Crime Alert 05.01.24

Little House on the Prairie alum, Melissa Gilbert, sobs in court during hubby Timothy Busfield's pretrial detention hearing in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Emmy award winner Timothy Busfield now released from the New Mexico jail pending trial for the child sex abuse charges. Busfield is accused of inappropriately touching two 11-year-old twin boys while directing episodes of the hit tv show, "The Cleaning Lady". When Busfield joins the cast as an actor and director he tells the boys to call him "Uncle Tim". The alleged inappropriate action happens on multiple occasions and parents of the boys say Busfield masks the inappropriate touching as "play". One of the boys says he was touched on his intimate parts over his clothing. The parents say SL wakes up scared from nightmares about Busfield touching him and is diagnosed with Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder, PTSD. Allegations surface that one of the boys withdrew from the set and didn't want to go as much as before. The child actors accusing Timothy Busfield of touching them inappropriately while working on the tv show, "The Cleaning Lady," told a totally different story when they first talked to investigators. Asked directly and specifically if they knew about private areas on their body that no one can touch, both boys said "yes". When asked if Timothy Busfield ever touches their "privates", both boys answered "no". Lawyers for Busfield say he passed an independent polygraph and is innocent of all charges. Joining Nancy Grace: Chris Melcher - Celebrity Lawyer and Partner at Walzer Melcher & Yoda with deep experience in complex family law litigation, website: WalzerMelcher.com Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker: When to work on a relationship and when to walk away” Also featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock,  www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive Jessica Finn - Senior Investigative Reporter at The U.S. Sun, the-sun.com, jessicafinnnyc (Twitter/ IG) @jessicafinn.bsky.social (Bluesky) Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Jan 43min

Authorities double the reward to $10,000 for anyone who has information regarding the disappearance of 10-year-old Gabrielle Terrelonge. Call 954-493-TIPS (8477). Gabrielle was reported missing when it was discovered her mother was incarcerated in Florida. Gabrielle’s father pleads for help, saying he is desperate to bring his daughter home. Gabrielle, 10, has been missing since June. Gabrielle's father, Gordon Terrelonge alleges he believed his daughter to be with her mother, 34-year-old Passaha Davis, who inturn says Gabrielle is with her father. The dad reports her missing Oct. 29, 2025. Gabrielle Terrelonge - 10 now and at time of disappearance DATE OF BIRTH: June 25, 2015 MISSING SINCE: October 2025 HAIR: black EYES: brown HEIGHT: 4 feet 8 inches WEIGHT: 100 pounds Joining Nancy Grace: Brian Fitzgibbons - Director of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security, Leads a team of investigators specializing in locating missing persons, website: www.uspasecurity.com, Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security, former Marine and Iraq war veteran Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Jan 18min

In Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Chazzity Candelario says she was trying to keep her son from eating too many hot dogs when she chained him to an oil tank. A Louisiana child abuse case is unfolding after a kindergarten age boy is found dead weighing less than a house cat, and investigators say his parents starved him to death. Human trafficking fears intensify in the search for a missing Texas teenager after a nonprofit group says it received a phone call believed to be from the girl herself. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Jan 7min

Michael McKee's charges are upgraded to four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her husband, Spencer. The indictment specifies that the firearm used by McKee was equipped with a muffler or suppressor, commonly referred to as a "silencer." McKee also faces an additional charge of aggravated burglary for allegedly breaking into the Tepe home to commit the murders. Police say McKee is the person captured on video walking in the alley behind the Tepe home between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. the morning of the murders. Using license plate reader data and surveillance technology, detectives track McKee's vehicle traveling approximately 325 miles from Illinois to Columbus, Ohio, arriving shortly before the murders and leaving soon after. Investigators have yet to mention a motive for the murders, labeling the killings as "domestic violence-related." McKee and Monique were married for a short period of time and have been divorced since 2017, but a clerical error caused the divorce case to receive a new hearing date, appearing on the docket for this past June and showing a trial date for September, just three months before the murders. When court officials determine it is a clerical error, the court date for September is cancelled.​ Joining Nancy Grace: Darryl Cohen - Former Assistant District Attorney (Fulton County, Georgia) Former Assistant State Attorney (Florida), Defense Attorney, Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen; Facebook: "Darryl B Cohen"/X: @DarrylBCohen Caryn Stark - Forensic Psychologist, Renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice Dan Murphy - Former NYPD Detective-Sergeant (conducted hundreds of interrogations), Co-Host of "Gold Shields" Podcast, and Author: “Workplace Safety: Establishing an Effective Violence Prevention Program” Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" Instagram @JoScottForensic Susan Hendricks - Journalist, Author of “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi;" IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 Jan 45min

A Missouri man is charged with gunning down his neighbor in a violent confrontation that ended a lengthy history of harassment. A Tennessee church deacon was arrested and charged with nine counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor after his wife found photos and videos on his phone of a teenage babysitter using their bathroom. A US Bureau of Land Management officer has been charged with second degree murder after a drunken brawl at a Wyoming bar last week left a man dead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 Jan 6min

Keith Zlomsowitch, a former boyfriend of Nicole Brown Simpson, has written a new book titled "STALKED: 'It could have been me." Zlomsowitch's book is his firsthand account of his relationship with O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, Simpson's stalking, the murders of Brown and Ron Goldman, and the trial. Keith Zlomsowitch, a restaurateur dated Nicole Brown Simpson for about a month, shortly after she separated from O.J. Simpson. Their relationship was characterized by intense stalking from O.J. Simpson. Zlomsowitch told a grand jury that Simpson stalked and spied on them, including a time he watched them through a window while they were on the couch during sex. In the new book, Zlomsowitch shares details never before released, and today he joins Nancy Grace. The night of Nicole's murder, after daughter Sydney’s dance recital, Nicole, the children, and her family leave O.J. Simpson behind at the school for dinner with friends at Mezzaluna, an Italian restaurant in Brentwood. When Nicole's mother accidentally leaves her glasses behind, friend Ron Goldman, who works at the restaurant, volunteers to drop them off at Nicole's house. Goldman leaves Mezzaluna at 9:45 p.m. Later that night, a neighbor sees Nicole's dog, a white Akita named Kato, wandering the neighborhood alone, barking. The neighbor assumes Kato got out of the yard, but the dog seems agitated, and on closer inspection, they notice he has bloody paws. The neighbor follows Kato to investigate, discovering Nicole and Ron’s bodies at 12:10 a.m. Detectives Mark Furhman and Philip Vannatter go to Simpson's home, which is nearby, and notify him of his wife's death. Furhman sees what appears to be bloodstains on Simpson's Ford Bronco decides to jump the fence to gain access to Simpson's property. Vannatter declares Simpson’s home to be a crime scene and goes to secure a search warrant for the house around 7 a.m. Joining Nancy Grace Today: Chris Melcher - Celebrity Lawyer and Partner at Walzer Melcher & Yoda Dr. Cheryl Arutt - Licensed Clinical and Forensic Psychologist specializing in Trauma Recovery, PTSD and EMDR, website: askdrcheryl.com; IG: @askdrcheryl Jon Buehler - Former Detective for Modesto Police Department, California, detective in Scott Peterson Investigation Shannon Henry - President & Founder of SASS Go (Surviving Assault Standing Strong: a nonprofit on a mission to eradicate abuse, trafficking and violence against women and girls globally) Case Consultant, and Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina in the Department of Education; @sassgoglobal on FB, Instagram, X, and TikTok Alexis Tereszcuk - "Crime Stories" Investigative Reporter; X @swimmie2009 Dave Mack - 'Crime Stories' Investigative Reporter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 Jan 49min

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19 Jan 47min

Melissa Gilbert is standing resolutely by her husband, Timothy Busfield, as he confronts serious child sexual abuse allegations.Tennessee man kills his mother, kills her cat, then pours himself a drink and settles in for some television time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 Jan 6min