalf because of the deal, and are demanding a new trial.

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On this Friday, on what would’ve been Hayden Panetierre’s 37th birthday, statements are flying and fingers are pointing surrounding the untimely death of the young actress. Panetierre’s abusive on-again-off-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson released a statement via his attorney pointing out there were no signs of foul play, but acknowledged her death remains under investigation. Meantime, her mother continued to defect any blame about her role in her “estranged” daughter’s death by continuing to point the finger at Hickerson. This comes as several celebrities went public with their feelings towards Hayden’s mom, along with a public apology of sorts from Neutrogena, which has come under fire for its decision to end a decade-long relationship with Hayden following her public acknowledgment she was suffering from postpartum depression. 

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Jurors and the world heard, for the very first time, defendant Duane Davis confessing to police who he claimed shot and killed Tupac Shakur on the Vegas Strip 30 years ago. Davis is heard on tape telling detectives about what happened that night and his role in the murder right after police assure him “Nothing you say today can be used against you” and that “nothing leaves this room” in a deal that had to anger family and friends of Shakur. Police knew ALL this time who shot and killed Shakur, and we’re only now hearing about it? Davis’ defense continues to be that their client was lying to police, lying in interviews, and lying in his memoir about his role in the crime.

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Another shortened day of testimony that packed a punch in the courtroom. The drama began before the one and only witness of the day, as hundreds of women all dressed in pink with messages on their t-shirts showing support for Lindsay Clancy gathered outside the courthouse for a silent rally. Jurors had to be questioned one-by-one in a sidebar with the judge per the prosecution’s request. After that, the defense put a hospital chaplain on the stand who testified Lindsay’s first words to her were that she was glad her children were safe. She also testified that Lindsay told her a voice told her if she did not follow the command neither she nor her children would be safe.

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