Tepe Family Autopsy Analysis: FBI Expert on the Wounds and What They Mean

Ninety percent of abduction victims recalled noticing something suspicious before the crime happened. They saw the car that didn't belong. They noticed the person who lingered too long. And they let it go. That statistic, drawn from criminal planning research, sits at the center of a reality most people never confront until it's too late: targeted abductions don't begin with the taking. They begin with the watching.In this episode, we dissect the pre-attack indicators and surveillance behaviors that precede abduction cases, profiling the operational cycle that security professionals and the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit have identified across hundreds of kidnapping investigations. We examine how predators select targets — assessing isolation, routine predictability, physical vulnerability, and gaps in home security systems — and how hostile surveillance actually presents in real-world environments.We use the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie as a case study in what that operational planning may look like. The timeline released by the Pima County Sheriff's Office — a doorbell camera disconnected at 1:47 a.m., camera software detecting a person with no saved video at 2:12 a.m., a pacemaker app disconnection at 2:28 a.m. — describes a sequence consistent with the kind of pre-operational precision that behavioral analysts associate with planned abductions. No suspects have been identified in the case. But the indicators are there for anyone trained to read them.This episode also addresses the insider threat documented across FBI case reviews and what families with elderly relatives living independently need to understand about the compounding vulnerability profile of isolation, fixed routines, and security systems that exist in appearance only.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TrueCrimeToday #PreAttackIndicators #TargetedAbduction #AttackCycle #FBIAnalysis #KidnappingPrevention #ElderSafety #SurveillanceDetectionJoin 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/TrueCrimePodListen 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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The Monday ransom deadline is here in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance — six million dollars in Bitcoin, a reported threat on her life — and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke says the behavioral profile of these ransom notes has never matched a legitimate kidnapping-for-ransom.Three identical letters were sent to KOLD, a second Tucson station, and TMZ containing non-public details about Nancy's home — her Apple Watch location, a destroyed floodlight, what she was wearing. Harvey Levin called the note "grammatically perfect." The FBI took them seriously. But there was no phone number, no email, no way for the family to respond.The family shifted from demanding proof of life to saying "we will pay" in a Saturday video that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe told CNN was crafted with FBI hostage negotiators. CNN's Josh Campbell confirmed the public plea means no private communication channel exists. A second message arrived Friday — no demands, no proof of life. KOLD is calling it "a message," not a ransom note.On True Crime Today, Dreeke breaks down what legitimate kidnapping communication looks like, why this case deviates from every known pattern, and what the behavioral profile of these notes suggests about who wrote them and why. The deadline is here. And nobody can explain how this adds up to a real kidnapping.Robin Dreeke is a retired FBI Special Agent and former Chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program with twenty-one years of service.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #RansomNote #RobinDreeke #FBI #TrueCrimeToday #BitcoinRansom #TrueCrime #Tucson #MissingPersonJoin 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/TrueCrimePodListen 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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With Kouri Richins' aggravated murder trial set to begin February 23 in Park City, Utah, the Department of Homeland Security has issued an intelligence bulletin to law enforcement identifying her case as part of a growing national trend. The January 2026 bulletin warned that domestic partners are increasingly turning to chemical and biological toxins to kill, documenting seventeen cases since 2014 with at least eleven deaths. The substances most commonly used — antifreeze, eye drops, fentanyl, cyanide, and thallium — are chosen specifically because they mimic natural illness, creating significant challenges for detection and prosecution.Richins is charged with spiking her husband Eric's cocktail with a fatal dose of illicit fentanyl on March 3, 2022, with prosecutors alleging a prior failed attempt on Valentine's Day. Eric was found with approximately five times the lethal dose in his blood. The alleged motive centers on financial pressure — her realty company reportedly owed lenders at least $1.8 million while his estate was worth roughly $5 million. She has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent until proven otherwise.But the Richins case also highlights the systemic vulnerabilities that make poisoning an increasingly attractive method. Eric died at home and his death was initially treated as an overdose, not a homicide. America's autopsy rate has collapsed to 8.5%, with natural-looking deaths autopsied just 4.3% of the time. Research shows death certificates are wrong roughly a third of the time. Tony walks through three convicted cases — James Craig, Lana Clayton, and Stacey Castor — where the killer nearly escaped detection entirely, and connects them to the Richins trial and the federal warning that says this problem is getting worse.#KouriRichins #DHSPoisoningBulletin #DomesticPoisoning #TrueCrimeToday #JamesCraig #EricRichins #LanaClayton #StaceyCastor #AutopsyRate #FentanylPoisoningJoin 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/TrueCrimePodListen 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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Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer analyzes two of the biggest active investigations in the country.In the Nancy Guthrie disappearance, ransom notes were sent to media outlets demanding bitcoin. No proof of life. No follow-up. The sheriff denied forced entry and contradicted media sources. Investigators returned to the crime scene with canine units one day after it was released. The doorbell camera has no recoverable footage. Five days in — no suspects.In the D4VD case, the grand jury is escalating fast. Neo Langston was arrested and compelled to testify. Label head Robert Morgenroth was grilled for multiple days. Outside forensic experts were brought in. The Tesla at the center of the case was held by LAPD for only forty-eight hours. Celeste Rivas Hernandez's remains were found five months ago. No charges have been filed.Coffindaffer explains the pressure tactics, the silence, the contradictions — and what both investigations need to break next.#NancyGuthrie #D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #FBI #GrandJury #TrueCrimeToday #JenniferCoffindaffer #LAPD #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimeJoin 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/TrueCrimePodListen 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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The grand jury investigating the death of fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez has been running since mid-November 2025 and is now in its most aggressive phase. D4VD's close friend Neo Langston was arrested by seven officers in Montana for failing to appear and testified for approximately thirty to forty minutes. Label head Robert Morgenroth was grilled for multiple days about why he never went to police. Outside forensic experts have been brought in due to reported friction with the LA County Medical Examiner. The ME's chief publicly criticized a court-ordered hold on autopsy findings.D4VD's Tesla — where the remains were discovered — was held by LAPD for only forty-eight hours. Investigators have reportedly built a minute-by-minute digital reconstruction of D4VD's movements. Multiple sources say an indictment is coming. No charges have been filed. No arrests made.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down what the prosecutorial aggression signals, how investigators separate accessories from co-conspirators, and what the length of this grand jury really means for the case.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #GrandJury #TrueCrimeToday #NeoLangston #LAPD #JenniferCoffindaffer #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #RobberyHomicideJoin 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/TrueCrimePodListen 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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The Pima County Sheriff's Department just shut down press briefings in the Nancy Guthrie case. No scheduled updates unless "significant developments occur." Nine days in, the official position is still no suspects, no persons of interest, no vehicles. But what reporters and drone cameras have documented over the past 48 hours paints an entirely different picture. Sunday morning — investigators probing a septic tank behind Nancy's property. Saturday night — three hours of forensic work inside Annie Guthrie's home, photography flashes through windows, deputies leaving with evidence bags and latex gloves. A retired FBI Special Agent called it evidence extraction. A gas station employee told Fox News Digital investigators were looking for "a guy that got away." Topographic search grids carried into headquarters. The crime scene released after a single day, then re-entered five consecutive times. A rooftop camera missed for five full days. The ransom notes that have consumed the public conversation provided no proof of life, no way to contact the sender, and no follow-through when the first deadline passed. The "we will pay" family video was crafted with FBI assistance in response to a second note that made no demands. Sheriff Nanos was at a basketball game Saturday night while all of this was happening. His own deputies' union went public revealing he grounded the thermal-imaging search aircraft by reassigning its pilot over a personal grudge and stripped the Search and Rescue unit of its most experienced deputy months before Nancy vanished. Nancy is 84, her pacemaker disconnected at 2:28 AM February first, and she has been without life-sustaining medication for nine days. The investigation just went dark. And departments go dark for one of two reasons — they have nothing, or they are building toward something they are not ready to announce.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TrueCrimeToday #FBI #ChrisNanos #PimaCounty #MissingPerson #TrueCrime #ForensicSearch #InvestigationJoin 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/TrueCrimePodListen 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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Sheriff Chris Nanos stepped to the podium and denied forced entry. Denied smashed cameras. Called media reports naming suspects reckless. The next day, investigators returned to the house with canine units, evidence bags, and federal agents from multiple agencies — after the sheriff said the scene was complete.The doorbell camera was disconnected — not destroyed — and a technology company has exhausted all recovery methods. No footage was recovered. Blood on the porch has been confirmed as Nancy's. Five days into the investigation, there are no suspects and no persons of interest.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the contradictions in the public messaging, what triggers a crime scene re-entry, what canine units were specifically targeting, and where this investigation realistically stands when your primary digital evidence yields nothing and two agencies appear to be telling the public different things.Scene #CatalinaFoothills #JenniferCoffindaffer #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #KidnappingJoin 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/TrueCrimePodListen 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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