As our investigation into “The Girl Scout Murders” continues, evidence points to Gene Hart as the person who murdered three little girls, but not everyone thought so. In fact, a jury acquits the convicted rapist and prison escapee. Why? Part two of “The Girl Scout Murders” today on Crime Stories. Joining Nancy Grace for part …
Three little girls are raped and murdered at Camp Scott, a Girl Scout camp outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their bodies are left on a trail leading to the campsite’s showers. Gene Leroy Hart is arrested for the murders but is acquitted at trial. Did Hart commit the crimes? Did he have help, or was someone else …
Edward Goodwin went missing in June 2015. For more than two years, his family didn’t know what happened to their son. Eventually, witnesses say Goodwin had been beaten to death, his body dumped into a pond. The sheriff’s department partially drained the pond and found human hip bones, a femur bone, and some ribs. Edward …
Twenty-three children, teens, and young adults—mostly boys—were kidnapped and murdered from inner city Atlanta, between 1979 and 1981. At first, no one put together the links between the crimes, but soon the common details were noted, and Atlanta Police realized a serial killer stalked Atlanta. One man became the prime suspect, Wayne Williams. Williams is …
What was supposed to be a fun-filled weekend with his son, turned tragedic as a New York father is killed at his hotel. Paul Kutz, 53, died after a man opens fire in the hotel lobby. Two men with reported gang ties have been arrested for the shooting, Roy Johnson Jr. and Devin Taylor. Johnson …
New interrogation videos show Keith Papini’s shock at finding out his wife’s kidnapping was actually a hoax. Keith Papini described himself to investigators as “the idiot husband that stayed around the whole time.” The 39-year-old mom was reported missing on November 2, and told investigators when she was found 22 days later that a pair …
Georgia police say the murder of Athens mom Debbie Collier is not a random event. Detectives say this is a targeted event. Collier went missing after sending a bizarre text to her daughter. The bizarre message reportedly sent by Debbie Collier to her daughter, Amanda Bearden, along with $2,385 through Venmo says, “They are not …
Questions are being raised about the impact of the new Netflix documentary, “Sins of Our Mother,” on Lori Vallow’s chances of a fair trial. Vallow’s attorneys point to media coverage surrounding the case making it impossible for that to happen. To that point, Vallow’s attorneys asked the judge to ban cameras from the courtroom, saying that …
Florida boy, JoJo Morales, 6, missing after being kidnapped by his religious fanatic dad. Police believe 45-year-old Jorge Morales planned his disappearance act for more than a year, before taking his autistic son. The senior Morales’ mother, 68-year-old Lilliam Pena Morales, is also missing. Mom Yanet Concepcion arrived at her ex-husband’s home to pick up …
A judge has been asked to set aside his ruling that an Iowa teen must pay restitution to her rapist’s family after she stabbed him dead. Pieper Lewis, 15, was reportedly being sex trafficked when she killed Zachary Brooks. According to Lewis, her boyfriend pulled a knife on her and forced her to go to …
In April 2020, Katie and John Palmer, walking in their Denison, TX neighborhood are struck from behind by an F-250. The couple is knocked about 75 feet. John Palmer, who suffers a broken back, crawls over to his wife, watching her take her last breath. The driver was later identified as Cory Foster, one of …
New details are coming out surrounding the death of Georgia mom Debbie Collier, who went missing after sending a bizarre text to her daughter. Body cam footage of daughter Amanda Bearden’s on-again/off-again boyfriend has been released after Bearden called the police. Andrew Giegerich was arrested for violating a no-contact order. Giegerich also reportedly wrote a …
