Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Brendan Banfield and au pair Juliana Magalhães carry on an affair for months. Banfield begins creating the murder plan after telling Magalhães he wants to get rid of his wife and divorce is not an option. He doesn't want to spend the money, nor does he want to share custody of their 4-year-old daughter. The jury has heard the murder plan Banfield came up with...a home invasion that involves giving Magalhaes a gun and instructing her to call Christine's phone when Joseph Ryan enters the home. Magalhaes is then supposed to call Banfield as he waits at a McDonald's near the home. Peres Magalhaes says Banfield changes his regular routine leading up to the murders so it would not seem out of routine for him to be at the McDonald's at that time of the morning.  Ryan is shot by Magalhães, then Christine is stabbed to death by her husband.  Magalhães confesses to police. Now a jury weighs in.  Joining Nancy Grace today: Mark Tate - Trial Lawyer, The Tate Law Group  Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock, www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive  Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue”, Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)  Gigi McKelvey - Journalist, Host: “Pretty Lies and Alibis” prettyliesandalibis.org, Facebook, IG, TikTok: @PrettyLiesAndAlibis, Twitter: @PrettiesLiesAlibi,  Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

*TIPLINE: 520-351-4900* Nancy Guthrie, TV host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, has been reported missing. Her home, according to police, is considered a crime scene. Nancy Guthrie was last seen Saturday night around 9:30 p.m. outside her Tucson home. She was reported missing at noon the next day. Police say scenes at her home indicate "she didn't leave on her own." Nancy Guthrie is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs about 150 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes.  Joining Nancy Grace : Dr. Bethany Marshall -  Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," and featured in hit show "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive 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; Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security, former Marine and Iraq war veteran  Dave Mack  -  Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 3-month-old infant in California has suffered a serious brain injury and a "ruptured pupil" after being allegedly shaken by his babysitter, according to authorities and the child's familySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angelynn "Angie" Mock, a former TV news anchor,  has been ruled mentally unfit to stand trial for the murder of her 80-year-old mother. Court records revealed that Mock suffers from schizophrenia. Mock has been ordered to a state psychiatric hospital for treatment. Shortly after 7:40 a.m., Alyssa Castro and her boyfriend are in their car in their south Wichita neighborhood when a neighbor waves them down. As the woman approaches, they see what appears to be blood on the woman's hands. The woman asks to borrow a phone to call 911, then takes off with the phone back into a house. A 911 dispatch reveals a possible stabbing and relays a message to first responders that a woman says that it happened in her home. Dispatch relays information that the person calling says the stabbing was in self-defense. She was trying to save herself from her mother. Arriving at the home at 7:52 a.m., Wichita police find a woman outside the house with cuts on her hands and blood on her clothing. Inside the house, they find 81-year-old Anita Avers unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds. Both women are taken to the hospital. After Angelynn "Angie" Mock is arrested, her attorney requests a mental health evaluation. The case was taken off the docket while the evaluation is complete. This process typically takes around 60 days. A new court date has not yet been scheduled. Joining Nancy Grace today: Jim Elliott - Attorney with Butler Snow, Legal Counsel for Various Georgia Municipalities and Other Governmental Entities Caryn Stark -  Forensic Psychologist, renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice Dan Murphy - Former NYPD Detective-Sergeant, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Former Chief Security Officer, US Bancorp, Co-Host of "Gold Shields" Podcast, and Author: “Workplace Safety: Establishing an Effective Violence Prevention Program” Dr. Priya Banerjee - Board-certified Forensic Pathologist and Anatomic Pathologist, Anchor Forensic Pathology Consulting Melissa McCarty- Reporter & Host of the “Killer Genes” podcast, Author of “The Making of a Crime Reporter;" TikTok: McCarty143, Instagram: MelissaMcCarty1 Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, ‘Crime Stories’ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Feb. 24, 2023, police were called to the Banfield family home for a stabbing and a shooting around 8 a.m. Brendan Banfield, an IRS special agent, told police he shot a man who had stabbed his wife, Christine Banfield. Police find Christine Banfield, nude and stabbed multiple times, in an upstairs bedroom. Nearby, they find a man named Joseph Ryan shot multiple times. Inside the house at the time of the shooting: Brendan Banfield, along with the family's au pair, then-22-year-old Juliana Peres Magalhaes, and the Banfields' then-4-year-old daughter. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go behind the headlines to find out what really happened in a home that left a 37-year-old mother dead, a 39-year-old male stranger dead, an IRS Special agent Brendan Banfield charged with murder, a four-year-old little girl who will be raised by someone other than her mother, and the Au Pair who moved into the master bedroom, then copped a plea deal to testify for the state.  Transcribe Highlights00:00.55 Introduction 01:10.44 Never known anyone who had an "au pair" 04:20.15 Multiple 911 calls 10:24.02 Fingerprints on the knife, digital forensics 14:47.86 Joe shares story from his time in Atlanta 20:20.60 Body not cleaned on scene 25:16.54 911 call, hangup. Another 911 is made 15 minutes later 30:05.72 Federal Agencies have law enforcement wings 35:09.29 Husband and Au Pair involved in sexual relationship 40:02.52 Not just the rifling 45:48.22 ConclusionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A federal judge has dismissed the death penalty-eligible murder and weapons charges against Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The judge ruled they did not constitute crimes of violence. This removes the death penalty. Federal stalking charges remain, with a trial set to potentially begin in October 2026 after jury selection in September. There is also a push for state murder charges. Also happening surrounding Mangione: a Minnesota man is arrested after trying to break the accused killer free. Mark Anderson reportedly presented himself at a New York federal jail claiming to be an FBI agent. He said he had a court order to release Mangione. Anderson also allegedly said he had weapons on him. Inside a bag he was carrying, he had a barbecue fork and a circular steel blade that resembled a pizza cutter.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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: Former top ultra-luxury real estate broker brothers Oren and Tal Alexander along with a third sibling, are accused of being sexual predators who together raped dozens of women and girls and then "celebrated their crimes," a federal prosecutor tells jurors Tuesday. And one of the victims, who spoke under a fictitious name, is among several alleged victims slated to testify against Tal, Oren, and Alon Alexander, who face accusations of drugging and raping women and girls over several years. During a recent hearing, Carroll County Superior Court Judge Dustin Hightower expressed that there had been no significant changes in the circumstances that would justify freeing Sarah Grace Patrick from her solitary confinement since her arrest in August 2025. A twisted Missouri couple is cuffed & stuffed behind bars after their years-long abuse is finally exposed. Cops say the disgusting duo caged the kids in a chicken coop, starved & shot them...and forced them to fight. A Texas man is executed for the 1998 killings of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, ending a case that stretched nearly three decades. Newly unsealed court filings now detail how University of Idaho student Xana Kernodle fought for her life during the November 13th, twenty twenty-two murders at an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patrick Frazee was convicted of murdering fiancé, Kelsey Berreth, on Thanksgiving Day in 2018. He's already appealed once, but that was denied. Now he's trying again. Frazee claims an expert's trial testimony should not have been admissible. The original details of a police affidavit reveal shocking details about how Patrick Frazee allegedly used a baseball bat to smash the head of finance' Kelsey Berreth on Thanksgiving Day, and how he struggled to collect all the Colorado mom's teeth while cleaning up the crime scene. Nancy Grace explores the newest details with a panel including forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan -- author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," Southern California prosecutor Wendy Patrick, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober, Atlanta juvenile judge and lawyer Ashley Willcott, and CrimeOnline reporter Ellen Killoran. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been close to three months since the death of high school cheerleader Anna Kepner, who also excelled in her academics. Anna was found strangled and stuffed under a bed on a Carnival Cruise, and still no arrests have been made. Custody court battle documents between Shauntel Hudson and ex-husband, Thomas Hudson, point to their son, Anna’s stepbrother, as a suspect, but he still lives with relatives in an undisclosed location. Just days before the teen's gruesome murder, footage captured on board the cruise ship shows Anna happy and enjoying line dancing with her grandparents.  Nick Giddens, a passenger on the ship, learns about the murder after returning home, and while looking through all his videos, he spots Anna dancing on the cruise ship five days before she was killed. While looking through all his videos, he spots Anna dancing on the cruise ship 5 days before she was killed. The heartbreaking video captures a high-spirited teen gleefully participating in the Carnival Horizon Sail Away Party.  Texts submitted as evidence in the custody battle over Shauntel and Thomas Hudson’s youngest daughter reveal the family’s attempt at “damage control” in the hours after they’re told their son is a suspect in his stepsister’s murder.  Joining Nancy Grace: Spencer Aronfeld - Trial Lawyer and Founder of Aronfeld Trial Lawyers, Author of Illustrated Children's Book, "Sara Rose, Kid Lawyer;" Facebook: Aronfeld Law, Instagram: Aronfeld_Trial_Lawyers Dr. Sue Cornbluth - Doctor of Clinical Psychology and Relationship Expert, Owner of Doctor Sue & You, Author of “Building Self-Esteem in Children and Teens Who Are Adopted or Fostered;" YouTube: DrSueAndYou Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X @JoScottForensic, Instagram @JoScottForensic Michelle Spitzer - Florida News Reporter for USA Today Co. Nick Giddens - Captured video of Anna Kepner dancing on the cruise ship 5 days before she was killed Sydney Sumner- Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man armed with a barbecue fork and pizza cutter facing criminal charges for trying to break accused killer Luigi Mangione out of a New York jail. Newly released court documents have provided details about a fatal shooting earlier this month involving underage patrons to a popular University of Kansas bar. Nebraska authorities looking for a pregnant woman who's car found burning earlier this month. Sydney Sumner reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.