Crimes of Passion

Florida police received a concerning call from a woman following a heated argument with her husband about their children. When officers arrived, they found no evidence of wrongdoing and left the scene. Later that day, shots were fired, and upon returning, police discovered Bree Kuhn’s husband dead. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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Behind the picture-perfect marriage of a longtime Massachusetts police detective Brian Fanion and his devoted wife, secrets were beginning to surface, and just months before retirement, another woman entered the picture. Then Amy Fanion was found dead from a gunshot wound, shot with her husband's service gun, yet her husband insisted she had taken her own life… but a series of unsettling discoveries would leave investigators questioning everything, from the couple’s troubled marriage to what really happened inside their home that afternoon. Find out what happened on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie.

A Florida law professor is gunned down in his own driveway in broad daylight. No witnesses, no immediate suspects, and no answers. For years, the case goes cold, but the deeper they dig into Dan Markel's life, the more they realize this wasn't random. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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A private investigator was reported missing by her partner after she never came home from running errands. Taylor Wright, a former police officer turned PI, was embroiled in a heated legal battle with her ex-husband over custody and finances. Wright lent her money to a friend to hold while she was handling things in court. Weeks after Wright’s disappearance, investigators found her body on a farm property; the same property she visited the day she went missing. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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First responders rushed to a Massachusetts home when a panicked woman called 911. Christine Ricci said her husband, Michael, lunged at her while she was holding a knife during a heated dispute, lodging the weapon in his heart. As investigators pieced together the evidence, Christine's self-defense story wasn't quite adding up. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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Natalie Ramstrom was found dead inside her boyfriend’s home, with her body hidden beneath garbage bags after she had been shot in the head. What followed was a yearslong mystery as Efrain Medina fled to Mexico, spent a year hiding, and then faced three trials that all ended without a verdict. In the end, Medina admitted to manslaughter and a weapons charge, but the judge still struggled to accept his plea, calling him a “killer and a coward” before sending him to prison. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law...

A roommate wakes to screaming and finds his best friend bleeding on the floor of their Florida apartment. Tyler Nulisch, 30, dies at the hospital hours later from a single gunshot wound. His girlfriend, Brittany Nicole Holbrook, tells detectives she was defending herself, but the details of her account keep changing. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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A culinary school was thrown into chaos when a chef was found shot to death in the kitchen where he taught. Daniel Brophy's students discovered his body just before class. His wife, Nancy Brophy, played the grieving widow, but years earlier she wrote a novel titled “How to Murder Your Husband.” Investigators soon learned Brophy’s work of fiction may have turned into reality. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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A South Carolina man made a devastating discovery when he found his fiancée dead in the living room of her Greer home. Bradley Post said Christina Parcell was surrounded by rose petals, with a strange chemical odor lingering in the house. Parcell, a vet tech at a local animal hospital, had been locked in tension with her ex-husband over their shared child — but investigators uncovered a far darker motive behind her murder. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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Indiana first responders rushed to the home of Alison and Kevin Davis after a chilling 911 call. Alison said she heard a loud noise while sleeping and found her husband at the bottom of their staircase in a pool of blood. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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First responders rushed to a raging house fire in Illinois and discovered a much more sinister crime scene once they were inside. Law enforcement found Melissa Lamesch, a full-term pregnant woman, dead in her home. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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Kali Randall was building a life with her family and expecting her second child, a daughter, when a horrific tragedy tore through her home — her own husband. Find out what happened to Kali Randall and her children on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie.

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A 40-year-old woman answered her front door one night and faced a clown. The costumed woman, seemingly friendly, let go of her balloons and opened fire, killing Marlene Warren on her doorstep. Marlene's son told police a clown killed his mom and sped off. The murder went cold for 27 years until advancements in DNA uncovered the killer. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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A 19-year-old went to visit a former high school friend at his Colorado apartment and was never seen again. Lea Porter was planning to move from southern Colorado to Denver, where Christopher Waide was already living, and visited him while touring the area. Lea's family became concerned when she stopped answering all communications. Find out what happened to Lea Porter on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie.

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A chaotic 911 call shattered the air as a woman frantically told police she shot her boyfriend. Officers rush to Audrey Cole’s Ohio home and find Matthew Mott dead from a single gunshot wound. Audrey was charged with murder, but the evidence told another story. Find out what happened in Audrey Cole’s home that night on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie.

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Cecilia Rodriguez, 27, endured years of documented abuse at the hands of her boyfriend Juan Antonio Salinas III in Amarillo, Texas. On February 3, 2024, Salinas called 911 claiming she shot herself, but detectives weren't convinced. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie.

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Emily Schwarz, 22, and her husband Joseph Ferlazzo, 41, traveled to Bolton, Vermont in October 2021 to celebrate their one-year anniversary, but Emily never came home. Joseph shot her twice in the head using a red throw pillow to muffle the gunshots, dismembered her body, and spent days lying to family before a friend called 911. A Vermont jury convicted him of first-degree murder, sentencing him to 42.5 years to life. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie. Watch on Spotify. If you’re subscribed to Spotify Premium, you don’t get any Spotify ads on...

Kelly-Jien Warner-Miller (known as "K.J."), 42, vanished in spring 2019 after moving in with her boyfriend Wade Allen in Sturgis, Michigan. After a tip led police to Allen's apartment, officers made a horrifying discovery. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie.

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Lorenzen Wright, beloved former NBA star and Memphis hometown hero, was shot to death in the early morning hours of July 19, 2010, his body discovered nine days later in a wooded area of southeast Memphis. Find out what happened next on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime.

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Following the end of their six-month relationship in April 2023, 18-year-old Spencer Pearson began a relentless campaign of stalking and harassment against his ex-girlfriend, 17-year-old Madison Schemitz. On June 3, 2023, Pearson tracked Schemitz to Mr. Chubby’s Wings in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where he waited in the parking lot to launch a premeditated ambush — an attack Schemitz would survive. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie. Watch on Spotify. If you’re subscribed to Spotify Premium, you don’t get any Spotify ads on my video!

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A father’s reckless plea for reconciliation masked a sinister plot that turned his own children into unwitting accomplices. Behind a window left open in the dead of night, Trevor Summers transformed a suburban home into a prison, launching a harrowing 55-hour odyssey of obsession and terror. While his 14-year-old daughter was forced to drive her siblings into the darkness, a mother fought to survive a calculated descent into a murder-suicide pact she never signed. The true horror of the Summers case isn't just the kidnapping—it’s the chilling precision of a man who used love as a weapon...

Neighbors noticed the Zotto house had fallen strangely quiet, though the family car remained parked in the driveway. Amber Zotto's mom hadn't heard from her in days either, which prompted a welfare check. While a chilling note sat on the counter, a frantic search eventually led investigators to the garage, where a heavy plastic bin held a secret that changed everything. Find out what happened next on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie.

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A California man was found in a pile of clothes in his own driveway just two weeks after being discharged from the hospital. While Tom Merriman was in the hospital, his stepdaughter Jade Janks went to his house to clean and made a shocking discovery. Merriman apparently had a screensaver on his computer of a photo — a photo Janks believed was her. Find out what happened next on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie.

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Ali Abulaban was a popular TikToker whose charismatic digital persona masked a disturbing history of domestic control and surveillance. After his estranged wife Ana sought to start a new life, the internal tension between his viral fame and private possessiveness reached a tragic breaking point. The reality of the situation came to light when Ali utilized a hidden listening device to track Ana’s whereabouts before confronting her at a San Diego high-rise. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion, hosted by Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie.

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A Minnesota mom vanished without a trace just moments after leaving her two children at a Winona daycare. That same morning, her sister grew alarmed when their normally active text thread went silent in the middle of a conversation. By the following day, police had launched a full search for the 26-year-old mother. What they uncovered would turn a missing-persons case into a chilling mystery. Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie dives deep into the case of Madeline Kingsbury on this episode of Crimes of Passion.

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A 65-second gap on a recorded 911 line is all it took to change two lives forever.

It began with a frantic plea from Heidi Firkus, reporting a home intruder, before the line erupted in gunfire. When the phone was picked up again, it was her husband, Nick Firkus, claiming they had both been shot. While Heidi didn't survive the encounter, Nick walked away with a wound and a description of a mystery assailant for the Minnesota police.

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A 20-year-old Michigan woman and her boyfriend crashed into a sign outside the Golden Corral after they were ambushed by gunfire. Investigators said Alicia Jackson-Skaggs was shot in the head, and her boyfriend, the driver, crashed when trying to flee to safety. Detectives quickly uncovered the story after discovering that Alicia's ex-boyfriend, Deondre McLilly, had an obsessive pattern of stalking her leading up to her murder. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie.

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In the small town of Pittsfield, Wisconsin, Victoria Prokopovitz vanished without a trace one April night in 2013, leaving behind her personal belongings and a family desperate for answers. As the missing persons case grew cold, investigators began to piece together a narrative of domestic tension and a "no-body" homicide that would eventually lead to a high-stakes courtroom battle. On this episode of Crimes of Passion, Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie delves into the shadow of doubt surrounding her final hours, exploring the circumstantial evidence and the conflicting theories that still leave many wondering what truly happened to Victoria.

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Emma Walker was a vibrant and kind-hearted teenager from Knoxville, Tennessee, known for her bright personality and dedication to her school and community. A student at Central High School, she was an active cheerleader who loved spending time with friends, supporting her team, and making people laugh. On a cold November night, gunshots barreled through the walls of Walker’s room while she laid in bed, one bullet striking her. Find out what happened next on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie.

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Professional cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson was staying at a friend’s Texas apartment before a race in May 2022. After going swimming and to dinner with fellow cyclist Colin Strickland, he dropped her off—minutes before she was found fatally shot later that night. What really happened to Mo Wilson on that tragic night? Watch free, only on Spotify.

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In August 2011, 21-year-old Katelyn Markham vanished just days before her birthday. Her fiancé, John Carter, called 911 to report her missing less than 24 hours after she was last seen. Instead of preparing for a celebration, Markham’s loved ones launched an urgent search—but found no trace of her. Over the next decade, investigators repeatedly questioned Carter, scrutinizing inconsistencies in his account as they worked to uncover the truth. This episode of Crimes of Passion, Sierra Gillespie takes a closer look at the evidence, the interviews, and the long road to answers.

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A Florida man frantically called 911 after his neighbor rushed to his home on a late Sunday night. Ashley Benefield told him she shot her husband, Doug Benefield, during an argument while they were packing her things to move to Maryland. Doug had recently filed for divorce after a four-year marriage seemingly crumbled. Weeks after the shooting, Ashley was charged with Doug's murder but claimed self-defense.

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A Florida teen vanished in October 2021 shortly after he began talking to a girl from his high school in Miramar. Eighteen-year-old Dwight "DJ" Grant never came home after he went to hang out with one of his classmates Christie Parisien. Two days later investigators found the body of Grant in the bushes behind an apartment complex. Police soon set their sights on Parisien and two of Grant's other classmates Andre Clements and Jaslyn Smith.

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In our final episode, we take a look back at the trial against Scott Peterson, the moment Amber Frey took the stand, and what’s happened in the case in the two decades since Laci Peterson and her unborn son Conner first went missing. 

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On Christmas Eve twenty years ago, a pregnant woman vanished from her Modesto, California, neighborhood. Relentless media coverage pulled at every thread in her case — most notably, her husband’s strange behavior. Decades since her body, and the body of her unborn son, were found in the San Francisco Bay, we’re still asking: Did Scott Peterson kill his wife? 

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By September 2015, Brenda has masterminded a murder. She secures multiple accomplices and a solid alibi. But Brenda’s plan isn’t as airtight as she thinks. As investigators close in, a murder-for-hire leads to an international manhunt. 

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When the man of her dreams broke up with her — twice — Brenda Delgado turned to cyberstalking and staging “chance” run-ins to keep him in her life. But she couldn’t stop him from moving on. When Ricky Paniagua started dating another woman, Brenda began plotting a murder.

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Fifteen-year-old Kirsten Costas was popular, athletic, and a cheerleader. She was everything fellow classmate Bernadette Protti wanted to be. And when Bernadette couldn’t get the attention she wanted from Kirsten, she killed her.

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Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywhere from Alabama to ancient Rome. Brine your turkey, knead your dough, and listen to our Thanksgiving Special on the regime-changing, assassination-aiding King of Poisons.

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When they met in 1911, she was a teenage beauty from a wealthy Chilean family, and he was an American businessman twice her age who dazzled her. But while Blanca Errázuriz was known as “the flower of the Andes,” Jack de Saulles had a more sordid reputation — and it would wind up costing him everything. 

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