Mickey Stines Shot Judge Kevin Mullins Nine Times — Now He's Blaming a Bug Bites?!-WEEK IN REVIEW

Rob and Michele Reiner spent nearly two decades trying to save their son Nick from addiction. They sent him to rehab seventeen times. They let him live in their guesthouse. They made a movie together about his struggles. When counselors warned them that Nick was lying and manipulating them, they eventually rejected that advice and publicly apologized for ever believing the professionals over their own son. Now Rob and Michele are dead, allegedly stabbed by Nick in their Brentwood home the night after a Christmas party where they had asked the host if they could bring him just to keep an eye on him. Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins us to break down the darkest truth in cases like this: families are often fully aware someone is dangerous, but the law ties their hands. Parents cannot force an adult child into long-term treatment. They cannot limit their movements. They cannot compel medication. Without a documented immediate threat, the system defaults to the rights of the individual rather than the safety of the family. This is not a story about demonizing people in addiction or blaming parents who refused to give up. It is about understanding how addiction rewires family systems and how the people who love an addict the most can become the most vulnerable to manipulation, enabling, and ultimately danger. It is about how boundaries are not abandonment and how love without limits can become a weapon. The Reiners had every resource imaginable. Money, connections, access to the best treatment programs in the country. None of it was enough. Because there is no amount of money that can force an adult to get sober. There is no love powerful enough to override autonomy when someone is using that autonomy to destroy themselves and everyone around them. #RobReiner #NickReiner #MicheleReiner #TrueCrime #Addiction #FamilyTragedy #Brentwood #BeingCharlie #MentalHealth #Manipulation #ReinerMurders #RobinDreeke #TonyBrueski #HiddenKillers #MentalHealthCrisis #FamilyViolence #SystemicFailure #TrueCrimePodcast #ParentalGuilt #LegalLimitations Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

21 Dec 41min

Nearly 29 years after six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found murdered in her family's Boulder, Colorado basement, Boulder Police have announced significant movement in the case. Chief Stephen Redfearn confirmed that investigators have collected new evidence, retested existing evidence with modern DNA technology, and conducted new interviews over the past year. Dozens of items are currently being tested at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation — including evidence from the basement crime scene that was never tested before. At CrimeCon 2025, the Ramsey family's former attorney Hal Haddon pointed to the garrote used to strangle JonBenét as potentially critical, noting that DNA analysis of the knots could be "promising" since someone had to tie them. John Andrew Ramsey, JonBenét's half-brother, says it's "not if but when" the case gets solved. But here's what's strange: as we get closer to potential answers, some people are suddenly saying "let it rest" or "let it go." After 29 years of obsession with this case, why would anyone not want it solved? The psychology is fascinating — and disturbing. Whether you believe the family was involved or an intruder did it, whoever actually committed this crime benefits from the ambiguity continuing forever. The ransom note — written on a pad from inside the home, with a pen from inside the home, demanding the exact amount of John Ramsey's bonus — has never been explained. Patsy Ramsey was never fully excluded as its author. The 2008 "exoneration" of the family remains deeply contested by former investigators. We don't know who killed JonBenét. But someone does. And they're counting on us to stop asking. #JonBenétRamsey #JonBenet #TrueCrime #ColdCase #BoulderPolice #DNAEvidence #RansomNote #TrueCrimeCommunity #ColdCaseMurder #JusticeForJonBenet Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

21 Dec 23min

Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were stabbed to death in their Brentwood home on December 14th, 2025. Their 32-year-old son Nick has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances — charges that carry the death penalty in California. Defense attorney Alan Jackson says there are "very complex and serious issues" in this case. The DA's office is asking the public not to rush to judgment. So what's really going on here? In this interview, defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis breaks down both sides of this case — how prosecutors will try to secure a first-degree conviction and possibly the death penalty, and how the defense will fight back using Nick Reiner's documented history of severe addiction and mental health crises. We examine the special circumstances allegation, the knife enhancement, and the reported argument between Nick and his father at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party the night before the killings. The coroner still hasn't confirmed time of death — and that matters. Nick Reiner entered rehab at 15. By 22, he'd cycled through 17 treatment programs. He's spoken publicly about methamphetamine, heroin, homelessness, and psychotic episodes while using. His father Rob directed a film about his addiction called "Being Charlie" and once said: "I'd rather you hate me than be dead in the street." A family friend who saw Nick ten days before the murders described him as healthy and "on the upswing." So what happened? Can addiction and mental illness reduce first-degree murder charges? What does it mean that Nick wasn't medically cleared for his arraignment? And if the death penalty is on the table, what mitigating factors will the defense present? This is the complete legal breakdown from both perspectives — prosecution and defense — so you understand what's actually at stake and how this case will unfold. #NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #ReinerMurder #TrueCrime #MurderTrial #DeathPenalty #CriminalDefense #LosAngeles #BreakingNews Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

21 Dec 40min

Jesse Butler pleaded no contest to eleven felony charges including attempted rape, strangulation, and domestic assault against two teenage girls in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He faced up to seventy-eight years in prison. Instead, a judge granted him youthful offender status. His sentence: community service, counseling, and supervision until his nineteenth birthday. No prison. No sex offender registry. If he complies, his record gets sealed forever. But the case is not over. Attorney Rachel Bussett just filed a motion that could reopen everything. We break down every legal avenue that could still put Butler behind bars. The Marsy's Law challenge argues the victims' constitutional rights were violated when the plea deal was finalized minutes before the hearing without their approval. A separate statutory argument questions whether reverse certification from adult to youthful offender status is even legal under Oklahoma law in rape cases. Butler has already missed two probation check-ins. State Representative JJ Humphrey is pushing for a federal grand jury investigation. And the possibility remains that new victims could come forward with fresh charges. Payne County District Attorney Laura Austin Thomas has publicly defended the plea deal, claiming the families were consulted and that trials for sexual assault are traumatic for victims. The families dispute this entirely. According to Bussett, both were vehemently opposed to youthful offender status from the start. Court documents reveal one victim was strangled so severely her doctor said she was thirty seconds from death. Police found video on Butler's phone showing him choking another victim until she lost consciousness. The DA's statement frames the case as conduct in ongoing consensual dating relationships. The evidence tells a different story. The February third hearing could change everything or the clock runs out in August. This is about whether victims' rights mean anything in Oklahoma. #JesseButler #MarsysLaw #StillwaterOklahoma #VictimsRights #YouthfulOffender #TrueCrime #PayneCounty #CriminalJustice #RachelBussett #JusticeForSurvivors #LauraAustinThomas #OklahomaJustice #DomesticViolence #TeenDatingViolence #SurvivorStories #TrueCrimeCommunity #AccountabilityNow #JJHumphrey #LegalAnalysis #CourtroomDrama Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

21 Dec 42min

Netflix's new documentary "Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story" drops December 30th, and it finally shifts the focus to where it belongs — not on Ruby Franke, but on the woman Ruby herself blamed for leading her into what she called "a dark delusion." Jodi Hildebrandt wasn't just Ruby's business partner. She was a licensed mental health counselor with a documented history of ethical violations, a pattern of isolating clients from their families, and an ideology that former clients say destroyed marriages and lives for nearly two decades before she ever met Ruby Franke. In 2012, her license was put on probation for disclosing confidential patient information without consent. The LDS Church removed her from their referral list. And she just kept going — rebranding as a "life coach" and building ConneXions into an online empire targeting vulnerable people within the Mormon community. Former clients described the same playbook over and over: separate spouses, pathologize normal behavior as addiction, cut off anyone who questions her, position herself as the only source of truth. One therapist who trained under her said publicly, "I believe she is evil. I don't say that lightly." Then Ruby Franke entered the picture. And things escalated to levels that would shock even seasoned investigators — duct tape, rope, cayenne pepper in open wounds, children forced to believe they deserved the torture they were receiving. Both women pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse. Both were sentenced to four to thirty years. But the only reason any of this came to light is because a twelve-year-old boy climbed out a window and asked a stranger for help. A child had to save himself because every system that should have protected him failed. That's the real story here. #JodiHildebrandt #RubyFranke #EvilInfluencer #Netflix #TrueCrime #8Passengers #Documentary #ConneXions #MomsOfTruth #ChildAbuse Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

21 Dec 23min

The investigation into the death of thirteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez has reached a critical turning point. A Los Angeles County grand jury is now in its third week of testimony, and the people closest to singer D4VD are beginning to fracture under pressure. Robert Morgenroth, general manager of D4VD's record label and president of his touring company, spent three consecutive days being questioned by Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman. Three days for a non-target witness is extraordinary. According to reports, Morgenroth was overheard in the courthouse hallway telling his attorney that Silverman was aggressive about one question in particular: why did he never contact police after learning a decomposing body had been discovered in his client's Tesla? His reported answer was that he wanted to continue with the tour. Meanwhile, a second witness connected to the case allegedly refused to appear before the grand jury. Prosecutors responded by seeking a body attachment order, authorizing law enforcement to detain her and compel testimony. She is represented by the same attorney as Morgenroth, raising questions about coordination within D4VD's inner circle. Celeste Rivas Hernandez was reported missing from Lake Elsinore, California in April 2024. Her dismembered remains were discovered in the trunk of D4VD's abandoned Tesla in September 2025, one day after what would have been her fifteenth birthday. LAPD has officially identified D4VD as a suspect. Investigators have reportedly identified a second suspect believed to have assisted in disposing of her body. The case has been built using cellphone data, Tesla GPS logs, and social media location tracking. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins us to break down what these moves signal, why extended testimony often means prosecutors are hunting for inconsistencies, and what legal exposure witnesses face when they withhold critical information. The cracks are widening. #D4VD #CelesteRivas #TrueCrime #GrandJury #LAPD #CelesteRivasHernandez #JusticeForCeleste #RobertMorgenroth #HollywoodHills #TrueCrimeNews #JenniferCoffindaffer #HiddenKillers #TonyBrueski #TrueCrimePodcast #WitnessTampering #LegalAnalysis #LACounty #TrueCrimeCommunity #CriminalInvestigation #BreakingNews Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video?  Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

21 Dec 32min

The Netflix documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning shattered records with nearly twenty-two million viewers in its first week. Before it even aired, Diddy's legal team fired off a cease-and-desist letter calling it a shameful hit piece and threatening a billion-dollar lawsuit. No lawsuit was ever filed. No injunction. No emergency motion. Just noise. So what actually happened, and what comes next? Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins us to break down the legal reality behind Diddy's threats. We examine what it would take to win a copyright claim over footage filmed by his own videographer, especially when reports suggest no formal contracts existed. Eric explains why stolen footage is far harder to prove than headlines suggest and walks us through defamation law for public figures, including the actual malice standard that makes celebrity lawsuits extraordinarily difficult to win. Then there is the question of the footage itself. According to executive producer 50 Cent, Netflix only scratched the surface. In a recent interview, he confirmed he is sitting on one hundred forty hours of unreleased material and hinted it could end up on YouTube. Among the details that never made the final cut: Diddy allegedly fathered a child with Sarah Chapman, a woman who previously dated Tupac Shakur. The documentary also avoided the death of Kim Porter, the alleged firebombing of Kid Cudi's car after he dated Cassie, and civil lawsuits naming Diddy's sons in separate assault allegations. We also dig into how Netflix obtained the behind-the-scenes footage in the first place. According to Diddy's own documentarian, it came from a fill-in freelancer brought in for just three days. Diddy's team called it stolen. Netflix says it was legally obtained. With 50 Cent threatening to release more and Diddy's legal options looking weaker by the day, this story is far from over. #DiddyCase #NetflixDoc #EricFaddis #LegalAnalysis #HiddenKillers #TonyBrueski #SeanCombs #DefamationLaw #TrueCrimePodcast #50Cent #Diddy #SeanCombsTheReckoning #Netflix #DiddyDocumentary #Tupac #SarahChapman #BadBoy #CrimeWeekly #TrueCrime #HipHopNews Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

21 Dec 32min