Kada Scott’s COD Revealed as Philly Cops Seek Additional Suspect | Crime Alert 6AM 10.24.25

Breaking crime news as it happens throughout the day! Follow "Crime Alert Hourly Update" now on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/Crime_Alert Here's some of our top stories this week: The case of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas and her alleged boyfriend, Interscope recording artist David, continues, without a peep from the singer. A West Virginia man is facing serious charges after allegedly threatening to assassinate former President Donald Trump and other public figures. A Houston housewife is on trial for a fatal DUI crash that left a man dead while on a first date. She blames her pricey heels for causing her Porsche to collide into him.  Stay informed, stay safe, and stay ahead with "Crime Alert Hourly Update.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donna Adelson receives a life sentence for her role in the murder of former son-in-law Dan Markel. After nearly three weeks of testimony, a jury takes just three hours to find the 75-year-old guilty of all three charges levied against her. Adelson is convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit killing, and first-degree murder in the hit on her former son-in-law Dan Markel. Adelson has filed a motion for a new trial, claiming multiple instances of jury misconduct, bias from the judge, and a lack of evidence to support the verdict. The 18-page motion comes just two weeks after Adelson’s conviction and includes a request to interview two of the jurors who decided her fate. Adelson accuses the jury foreperson, juror number seven, of failing to follow the judge’s instructions on speaking out about the case. Joining Nancy Grace today: Philip Dubé - Former Court-Appointed Counsel, Los Angeles County Public Defenders: Criminal & Constitutional Law, Forensics & Mental Health Advocacy; X: PhilipCDube, IG: PhilipDube, YouTube: PhilipDube3922 Dr. Judy Ho - Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychologist, Author of 'The New Rules of Attachment'; and 'Stop Self-Sabatoge;' IG & X: @drjudyho; FB: doctorjudyho  Robert Crispin - Private Investigator with “Crispin Special Investigations," Former Federal Task Force Officer for the United States Department of Justice, DEA and Miami Field Division, and Former Homicide and Crimes Against Children Investigator; Facebook: Crispin Special Investigations Inc. Dr. Kendall Crowns -  Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), NEW Podcast: "Mayhem in the Morgue," and Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University) Evan Higginbotham - Juror #6 in the Donna Adelson trial Gigi McKelvey - Journalist, Host of the Podcast “Pretty Lies and Alibis;" Facebook, IG, TikTok: @PrettyLiesAndAlibis/ X: @PrettiesLiesAlibi See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Actor Alec Baldwin driving with his brother Stephen crash into a tree.  Baldwin posted on Instagram that a "big garbage truck the size of a whale" cut him off.  He says to avoid a collision, he crashed his wife's car into a "big, fat tree," crushing his wife's car.  There were no injuries.  Video from the truck company shows a different story. It puts Baldwin in the headlines again after two people were shot on the set of his movie "Rust." Director of photography Halyna Hutchins died, and director Joel Souza was wounded. Reports say first assistant director David Halls picked up one of three prop guns set up by armorer Hannah Gutierrez and yelled, “cold gun.” "Cold gun" is industry slang meaning the gun does not contain live rounds. Halls gave the gun to Baldwin, who used it to rehearse a scene. According to the search warrant, Baldwin aimed the weapon at the camera when he fired, striking Hutchins and Souza. Joining Nancy Grace today: Paul Szych – Former Police Commander; Author: “StopHimFromKillingThem” on Amazon Kindle; Twitter: @WorkplaceThreat;  Screen Actors Guild-Eligible Actor Domenic Romano – NY Corporate Lawyer and Entertainment Attorney, Romano Law Dr. Shari Schwartz – Forensic Psychologist (Specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy); Author: “Criminal Behavior” and “Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology;” X: @TrialDoc” Karen L. Smith – Forensic Expert, Lecturer at the University of Florida, Host of ‘Shattered Souls’ Podcast; Twitter: @KarensForensic Dr. Michelle DuPre – Former Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, Author: “Homicide Investigation Field Guide” & “Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide;” Forensic Consultant Alexis Tereszcuk - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, Lead Stories, X: @swimmie2009  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Saturday night, 10:15 p.m., Knox County, Tennessee, 911 gets a report of shots fired on Stanley Road. When deputies arrive, a woman claiming her "crazy ex" is on the property points officers toward a wooded area. Announcing their presence with shouts of "Sheriff's Office," a defiant voice from the woods curses the deputies. Someone begins throwing rocks. The dark, wooded area provides cover for the suspect, who claims to have a gun. Deputy Swanger can't get a clear view. Swanger orders the suspect to "show me your hands." As he enters the brush, he is met with an ambush of rocks.  Swanger is hit full force on the head and falls to the ground. Deputies rush to Swanger, who is "knocked out," and drag him from the woods to safety. A bloody gash is clearly visible. Deputy Swanger is unsteady on his feet. Swanger is admitted into the ICU at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where he ends up on a ventilator in a coma. The suspect, 44-year-old Christopher Michael Hensley, is caught and charged. Joining Nancy Grace today: Deputy Dalton Swanger - Knox County Sheriff's Office (suffered serious injury to his head after suspect hit him with a rock Stephania Pumphrey - Girlfriend of Deputy Swanger Deputy Matthew Kirchner - Former partner of Deputy Dalton Swanger Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), NEW Podcast "Mayhem in the morgue" Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University) Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pennsylvania authorities said on Thursday that missing Kada Scott, found dead on Saturday, was fatally shot in the head. The mother of missing California girl Melodee Buzzard returned home alone earlier this month after renting a car and taking a road trip with her daughter. Sydney Sumner reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir, "Nobody’s Girl", details how Jeffrey Epstein regularly boasted he could blackmail powerful men using videos of them abusing young women. The threat always there that he could destroy their careers and livelihood.  The book also describes in excruciating detail how Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her into Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring. She discusses being ‘lent out’ to ‘scores of wealthy, powerful people’ including a foreign dignitary, who made her think she would ‘die a sex slave.’   Joining Nancy Grace today, Spencer Kuvin - Chief Legal Officer of GOLDLAW, Represented 9 victims of Epstein  Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker,”  featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock,  www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive   Lynn Shaw  -  Founder and Executive Director of Lynn's Warriors - an organization committed to ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation,  Host of Lynn's Warriors on YouTube, website: lynnswarrior.org,  X: @lynns_warriors, YouTube: @LynnsWarriors Rob Shuter - Host: Naughty But Nice Podcast, Author of upcoming novel “It Started With A Whisper”, robshuter.substack.com, Former publicist of Sean Combs, IG: @naughtygossip Barry Levine- Author  “The Spider: Inside the Tangled Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell,” and Veteran Investigative and Editor in Print and Television.   Elina Shirazi - Senior Political Reporter, DailyMail.com, website: DailyMail.com, Instagram and TikTok: elinashiazi Sydney Sumner- Investigative Reporter, ‘Crime Stories’  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A son is behind bars, after he allegedly bludgeoned his mom over bills, then tried to burn her body in a fire pit; that's where cops found her charred spinal cord. A dad drives into a flood zone, despite warning, killing his toddler. Now, he's facing felony charges. Plus, a cheerleader fatally shot at a bonfire - will live on...in others, thanks to her monumental gifts. Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mladen Trifunovic, the owner of the home Burke was renting for $20,000 a month, has hired private investigator Steve Fischer to try and find out what was happening in the home he owns. Fischer was hired shortly after a forced-search entry search warrant was served at the home. Nobody was home when police served a search warrant, and no paperwork was left behind to indicate what was being sought or what was taken. Fischer is helping provide additional information for law enforcement and make sure nothing is missed in the search for what happened to Celeste. The LAPD says Celeste had been deceased for weeks before being discovered in Burke's Tesla.  Private investigator Steve Fischer says he has seen surveillance video from neighbor homes and knows exactly when the Tesla was last moved and who moved it to the location from where it was towed, in very late July, but cannot reveal that yet. The Tesla owned by Burke had been his daily driver for a long time, regularly getting the car cleaned inside and out. However, when the Tesla was towed, it was dirty with body damage. PI Fischer says it looks like the car had been "off-road" in the desert with wheel wells beat up and a huge dent in the back.  While his former daily driver sits dirty by the curb for weeks, Burke keeps a clean, red Tesla in the garage. Surveillance cameras in the Hollywood Hills build a complete timeline showing when Burke's Tesla was parked on Bluebird Avenue, who parked it, and whether anything was placed in the vehicle after it was parked. There is also no evidence indicating Celeste's body was transferred into the Tesla AFTER it was parked on the street. Joining Nancy Grace today: Randy Kessler  - Atlanta Trial Lawyer, Emory Law School Professor, Past Chair ABA Family Law Section, and Author: "Divorce, Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future;" Instagram: @rkessler23, X: @GADivorce Dr. John Delatorre -  Licensed Psychologist and Mediator (specializing in forensic psychology); Psychological Consultant to Project Absentis: a nonprofit organization that searches for missing persons; X, IG, and TikTok - @drjohndelatorre Steve Fischer  - Missing Persons Private Investigator, Search & Rescue Specialist, & Owner of Search Investigations (he has been hired by the owner of the Hollywood Hills property where D4vd had been staying to look into this case); Facebook: SearchInvestigations, X: @SF_Investigates Rob Shuter  - Host: Naughty But Nice Podcast, Author of Upcoming Novel, “It Started With A Whisper." and Former Publicist of Sean Combs; IG: @naughtygossip Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of NEW Podcast, "Mayhem in the Morgue,”and Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University) Katy Forrester  - Assistant Exclusives Editor at The U.S. Sun, covering true crime and showbiz; X: @katyshowbix Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A judge declares Oakley Carlson legally dead. Her mother, Jordan Bowers, released from prison weeks before the ruling, remains a suspect. Damning revelations from Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kada Scott's remains have been found in a wooded area behind an abandoned school in East Germantown.  Kada, 23, was last seen shortly after arriving for a shift at an assisted living facility in Chestnut Hill.   Police began searching the area on Saturday, Oct. 18, near the vacant Ada H. Lewis Middle School for Scott after receiving a "very specific" anonymous tip at around 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17, authorities said. Police previously searched the area of the school and arboretum in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia but reported only finding some physical evidence, without commenting on what evidence was uncovered. Community members voice anger and frustration at police while gathering behind the crime scene tape during the search on Saturday, saying they could have found the body sooner. Investigators discover a person of interest. As the investigation continued, police determined 23-year-old Keon King of Dover, Delaware, is now a suspect.  Keon King had a criminal record prior to his alleged involvement in Scott’s kidnapping. Investigators say King kidnapped and assaulted another victim earlier in the year.  Joining Nancy Grace today:  Mark Tate -  Trial Lawyer, The Tate Law Group Dr. Geri-Lynn Utter - Clinical Psychologist (specializing in psychological evaluations and risk assessments for individuals involved in the criminal justice system), Author of “Mainlining Philly: Survival, Hope and Resisting Drug Addition,” and “Aftershock: How Past Event Shake Up Your Life Today," and Producer of “Utter Nonsense," a documentary of exploration of addition and severe mental illness, available to stream on Apple TV and Prime Video; Instagram & Facebook: DrGeriLynnUtter Brian Fitzgibbons - VP of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security; Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security, Kingsman Philanthropic's 2022 rescue missions of women and children in Ukraine, Iraq War Veteranide_security Dr. Thomas Coyne - Chief Medical Examiner, District 2 Medical Examiner's Office, State of Florida; Forensic Pathologist, Neuropathologist, Toxicologist; X: @DrTMCoyne Joe Holden - Chief Investigative Reporter and Anchor, CBS News Philadelphia, cbsnews.com/Philadelphia; Facebook: Joe Holden Reporter, X: @JoeHoldenCBS3 Sydney Sumner -  Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.