After a night out with friends, Madeline Pantoja returned home, then stopped responding to texts and phone calls. One of Pantoja’s friends and a sibling went to her apartment, but the door was locked and no one answered. Midland police were called. Officers broke in and found Pantoja’s phone, keys and her dog inside. Her …
In this episode of “Body Bags,” hosts Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack examine the chilling case of Esmeralda Gonzalez, a young Instagram model whose life ended tragically in Las Vegas. Additional Reading Missing model found strangled & injected with pool cleaner, sealed in concrete: Docs They dissect the perpetrator’s elaborate cover-up involving a U-Haul, …
Ben Smyth, 19, is a standout freshman diver at the University of Utah. He meets a young woman and after a brief conversation, they exchange contact information but go their separate ways. Later that afternoon, Smyth reaches out to the young woman and shows up at her dorm. After some small talk, Ben suggests the …
Natalee Ann Holloway disappears on May 30, 2005, while she was in Aruba on a senior class trip. Holloway traveled with Mountain Brook, Alabama High School seniors, and chaperones to Aruba on May 26, 2005. Reportedly, on the evening of May 29, 2005, Holloway and a large group of students went to Carlos ‘N Charlie’s …
In this episode of Body Bags, hosts Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack unearth the details of Tammy Daybell’s untimely death in Rexburg, Idaho. They dissect the initial misdiagnosis of a heart event and navigate through a labyrinth of murder allegations ensnaring her husband, Chad Daybell, and his new wife, Lori Vallow Daybell. Further Reading: …
Former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny has been charged after the man he put in a chokehold died. Penny used the chokehold on homeless street performer Jordan Neely after the 30-year-old began acting erratic, throwing trash, and having repeated outbursts. Penny’s attorney says several witnesses reported Neely making threats. Penny remained on the scene to talk …
It’s been nearly two decades since Alabama teen Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba. Now, the man last seen with Holloway and also the man suspected of killing her will be extradited to the US. Joran van de Sloot will not be on trial for Holloway’s murder however, but for extortion of money from her mother, …
In less than seven hours of deliberations, twelve Idaho jurors found Lori Vallow guilty of killing her two children and her current husband’s then-wife, Tammy Daybell. The most shocking event in court this week is the fact that the defense did not put on a defense. After the prosecutor ended its case, defense attorneys told …
A new video has emerged of Bryan Kohberger interacting with police, and this time, in a traffic stop a month before the murders take place. In the body cam footage, you can hear Kohberger trying to talk his way out of a ticket, telling the female officer that “there’s no crosswalks where he’s from.” Also …
Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the disappearance of American Natalee Holloway, will be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges, Holloway’s mother announced Wednesday. Beth Holloway, Natalee’s mother, said in a statement, “In May 2005 my 18-year-old daughter Natalee Holloway left Birmingham for Aruba to attend her high school graduation trip …
The Moore’s Ford lynchings, or the 1946 Georgia lynching, refer to the brutal murders of four young African Americans by a mob of white men on July 25, 1946. The incident took place near Moore’s Ford Bridge in Walton and Oconee counties, Georgia. The victims were two married couples: George W. and Mae Murray …
On more than one occasion, Eric Richins gets violently ill after having dinner with his wife, Kouri. Then the pair, who own a successful real estate business, is celebrating a big sale when Kouri Richins fixes her husband a drink. She then goes to take care of the children. Hours later when she goes to …
