JP Miller Arraignment Update: Not Guilty Plea, Ankle Monitor & The Evidence Against Him | Mica Miller Case
JP Miller pleaded not guilty in federal court — then ducked out a back door while protesters filled the courthouse. The federal case against the former Myrtle Beach pastor has officially begun. Federal Magistrate Thomas E. Rogers III set bond at $100,000 with conditions that include an ankle monitor, no contact with victims or witnesses, surrender of his passport, no firearms, and no excessive...
22m Jan 14
22m
"That's NOT How You Win an Insanity Defense" — Attorney Reacts to Nick Reiner's Post-Offense Behavior
Defense attorney Bob Motta reacts to Nick Reiner's reported behavior after the alleged murders of Rob and Michele Reiner—and explains why it creates serious problems for an insanity defense. Sources say Nick checked into the Pierside hotel in Santa Monica after what allegedly occurred, then spent over 24 hours navigating Los Angeles before being found near USC. He reportedly bought a drink at ...
30m Jan 14
30m
Cult Mom" Lori Vallow Claims SHE'S The Victim — Prosecutors Just Ended Her Appeal
Lori Vallow Daybell murdered her two children. A jury said so. Now she's arguing that her constitutional rights were violated and she deserves a new trial. Prosecutors in Idaho just filed a 59-page response that tears every single claim apart. Her attorney had an impossible conflict of interest — representing both Lori and Chad Daybell simultaneously while Chad paid the bills. She was found inc...
15m Jan 14
15m
FBI Agent Coffindaffer: Transferred Investigators, Missing Weapons & Witnesses Who Flip | Banfield + Reiner
Two cases. Two very different defenses. One retired FBI Special Agent breaking down what the evidence actually shows. Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Hidden Killers to analyze the Brendan Banfield trial and the latest bombshells in the Nick Reiner case. In Virginia, the prosecution's own forensics expert concluded their catfishing theory was wrong. Officer Brendan Miller found Christine Banfield c...
46m Jan 14
46m
Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Juliana Peres Magalhães Takes The Stand — Former Banfield Au Pair Takes The Stand
Juliana Peres Magalhães, former Banfield au pair, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home. Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magal...
1hr 48m Jan 14
1hr 48m
Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Dr. Meghan Kessler Takes The Stand — Forensics Pathology Testimony
Dr. Meghan Kessler, Forensics Pathologist, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home. Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, w...
59m Jan 14
59m
Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Michael Gibbons Takes The Stand — Lt. With The Fairfax County Police Department
Michael Gibbons, Fairfax County Police Lt., testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home. Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, ...
21m Jan 14
21m
Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Zachary Beckner Takes The Stand — Body Cam Footage Presented
Zachary Beckner, Fairfax Co. Police Officer, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home. Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães,...
27m Jan 14
27m
"The Conspiracy Was FOR You, Nick" — Tony Brueski Goes Off on Nick Reiner's Victim Mentality
Nick Reiner reportedly believes he's the victim of a conspiracy. Sources say he admits to killing his parents but doesn't understand why he's in jail. He thinks the people who incarcerated him are conspiring against him. Tony Brueski breaks down why Nick is right—just not in the way he thinks. The conspiracy wasn't against Nick Reiner. The conspiracy was FOR him. For 32 years. More than 18 re...
14m Jan 14
14m
"She Wrote She Was Heartbroken For Doing This To Brendan" — FBI Agent On Au Pair's Credibility
Juliana Peres Magalhaes is the prosecution's star witness against Brendan Banfield. She's also a woman who wrote from jail that she was "heartbroken" for what she was doing to him — and that she still loved him. But she wanted to go home to her mother. So she took a deal. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer returns to Hidden Killers to break down the credibility of a cooperating wit...
11m Jan 13
11m
Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Justin Hugh Takes The Stand — Detective with the The Fairfax County PD
Justin Hugh, Detective with the Fairfax County PD, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home. Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Maga...
20m Jan 13
20m
13 Complaints, Zero Action: Families of Idaho Murder Victims Sue Washington State University
"Mark my word, I work with predators." That's what a Washington State University professor told her colleagues about Bryan Kohberger in the fall of 2022. She warned them. She urged them to remove him from the program. They didn't. Now, the families of all four Idaho murder victims — Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin — have filed a 126-page wrongful death lawsuit...
22m Jan 13
22m
Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Alicia Dale Takes The Stand — Recordings of the 911 Calls Are Put Into Evidence
Alicia Dale, Custodian of Records in Fairfax County, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home. Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Ma...
18m Jan 13
18m
FBI Agent Coffindaffer: "They Transferred The Expert Who Proved Them Wrong" | Banfield Trial
When your own forensic expert contradicts your murder theory, what do you do? According to court testimony in the Brendan Banfield case, Fairfax County Police transferred him out of the unit. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Hidden Killers to break down an investigation that raises more questions than answers. Officer Brendan Miller analyzed 60 devices and concluded Christi...
13m Jan 13
13m
Au Pair Affair Trial Of Brendon Banfield: Prosecution & Defense's Opening Statements
The Prosecution & Defense gave opening statements today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home. Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, with...
28m Jan 13
28m
"Officer, Come In Here!" — Child's Final Words Before Gunfire | Uvalde Teacher Survives to Testify Against Gonzales
Arnulfo Reyes heard a child in the next classroom call out for help. "Officer, come in here. We're in here." Then he heard more gunshots. He never heard that voice again. On January 12, 2026, Reyes — the only teacher to survive the massacre inside Robb Elementary's connected classrooms — testified in the trial of former Uvalde school district officer Adrian Gonzales. His account was unflinching...
17m Jan 13
17m
FBI Agent on Nick Reiner: "That's Not How Psychosis Works" | Conspiracy Claims Exposed
Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down what Nick Reiner's reported "conspiracy" beliefs actually mean from a behavioral analysis standpoint. Sources say Nick admits to killing his parents Rob and Michele Reiner but doesn't understand why he's incarcerated—claiming those who put him behind bars are conspiring against him. Is this genuine psychosis from his schizoaffective d...
23m Jan 13
23m
Brianna Aguilera: Neighbor Heard Screaming Before 17-Story Fall — Police Ruled Suicide BEFORE Autopsy
Brianna Aguilera was a 19-year-old Texas A&M student who fell 17 stories from a West Campus apartment in Austin on November 29, 2025. Austin Police ruled her death a suicide just five days later — before the autopsy was completed, before toxicology came back, and before a rape kit was even processed. But the family isn't buying it. And neither is the neighbor who heard everything through the wa...
19m Jan 13
19m
Robin Dreeke Analyzes Nick Reiner & Mickey Stines: Two Warnings, Two Killings, No One Listened
Two families saw it coming. Both had direct warnings. Both had the person who would kill them in their lives every single day. Neither survived. Rob and Michele Reiner knew their son Nick was deteriorating. Sources say his schizophrenia medication was changed weeks before the killings and he went off the rails. They watched him unravel at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party — the staring, the inte...
50m Jan 13
50m
The Banfield Trial Begins: Cops Transferred The Expert Who Contradicted Their Murder Theory | Hidden Killers
Brendan Banfield's murder trial starts Monday, January 12th. He's accused of killing his wife Christine and a stranger named Joseph Ryan in an elaborate plot involving the family's Brazilian au pair and a sexual fetish website. But the prosecution has a problem they can't explain away. Their own digital forensics expert said the evidence doesn't support their theory. Officer Brendan Miller an...
34m Jan 13
34m
Robin Dreeke on Mickey Stines: Why Won't Anyone Say What Really Drove This Killing?
A lawsuit tying both men to a sexual exploitation scandal. A deposition that pushed Stines to the edge. And fifteen months of silence on motive. Robin Dreeke knows how secrets work. He spent his FBI career studying compromise, leverage, and what happens when powerful people are entangled in something neither can afford to have exposed. This conversation goes where the headlines won't — into th...
13m Jan 12
13m
Tepe Murders: Ex-Husband Surgeon Charged — The Divorce Papers Tell the Story
Michael David McKee, a 39-year-old vascular surgeon from Chicago, has been arrested and charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer Tepe. The couple was found shot dead inside their Columbus, Ohio home on December 30, 2025. Their two young children — ages 4 and 1 — were discovered unharmed in another room. McKee and Monique were married i...
19m Jan 12
19m
Nick Reiner Doesn't Understand Why He's In Jail — Is This Psychosis or Performance? | Reiner Case Update
TMZ just dropped a bombshell in the Nick Reiner case: sources say he admits killing Rob and Michele Reiner but believes his incarceration is a "conspiracy" against him. He genuinely doesn't understand why he's behind bars. If true, this is either devastating proof of how broken Nick's brain really is — or the most perfectly timed defense narrative leak we've seen in years. Maybe both. Nick Rein...
19m Jan 12
19m
FBI's Robin Dreeke: The Warning Judge Mullins Got About Mickey Stines — And Why He Ignored It
Someone told Kevin Mullins that Mickey Stines was falling apart. Told him directly. Said Stines "couldn't take the pressure." Advised Stines to get a mental health evaluation. And Mullins — the eventual victim — did nothing. Robin Dreeke spent twenty years at the FBI studying exactly this. Why people dismiss warnings about someone they know. Why familiarity breeds blind spots. Why the threat y...
12m Jan 12
12m
They Hid Under Their Desks. He Shot Through Them | Adrian Gonzales Trial Day 4
The first week of testimony in the Adrian Gonzales trial ended with prosecutors bringing the jury inside Room 111 — the classroom where the Uvalde massacre happened. Former Texas Ranger Juan Torrez testified about photographing the scene hours after the May 24, 2022 shooting that killed 19 children and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School. Torrez described the room as "in disarray" with "a lot...
26m Jan 12
26m
The Charity Beallis Case: FBI Expert Robin Dreeke's Complete Analysis — The Evidence, The Investigation, The Questions
Hidden Killers Podcast presents the complete three-part interview with former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke on the Charity Beallis case — a comprehensive examination of the documented evidence, investigative signals, and complexities that make this case impossible to reduce to simple headlines. Charity Beallis and her six-year-old children Eliana and Maverick were found shot to death December...
46m Jan 12
46m
Nick Reiner Warning Signs: FBI Behavioral Expert on Conan O'Brien Party, Schizophrenia & What Family Knew
The night before Rob and Michele Reiner were stabbed to death in their Brentwood home, their son Nick was at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party making guests uncomfortable. He stared at people. Interrupted conversations. Asked guests if they were famous. Got into a shouting match with his father loud enough for the room to hear. His parents brought him specifically because they were worried. His m...
26m Jan 12
26m
Charity Beallis: Her Father's Contradicting Statements and What FBI Behavioral Analysis Reveals
Our week in review on the Charity Beallis case — an exhaustive FBI behavioral analysis of a case where documented evidence shows violence on both sides of a relationship. Charity Beallis and her twins Eliana and Maverick were found shot to death on December 3rd, 2025, in Bonanza, Arkansas. Over a month later: no arrest, no named suspect, no cause of death released. Federal agencies are assisti...
59m Jan 12
59m
Adelson Case Update: Charlie's Appeal Arguments Revealed, Donna Transferred to South Florida Prison
Our week in review on the Adelson case — Charlie's appeal heading to oral arguments and Donna now housed thirty miles from her former life. Charlie Adelson is heading back to court — but this time, there's no jury. On February 3rd, 2026, Florida's First District Court of Appeal will hear oral arguments in his bid to overturn his life sentence for Dan Markel's murder. His 91-page brief argues p...
43m Jan 12
43m
Mickey Stines: Video Shows Judge Seated Near Victim Days Before Shooting — FBI Analyzes System Failure
Our week in review on the Mickey Stines case — a recusal motion that's frozen everything, and the systemic failures that allowed an elected sheriff to spiral unchecked. Special Judge Christopher Cohron abruptly adjourned court days before a critical hearing. The defense had discovered something: video footage showing Cohron seated inches from Judge Kevin Mullins at a Kentucky Judicial Commissi...
32m Jan 11
32m
Nick Reiner Now Has Public Defender After Alan Jackson Withdraws — The Warning Signs Nobody Could Act On
Our week in review on the Nick Reiner case — the dramatic attorney shakeup and the years of warning signs that led to December 14th. Alan Jackson, the million-dollar attorney who got Karen Read acquitted, told a Los Angeles judge he had "no choice" but to withdraw from Nick Reiner's defense. Sources point to money. Nick now has Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene — who was informed last nig...
41m Jan 11
41m
Sarah Grace Patrick Murder Trial Delayed 7 Months. Defense Attorney Bob Motta Breaks Down What the State Is Missing
Defense attorney Bob Motta joins us to break down the seven-month delay in the Sarah Grace Patrick murder trial and what it reveals about the prosecution's case. Sarah Grace Patrick, 17, is charged as an adult with two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock in Carroll County, Georgia. The couple was found shot in their bed on February 20t...
57m Jan 11
57m
Brendan Banfield: Digital Expert Transferred After Finding Wife — Not Husband — Ran FetLife Account
Our week in review examines the Brendan Banfield case — where digital forensics contradicted the prosecution's theory and two investigators were moved off the case. On February 24, 2023, Christine Banfield — a 37-year-old pediatric ICU nurse — was stabbed to death in her Herndon, Virginia home. Found beside her was Joseph Ryan, a 39-year-old stranger shot twice by two different guns. The initi...
45m Jan 11
45m
D4VD Case: FBI Expert Analyzes Evidence as Grand Jury Moves Toward Possible Indictment
Our week in review on the D4VD investigation — FBI analysis of the physical evidence, the grand jury proceedings, and what prosecutors appear to be building. Inside the Hollywood Hills rental where D4VD was living, investigators found a chainsaw still in its protective sheath and a burn cage incinerator capable of 1,600 degrees — boxed, never opened. Fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's...
32m Jan 11
32m
Rob Reiner Told Friends "I'm Petrified of Nick" — Attorney Explains How Insanity Defense Works
Our week in review on the Nick Reiner case — the insanity defense mechanics, the family's impossible situation, and a mental health system that failed everyone. Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder for stabbing his parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner to death. The defense strategy has been clear from the start: mental health. Sources confirm Nick was diagnosed with schi...
42m Jan 10
42m
Sarah Grace Patrick: The TikToks, The DMs, The Family History Nobody's Discussing Before Trial
Our week in review takes on the Sarah Grace Patrick case — a story where the prosecution's public evidence doesn't match the promises. Seventeen-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick goes to trial January 5th, charged with murdering her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock while they slept. Her five-year-old sister found the bodies. For five months after the killings, Sarah posted crying Tik...
49m Jan 10
49m
Charity Beallis Case: FBI Expert Breaks Down Behavioral Red Flags Both Parents Exposed
This week on Hidden Killers, we took a hard look at the Charity Beallis case — and what we found doesn't fit the narrative national media rushed to print. On December 3rd, 2025, Charity Beallis and her six-year-old twins Eliana and Maverick were found dead from gunshot wounds in their Bonanza, Arkansas home. One day earlier, she'd lost a custody battle to Dr. Randall Beallis — the husband she ...
44m Jan 10
44m
$200 Million Exposed: Is There a Legal Loophole That Lets Nick Reiner Inherit? | HK Live
Nick Reiner is broke. Unemployed. Sitting in jail charged with double murder. His parents — Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — left behind an estate worth $200 million. And under California law, there may be a way he could still get his hands on it. Wait, what? The slayer statute is supposed to prevent killers from inheriting from their victims. But it only applies to "felonious and inten...
16m Jan 10
16m
ERIC FADDIS: Alan Jackson QUITS Nick Reiner Case — Plus The Mickey Stines Judge Scandal Explodes
Attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis breaks down two of the most chaotic murder cases in the country right now — and explains why both are falling apart before they even reach trial. Nick Reiner's high-profile defense attorney Alan Jackson just walked off the case after three weeks, citing circumstances "beyond Nick's control." But before he left, he made a stunning statement to reporter...
43m Jan 10
43m
The Charity Beallis Case: FBI Expert Robin Dreeke on Cases Where Everyone Has a Record
Hidden Killers Podcast concludes its interview series with former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke by examining the hardest question in the Charity Beallis case: What do investigators do when both parties have documented histories of alleged violence? This isn't a simple case. The documented record shows allegations against both adults — not just one. Randall Beallis pled guilty to third-degree...
12m Jan 10
12m
Attorney Eric Faddis on Mickey Stines Recusal BOMBSHELL: Can Judge Cohron Stay on the Case?
The Mickey Stines case just got a whole lot more complicated — and we brought in defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis to make sense of it. The defense has filed a motion to recuse Special Judge Christopher Cohron after discovering video footage showing him seated next to Judge Kevin Mullins at a Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health meeting, seven days before Mullins was ...
15m Jan 09
15m
"NOT Guilty Under California Law" — What Alan Jackson Knows About Nick Reiner That We Don't
Alan Jackson spent three weeks investigating the Nick Reiner case. Every waking hour, he said. Ten subpoenas issued and sealed. And then he quit — but not before telling reporters that Nick Reiner is "NOT guilty of murder under California law." That's not how attorneys typically leave cases. That's a roadmap. And now someone else has to follow it. This episode breaks down what Jackson's state...
20m Jan 09
20m
Can Nick Reiner Beat Murder With an Insanity Defense? | California Law Explained
Alan Jackson's final words as Nick Reiner's attorney weren't a goodbye — they were a legal prediction: "Nick Reiner is NOT guilty of murder under California law." He's signaling an insanity defense. And that defense just became someone else's problem. Nick Reiner was allegedly being treated for schizophrenia at the time he killed his parents, director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Sou...
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's Attorney QUITS — "I Had No Choice" | What Alan Jackson Knows That We Don't
Alan Jackson walked into court as Nick Reiner's defense attorney. He walked out as his former attorney — telling reporters he had "no choice" but to withdraw due to circumstances "beyond Nick's control." Then he made a stunning declaration: "Pursuant to the laws of California, Nick Reiner is NOT guilty of murder. Print that." Three weeks. That's how long Jackson's team investigated the case — ...
13m Jan 09
13m
A Family That Tried Everything: Therapist Shavaun Scott on the Reiners, Schizophrenia, and Why the System Keeps Failing
Nick Reiner is charged with murdering his parents Rob and Michele Reiner. But this tragedy didn’t begin on December 14th. For seventeen years, a family that loved their son desperately tried everything to save him — and a system failed them at every turn. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Hidden Killers for an in-depth examination of the Nick Reiner case. This is not a story about bad parent...
59m Jan 09
59m
"How Did You Find Out?" — FBI Expert Robin Dreeke on What the Beallis Investigation Signals
Hidden Killers Podcast continues its coverage of the Charity Beallis case with former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke, who analyzes what law enforcement's documented actions tell us about this investigation. It's been over a month. Three people dead from gunshot wounds. No arrest. No named suspect. No official cause of death. But the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office has executed twelve search ...
15m Jan 09
15m
The Money Stopped: Alan Jackson Withdraws, Nick Reiner Now Has a Public Defender He Met for 30 Seconds
Three weeks ago, Nick Reiner had the best criminal defense money could buy. Alan Jackson — the attorney who got Karen Read acquitted, who represented Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey — was building what looked like an insanity defense backed by a two-hundred-million-dollar estate. Today, Jackson told a Los Angeles judge he had "no choice" but to withdraw. Nick Reiner now has a public defender...
28m Jan 08
28m
Uvalde Trial: Stephanie Hale Takes The Stand — After Testimony, The Judge Tells The Jury to Disregard Her Testimony!
Stephanie Hale, a teacher at Robb Elementary, testified today in the Adrian Gonzales trial. Gonzales is charged with 29 felony counts of child endangerment for his response to the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Gonzales was the first officer on scene. Prosecutors say he knew the shooter’s location and failed to act. The defense argues he responded to...
1hr Jan 08
1hr
"I Never Thought He'd Actually Do It": Why the Reiners Didn't See the Danger | Shavaun Scott
Sources say the Reiner family had been scared of Nick for years. That he had violent outbursts. That Michele told a friend, "I don't know what else we can do." That his behavior was aggressive enough to require private yoga sessions as a child because he was too disruptive for groups. They knew something was wrong. They sensed danger. And they stayed. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Hidde...
18m Jan 08
18m