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Two months since Charity Beallis and her six-year-old twins Eliana and Maverick were found shot to death in Bonanza, Arkansas. No arrest. No suspect named publicly. No official autopsy released.Now her father is speaking out about what he saw.Randy Powell tells Hidden Killers he viewed Charity's body at the morgue. According to Powell, she was shot twice — in the chest and between the eyes. If accurate, two gunshot wounds makes self-infliction essentially impossible. Someone killed her. And no one has been charged.The deaths came one day after Charity's divorce from Dr. Randall Beallis was finalized. According to his attorney, joint custody was awarded and the children were to return to their father December 5th. The bodies were found December 3rd.In February 2025, Randall Beallis was arrested and charged with aggravated assault involving choking, domestic battery, and child endangerment. Charity emailed the medical board: "I had to call 911 on Sunday night for choking & beating me up. My two 6 year olds saw everything. We are traumatized."In July, Arkansas State Police substantiated child maltreatment for both twins. In October, Randall pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic battery and received a suspended sentence.Three days after the bodies were found, a dumpster diver discovered family belongings at an apartment complex in Fort Smith — photos, children's artwork, a necklace with the twins' names. The address matches Randall Beallis' February 2025 arrest report. Investigators have not commented.Randall Beallis has not been arrested or charged in connection with the deaths. His attorney says he was not responsible and is cooperating fully.Someone knows what happened that day.#CharityBeallis #TrueCrimeToday #BonanzaArkansas #RandallBeallis #ElianaBeallis #MaverickBeallis #ArkansasMurder #DomesticViolence #TrueCrimeNews #HiddenKillersJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & 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/tonybpodThis 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.

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Brendan Banfield's trial is over. The conviction is in. Life without parole. But the legal fight continues — because when you're facing dying in prison, you appeal everything, challenge everything, exhaust every possible avenue. The question is whether any of it has a real chance of working.Today on True Crime Today, defense attorney Bob Motta explains what comes next for Banfield and what his appellate lawyers are going to argue. Appeals aren't about convincing a new jury. They're about finding legal errors — things the trial judge did that violated procedure or the defendant's rights. Banfield's team has several potential arguments, but each faces serious obstacles.The Juliana deal is one angle. Murder dropped to manslaughter, time served, she walks free after testifying. The defense will argue that's so coercive it taints her testimony. Bob explains why courts rarely buy that argument — as long as the jury knew about the deal, and this jury did, it's usually considered fair game.The digital forensics issue is potentially stronger. The prosecution's own investigator got pulled off the case when his findings didn't align with their theory. If evidence was withheld from the defense, that's a Brady violation — one of the few things that can overturn a conviction. But proving it is hard, and getting a new trial is harder.Bob also addresses the "harmless error" doctrine — the legal standard that lets courts acknowledge mistakes but say they wouldn't have changed the outcome anyway. It kills most appeals, and Banfield's team will have to prove otherwise.#BrendanBanfield #BanfieldAppeal #TrueCrimeToday #LifeWithoutParole #BobMotta #ChristineBanfield #VirginiaAppeals #CriminalJustice #AppealProcess #DoubleHomicideJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & 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/tonybpodThis 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.

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Four days into the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, the investigation has reportedly turned toward those closest to her.According to a law enforcement source speaking to journalist Ashley Banfield, a vehicle belonging to Annie Guthrie — Nancy's daughter, Savannah's sister, and the last person to see Nancy alive — has been towed, impounded, and placed into evidence. FBI agents reportedly spent approximately two hours at Annie's home on Tuesday.Banfield was careful to frame this development. She emphasized that investigators always look at family first. It's standard procedure. She referenced Ed Smart, who was treated as a suspect for weeks after his daughter Elizabeth was kidnapped — and it turned out to be a stranger. Banfield called her source's theories "musings, not evidence."But the car being impounded is not routine.The crime scene evidence is troubling. Multiple cameras at the property were reportedly smashed. The back door was left wide open. Blood was found inside the home according to sources, though Sheriff Chris Nanos has declined to confirm. Brian Entin of NewsNation found blood visible at the front stoop. Retired FBI agent Maureen O'Connell said the droplet pattern suggests Nancy may have been carried out.Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker stopped syncing with her Apple Watch around 2 a.m. Sunday, according to law enforcement sources. That's when investigators believe she was taken. She cannot walk 50 yards unassisted. She requires medication that could be fatal if missed. She is now past 72 hours.When Entin asked retired FBI agents if they think Nancy is still alive, one said the blood evidence "let the air out of my tires." Another said, "Not likely." Sheriff Nanos, asked the same question: "We hope we are."Someone knew this house. The question is who.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TodayShow #FBI #TucsonArizona #Kidnapping #MissingPerson #TrueCrime #CrimeNews #TrueCrimeTodayJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & 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.

4 Helmi 20min

The verdict is in. Brendan Banfield, the former IRS criminal investigator, has been convicted of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine and Ryan Banfield. The jury deliberated nine hours and came back with guilty on everything. No lesser charges, no compromises. Life without parole.Today on True Crime Today, defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down what happened in that Virginia courtroom and why the defense strategy failed. At the center of this case was Juliana, the au pair who admitted involvement but cut a deal that dropped her murder charge to manslaughter. She walked out of custody the day she testified. The defense hammered her as bought and paid for — a witness saying whatever prosecutors wanted to hear. Twelve jurors still believed her over Banfield.Bob explains the problem: attacking credibility only works if you give the jury something else to grab onto. The defense told jurors what didn't happen but never painted a clear picture of what did. That's a dangerous game in a double murder trial.We also break down Banfield's decision to testify. He took that stand and told jurors no reasonable person would kill their wife over a six-week fling. Bob analyzes whether that helped him or sealed his fate — and why defendants who think they can explain away evidence often make things worse.The DNA, the digital forensics fight, the investigation itself — it all gets examined. This is Part 1 of our Banfield verdict analysis, and it answers one question: where exactly did this case fall apart for the defense?#BrendanBanfield #BanfieldTrial #TrueCrimeToday #ChristineBanfield #BobMotta #AggravatedMurder #DoubleHomicide #DefenseAttorney #VirginiaCase #JuryVerdictJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & 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/tonybpodThis 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.

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Forget what you think you know about this case. This is the deep dive that puts it all together — and what it reveals is a pattern of alleged predatory behavior that spans thirty years, two generations, and at least two suspicious deaths.John-Paul Miller built his reputation as a man of God. He stood at the pulpit every Sunday preaching salvation. But according to court documents, sworn affidavits, police reports, and a federal indictment, the man behind the cross was allegedly running a different kind of operation entirely.His first wife alleges he confessed to sexual misconduct with underage girls in his church. His second wife — Mica Miller — told police he groomed her from the time she was a child. She called for help fourteen times in her final months. She reported tracking devices. Slashed tires. Being afraid for her life. The system told her to wait. Two days after serving him divorce papers, she was dead.Now JP Miller has been federally indicted for cyberstalking and lying to investigators. Prosecutors allege he tracked Mica's every move, posted nude photos of her online, contacted her over fifty times in a single day, and then lied about all of it when the FBI came asking questions. He has pleaded not guilty.But there's more. Two civil lawsuits allege JP and his father sexually abused minors at their churches for decades. And then there's Chris Skinner — the quadriplegic who drowned two weeks after allegedly confronting JP about an affair with his wife. JP married that widow last year. Neither death has resulted in charges against him.This episode connects every thread. The allegations. The documents. The deaths. The man at the center of it all.You're about to understand exactly who John-Paul Miller allegedly is.#MicaMiller #JPMiller #TrueCrimeToday #BreakingNews #PastorExposed #FederalIndictment #JusticeForMica #CoerciveControl #ChrisSkinner #SolidRockChurchJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & 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.

4 Helmi 34min

Three cases. Three stages. One expert who's spent thirty years reading dangerous people. Robin Dreeke, former FBI special agent and head of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, breaks down the behavioral evidence in the McKee, Greenberg, and Banfield cases. Michael McKee allegedly threatened his ex-wife Monique Tepe for eight years before the December 30th killings — Robin explains what the language of ownership reveals and why the reconnaissance trip matters. Ellen Greenberg was found with 20 stab wounds and ruled a suicide — now federal investigators are reportedly probing whether officials committed crimes. Robin explains how corruption cases get built. Brendan Banfield called the murder accusation "absolutely crazy" — then his alibi collapsed and prosecutors showed love letters to the au pair. Robin analyzes what the defendant's testimony actually revealed. This is expert analysis across three high-profile cases that are commanding national attention right now.#RobinDreeke #FBI #MichaelMcKee #EllenGreenberg #BrendanBanfield #TrueCrimeToday #MoniqueTepe #AuPairAffair #FederalInvestigation #BehavioralAnalysisJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & 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.

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Federal prosecutors have reportedly issued subpoenas to multiple Philadelphia agencies in the Ellen Greenberg case—and they're not looking at whether Ellen was murdered. They're looking at whether the officials who handled her case broke federal law.Ellen Greenberg died in 2011 with twenty stab wounds, including ten to the back of her neck. The medical examiner ruled it homicide. Police pushed back. The ruling changed to suicide. For fifteen years, her parents have fought every agency in Pennsylvania to get answers. Every agency told them the same thing: their daughter killed herself by stabbing herself in the back of the neck ten times.Now the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is asking questions. Sources say the investigation centers on the Philadelphia Police Department, the Medical Examiner's Office, and the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office—which was run by current Governor Josh Shapiro when the case sat there for four years.The timeline is damning. The crime scene was cleaned before detectives processed it. James Schwartzman, the fiancé's uncle and a prominent judicial official, removed electronic devices before police secured a warrant. Those devices later became key evidence—despite the original report saying no suicidal content was found. Shapiro's office cited those searches as proof of suicide. Then discovered an "appearance of conflict" with the Goldberg and Schwartzman families. Four years after taking the case.If federal investigators find corruption, the statutes carry serious time. Deprivation of rights. Evidence tampering. Obstruction. Up to life in prison if the conduct contributed to a death.Someone outside Philadelphia is finally asking the questions this case has demanded for fifteen years.#EllenGreenberg #FederalProbe #JoshShapiro #PhiladelphiaCorruption #TrueCrimeToday #JamesSchwartzman #SamuelGoldberg #Subpoenas #CoverUp #JusticeForEllenJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & 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.

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Three weeks of testimony. Two days of the defendant on the stand. Brendan Banfield testified that he heard "moaning" from the bedroom, went upstairs with his gun, and shot Joseph Ryan after finding him kneeling over his naked wife with a knife. He called the murder accusation "absolutely crazy." But his own IRS supervisor came forward to say there was no important meeting scheduled that morning — contradicting his alibi. Prosecutors showed jail letters where Banfield professed love to Juliana and discussed baby names. They showed a framed photo of him and the au pair on his nightstand months after Christine's death. Robin Dreeke, former FBI special agent and behavioral analysis expert, breaks down what dismissive language reveals about a defendant's psychology, how blood evidence suggesting staging aligns with behavioral patterns, and whether the prosecution's complex conspiracy theory or the defense's simple alternative better explains what happened on February 24th, 2023.#BrendanBanfield #AuPairAffair #ChristineBanfield #JosephRyan #RobinDreeke #TrueCrimeToday #FBI #FairfaxCounty #DoubleMurder #CatfishingMurderJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & 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.

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