True Crime Reality

California officials are trying to determine how the daughter of an Oscar winning director and her husband died after pulling off a California highway with their car still running. 84-year-old Judith Wyler Sheldon and her 86-year-old husband Wylie were on their way to meet friends to attend an annual Shakespeare Theater festival. After they didn’t show up to dinner reservations, police found the couple in their vehicle with the windows down and the fan blowing, both of them, deceased.  

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When Zachariah Rasch shot his wife in the head, burned her body, and impersonated her for days after her death, what did he expect the outcome to be?

How did investigators identify his wife, Crystal, by a single tooth? When Zachariah took the stand at his own trial, what was his defense? Did the jury see through him, or did he walk away a free man? 

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It is difficult to watch an LAPD officer raise his gun and fire four fatal shots at Jameson, a golden saint berdoodle as he bounces towards him, barking. The body cam footage shows how quickly everything unfolded after officers knocked on Marie Marseille’s door, following up on a call regarding a screaming woman. Marseille had been celebrating the Knick’s big win. After watching the video, the outrage has grown, LA’s mayor calling the footage disturbing and tragic, and directed the police department to examine its use of force policy on dogs.

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From notorious killers and headline-making scandals to the unsettling twists of Maternal Instinct, Elisa Donovan and Jenn Fessler swap their latest obsessions and explore the dark stories that captivate us, haunt us, and keep us hitting next episode.

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She was the only European leader to attend President Trump’s Inauguration last year, but now Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is speaking out and against Trump after a comment he made about her to a reporter. Trump claimed Meloni begged for a picture with him and said he did it because “he felt sorry for her.” Meloni quickly made a video refuting his claim, saying she’s astonished at his behavior, adding “neither I nor Italy ever beg.”  

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Just one day after attorneys for accused Unitedhealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione announced an “affirmative psychiatric defense” they withdrew it. There was a Thursday deadline for Mangione’s legal team to provide details of their defense to prosecutors, that’s when they gave the court a one sentence withdrawing their previous notice. Now the question becomes, what possible defense could Mangione’s attorneys be considering for both his upcoming state and federal trials?

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Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.”

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Prosecutors have charged a Chicago college student with hate crimes, arson, damage to property, disorderly conduct and reckless conduct after Merlin Liu admitted to burning a cross in Grant Park.  Liu uploaded a video and then gave an interview to a local reporter claiming he didn’t realize the historic relevance and severity of a burning cross in this country. Liu claims he was simply protesting the Trump Administration and the cross had nothing to do with race. 

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A teenage girl disappears...left for dead in the woods by a trusted teacher. Against impossible odds and a harrowing thirty-hour ordeal, she survives. Jennie Garth discusses the emotional toll of portraying Ashley Reeves' mother, why the story hit especially hard as a mom of three daughters, and the scene that left her shaken long after filming ended.

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After following up on a tip, police have found a body in a wooded area that matches the description of missing 39-year-old Elena Katherine Moore. Moore, a personal trainer,  was last seen leaving the gym and walking into a wooded area. Her husband reported her missing the following day. While police haven’t ruled out foul play, ring camera footage from a week before she went missing, shows a bizarre moment where Moore appears to impersonate a DoorDash delivery worker. 

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