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True Crime Squad

Kristi Browerwww.truecrimesquad.com
Come join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories, teach you about the legal system, and give you practical ways to help, all with a wicked sense of humor!
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Dakota Petrey, Boise woman rejects pardon, Idaho Legislature Is At It Again

Dakota Petrey has been charged with the 2020 murder of Vanessa Ceja Ramirez https://abc7chicago.com/post/dakota-petrey-30-charged-murder-harvey-woman-vanessa-ceja-ramirez-disappeared-walk-midlothian-forest-preserve/15822991/ https://patch.com/illinois/oakforest/sick-head-accused-killer-alluded-murder-prosecutors-say https://patch.com/illinois/oakforest/girl-22-missing-after-walk-through-midlothian-meadows-preserve Oh, Idaho Boise woman rejects pardon https://www.eastidahonews.com/2025/01/trying-...

Jan 23, 202539 min

Wednesday Night Case Updates

Katie and Kristi update many of the cases they are following. Watch for Kohberger, Miles Harford, Daniel Charles Ball, Billy Wagner, the Idaho Firing Squad, Lori Vallow, Audrii Cunningham, Danielle Bertothy, and Kouri Richins. Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actionable things you can do to help, all with a wicked sense of humor. Follow our True Crime Trials Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TrueCrimeSquadTrials Follow our True Crime Shorts Channel: https://...

Jan 23, 20251 hr 1 min

Kaylee Dutton, Brad Pitt Scammer, Australian Influencer Charged

Kaylee Dutton, 17, was killed last week after 2 men chased her down and shot her while she was driving. https://www.eastidahonews.com/2025/01/4-roommates-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-teenage-girl-driving-a-truck/ https://www.fox13now.com/news/crime/iron-county-files-formal-charges-against-4-men-accused-in-shooting-of-utah-teen https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.abc4.com/news/southern-utah/cedar-city-parents-speak-dutton/amp/ Scammer posing as Brad Pitt tricks woman into sending $800,000.00 https:/...

Jan 22, 202550 min

Leonard Peltier, Discrimination In Jury Selection, Conviction and Sentencing Disparity

Leonard Peltier https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-commutes-sentence-for-indigenous-activist-leonard-peltier-who-was-convicted-in-the-1975-killings-of-2-fbi-agents https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/indigenous-activist-leonard-peltier-has-his-first-parole-hearing-in-more-than-a-decade-here-are-3-things-to-know https://freeleonard.org/case/ Racial Discrimination In Jury Selection https://eji.org/report/race-and-the-jury/ Wrongful convictions disproportionately affect Black Americans, re...

Jan 21, 20251 hr 6 min

Heather Leann Cameron, Michael Vaughan Investigation Update, Ian Cleary

Heather Leann Cameron has been missing since August 18, 2012. No one has been arrested in her disappearance and her case is still open. https://www.smokesignals.org/articles/2017/10/30/still-seeking-answers-tribal-member-heather-cameron-has-been-missing-for-five-years/ https://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/shasta-county-sheriff-s-office-continues-to-search-for-missing-woman/article_b1c2ddec-ec6b-11ee-a90e-53cc73ed0d97.html https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP19129 Crime News Update Michael Vaughan’s m...

Jan 17, 20251 hr 7 min

Wednesday Night Case Updates

Watch for Vallow, Jeremy Best, Kouri Richins, Tracey Nix, and so much more! Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actionable things you can do to help, all with a wicked sense of humor. Follow our True Crime Trials Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TrueCrimeSquadTrials Follow our True Crime Shorts Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@truecrimesquadshorts-t6i Want to Support our work and get extra perks? https://buymeacoffee.com/truecrimesquad Looking for extra conte...

Jan 16, 202558 min

Ashley Henley and Kristina Michelle Jones, Patriot Front and Ryant Jones

Revisiting the deaths of Ashley Henley and Kristina Michelle Jones https://www.wlbt.com/2022/06/23/buried-mysteries-ashley-henley-investigation/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-wild-case-of-kristina-michelle-jones-and-ashley-henley-mississippi-sisters-in-law-found-dead/ https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2023/11/22/charges-dropped-against-billy-brooks-in-killing-of-former-mississippi-state-lawmaker-ashley-henley/71679715007/ Dumb Criminals Patriot Front https://www.wcvb.com/article/patri...

Jan 15, 202547 min

Lori Vallow’s Status Conference, Shoplifting Stinks, Green Power Ranger sentenced

Lori Vallow had her first pro se trip to court last week. We’ll show you how she did and talk it over. Shoplifting stinks! https://www.officer.com/investigations/video-cameras/video/55260262/fla-sheriff-woman-poops-on-store-floor-as-part-of-shoplifting-scheme Green Power Ranger sentenced https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/crime/former-power-rangers-actor-takes-plea-deal-battery-case-nampa/277-036489e8-a6e3-4248-b71b-195caab203e3 Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give y...

Jan 14, 202544 min

Crazy Crime Round-Up

Sporks Are Useless https://www.corrections1.com/officer-safety/jailed-ore-man-accused-of-lunging-at-deputy-with-weapon-made-of-plastic-sporks Poisoner Gets Mercy https://www.courttv.com/news/woman-sentenced-for-poisoning-airman-husbands-coffee-with-bleach/ Does the jury have to do everything? https://www.courttv.com/news/jurors-capture-convict-fleeing-from-maine-courthouse/ Utah man chokes Arby’s employee https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/51-year-old-utah-man-arrested-for-al...

Jan 10, 202544 min

Wagner Sentencing, Nicholas Alahverdian Rossi In Court, Puerto Rico Arson

Three members of the Wagner family learned their fate for their involvement in the Rhoden family massacre. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/pike-county/three-members-of-wagner-family-sentenced-for-pike-county-massacre/ A Tourist Allegedly Set Several Businesses on Fire in Puerto Rico https://www.thecut.com/article/police-in-puerto-rico-accuse-missouri-woman-of-arson.html Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actionable things you can do to help, all with a w...

Jan 07, 20251 hr 1 min

Erin Strotman, Police in London KY Shoot Innocent Man, Police in Peru Go Undercover

Former Nurse, Erin Strotman, has been arrested and charged with injuring infants in the NICU where she worked. https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/henrico-county/former-nurse-makes-first-court-appearance-after-being-charged-with-child-abuse-in-henrico-doctors-hospitals-nicu-investigation/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-woman-arrested-3-premature-babies-suffer-fractures-hospital-i-rcna186148 https://www.newsweek.com/who-erin-elizabeth-ann-strotman-accused-hurting-babies-2009886 WT...

Jan 07, 202557 min

Wendy Pamela Bailey, Spider Monkey DUI, Matthew Livelsberger

Kahleb Collins has been missing since sometime in September. His mother has now been charged. https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/prosecutors-allege-graphic-details-of-abuse-leading-to-presumed-death-of-missing-1-year-old-kahleb-collins-in-fayette-county/ https://lesliesrestaurants.com/news/world/americas/crime/kahleb-collins-dead-mom-arrested-b2672512.html https://toofab.com/2024/12/31/kahleb-rowan-collins-update/ Dumb Criminals Spider Monkey DUI https://contracosta.news/2025/01/02/chp-illegal-spi...

Jan 02, 20251 hr 10 min

Wednesday Night Case Updates

Katie and Kristi update many cases they are following. Watch for Lori Vallow, Kohberger, Kourtney Aumen, Selena Not Afraid, Cyber truck explosion, Brad Spafford, and the New Orleans attack. Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actionable things you can do to help, all with a wicked sense of humor. Follow our True Crime Trials Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TrueCrimeSquadTrials Follow our True Crime Shorts Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@truecrimesquadshorts...

Jan 02, 20251 hr 18 min

Wendy Scott, Elmer Smith, and Jack Upchurch arrested, N. Carolina Gov Commutes 15, Debrina Kawam

Wendy Scott, Elmer Smith, and Jack Upchurch were arrested for the murder of Paul Clifford in Arizona. https://www.kold.com/2024/12/31/pcsd-suspects-arrested-connection-paul-cliffords-murder/ https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/arrest-made-in-connection-with-christmas-eve-murder-on-eastside https://people.com/ariz-dad-allegedly-lured-out-home-help-stranger-found-murdered-smoldering-vehicle-8766994 Crime News Updates N. Carolina Gov Commutes 15 https://www.wral.com/story/cooper-commutes-15-death...

Dec 31, 202454 min

Randall Adjesson, Trump Appeal, and more!

Randall Adjessom gunned down in the service of a no knock warrant. https://apnews.com/article/randall-adjessom-alabama-mobile-noknock-predawn-raid-80d09cc1f8b586e670ee0703ea9cc752 Trump lost his appeal Donald Trump lost his appeal in the E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation civil case. https://apnews.com/article/trump-carroll-lawsuit-defamation-trial-78e4196024539653a6de492312770ff2 Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actionable things you can do to help...

Dec 31, 202456 min

President Biden commuted the death sentences, Santa Crimes Abound!

President Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 people on Federal Death Row. He also pardoned 39 people and commuted the sentences of 1,499 others. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/12/clemency-recipient-list-7/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-federal-death-row-inmates-commute-b2669089.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-commutes-sentences-37-of-40-federal-death-row-inmates/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/sta...

Dec 24, 202439 min

True Crime Roundup

WTF Grieving widow convinced she has dementia https://lawandcrime.com/crime/man-gaslit-grieving-widow-into-believing-she-had-dementia-and-stole-thousands-of-dollars-to-buy-suv-police/ Creepy Crime Google Street View busts killers https://people.com/google-street-view-camera-helps-police-murder-case-8764012 Crime News Update Plea deals in the murders of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley https://kfor.com/news/local/day-two-of-preliminary-hearings-for-murdered-kansas-moms-case/ Dumb Criminals Uvald...

Dec 20, 202459 min

Wednesday Night Case Updates

Updates in Susanne Simpson, Menendez Brothers, Ellen Greenburg, Nick Rossi, West Valley City family murdered, triple homicide in Columbus Ohio, Cruise ship death and Toforest Johnson. Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actionable things you can do to help, all with a wicked sense of humor. Follow our True Crime Trials Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TrueCrimeSquadTrials Follow our True Crime Shorts Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@truecrimesquadshorts-t6i W...

Dec 19, 20241 hr 1 min

Rex Heuermann charged again, Bullying leads to suicide attempt, The Great Cheese Heist

Rex Heuermann has been charged with the murder of Valerie Mack. This brings the count up to 7 victims. https://apnews.com/article/gilgo-beach-serial-killing-rex-heuermann-9b26b12cc6b75b58ef6e56c4871906f0 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna184505 https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/us/gilgo-beach-killings-rex-heuermann-charges/index.html WTF Bullying leads to suicide attempt https://people.com/girl-survived-near-fatal-suicide-attempt-after-bullying-student-visited-her-in-the-icu-and-took-photos-suit...

Dec 18, 202449 min

The Trial of Mark Bent, Triple Homicide in Columbus, OH

Mark Bent is on trial for the murder of Nik Bird in Idaho Falls, Idaho. We’ll tell you all about it. https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/12/accused-killer-testifies-about-blacking-out-during-alleged-murder-of-23-year-old/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHNqyFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSeWD1UEhdzlv-8Lh-B73o_YaWNsR7mlnwMrx4YVwmlWmmv3pA_7XSJtAw_aem_G-BWNv-EnxDfyohGf7uHuA https://localnews8.com/news/2024/12/12/day-4-dashcam-footage-reveals-where-mark-bents-car-was-the-night-of-the-murder/ https://localnews8.com/news/crime-tra...

Dec 17, 202446 min

The Trial of Mark Bent

Mark Bent is on trial for the murder of Nik Bird in Idaho Falls, Idaho. We’ll tell you all about it. Video Credit: East Idaho News https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/12/911-call-from-accused-killer-played-during-day-2-of-trial/ https://localnews8.com/news/2024/12/11/day-3-dispatch-phone-call-reveals-mark-bents-confession/ https://www.postregister.com/news/crime_courts/jury-trial-for-mark-bent-begins-faces-first-degree-murder-charge-in-death-of-nikolas/article_f820caf4-b80a-11ef-98fc-576ce48a99d7...

Dec 13, 20241 hr 4 min

Wednesday Night Case Updates

Katie and Kristi update many of the cases they are following. Watch for Sarah Boone, Murdaugh, Kouri Richins, James Mast, Hannah Kobayashi, Gisele Pelicot, Samuel Bateman, and Ryan Borgwardt. Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actionable things you can do to help, all with a wicked sense of humor. Follow our True Crime Trials Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TrueCrimeSquadTrials Follow our True Crime Shorts Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@truecrimesquadshor...

Dec 12, 20241 hr 14 min

True Crime Round-Up: DNA for the Win, Oh Idaho, Dumb Criminals, WTF News, Florida Man

DNA For The Win Chester Alfred Breiney https://www.kcrg.com/2024/11/11/cold-case-involving-death-7-year-old-solved-65-years-later-through-genetic-genealogy/ Oh, Idaho Bonneville County Coroner https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/12/bonneville-county-commissioners-select-new-coroner-to-fill-the-remainder-of-rick-taylors-term/ Dumb Criminals Insurance Fraud, Google Style https://www.kcrg.com/2024/12/09/marshalltown-woman-pleads-guilty-insurance-fraud/ WTF News Driving into the dealership in Utah ht...

Dec 11, 20241 hr 4 min

Lori Vallow, Luigi Mangione, and Daniel Penny

Daniel Penny has been found not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely. https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-subway-daniel-penny-trial-jordan-neely-death-timeline https://abcnews.go.com/US/daniel-penny-trial-jury-jordan-neely-death/story https://people.com/daniel-penny-found-not-guilty-subway-death-jordan-neely-8753875 Lori Vallow goes pro se https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/lori-vallow-can-represent-herself-her-arizona-trials-judge-rules Luigi Mangione has been arrested in connection with the shooting...

Dec 10, 202451 min

Lori Vallow Competency, CEO Shooter, Melody Farris Sentenced

Crime News Update CEO Shooter https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-manhattan-shooting-death-7f6581ba6b0b520938d82c361e77a83c Lori Vallow found competent to stand trial https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/lori-vallow-rule-11-hearing-doomsday-mom-could-stand-trial-az-found-competent Melody Farris sentenced https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/melody-farris-receives-life-sentence-killing-husband-claims-son-did-instead Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actio...

Dec 05, 202452 min

Wednesday Night Case Updates

Updates in Lucy Letby, Brian Thompson, Sarah Boone, Ashley Benefield, local coach exonerated, and pie thieves. Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actionable things you can do to help, all with a wicked sense of humor. Want to Support our work and get extra perks? https://buymeacoffee.com/truecrimesquad Looking for extra content? https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesquad *Social Media Links* Facebook: www.facebook.com/truecrimesquad Facebook Discussion Group: http...

Dec 05, 20241 hr 10 min

Roger Golubski, Hannah Kobayashi

Ex-Kansas police detective found dead on first day of federal civil rights trial https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/roger-golubski-found-dead-rcna182455 https://www.kmbc.com/article/roger-golubski-trial-timeline-allegations-indictments-lawsuits/63062083 https://www.theroot.com/a-criminal-injustice-how-a-city-ignored-the-rape-murd-1846883970 Missing Person Spotlight Hannah Kobayashi https://apnews.com/article/hannah-kobayashi-voluntary-missing-9acafd23f4bc6d8f400e8e0ad6ad123d Join our squad! Kr...

Dec 04, 20241 hr 9 min

The Sentencing of Sarah Boone

Sarah Boone was convicted of murder after she zipped Jorge Torres into a suitcase and taunted him as he was dying. Today, she will be sentenced in a Florida courtroom. Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actionable things you can do to help, all with a wicked sense of humor. Want to Support our work and get extra perks? https://buymeacoffee.com/truecrimesquad Looking for extra content? https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesquad *Social Media Links* Facebook: www.fa...

Dec 03, 20241 hr 58 min

Wednesday Night Case Updates

Join our squad! Kristi and Katie share true crime stories and give you actionable things you can do to help, all with a wicked sense of humor. Want to Support our work and get extra perks? https://buymeacoffee.com/truecrimesquad Looking for extra content? https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesquad *Social Media Links* Facebook: www.facebook.com/truecrimesquad Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/215774426330767 Website: https://www.truecrimesquad.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok....

Nov 28, 20241 hr

Shawn Stine, Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, TikTok Criminal

Shawn Stine was indicted by a Grand Jury in the death of Judge Kevin Mullins. Stine was in court on Monday to be arraigned on the charge of murder. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2024/11/25/kentucky-sheriff-judge-shooting-mickey-stines-kevin-mullins-arraignment/76498118007/ https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/us/sheriff-mickey-stines-judge-kevin-mullins/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/us/sheriff-mickey-stines-judge-kevin-mullins/index.html WTF News- Harun Abdul-Malik Yener...

Nov 27, 202448 min
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