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True Crime Today's week in review covers the Nick Reiner case — the stunning attorney withdrawal and the years of warning signs nobody could act on.Alan Jackson walked into a Los Angeles courtroom and told the judge he had "no choice" but to withdraw from Nick Reiner's defense. He said circumstances "beyond Nick's control" forced his exit. Sources tell Deadline money is the reason. The pattern that protected Nick for seventeen years — eighteen rehab programs, seventy thousand a month in treatment, a rent-free guesthouse, a ten-thousand-dollar monthly allowance, and sources say estate money funding his defense even after his parents' deaths — appears to be over. Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene was informed last night. She met her client for thirty seconds before the hearing. Arraignment postponed to February 23rd.But we also examined what led here. This wasn't sudden. A neighbor told reporters Nick had been violent before. An LAPD insider confirmed "quite a few calls for service" to the Reiner home over the years. The night before Rob and Michele were found stabbed to death, Nick was reportedly so erratic at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party that guests were unnerved. Rob allegedly told friends that night he was terrified his own son could hurt him.Bob Motta joined us to break down what law enforcement officers see in the years before tragedies like this — and what California's mental health laws actually allow them to do. The LPS Act requires imminent danger for involuntary commitment. Not probable. Not deteriorating. Imminent. Rob and Michele were legally trapped. For the first time in his life, Nick faces consequences without unlimited resources behind him.#NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #TrueCrimeToday #AlanJackson #BobMotta #PublicDefender #LPSAct #MentalHealthCrisis #WeekInReviewJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

11 Tammi 41min

The prosecution claimed "mountains of evidence." Then they asked for seven more months.The Sarah Grace Patrick murder trial was set for January 5th, 2026. Judge Dustin Hightower pushed it to August 3rd after the state said they needed time to review a defense neuropsychologist evaluation. The defense was ready to pick a jury. The prosecution wasn't.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. She's been in custody since July 2025.No murder weapon has been produced. No forensic evidence linking Sarah to the killings has been publicly disclosed. No firearm was found at the scene. The state's case, as presented publicly, relies heavily on a teenager's social media behavior after her parents were killed.Defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down what this delay tells us about where this case actually stands.#SarahGracePatrick #TrueCrimeToday #CarrollCounty #MurderTrial #KristinBrock #JamesBrock #Georgia #BobMotta #DefenseAttorney #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

11 Tammi 56min

True Crime Today's week in review covers the D4VD case — the physical evidence, the grand jury bombshells, and FBI analysis on what prosecutors are building.A chainsaw never removed from its sheath. A burn cage incinerator still in the box. A Tesla parked on a residential street for over a month with a teenage girl's body decomposing in the trunk. And a cause of death that remains officially "deferred" while a grand jury hears witness after witness. This case has all the hallmarks of a circumstantial prosecution — no eyewitnesses, no confession, no official homicide ruling yet. But prosecutors aren't waiting.Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer broke down what investigators are likely seeing. She examined what unused disposal tools suggest about intent versus execution, how advanced decomposition affects forensic analysis, and what toxicology results could mean for the direction of charges.The grand jury has full authority to indict. Prosecutor Beth Silverman reportedly believes D4VD was involved in Celeste Rivas Hernandez's death and is building toward murder charges. Manager Robert Morgenroth's testimony was stunning — he admitted his priority was keeping the tour going, not calling police. An uncooperative female witness now faces arrest to compel her testimony. D4VD made asset transfers days after police raided his home.PI Steve Fischer's assessment of the scene: "Whatever happened here, this wasn't a finalized plan. The plan got upended." Celeste was 14. She was last seen alive January 2nd, 2025. Her body was found September 8th — one day after what would have been her 15th birthday. D4VD has not been charged. He remains legally presumed innocent.#D4VD #CelesteRivas #TrueCrimeToday #JenniferCoffindaffer #FBI #GrandJury #HollywoodHills #WeekInReview #JusticeForCeleste #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

11 Tammi 32min

True Crime Today's week in review dissects the Nick Reiner case — the legal mechanics of an insanity defense and the broken system that left Rob and Michele Reiner with no good choices.Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder for stabbing his parents to death. The defense has signaled mental health will be central to the case. Sources confirm Nick was diagnosed with schizophrenia years ago and his medication was changed weeks before the killings. A sealed medical order is on file. An insanity plea is expected.Defense attorney Bob Motta explained what that means in California. The state uses the M'Naghten standard — the defense must prove Nick didn't understand his actions or didn't know they were wrong. The burden is entirely on the defense team. Bob walked us through how these cases are built, what evidence moves juries, and where Nick ends up if the defense succeeds.But here's the complication prosecutors will exploit: Nick's own admissions. On the Dopey podcast, he detailed seventeen years of gaming the system — staying sober just long enough to get released from rehab, convincing his parents to dismiss expert recommendations, engineering the arrangement that put him in their guesthouse. Can deliberate manipulation over two decades coexist with legal insanity?Rob and Michele faced an impossible choice. Let Nick go back to the streets. Or keep him close and hope he didn't kill them. Rob reportedly told friends the night before he died he was terrified of his own son. California's mental health laws offered no third option. The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act requires imminent danger for involuntary commitment. By the time that standard is met, it's already too late.#NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #TrueCrimeToday #InsanityDefense #BobMotta #MentalHealth #CaliforniaLaw #WeekInReview #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

10 Tammi 41min

True Crime Today's weekly review examines the Sarah Grace Patrick murder case ahead of her January 5th trial — and why the prosecution's public case doesn't add up yet.Sarah Grace Patrick was sixteen when her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock were shot dead in their Carroll County, Georgia home. Her five-year-old sister found the bodies. For five months, Sarah mourned publicly on TikTok, reached out to true crime creators, and delivered an emotional eulogy. Investigators arrested her claiming mountains of evidence. The defense says they still don't have full discovery.What's been made public? TikTok posts. DMs to influencers. A eulogy the sheriff thought was "odd." No murder weapon confirmed recovered. No motive disclosed. That's what prosecutors are bringing to a jury in weeks.Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joined us to analyze what the actual evidence shows — and what the family history reveals that media coverage has largely ignored. Court records show Sarah told police at eleven years old she felt unsafe in her mother's home. Custody filings contain drug allegations. James Brock was on probation for meth offenses and once accused Kristin of trying to run him over with a car. They got married anyway. A blended family with fractures running deep.Sarah's grandfather — Kristin's own father — says Sarah is innocent. The Brock family wants her locked up. Friends wore "I Stand with Sarah" shirts to court. The judge denied bond. The key witness? A six-year-old girl who may testify against her sister. Is this evidence of guilt or a generation gap in how trauma looks online?#SarahGracePatrick #TrueCrimeToday #KristinBrock #JamesBrock #CarrollCounty #JenniferCoffindaffer #FBI #MurderTrial #Georgia #WeekInReviewJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

10 Tammi 48min

True Crime Today's weekly review unpacks the Charity Beallis case — a story where the documented facts don't match the national headlines.Charity Beallis and her twins Eliana and Maverick, both six years old, were found dead from gunshot wounds on December 3rd, 2025, in Bonanza, Arkansas. It happened one day after she lost custody to Dr. Randall Beallis — the man she'd accused of strangling her. Media coverage framed it simply: domestic abuser kills family. But the record shows something far messier.Dr. Randall Beallis pled guilty to third-degree domestic battery in October 2025. That's documented. But so is this: in 2021, Charity's own father allegedly told police she confessed to shooting Randall's previous wife Shawna — who died from a gunshot wound to the forehead in 2012 in a case ruled suicide. That same father once went to court claiming Charity was too dangerous to have custody of her firstborn son. That son later sued for emancipation from both parents. In 2013, Charity was arrested for allegedly pointing a firearm at a man at the same address where Shawna died.This week, former FBI special agent Robin Dreeke — 32 years in federal law enforcement specializing in behavioral assessment — joined us to examine the escalation patterns, the documented behaviors on both sides, and what they reveal about this case.No arrest has been made. No suspect named. No cause of death released. The investigation remains ongoing. This isn't about villains and victims. It's about what the evidence shows. Eliana and Maverick are the only ones who bear no responsibility. They deserved better than any of this.#CharityBeallis #TrueCrimeToday #RandallBeallis #ShawnaBeallis #BonanzaArkansas #FBIAnalysis #RobinDreeke #TrueCrime #WeekInReview #JusticeForTheChildrenJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

10 Tammi 44min

Here's a question nobody's answering clearly: Can Nick Reiner — the man charged with murdering Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — legally access their $200 million estate to pay for his defense?He has no money of his own. He wasn't employed. He was living in his parents' guesthouse. And now he's facing two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances, represented by a public defender who learned about the case the day before his arraignment.Three weeks ago, Nick had Alan Jackson — one of the highest-profile defense attorneys in the country. The family was reportedly footing the bill from the estate. Then Jackson withdrew. The family stopped paying. And nobody's explaining why.California's slayer statute is supposed to prevent this exact situation — you kill someone, you don't inherit from them. But the statute requires a finding of "intentional" killing. What if Nick mounts an insanity defense? What if he's found not guilty by reason of insanity? Does that change everything?We dig into the legal loophole that could theoretically preserve Nick's inheritance, explain why his siblings can block any distribution, and break down what it actually means to go from a $2,000-an-hour attorney to an overworked public defender in a capital-eligible case.The money is there. The question is whether Nick can ever touch it.#NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #TrueCrimeToday #SlayerStatute #InsanityDefense #Parricide #TrueCrime #MurderCase #CriminalDefenseJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice

10 Tammi 15min

True Crime Today breaks down two major developments with attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis.In Los Angeles, celebrity defense attorney Alan Jackson has withdrawn from the Nick Reiner murder case just three weeks after signing on. Jackson told the court he had "no choice" due to circumstances "beyond Nick's control" — then held a press conference where he declared Nick Reiner is "NOT guilty of murder" under California law. Sources point to money as the reason for the split. The problem? Nick's parents — Rob and Michele Reiner's son and daughter-in-law — are the victims he allegedly killed. Public defender Kimberly Greene is now taking over with almost no time to prepare for a capital case. Eric explains what the M'Naghten insanity standard actually requires and whether Nick has any realistic chance of meeting it.Then we shift to Kentucky and the Mickey Stines case. The former sheriff is charged with murdering District Judge Kevin Mullins in his own chambers. The killing was caught on video. The defense is arguing insanity — but now they've uncovered footage showing the presiding judge, Christopher Cohron, sitting next to the victim at a mental health meeting just one week before the murder. Cohron never disclosed this to either side. He's also blocked the defense from using a sealed psychiatric evaluation. Eric breaks down the recusal motion, the venue fight, and why this case might not be able to proceed until a new judge is assigned.#NickReiner #MickeyStines #TrueCrimeToday #AlanJackson #InsanityDefense #MurderCase #EricFaddis #JudgeRecusal #CaliforniaLaw #KentuckyLawThis video is for commentary and entertainment purposes only. All accused are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

10 Tammi 43min