Accused Killer Barry Morphew Smiles in Court| Crime Alert Recap Saturday 07.05.25

Sean “Diddy” Combs will be sentenced on October 3 in New York after a federal jury found him guilty on two counts of transporting individuals to engage in prostitution. As new civil suits are piling up, Diddy's male escorts are spilling the tea. Brian Kohberger's signed guilty plea is now public. A California man is behind bars after police say he tried to slip back into the country just days after the body of his missing ex-girlfriend was found. A former MTV 16 and Pregnant star is back in jail in Georgia, charged in a man's fentanyl death just weeks after losing her teenage son. An Indiana man is behind bars for murder after police say he hunted down and killed a sex offender who had been released from prison just weeks earlier for molesting his young family member. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Colorado husband and father arrested again in connection with the murder of his wife years after previous charges were dropped, a grand jury indicts Barry Morphew on first-degree murder. In 2021, Morphew was charged with first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence after his wife Suzanne went missing on Mother's Day in 2020, but those charges were later dropped before his trial date and a year before Suzanne's remains were found. Suzanne Morphew, 49, last seen on Mother's Day, May 10, 2020, in Maysville, Colorado after leaving her home for a bike ride. Later that evening, Suzanne's mountain bike is found near the home and her helmet found in a different location nearby a few days later. A massive search for Suzanne spans over a three-year period until her remains are uncovered in a shallow grave in Saguache just a few hundred feet down a dirt road, the indictment states. An autopsy report states drugs typically used to tranquilize animals were found in her system. Morphew was all smiles at his court appearance. Join Nancy Grace to unfold what's next for Barry Morphew. Joining Nancy Grace today: Tisha Leewaye- Friend of Suzanne Morphew  Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker: When to work on a relationship and when to walk away” Also featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock,  www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive  Chris McDonough - Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, Worked over 300 Homicides in 25 year career, Trained the first Native American Homicide Task Force; & Host of YouTube channel, "The Interview Room" www.coldcasefoundation.org/chris-mcdonough  Dr. Thomas Coyne - Chief Medical Examiner, District 2 Medical Examiner's Office, State of Florida; Forensic Pathologist, Toxicologist, Neuropathologist; X: @DrTMCoyne; Derek Smith  Criminal Defense Attorney, website: dwsmithlegal.com   Dave Mack - Crime Stories Investigative Reporter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ next court appearance will be virtual hearing and take place later today.  This procedural session is slated to begin at 2 p.m. Eastern and will determine whether Combs’ sentencing—currently scheduled for October 3rd—can be expedited. A gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire Monday morning at a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas — injuring a police officer before he was shot and killed by federal agents.  Three people are dead, and ten others hurt after gunfire erupted early Monday in South Philadelphia.  Alabama has scheduled a September execution using nitrogen gas for a death row inmate convicted more than two decades ago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs disgraced rap mogul is denied bail after being acquitted on sex trafficking, racketeering charges, the most serious charges against him that could have landed him life in prison and found guilty only of transportation to engage in prostitution. Judge Arun Subramanian set a tentative sentencing date of Oct. 3 but is considering the defense’s request for it to be sooner at a virtual hearing scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Last week after 'Diddy's' verdict, Judge Subramanian rules from the bench Combs is a risk to public safety and must remain behind bars until his sentencing. Judge cites substantial evidence presented during the trial alleging Combs' violent history involving former partners and employees. “It is impossible for the defendant to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that he poses no danger,” Subramanian said from the bench. Unless the Judge rules in favor of the defense, Combs will spend months awaiting sentencing at a notoriously understaffed and violent Brooklyn jail where the music mogul has called home for nearly ten months. Many of Combs' victims wrote the court pleading for the rap mogul to remain behind bars in fear for their lives and safety.  Follow Crime Stories with Nancy Grace for the latest on Sean 'Diddy' Combs court hearings.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Recording artist R Kelly is serving a 30-year sentence for his racketeering and sex trafficking conviction. In the last days, the Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal on claims that  prosecutors “stretched” the law in the  convictions against him.   The justices denied an appeal last month.  Now Kelly wants to be released to home detention claiming that federal authorities are plotting to kill Kelly in prison.  A defense motion claims Kelly's former cellmate conspired with prison officials to steal mail between him and his attorneys, and turn it over to prosecutors before his trial.  Kelly's attorneys also claimed prison officials recruited a fellow prison inmate to kill Kelly to keep him from exposing the plot.  Joining Nancy Grace today:  Lisa Van Allen - victim,  testified against R Kelly  Brad Micklin -New Jersey lawyer Dr. Bethany Marshall- psychoanalyst Vincent Hill -  private investigator, author of "Playbook to a Murder," Robyn Walensky - Crime Stories investigative reporter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anjette and Ben Lyles are a young married couple with two children. Ben is a WW2 veteran and together he and Anjette work in his family restaurant in Macon, Georgia.  When Ben sells the restaurant for below market value to settle a gambling debt, Anjette is furious.  A few months after selling the restaurant, Ben gets very sick, very fast, and dies without doctors figuring out what killed him. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the death of Ben Lyles as well as Anjette's new husband, Buddy Gabbert, Anjette's first mother-in-law, Julia Lyles, and Anjette's daughter, Marcia.   Joe explains how Anjette Lyles got away with murder, at first, and what led to her ultimate arrest, conviction, and death sentence.   Transcript Highlights 00:00.21 Introduction 02:09.23 Eating at Hospital cafeteria 05:02.11 Ben Lyles sells restaurant to settle gambling debt, Anjette is furious 06:45.30 Ben Lyles dies, doctors don't know why 09:21.66 Diagnosis by symptoms 14:43.53 Ben's mother worked at Restaurant 18:26.54 Anjette buys the restaurant 20:01.78 Anjette marries Buddy Gabbert 25:07.03 Doctors not looking for arsenic 30:08.42 Symptoms were miserable, Buddy dies 35:32.05 Anjette seen lighting black candle and talking to it 40:00.01 Coroner's Inquest 44:51.91 Coroner gets anonymous letter about Anjette using arsenic ant poison to kill 50:09.65 One month after Marcia dies, Anjette is arrested, charged with murder 51:25.26 Sentenced to death. Sentence commuted to life in prison     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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.    Vallow then faced charges of conspiring to kill Brandon Boudreaux, her niece's ex-husband.  It took a jury less then 30 minutes to convict her in that trial. It was Vallow's third criminal trial in less than three years.   Vallow has been convicted in the deaths of her children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, and Tammy Daybell, her current husband, Chad Daybell’s, first wife, as well as her former husband Charles. He was killed the morning of July 11. Charles Vallow goes to Lori’s rental home in Chandler, Arizona, to pick up JJ for school.  Alex Cox, Lori’s brother, is also there. Within an hour, Vallow is lying in a pool of blood, shot by Alex Cox. Cox claims self-defense and is not charged. East Idaho News Reporter Nate Eaton has been following the case since JJ and Tylee went missing, and interviews Lori Vallow behind bars.      Watch Nate Eaton full interview at eastidahonews.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted for her role in a scheme to sexual exploit and abuse multiple minor girls with financier Jeffrey Epstein.  Specifically the charges were conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to transport minors to participate in illegal sex acts, transporting a minor to participate in illegal sex acts, sex trafficking conspiracy, and sex trafficking of a minor.  Prosecutors alleged from at least 1994 to 2004, Maxwell knowingly recruited, groomed, and ultimately abused victims under the age of 18. Some were as young as 14.   Facts laid out in court proved Maxell  befriended victims by asking them about their lives, and taking them to the movies or on shopping trips.  Then, provided guidance for how to deal with Epstein, as in giving massages which lead to sexual acts.    Maxwell was sentenced to  20-years. Maxwell first appealed her conviction, but the Appeals Court denied her motion.  Now Ghislaine Maxwell has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her sex trafficking conviction,  arguing she was covered by a non-prosecution agreement the government made with her former lover, Jeffrey Epstein. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal, and has not even decided whether to take the case.         See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.