This episode will focus on several recent stories coming out our newsrooms from coast to coast. They include the arrest of a man accused of hoarding human remains in his home and in storage units, an octogenarian arrested for the alleged murder of his wife nearly 40 years ago, and an update on the legal saga stemming from the Uvalde Elementary school massacre, and murder investigations in Kansas and Ohio.

This week, we’re covering several crimes reported over the holidays and diving into the Bondi Beach attack and a concerning rise in antisemitism. We'll also provide an update on the Brown University shooting.

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This week, we’re focusing on the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner last Sunday in their Brentwood home. Their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, has been arrested for the slayings. This case is still developing, but it has brought questions and concerns about what exactly happened and what, if anything, could have been done to prevent it. Audacy stations around the country grappled with those questions this week with the help of experts, and that’s what we’ll be covering here.

In this episode, we’ll cover crimes to keep an ear on, including an update to the Kada Scott case. We’ll also hear two interviews – one about an app that could leave children vulnerable to sexual exploitation and another with longtime DJ Mary Lucia, who wrote the book “What Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder to Relate To” about her experience with a stalker.

This week, we’re focusing on two crimes: the shooting of National Guard members last week in Washington, D.C. and the ongoing case of Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of late UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

This week, we’re talking about evidence. Fingerprints, Ring doorbell camera footage, witness testimony, DNA, all those clues that eventually lead investigators to perpetrators – and alleged perpetrators of crimes.

Finding the evidence and using it to piece together how crimes were committed is complicated in and of itself. Things get even more complicated in the courtroom, where prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and jurors pore over it. And administrative issues like DNA testing backlogs can snarl the process.

We’ll cover several cases today where we can see how evidence, or the lack of evidence, has played a role in the search for justice.

We’ll also focus on one type of evidence in particular -- DNA evidence – and efforts to improve how it’s collected and how it’s tested.