Nick Reiner Case: Alan Jackson Withdraws, Public Defender Steps In — The Warning Signs Everyone Ignored
True Crime Today's week in review covers the Nick Reiner case — the stunning attorney withdrawal and the years of warning signs nobody could act on. Alan Jackson walked into a Los Angeles courtroom and told the judge he had "no choice" but to withdraw from Nick Reiner's defense. He said circumstances "beyond Nick's control" forced his exit. Sources tell Deadline money is the reason. The patter...
41m Jan 11
41m
“Mountains of Evidence?” Sarah Grace Patrick Murder Trial Delayed 7 Months as Prosecutors Ask for More Time. Bob Motta Breaks It Down
The prosecution claimed "mountains of evidence." Then they asked for seven more months. The Sarah Grace Patrick murder trial was set for January 5th, 2026. Judge Dustin Hightower pushed it to August 3rd after the state said they needed time to review a defense neuropsychologist evaluation. The defense was ready to pick a jury. The prosecution wasn't. Sarah Grace Patrick, 17, is charged as an ...
57m Jan 11
57m
D4VD Investigation: Manager Admitted Tour Was Priority Over Calling Police — FBI Reacts to Evidence
True Crime Today's week in review covers the D4VD case — the physical evidence, the grand jury bombshells, and FBI analysis on what prosecutors are building. A chainsaw never removed from its sheath. A burn cage incinerator still in the box. A Tesla parked on a residential street for over a month with a teenage girl's body decomposing in the trunk. And a cause of death that remains officially ...
33m Jan 11
33m
Nick Reiner Case: 17 Years of Manipulation vs. Insanity Defense — Attorney Breaks Down the Strategy
True Crime Today's week in review dissects the Nick Reiner case — the legal mechanics of an insanity defense and the broken system that left Rob and Michele Reiner with no good choices. Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder for stabbing his parents to death. The defense has signaled mental health will be central to the case. Sources confirm Nick was diagnosed with schizophrenia y...
42m Jan 10
42m
Sarah Grace Patrick Case: No Weapon, No Motive, But Prosecutors Say They Have "Mountains" — FBI Reacts
True Crime Today's weekly review examines the Sarah Grace Patrick murder case ahead of her January 5th trial — and why the prosecution's public case doesn't add up yet. Sarah Grace Patrick was sixteen when her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock were shot dead in their Carroll County, Georgia home. Her five-year-old sister found the bodies. For five months, Sarah mourned publicly o...
49m Jan 10
49m
Charity Beallis Case: Her Father's Alleged Confession Claim, FBI Analysis, and What Media Missed
True Crime Today's weekly review unpacks the Charity Beallis case — a story where the documented facts don't match the national headlines. Charity Beallis and her twins Eliana and Maverick, both six years old, were found dead from gunshot wounds on December 3rd, 2025, in Bonanza, Arkansas. It happened one day after she lost custody to Dr. Randall Beallis — the man she'd accused of strangling h...
44m Jan 10
44m
Nick Reiner's $200 Million Problem: Can He Legally Access His Parents' Estate? | True Crime Today
Here's a question nobody's answering clearly: Can Nick Reiner — the man charged with murdering Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — legally access their $200 million estate to pay for his defense? He has no money of his own. He wasn't employed. He was living in his parents' guesthouse. And now he's facing two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances, represented by a public d...
16m Jan 10
16m
Alan Jackson WALKS From Nick Reiner Murder Case & Steins Murder Meltdown — Eric Faddis Explains What Happens Next
True Crime Today breaks down two major developments with attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis. In Los Angeles, celebrity defense attorney Alan Jackson has withdrawn from the Nick Reiner murder case just three weeks after signing on. Jackson told the court he had "no choice" due to circumstances "beyond Nick's control" — then held a press conference where he declared Nick Reiner is "NOT g...
43m Jan 10
43m
FBI Expert Robin Dreeke: The Charity Beallis Case Defies Simple Narratives — Here's Why
True Crime Today concludes its interview series on the Charity Beallis case with former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke examining why this case resists the simple domestic violence framing many outlets have applied. Charity Beallis wrote publicly that she was a victim. She claimed she feared for her life. But the documented record shows allegations cutting in multiple directions — not just one....
12m Jan 10
12m
BREAKING: Attorney Eric Faddis on Mickey Stines Recusal Fight — Will Judge Cohron Be Removed?
The Mickey Stines murder case is frozen — and the reason is a video nobody knew existed until now. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins True Crime Today to break down the recusal motion that could change everything. Former Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines is charged with murdering District Judge Kevin Mullins in his courthouse chambers in September 2024. The shooting wa...
15m Jan 09
15m
Nick Reiner's Legal Road Ahead — Three Battles, One Outcome, No Way Home
Today we're breaking down everything you need to know about what comes next in the Nick Reiner case. Alan Jackson quit as Nick's attorney this morning — but not before delivering a statement that sounded more like a closing argument than a goodbye: "Nick Reiner is NOT guilty of murder under California law. Print that." Three weeks of investigation. Ten sealed subpoenas. And now he's gone. Her...
20m Jan 09
20m
Nick Reiner Insanity Defense EXPLAINED — What California Law Actually Requires
Today we're breaking down the defense strategy everyone's talking about — and why it almost never works. Alan Jackson made his intentions clear before walking away from Nick Reiner's case: "Nick Reiner is NOT guilty of murder under California law." Translation: insanity defense. Nick was reportedly being treated for schizophrenia at the time he allegedly killed his parents, Rob Reiner and Mic...
16m Jan 09
16m
Uvalde Trial Day 3: Teacher's Testimony THROWN OUT — Prosecution Loses Key Witness
The prosecution's case took a devastating hit Thursday. Judge Sid Harle struck Stephanie Hale's entire testimony from the record in the Adrian Gonzales trial. The jury has been instructed to disregard everything the former Robb Elementary teacher said — including her account of seeing the gunman on the south side of campus and her testimony about children arming themselves with safety scissors....
19m Jan 09
19m
Nick Reiner Attorney WITHDRAWS — Alan Jackson Says "NOT Guilty" on Way Out the Door
Today in the Nick Reiner case: his defense just imploded. Alan Jackson, the criminal defense attorney who took Nick's case within hours of his January 6th arrest, told a Los Angeles judge he had "no choice" but to withdraw. He cited circumstances "beyond Nick's control." Sources tell Deadline that money is the issue — but Jackson's exit statement tells a different story. Standing outside the ...
13m Jan 09
13m
The Reiner Family Tragedy: Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott on Schizophrenia, Failed Treatment, and a System With No Answers
Rob and Michele Reiner are dead. Their son Nick is charged with their murders. And millions of families watching this case are seeing their own nightmare reflected back at them. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins True Crime Today to examine what the Reiner family was really facing — and why their tragedy is a warning about a mental health system that keeps failing the people who need it most....
59m Jan 09
59m
Charity Beallis Investigation: FBI Veteran Explains What "No Ongoing Threat" Typically Means
True Crime Today brings back former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke to analyze the investigative signals in the Charity Beallis case — what documented law enforcement actions may indicate without speculating on outcomes. Over a month after Charity Beallis and her six-year-old twins were found dead from gunshot wounds in their Bonanza, Arkansas home, the investigation remains officially open wit...
15m Jan 09
15m
BREAKING: Nick Reiner's Million-Dollar Attorney Quits — "Circumstances Beyond His Control" Leave Him With Public Defender
Alan Jackson walked into court this morning as Nick Reiner's attorney. He walked out as his former attorney, telling reporters that Nick is "not guilty of murder" under California law — but that he won't be the one proving it. Jackson told Judge Theresa McGonigle he had "no choice" but to withdraw. He cited "circumstances beyond our control, but more importantly, circumstances beyond Nick's co...
28m Jan 08
28m
Stephanie Hale Testifies in Adrian Gonzales Trial - Judge Throws Out Her Testimony! — Uvalde Officer Faces 29 Counts
Stephanie Hale, a teacher at Robb Elementary, took the stand in the trial of former Uvalde school officer Adrian Gonzales, who faces 29 counts of child endangerment over his response to the Robb Elementary massacre. Prosecutors allege Gonzales was first on scene and failed to engage despite knowing the shooter’s location. The defense says he’s being used as a scapegoat. Nineteen children and t...
1hr 1m Jan 08
1hr 1m
Every Red Flag Before the Reiner Murders: Why No One Intervened | Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott
A childhood yoga instructor described Nick Reiner as "very, very intense" and so disruptive that his mother had to arrange private sessions. Sources say the family was scared of him for years. That Michele told a friend she didn't know what else they could do. That Nick had violent outbursts and was aggressive and unpredictable. Three to four weeks before the killings, his medication was chang...
18m Jan 08
18m
BREAKING: Mickey Stines Defense Files to Remove Judge — Video Shows Cohron With Victim Before Murder
The Mickey Stines case just took a turn nobody predicted. A week ago, a hearing was supposed to move this case forward — bond arguments, venue fight, the works. Instead, Judge Christopher Cohron walked in, said there was an "issue," and shut it down. Now we know what the issue was: him. Defense attorneys Jeremy and Kerri Bartley have filed a motion to recuse Cohron after an investigator discov...
20m Jan 08
20m
Schizophrenia, Self-Medication, and the Failure to Diagnose Nick Reiner | Therapist Shavaun Scott
Nick Reiner used heroin. He used meth. He used cocaine. He went to rehab eighteen times starting at age fifteen. Every intervention focused on the drugs. But according to reports, Nick had schizophrenia — a serious psychotic disorder that went undiagnosed for years while he was being treated for addiction. What if the drugs were never the real problem? Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tru...
19m Jan 08
19m
Adrian Gonzales Trial Update: Judge Denies Mistrial, Calls Prosecution "Negligent"
Judge Sid Harle denied the defense's motion for a mistrial Wednesday in the trial of former Uvalde school officer Adrian Gonzales. But he didn't let the prosecution off easy — calling their failure to disclose key witness information "negligent." The issue centers on teacher Stephanie Hale, who testified Tuesday that she saw the gunman on the south side of Robb Elementary — the same location w...
20m Jan 08
20m
Brendan Banfield Defense: Cops Who Disagreed With Murder Theory Were Transferred | True Crime Today
The Brendan Banfield murder case has all the elements of a true crime nightmare — an alleged affair, a sex fetish website, a double homicide, and an au pair who flipped on her former lover. But the defense is pointing to something prosecutors would rather you ignore: the investigators who said the evidence didn't support the theory were removed from the case. Banfield, a former IRS special age...
23m Jan 08
23m
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott on the Reiner Family's Codependency and Enabling Pattern
We're going live with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott to break down the family dynamics at the center of the Nick Reiner case. This isn't about the crime itself. This is about the seventeen years that led up to it. The family system that couldn't say no. The parents who gave everything and got nothing back. The siblings who watched from the sidelines. The pattern that sources say is continuing e...
22m Jan 08
22m
The Reiner Murders: 17 Rehab Programs, Years of Police Calls, and a Father Who Said He Was "Petrified"
This is the fifth alleged patricide case in Southern California in recent weeks. Five sons accused of killing their fathers — or both parents — in a matter of months. The Reiners. The Cordes family. Jubilant Sykes' son. Juan Gonzalez in Perris. Joshua Bonilla in Lake Balboa. Something is happening. And the Reiner case exposes exactly why the system keeps failing. Nick Reiner didn't snap out o...
58m Jan 08
58m
BREAKING: Uvalde Cop Adrian Gonzales Trial Begins — First Officer On Scene Charged With 29 Counts After 77-Minute Police Failure
Jury selection began today in one of the most consequential police accountability trials in American history. Former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales is facing 29 felony counts of child endangerment for his response to the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers on May 24, 2022. What makes this case unprecedented: Gonzales was the first law enforcem...
25m Jan 07
25m
The Reiner Murders: Years of Warning Signs, Police Calls, and a System That Couldn't Stop It
This is the fifth alleged patricide case in Southern California in recent weeks. Five sons accused of killing their fathers — or both parents — in a matter of months. The Reiners. The Cordes family. Jubilant Sykes' son. Juan Gonzalez in Perris. Joshua Bonilla in Lake Balboa. Something is happening. And the Reiner case exposes exactly why the system keeps failing. Nick Reiner didn't snap out o...
13m Jan 07
13m
BREAKING: Kohberger's Sister Reveals What Really Happened Inside the Family — Christmas 2022, the FBI Raid, and the Heart Drawing
Three years of silence. Now the truth. Mel Kohberger, sister of convicted Idaho student killer Bryan Kohberger, has given her first interview since her brother's arrest — and what she reveals challenges everything the tabloids have told you about this family. She warned Bryan about the "psycho killer" loose near his apartment. He thanked her and said he'd be careful. Weeks later, FBI agents w...
19m Jan 07
19m
Adrian Gonzales Trial in Jeopardy: Judge Halts Testimony After Alleged Brady Violation
The first day of the Adrian Gonzales trial ended with the judge canceling Wednesday's proceedings and sending the jury home. The reason: a potential Brady violation. The defense says prosecutors failed to disclose key information from a witness, calling it a "trial by ambush." The Uvalde County DA was even sworn in and testified she was caught off guard by her own witness. Before the trial der...
24m Jan 07
24m
Nick Reiner Arraignment: Inside the Insanity Defense Strategy | True Crime Today
Tuesday marks a turning point in the Nick Reiner case. The 32-year-old son of legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner will stand before a judge and, for the first time, enter a plea on two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances. Everyone watching knows what's coming. Defense attorney Alan Jackson has spent three weeks telegraphing it. "Very complex and serious issues." A sealed mental...
21m Jan 07
21m
Charity Beallis: Former FBI Agent Examines the Documented Behaviors on Both Sides
True Crime Today brings in former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke to analyze the behavioral patterns documented in the Charity Beallis case — patterns that paint a far more complicated picture than initial media coverage suggested. December 3rd, 2025. Bonanza, Arkansas. Deputies find Charity Beallis and twins Eliana and Maverick dead from gunshot wounds inside their home. Over a month later, no...
20m Jan 07
20m
Sarah Grace Patrick Trial Pushed to August 2026 — Prosecution Asks for More Time Despite "Mountains of Evidence" Claims
The murder trial of Sarah Grace Patrick — the Carroll County, Georgia teenager charged with killing her mother and stepfather — has been delayed from January 5th, 2026 to August 3rd, 2026. The delay came after prosecutors indicated they would need time to review a defense neuropsychologist's evaluation and potentially prepare a rebuttal. Sarah Grace Patrick was 16 when Kristin Brock, 41, and J...
31m Jan 07
31m
Attorney Bob Motta Analyzes Sarah Grace Patrick Trial Delay — Prosecution Claims "Mountains" But Asks for 7-Month Continuance
Defense attorney Bob Motta provides legal analysis on the Sarah Grace Patrick case after the murder trial was delayed from January 2026 to August 2026. Sarah Grace Patrick, now 17, faces two counts of murder in the deaths of her mother Kristin Brock, 41, and stepfather James Brock, 45. The couple was shot in their bed in Carroll County, Georgia on February 20th, 2025. Patrick was arrested in J...
25m Jan 07
25m
BREAKING: Sarah Grace Patrick Trial Starts NOW | D4VD Grand Jury Witnesses Through February | FBI Analysis
Two major cases are moving through the system right now, and both hinge on questions that haven't been publicly answered. Sarah Grace Patrick's murder trial begins today. She's seventeen, accused of shooting her mother Kristin and stepfather James Brock while they slept in their Carroll County, Georgia home. The five-year-old sister found them. Sarah dialed 911 and then spent five months posti...
56m Jan 07
56m
Justin Duck Testifies in Adrian Gonzales Trial — Uvalde Officer Faces 29 Counts
Jason Duck, Captain of the Department of Public Safety, took the stand in the trial of former Uvalde school officer Adrian Gonzales, who faces 29 counts of child endangerment over his response to the Robb Elementary massacre. Prosecutors allege Gonzales was first on scene and failed to engage despite knowing the shooter’s location. The defense says he’s being used as a scapegoat. Nineteen chil...
15m Jan 07
15m
Jason Shae Testifies in Adrian Gonzales Trial — Uvalde Officer Faces 29 Counts
Jason Shae with the Texas Rangers, took the stand in the trial of former Uvalde school officer Adrian Gonzales, who faces 29 counts of child endangerment over his response to the Robb Elementary massacre. Prosecutors allege Gonzales was first on scene and failed to engage despite knowing the shooter’s location. The defense says he’s being used as a scapegoat. Nineteen children and two teachers...
1hr 21m Jan 07
1hr 21m
Nick Reiner Spent 18 Trips to Rehab Gaming the System — Now His Dead Parents Pay for Alan Jackson
Nick Reiner told the world exactly who he was. In 2016 interviews, he admitted he hated getting sober, chose homelessness over rehab, and met his heroin dealer through connections he made in treatment. He called himself "a spoiled, white, rich kid from a Hollywood family" and said he had "resistance every time they tried to reach me." His father Rob Reiner acknowledged they ignored Nick when he...
35m Jan 07
35m
BREAKING: Charlie Adelson Appeal Set for February | Donna Adelson Files Her Own Appeal
The next chapter in the Dan Markel murder saga is about to unfold — in an appellate courtroom with no cameras and no jury. Charlie Adelson's appeal is scheduled for oral argument on February 3rd, 2026. His attorneys will have twenty minutes to convince three judges that his 2023 conviction should be overturned. The arguments: pretrial publicity made a fair trial impossible, jurors discussed the...
17m Jan 06
17m
D4VD's Team Is Cracking Under Grand Jury Pressure | Coffindaffer Explains What's Next
D4VD has gone silent. His social media is dark. His tour is canceled. But the people around him are being dragged into a grand jury room—and not everyone is cooperating. His manager Robert Morgenroth testified for days. He reportedly told his lawyer that prosecutor Beth Silverman was "very pushy" about why he didn't call police after learning a body was found in his client's car. His alleged a...
17m Jan 06
17m
Adrian Gonzales Trial Day 1: "He Knew Where The Shooter Was" — Opening Statements Reveal Prosecution's Case
 Opening statements began today in the trial of former Uvalde school officer Adrian Gonzales, and the prosecution held nothing back. Special prosecutor Bill Turner used a minute-by-minute timeline to show the jury exactly what Gonzales allegedly did — and didn't do — as a gunman executed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Turner's most damning line: Gonzales was told by a coach w...
1hr 4m Jan 06
1hr 4m
EXPOSED: Richard Allen Confessed to Crimes He Didn't Commit—While Declared "Gravely Disabled" | Delphi Update
Richard Allen confessed to molesting his sister. She says it never happened. He confessed to molesting his daughter. She denies it too. He said he shot Abby Williams and Libby German. They weren't shot—they were stabbed. And those are the confessions Indiana used to convict him of murder. According to the 113-page Appellant's Brief now before the Indiana Court of Appeals, Richard Allen's conf...
28m Jan 06
28m
FBI Agent Breaks Down the D4VD Evidence | Celeste Rivas Case with Coffindaffer
The cause of death is still listed as "deferred." The body was too decomposed to easily identify. There's no eyewitness, no confession, no official homicide ruling. And yet prosecutors are moving forward with a grand jury that has full authority to indict D4VD for murder. So what do they have? In Part 1 of this interview, retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the physica...
13m Jan 06
13m
Brendan Banfield Murder Trial 2026: Did IRS Agent Frame Stranger for Wife Christine Banfield's Death?
The trial everyone's waiting for is finally coming. January 2026. Cameras in the courtroom. And a case that sounds like it was ripped from a crime novel. Brendan Banfield — a former IRS criminal investigative agent — is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and a man named Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield orchestrated an elaborate sc...
22m Jan 06
22m
Sarah Grace Patrick Trial Preview: Former FBI Agent on the Evidence, the Family History, and What's Missing
January 5th, 2026. That's when seventeen-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick stands trial for murdering her mother and stepfather. The Carroll County Sheriff's Office has promised mountains of evidence. So far, the public has seen TikTok videos, messages to true crime creators, and an eulogy investigators found suspicious. What haven't we seen? The murder weapon. A motive. Physical evidence tying Sar...
26m Jan 06
26m
The Delphi Appeal — Did the System Fail Richard Allen at Every Step?
This is the Delphi appeal — start to finish. Defense attorney Bob Motta walks through the full scope of the case now before the appellate court: a warrant allegedly built on omissions and altered statements, a year of extreme solitary confinement that preceded multiple confessions, and a trial where critical defense evidence was never allowed in front of the jury. At every stage, the appeal r...
51m Jan 06
51m
Who Killed Spencer & Monique Tepe? Ohio Dentist and Wife Executed — Children Left Alive, Killer Vanishes
Columbus, Ohio is searching for answers after a beloved dentist and his wife were found shot to death inside their home on December 30, 2025. Dr. Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, were discovered after Spencer mysteriously failed to show up for work at Athens Dental Depot. When coworkers couldn't reach him or his wife, they drove to the couple's Weinland Park home — where they heard the c...
18m Jan 06
18m
The Rob Reiner Murder and America's Broken Mental Health System | True Crime Today
Rob Reiner knew his son could hurt him. He reportedly said it out loud the night before he died. And there was nothing he could legally do about it. Nick Reiner is now facing two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing his parents to death. His defense attorney is building an insanity case. But the real story isn't just about Nick's mental illness — it's about a system that trappe...
21m Jan 05
21m
BREAKING: D4VD Indictment Expected | Manager Admits "Wanted to Continue Tour" | Celeste Rivas Grand Jury Update
The D4VD case just took a massive turn. Sources confirm the grand jury hearing evidence in the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez is an indicting grand jury—not merely investigative. Prosecutor Beth Silverman is reportedly seeking murder charges against the 20-year-old singer whose alleged girlfriend's body was found dismembered in his Tesla. Today we cover the latest breaking developments: D4VD...
20m Jan 05
20m
What the Delphi Jury Never Heard — Evidence the Judge Kept Out
The jury convicted Richard Allen — but the appeal argues they never saw the full picture. They didn’t see the eyewitness sketch rated “10 out of 10” by the witness who helped create it — a sketch that looked nothing like Allen. They didn’t hear expert testimony challenging the reliability of the State’s bullet-matching evidence. They didn’t hear about alternative suspects, unverified alibis, o...
19m Jan 05
19m
Melodee Buzzard Found Dead in Utah — Mother Ashlee Buzzard Charged With First-Degree Murder
Breaking case update: Ashlee Buzzard has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the killing of her 9-year-old daughter Melodee Buzzard. The criminal complaint alleges Ashlee shot Melodee multiple times in the head with a 9mm handgun, with special allegations of cruelty, viciousness, and lying in wait. Here's what investigators say happened. On October 7th, Ashlee rented a Chevrol...
19m Jan 05
19m