BREAKING: Delphi Murder Trial Judge Frances Gull Retires—Her Press Release Ignores Richard Allen Entirely
Major breaking news out of Indiana today. Judge Frances Gull—the special judge who presided over Richard Allen's trial for the murders of Abby Williams and Libby German—has announced she is retiring from the bench after nearly three decades. Her official press release celebrates her work with veterans and Drug Court, touting her commitment to "second chances, rehabilitation, and redemption."What the press release doesn't mention is Delphi. Not a single word about the case that made her a household name in true crime circles worldwide.That silence is notable because Richard Allen's defense team has filed a 113-page appeal alleging that Gull's rulings systematically denied Allen his constitutional right to present a complete defense. The brief documents exclusion after exclusion: the eyewitness sketch that didn't match Allen, the forensic expert who could have challenged the bullet evidence, the audio from videos showing Allen's mental deterioration, evidence of alternative suspects with pagan ritual connections, and evidence of a bungled investigation.Meanwhile, Gull admitted a Google search conducted mid-trial to salvage the State's timeline.Allen is serving 130 years. Gull is retiring to spend time with her grandchildren. The Indiana Court of Appeals will now review whether the trial she ran meets constitutional standards.Today on True Crime Today, we examine the judicial record Frances Gull leaves behind—and what the appeals court will have to untangle.#JudgeGull #FrancesGull #Delphi #DelphiMurders #RichardAllen #AbbyAndLibby #LibbyGerman #AbbyWilliams #DelphiTrial #WrongfulConvictionJoin 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.
23 Jan 30min
Therapist Analyzes McKee's Alleged Obsession, Tepe's Hidden Fear, and Two Orphaned Children
A complete psychological examination of the Tepe murder case — perpetrator, victim, and aftermath.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott brings over thirty years of clinical experience to analyze every dimension of this devastating case. She's worked in forensic settings, domestic violence programs, and trauma recovery. She's the author of "The Minds of Mass Killers." And she's a survivor of domestic abuse herself.We examine the alleged perpetrator psychology. Michael McKee apparently couldn't let go for eight years after a seven-month relationship. He never remarried. Prosecutors allege he drove six hours, entered the Tepe home without forced entry, shot both victims at 3:52 AM, and drove back. What does the wound collector profile tell us? How do high-functioning individuals compartmentalize obsession? What allegedly triggered action after years of fixation?We explore the victim experience. Monique Tepe knew she was in danger. Family says she talked about being terrified for years. But she never filed a police report. Why don't victims engage systems? What is coercive control? What did she carry every day while building what looked like a happy life?And we confront the aftermath. Two children orphaned. Over a thousand at the funeral. And the devastating truth that Monique did everything right — left fast, told people, rebuilt her life — and it wasn't enough. What could she have done differently? The honest answer might be nothing.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #TepeMurders #ShavaunScott #TrueCrimeToday #DomesticViolence #ForensicPsychology #WoundCollector #CoerciveControlLink to Shavaun Scott's Substack Discussing Dangerous Ex's:https://open.substack.com/pub/shavaun/p/when-leaving-is-the-most-dangerous?r=1fklc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=trueJoin 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.
23 Jan 55min
Nick Reiner's Conservatorship Ended After One Year—FBI Expert Explains How That Happens
Today on True Crime Today, we're examining one of the most consequential decisions in the Nick Reiner case—one that happened four years before Rob and Michele Reiner were found stabbed to death. Nick was placed under an LPS mental health conservatorship in 2020, overseen by licensed fiduciary Steven Baer. Baer wasn't family. He wasn't emotionally invested. He was a professional whose entire job is managing people who can't manage themselves. And yet that conservatorship ended after just one year. It wasn't renewed. Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins us to analyze how someone manipulates their way out of professional oversight. Robin spent 21 years with the Bureau, including as Chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—he recruited spies, getting people to trust him who were trained to trust no one. He knows what it takes to build credibility with a skeptical professional, and he explains the playbook. Conservatorship renewals require showing the person is still gravely disabled. That creates a clear target date. Robin walks us through what strategic compliance looks like in the months before that deadline—how you perform recovery, check the boxes, say the right things. Nick had been through 18 rehab programs. He knew the language. At what point does institutional fluency become a liability for accurate assessment? And what does it tell us that Baer's only public statement called this "a horrible tragedy" without elaborating further?#TrueCrimeToday #NickReiner #StevenBaer #Conservatorship #RobinDreeke #FBI #LPSConservatorship #MentalHealthSystem #Manipulation #ReinerCaseJoin 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.
23 Jan 12min
Brendan Miller Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial"
Brendan Miller, Detective with the Fairfax Co. Police Department, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the killings as a home invasion.The defense argues digital forensics contradict the catfishing theory and that investigators who disagreed were reassigned. Banfield faces life without parole if convicted. The four-week trial continues in Fairfax County.#TrueCrimeToday #BrendanBanfield #AuPairAffair #MurderTrial #ChristineBanfield #JosephRyan #FairfaxCounty #JulianaMagalhaes #Justice #BreakingJoin 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.
22 Jan 58min
Tepe Murder Aftermath: Therapist on Orphaned Children, Survivor Guilt, and Systemic Failure
Two children are now orphans. A one-year-old and a four-year-old were in the home when their parents Spencer and Monique Tepe were allegedly shot to death. Over a thousand people attended the funeral. A community is still reeling.And the question that haunts this case: Monique Tepe did everything right. She recognized the abuse early. She left within seven months. She told family about the threats. She moved on and built a healthy new life. She followed every piece of advice we give domestic violence victims. It wasn't enough.In Part 3 of our three-part expert interview series, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott examines the aftermath. With over thirty years specializing in trauma recovery, Shavaun brings clinical expertise to the hardest questions this case raises.How do children ages one and four process traumatic loss they can't fully understand? How does a family work through survivor's guilt when they knew she was afraid but couldn't stop this? What does healing actually look like — or is it just learning to live with wounds that never close? And if leaving isn't enough, if telling people isn't enough, if building a new life isn't enough — what systemic changes would actually protect victims from someone who allegedly refuses to let go?Sometimes the honest answers are the hardest ones.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #TepeMurders #ShavaunScott Link to Shavaun Scott's Substack Discussing Dangerous Ex's:https://open.substack.com/pub/shavaun/p/when-leaving-is-the-most-dangerous?r=1fklc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=trueLink to Shavaun Scott's Substack Discussing Dangerous Ex's:https://open.substack.com/pub/shavaun/p/when-leaving-is-the-most-dangerous?r=1fklc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=trueJoin 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.
22 Jan 19min
Saly Fayez Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial"
Saly Fayez, Victim Services Division of Fairfax Co. Police Department, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the killings as a home invasion.The defense argues digital forensics contradict the catfishing theory and that investigators who disagreed were reassigned. Banfield faces life without parole if convicted. The four-week trial continues in Fairfax County.#TrueCrimeToday #BrendanBanfield #AuPairAffair #MurderTrial #ChristineBanfield #JosephRyan #FairfaxCounty #JulianaMagalhaes #Justice #BreakingJoin 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.
22 Jan 33min
Lt. David Giaccio Testifies in Brendan Banfield Trial — The "Au Pair Affair Murder Trial"
Lt. David Giaccio, Fairfax Police Department, took the stand in the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the former IRS agent charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors allege Banfield and the family's au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, lured Ryan to their Herndon home through a fetish website and staged the killings as a home invasion.The defense argues digital forensics contradict the catfishing theory and that investigators who disagreed were reassigned. Banfield faces life without parole if convicted. The four-week trial continues in Fairfax County.#TrueCrimeToday #BrendanBanfield #AuPairAffair #MurderTrial #ChristineBanfield #JosephRyan #FairfaxCounty #JulianaMagalhaes #Justice #BreakingJoin 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.
22 Jan 1h 51min
Michael McKee Tepe Case Update: Nevada Malpractice Lawsuits Exposed
Breaking down the legal troubles Michael McKee was facing before he was charged with killing Monique and Spencer Tepe. Court records reveal two active lawsuits in Nevada that paint a picture of a doctor allegedly running from accountability long before the murders.In Clark County, a patient named Guilherme Schwanz is suing McKee and Las Vegas Surgical Associates over a July 2023 procedure gone wrong. The lawsuit alleges a catheter sheared during surgery, leaving 8.6 inches of plastic inside the patient's body. He required emergency surgery. The complaint claims defendants concealed the error and failed to provide truthful medical records. A jury trial is scheduled for July 2027.In federal court, an incarcerated man alleges McKee served on Nevada's prison medical review panel and repeatedly delayed specialist care for a serious condition. The result, according to the lawsuit: permanent injury, including the loss of a testicle. McKee and the other defendants deny the allegations.What's striking isn't just the allegations—it's what happened when attorneys tried to serve McKee. Fake addresses. A fax number instead of a phone. Colleagues telling process servers he "just disappeared." The attorney handling the malpractice case says it was only the second time in his twelve-year career he had to serve someone by newspaper notice.McKee has been charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of the Tepes. He has indicated he will plead not guilty. The malpractice cases remain pending. Today we break down what these lawsuits reveal.#TrueCrimeToday #MichaelMcKee #TepeCase #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #OhioHomicide #MalpracticeLawsuit #LasVegas #TrueCrimeNews #BreakingCrimeJoin 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.
22 Jan 13min
