Det. Stephen Augustine Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial"
Det. Stephen Augustine, Fairfax Co. Police Dept, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the killings as...
22m Jan 29
22m
Nick Barreiro Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial"
Nick Barreiro, Audio/Video Forensic Analyst, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the killings as a h...
20m Jan 29
20m
BREAKING: McKee Affidavit Reveals Alleged Threats, Stalking Before Tepe Murders
Today we have major developments in the Spencer and Monique Tepe murder case. An affidavit unsealed in Franklin County reveals disturbing new allegations about suspect Michael McKee's behavior in the weeks, months, and years before the December 30th killings. According to witnesses who spoke with investigators, McKee told Monique he could "kill her at any time," that he would "find her and buy...
18m Jan 29
18m
Brendan Banfield Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial"
Brendan Banfield, Defendant & Husband of Christine Banfield, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the...
12m Jan 29
12m
Brendan Banfield Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial"
Brendan Banfield, Defendant & Husband of Christine Banfield, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the...
52m Jan 29
52m
Brendan Banfield Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial" Part 1
Brendan Banfield, Defendant & Husband of Christine Banfield, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the...
1hr 53m Jan 29
1hr 53m
Nick Reiner Tragedy Exposes Addiction Treatment Crisis: Expert on Why Rehab Keeps Failing
The deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner — allegedly at the hands of their son Nick — have sparked an uncomfortable national conversation. The Reiner family had every resource available. Money. Access. The ability to get the best treatment in the country. And here we are. So the question that keeps coming up: did the system fail them? Or is addiction simply this hard to treat? On True Crime Today,...
19m Jan 29
19m
BREAKING: Brendan Banfield Takes the Stand — Calls Murder Accusations "Absurd" in Au Pair Trial
Brendan Banfield just bet everything on himself. The Virginia man accused of killing his wife Christine and a stranger named Joseph Ryan took the witness stand today in Fairfax County Circuit Court. It's a move most defense attorneys advise against — once you testify, everything you say becomes ammunition for the prosecution. But Banfield apparently decided the only way to beat the au pair's t...
16m Jan 29
16m
BREAKING: Sarah Grace Patrick Bond Denied — Judge Cites Documentary Deals, Family Exposed Domestic Violence History
Sarah Grace Patrick was denied bond today in Carroll County, Georgia. The 17-year-old accused of killing her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock will remain in solitary confinement as her trial gets pushed to August 2026. Judge Dustin Hightower cited flight risk and revealed that family members have signed contracts with media production companies for a documentary — raising concer...
24m Jan 29
24m
Paul Caneiro Trial Update: Expert Analyzes Psychology Behind Colts Neck Family Massacre
The Paul Caneiro trial continues in Monmouth County, New Jersey, where prosecutors allege Paul murdered his brother Keith, sister-in-law Jennifer, and their two children — 11-year-old Jesse and 8-year-old Sophia — in November 2018. According to the prosecution, Keith had just discovered Paul stole $78,000 from a trust account. The confrontation allegedly triggered a massacre. Keith was shot fiv...
15m Jan 29
15m
Tepe Murder Affidavit: McKee Was at Their Home Weeks Before the Killings
Breaking details from the newly unsealed affidavit in the Michael McKee double murder case reveal that the accused killer was at his ex-wife's Columbus home on December 6th — while she and her husband Spencer were at the Big Ten Championship game 200 miles away. According to court documents, video captured McKee on the Tepe property that night. The Columbus Dispatch reports he entered the home...
14m Jan 29
14m
Bob Motta: Arkansas Judge Removed, McKee's Lawyer Beat 14 Murder Charges—What Happens Now?
Two murder cases. Two very different defense strategies. Defense attorney Bob Motta joins True Crime Today to break down both. Aaron Spencer's trial just got a new judge after the Arkansas Supreme Court removed Barbara Elmore for constitutional violations—the second time in seven months. Spencer faces second-degree murder for killing Michael Fosler, the man out on bond for allegedly raping his...
1hr 11m Jan 29
1hr 11m
McKee Defense Strategy: The Lawyer Who Beat 14 Murder Charges Takes the Tepe Case
Breaking down the defense strategy in the Michael McKee case. The vascular surgeon accused of killing Monique and Spencer Tepe in their Columbus home has retained Diane Menashe — arguably Ohio's most successful defense attorney. Her resume includes walking Dr. William Husel after 14 murder charges and saving multiple clients from death row against overwhelming evidence. Today on True Crime To...
25m Jan 29
25m
Brendan Banfield Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial"
Brendan Banfield, Defendant & Husband of Christine Banfield, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the...
1hr 21m Jan 29
1hr 21m
Tepe Murders: Michael McKee Murder Case—Lawyer Who Beat 14 Murder Charges Now Defending Doctor
Michael McKee hired the attorney who got Dr. William Husel acquitted of fourteen murders. Diane Menashe called one witness in that trial. Husel walked on all fourteen counts. Now she's representing another doctor charged with murder—and the parallels are striking. Overwhelming evidence. Medical professional defendant. High-profile case. And a defense attorney who doesn't build cases—she dismant...
25m Jan 28
25m
Harry Lidsky Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial"
Harry Lidsky, Digital Forensic Examiner, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the killings as a home ...
1hr 10m Jan 28
1hr 10m
Nick Reiner and the Rehab Revolving Door: Inside the Industry That Profits From Failure
Today we're going beyond the crime to expose the system that created the conditions for tragedy. The Nick Reiner case has America asking how this could happen. But the harder question — the one nobody in power wants to answer — is why we built a treatment system where failure is the feature, not the bug. This True Crime Today deep dive examines a $42 billion addiction treatment industry with ...
24m Jan 28
24m
Harry Lidsky Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial" Part 2
Harry Lidsky, Digital Forensic Examiner, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the killings as a home ...
1hr 16m Jan 28
1hr 16m
Harry Lidsky Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial" Part 1
Harry Lidsky, Digital Forensic Examiner, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the killings as a home ...
1hr 14m Jan 28
1hr 14m
Can Aaron Spencer's Defense Win? Bob Motta on Self-Defense, Prior Threats, and Murder Law
Aaron Spencer killed Michael Fosler. That's not in dispute. The question is whether it was murder or the lawful defense of a child. Spencer faces second-degree murder—purposeful killing without premeditation under Arkansas law. His defense is that he saved his 14-year-old daughter from a man charged with raping her, a man out on bond with 43 counts pending, a man who had no legal reason to be a...
25m Jan 28
25m
Inside the Mormon Doomsday Pipeline: How the LDS Church Produced Lori Vallow, Elleshia Seymour, and a Pattern of Child Victims
Three women. Three abductions. Same beliefs. Same geography. Same church. Elleshia Seymour is now in Croatian custody after allegedly fleeing Utah with her four children because she believed the apocalypse was coming. She left behind a to-do list instructing herself to shred documents and buy a burner phone. She left a note she described as a "message from God." And she left a secret TikTok ac...
42m Jan 28
42m
Judge Removed From Aaron Spencer Trial—Arkansas Supreme Court's Rare Move Explained
The Arkansas Supreme Court removed Judge Barbara Elmore from Aaron Spencer's murder case after finding constitutional violations for the second time in seven months. The May reversal called her gag order a "plain, manifest, clear, and gross abuse of discretion." The January removal came after she limited trial attendance to 55 people, banned cameras, and provided no overflow viewing. Three just...
22m Jan 28
22m
BREAKING: Ellen Greenberg's Parents Publicly Ask Sam Goldberg to "Come Forward" — Federal Subpoenas Already Issued
This is the moment the Ellen Greenberg case shifted. After 15 years of fighting the city of Philadelphia, after settlements, documentaries, and a medical examiner who reversed his own ruling, Josh and Sandee Greenberg are now asking Sam Goldberg directly: help us understand what happened to our daughter. It's not a demand. It's not an accusation. It's an invitation — and that makes it even mor...
31m Jan 28
31m
Reiner, Caneiro, McKee: Three Families, Three Alleged Killers, One Devastating Pattern
What makes a family member turn killer? Three active cases are forcing that question into focus. Nick Reiner stands accused of stabbing his parents, director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, to death at their Brentwood home. He has a documented history of schizoaffective disorder, eighteen rehab stays, and a 2020 mental health conservatorship. His attorney withdrew while insisting Nick is ...
1hr 2m Jan 28
1hr 2m
BREAKING: Judge Who Let Accused Child Rapist Walk REMOVED From Aaron Spencer Case — Trial Delayed, Evidence Missing
Major breaking news in the Aaron Spencer case out of Arkansas. Judge Barbara Elmore has been removed from the case by the Arkansas Supreme Court just two days before trial was set to begin. This marks the second time the state's highest court has had to intervene due to her conduct. Elmore is the same judge who set bond for Michael Fosler — the 67-year-old man facing 43 felony charges includin...
25m Jan 28
25m
Rob and Michele Reiner Stabbed to Death — Son Nick's Insanity Defense Takes Shape
The legal strategy in the Nick Reiner case is becoming clear. When defense attorney Alan Jackson withdrew on January 7th, he told reporters his former client is "not guilty of murder" under California law—language that strongly points to a not guilty by reason of insanity defense. Nick Reiner, 32, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, legendary...
13m Jan 27
13m
McKee Pleads Not Guilty — His Lawyer Just Beat 14 Murder Charges for Another Doctor
The surgeon accused of killing Monique and Spencer Tepe in their Columbus home entered a not guilty plea Friday. Michael McKee stood silent while his defense attorney, Diane Menashe, spoke for him. That choice of attorney tells you everything about how this case is going to be fought. Menashe is the same lawyer who defended Dr. William Husel in 2022 — the Mount Carmel physician charged with mu...
15m Jan 27
15m
Keith Caneiro's Final Words to Brother Paul: "Give Me the F*ing Login" — Trial Update**
The last known phone call between Keith and Paul Caneiro was played for jurors in Monmouth County Superior Court—and it reveals a man at the end of his patience. "I need it—I need it. Give me the f***ing login, Paul!" Keith demanded, giving his brother until 8 p.m. to provide access to a trust account. By the next afternoon, Keith Caneiro, 50, was dead on the front lawn of his Colts Neck mansio...
19m Jan 27
19m
February 3rd Hearing Could VOID Jesse Butler Plea Deal — Marsy's Law Challenge May Restart Adult Prosecution
The Jesse Butler case is far from over. The 18-year-old Stillwater, Oklahoma teen pled no contest to 11 felonies — including attempted rape, strangulation, and violating a protective order — and received no prison time under youthful offender status. But now attorney Rachel Bussett has filed a motion arguing the entire plea was legally void from the beginning. According to court filings, the v...
33m Jan 27
33m
Michael McKee's Not Guilty Plea — Ballistics, Surveillance, and the Case Against Him
The man accused of murdering Monique Tepe and her husband Dr. Spencer Tepe pleaded not guilty on January 23rd to four counts of aggravated murder. Michael McKee, 39, Monique's ex-husband, appeared via video before a Franklin County magistrate and waived bond. He remains in custody. Prosecutors allege McKee, a vascular surgeon, traveled from Illinois to Columbus and killed the couple in the earl...
30m Jan 27
30m
Two Tragedies, Two Failures: FBI Expert on Kohberger WSU Lawsuit and Reiner Murder Warning Signs
Today on True Crime Today, we're covering two major cases that raise the same devastating question: What does it take for warning signs to translate into action? Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke—21 years with the Bureau, former Chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—joins us to analyze both the Kohberger and Reiner cases through the lens of threat assessment and...
47m Jan 27
47m
Nick Reiner, Kohberger WSU Lawsuit & Tepe Murder — Listener Questions Episode
Your questions have been flooding in on three of the most talked-about cases right now, and we're dedicating this episode to answering them. First: Nick Reiner, charged with murdering his parents Rob and Michele Reiner after years of addiction, schizophrenia, and a family that never gave up — until allegedly, it cost them their lives. Why did Alan Jackson walk away? How do you reconcile "Being ...
1hr 10m Jan 27
1hr 10m
Nick Reiner's Path to Murder: 18 Rehabs, Violent Outbursts, and the Parents Who Allegedly Paid the Ultimate Price
Rob and Michele Reiner did everything right. They showed up to every therapy session. They paid for eighteen rehab stays. They hired private instructors and family therapists. They let their troubled son live in their guesthouse even after he destroyed it—multiple times. And on December 14, 2025, they were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Their son Nick, 32, was arrested that nig...
42m Jan 27
42m
Tepe Murder Update: Michael McKee Charges Upgraded — What Aggravated Murder Means
Ohio has upgraded the charges against Michael McKee to two counts of aggravated murder — putting life without parole on the table for the alleged killing of his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer. McKee, a vascular surgeon whose career was allegedly falling apart, reportedly drove 300 miles to Middletown, Ohio, committed a double homicide, and drove home with the murder weapon still i...
22m Jan 26
22m
Medical Board Failures: How Michael McKee Got Licensed While Evading Malpractice
Today we're looking beyond the alleged double homicide of Monique and Spencer Tepe to ask a question that affects every patient in America: How did the man charged with their murders get licensed to practice medicine in the first place? Michael McKee, a vascular surgeon, allegedly killed his ex-wife and her husband in Columbus, Ohio on December 30, 2025. He was arrested eleven days later at a ...
22m Jan 26
22m
BREAKING: D4VD's Friend Neo Langston Booked Into LA Jail After Montana Arrest | Celeste Rivas Case
Breaking developments in the D4VD investigation. Neo Langston, the 23-year-old Twitch streamer known as NeoTheAsian, was arrested at his mother's Montana home Thursday and transported to Los Angeles. He's now in custody at LAPD's Metropolitan Detention Center on $60,000 bail, charged with felony failure to appear as a witness. This arrest comes as a grand jury continues hearing testimony in th...
25m Jan 26
25m
WSU Sued Over Kohberger: Lawsuit Alleges University Knew He Was Dangerous
Breaking down the new wrongful death lawsuit against Washington State University. The families of the four Idaho murder victims — Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin — have filed a 126-page suit alleging WSU knew Bryan Kohberger was a threat and failed to act. The allegations are staggering: thirteen formal complaints in three months, female students needing securit...
18m Jan 26
18m
BREAKING: Brendan Banfield Will Testify in His Own Defense — Digital Expert Challenges Entire Catfish Theory
Brendan Banfield is taking the stand. His defense attorney made the announcement Friday morning in Fairfax County court, setting up what could be the most critical moment of this double murder trial. But before Banfield gets his chance to tell his story, the defense spent Day 7 attacking the prosecution's digital evidence. Harry Lidsky, a former Department of Justice digital forensics expert, ...
15m Jan 26
15m
Caneiro Trial Bombshell: Trust Expert Testifies Policy Only Paid If All Four Family Members Died — Defense Points to Third Brother Who Fled Before Bodies Were Found
Week two of the Paul Caneiro trial delivered testimony that cuts to the heart of why prosecutors say two children had to die. Trust account expert Lazaro Cardenas explained to jurors that Keith Caneiro's $3 million life insurance policy was held in a trust where Paul was the trustee — and that trust would only benefit Paul if Keith, Jennifer, Sophia, and Jesse were all dead. Every single one of...
19m Jan 26
19m
Nick Reiner Case Update: Why Alan Jackson Quit & What Comes Next
High-profile attorney Alan Jackson — fresh off the Karen Read case and Harvey Weinstein trial — just walked away from Nick Reiner's defense two weeks before arraignment. Why? We're breaking down the theories: Is the family cutting Nick off financially? Did something in discovery make Jackson run? Or is this simply a case too complicated for even the best defense money can buy? Nick Reiner is ch...
30m Jan 26
30m
Banfield Trial: FBI Credibility Analysis of Juliana & Blood Expert Says Bodies Were Staged
Juliana Peres Magalhães is the prosecution's entire case—and she's a credibility minefield. She lied for over a year. She wrote jail letters promising to "take the blame" for Brendan Banfield. She told his mother she would "give my life for his." She only flipped after Banfield's arrest, after hospitalization from stress, and after his family stopped paying her legal bills. Now she's negotiatin...
38m Jan 26
38m
Reiner Case: FBI & Psychology Experts Explain How Smart Parents Stopped Seeing the Threat
Rob Reiner wasn't naive. He was a successful director with resources, connections, and access to the best treatment money could buy. By the end, he was publicly saying they should have listened to Nick instead of the professionals. They brought a son exhibiting erratic behavior to a party where other guests considered calling 911. They went to sleep in a house with someone who, according to sou...
1hr 15m Jan 26
1hr 15m
Monique Tepe Did Everything Right: FBI Expert on Why Grievance Collectors Don't Let Go
She left after seven months. Let him keep the house. Let him have the rings. Paid what she owed—with interest. Moved back to Ohio, rebuilt her life, married Spencer, had two children. Her family says Monique never spoke Michael McKee's name after the divorce. She only called him "her ex-husband." She talked about emotional abuse. About torment. That she was always worried. She did everything ri...
33m Jan 25
33m
Reiner Case: FBI Expert Analyzes "Threat Blindness" & California's 57% Conservatorship Failure Rate
Rob Reiner wasn't naive. He was a successful director with resources, connections, and access to the best treatment money could buy. By the end, he was publicly saying they should have listened to Nick instead of the professionals. They brought a son who'd been exhibiting erratic behavior to a party full of friends. They went to sleep in a house with someone who, according to sources, was in th...
50m Jan 25
50m
McKee-Tepe Murders: FBI Experts on "Wound Collectors" & Why a Surgeon Allegedly Made Critical Mistakes
A vascular surgeon with no criminal record. A Chicago penthouse. A firearm that police say matches shell casings from a double homicide 300 miles away. And eight years of alleged obsession that ended with Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer dead while their children slept down the hall. Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke—who headed the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Progr...
41m Jan 25
41m
Nick Reiner's Conservatorship Ended—Then His Parents Died: Inside California's Mental Health Trap
Nick Reiner was under court-ordered conservatorship in 2020. A judge declared him "gravely disabled." Licensed fiduciary Steven Baer controlled his treatment. The Reiners obtained the most restrictive mental health intervention California law allows. It lasted one year. Four years later, both parents are dead—allegedly killed by the son they fought to help. The devastating loophole: under Cali...
51m Jan 25
51m
Tepe Murders: Gun Found in McKee's Penthouse, GMA Interview Reveals Undocumented Abuse
The physical evidence is now overwhelming. Columbus police confirmed the murder weapon was recovered from Dr. Michael McKee's Chicago penthouse eleven days after Spencer and Monique Tepe were shot dead in their Columbus home. NIBIN matched shell casings from the bedroom to a firearm seized from his residence. Multiple weapons were recovered. His alibi collapsed before his arrest. ATF picked him...
37m Jan 25
37m
Brendan Banfield Crime Scene Evidence: Bedroom Renovated, Knife Hidden, FBI Analyzes Star Witness
The Brendan Banfield trial is building toward its climax, and day three delivered evidence that cuts through every defense narrative. Fairfax County detectives showed jurors what they found when they returned to the Banfield home eight months after Christine's death: fresh wood flooring where blood-soaked carpet used to be, new furniture throughout the master bedroom, and photographs of Brendan...
58m Jan 24
58m
Spencer & Monique Tepe Murder Update: Police Confirm Ballistics Match, Family Details Abuse
Columbus police finally spoke. Sixteen days after Spencer and Monique Tepe were found shot dead, Chief Elaine Bryant confirmed investigators have a preliminary ballistic link between firearms recovered from Dr. Michael McKee's property and the murder scene. The connection came through NIBIN—the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network—which matches bullets and casings to weapons across...
46m Jan 24
46m
Nick Reiner Murder Case: Why Alan Jackson Withdrew & What the Sealed Evidence Reveals
The Nick Reiner case just took a turn nobody predicted. Alan Jackson—the attorney who defended Michael Jackson's doctor and built a reputation on high-stakes trials—withdrew from representing Nick Reiner while publicly declaring him "not guilty of murder" under California law. He told reporters to take that statement "to the bank." Then he told the judge he's "legally and ethically prohibited" ...
44m Jan 24
44m