Home of Rep. Melissa Hortman's Home Broken Into After Her Assassination | Crime Alert 7AM 06.19.25

An Olympic prospect trades the podium for prison after unleashing an overkill stabbing on a paralyzed Uber driver she hired because she felt "cooped up" in her apartment & wanted a late night "joy ride." A dad of 3 is gunned down outside a target over a petty parking spot dispute. Plus, a Disney World wipes out a "wedgie" lawsuit. Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Jan 6min

Two men are rescued from a ninth-floor hotel ledge in Montgomery County, Maryland, after investigators say they fled out a window to escape an armed intruder inside their room. A notorious New York City–area serial killer has confessed to another murder, closing a nearly sixty-year-old cold case involving an eighteen-year-old nursing student in northern New Jersey. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Jan 5min

Four people are dead after a violent encounter at a home in Piscataway, New Jersey, ending with police fatally shooting a man who authorities say advanced toward officers with a machete. An Indiana mother is sentenced after police say she hid her son from authorities, locked him inside a closet, and forced him to use a Pringles can as a toilet. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Jan 5min

Seventeen Texas families are forced out of their homes after a vengeful girlfriend allegedly sets her boyfriend’s clothes on fire during a domestic dispute, triggering a fast-moving blaze that tears through an apartment complex. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Jan 5min

An Indianapolis family collapses in an instant as father is charged with murder after prosecutors say he shot his wife to death in front of their four children, leaving the kids to call 911. Pamela Smart, the woman convicted of orchestrating her husband’s murder with the help of a teenage student, is asking courts in two states to overturn her life-without-parole conviction more than three decades after the killing. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Jan 5min

A prominent California farmer is charged with first-degree murder after investigators say he drove hundreds of miles to his estranged wife’s Arizona home and fatally shot her amid a bitter divorce. A North Carolina teacher is dead after calling 911 to report an intruder in her home, then being attacked while still on the line. What began as a routine traffic stop in Flagler County, Florida quickly turned into the rescue of an eleven-year-old boy and a case prosecutors say could carry multiple life sentences. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Jan 6min

A worker with the USPS tries to mow down a child in his mail truck after mistakenly thinking he was a "porch pirate" thief. Two grieving parents are suing an airport after their bipolar son's grisly jet engine death, claiming the public bloodbath was preventable. Plus, some real monkey business at a music store! Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Jan 6min

A Louisiana mom is behind bars - after executing her infant & then trying to hunt down and kill her toddler... then declaring she did it for divine reasons. A beloved teacher is brutally murdered by a career criminal, during a home invasion, while begging 911 for help. Plus, a new a dad trades fatherhood for a felony! Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 Jan 6min