Charlie Kirk Sniper Suspect Catches Death Penalty Charge | Crime Alert 6AM 09.17.25

In an odd and creepy twist, Bryan Kohberger uses his phone to take selfies he never shares with anyone. The selfie photo shoot takes place inside his Washington State University apartment standing in front of a closet filled with blue shirts. Shirtless and wearing earbuds, the coward killer flexes, poses, makes a contorted face with an angry grin showing off his yellow teeth and at one point he salutes the camera, revealing a cut to the knuckle on the ring finger of his left hand that may have come from his murderous rampage in Moscow. We also learn as investigators met with classmates, professors and other university staff, they describe Kohberger as creepy, domineering, with one classmate saying Kohberger would be the type of professor who would harass and stalk students. The interviews included individuals from all aspects of college campus life from classrooms, offices, hangout spots, and in each case the same result: Kohberger’s mere presence was enough to set people on edge. When Kohberger shows a “keen interest” in an undergraduate assistant, a WSU faculty member keeps a close watch. She witnesses the future killer standing at her assistant’s desk, directly behind her looking over her shoulder as she worked. Because of Kohberger’s behavior, another professor is asked to escort the assistant to her car after work. In a class where Kohberger is the teaching assistant, a female student says whenever she looks up, he is starting at her. He rarely speaks to students, but the co-ed says no matter when she would leave the class, he would time his exit to leave when she did and then follow her to her car. Another graduate student says she caught Kohberger “aggressively” staring at her 9 times in one class and followed her after class. She says he always seemed to want to be in “the general area of her and others in the program that didn’t want anything to do with him” .... One female student targeted by Kohberger says the killer trailed her after class, would block her path when she tried to leave conversations with him and he would stare at her with such intensity and regularity that she began keeping a count of the encounters. It's a pattern that seemed to repeat itself with the murder victims. Now, newly discovered essays written by Kohberger reveal his plan to get out of jail. Joining Nancy Grace today, Josh Kolsrud - Criminal Defense Attorney and Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Founder of Kolsrud Law Offices, kolsrudlawoffices.com, Facebook and YouTube @KohlsrudLawOffices Dr. Shari Schwartz - Forensic Psychologist (specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy),  www.panthermitigation.com, Twitter: @TrialDoc, Author: "Criminal Behavior" and "Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology" Chris McDonough -Director at the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, Host of YouTube channel, "The Interview Room" www.coldcasefoundation.org/chris-mcdonough Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", @JoScottForensic Susan Hendricks - Journalist, Author: “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi", IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks Dave Mack - Crime Stories, Investigative Reporter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 Sep 46min

A woman's eviction reveals a grim fate: 4 babies found dead, in one house. What did she do to these babies & why?!A 911 call reveals a university cheerleader's dark secret, wrapped in a towel, a trash bag & then tossed in her closet. Plus, ashes to ashes...dust to compost? Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 Sep 7min

State formally files to seek death penalty against Tyler Robinson during his initial court appearance, Correctional officers are going to extraordinary measures to make sure inmate 460956 Robinson makes it to his trial alive. Robinson is under a physical watch in special housing. Prosecutor says, he does not take the death penalty decision lightly and made it independently based on evidence. State filed criminal information charging Tyler James Robinson, age 22, with the following crimes. Count one, aggravated murder, a capital offense for intentionally or knowingly causing the death of Charlie Kirk under circumstances that created a great risk of death to others. Count two, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, a first degree felony. The state alleging aggravating factors on counts one and two because aledgely the defendant targeted Charlie Kirk based on Charlie's political expression and knowing children were present and witness the murder. More arrest, disgusting pedophile, remember George Zinn, 71, the get away liar, who proclaimed he killed Charlie Kirk as audience members scrambled to safety. During Zinn's arrest and his charge with obstructing justice, admitted he only claimed to be responsible to allow the actual shooter a head start. Officers asked Zinn's to have his phone to search to prove he was innocent. What they found is horrific, you wont believe the ages of these kids. Now, Zinn also faces four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. A Utah judge, Judge Graff, along with Prosecutor Chad Gruner, has issued Charlie Kirk's widow, Erica, a pretrial protective order. The order bars Robinson from contacting Erika in any way, and warns of additional charges if he violates the order. There are number of individuals currently being investigated and interrogated and the number yet to be interrogated and investigated specific to the chat room. We are very much in our ongoing investigation. Kennedy: So others could have been involved? Patel: Yes, sir. As more details are unveiled, Robinson's mom also recognized him in the surveillance images and confronted him. Not only did Robinson's Discord chat group see him on the surveillance images, but also wrote silly memes, laughing, implying they new it was going to happen. Joining Nancy Grace today, Randolph Rice - Former Prosecutor and Current Criminal Defense & Civil Attorney at Rice Law, website: ricelawmd.com, IG, FB, X: @ricelawmd 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 Chris McDonough -Director at the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, worked over 300 Homicides in 25-year career, Trained the first Native American Homicide Task Force; & Host of YouTube channel, "The Interview Room" www.coldcasefoundation.org/chris-mcdonough Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", @JoScottForensic, Germania Rodriguez - Chief US Reporter, DailyMail.com Sydney Sumner - Crime Stories Investigative Reporter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

17 Sep 45min

Tyler Robinson faced a judge for the first time today as prosecutors levied a murder charge against him for shooting Charlie Kirk. Listen as Crime Stories' Dave Mack reads the charging documents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 Sep 23min

The Utah County Sheriff's Office reports that Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting, has been placed in the county jail’s special housing unit for now. The county jail’s special housing unit for the time being. Robinson reportedly first told his father he would “rather kill himself” than go to jail, before agreeing to turn himself in to cops. The unit has ‘around the clock’ physical supervision, and Robinson will not be transferred elsewhere until he receives medical and mental health clearance. Tyler Robinson’s father isn’t the only one who recognized him in the FBI’s surveillance photos. Almost immediately, Robinson’s closest friends called him out in their 20-person Discord group chat, one sharing the photo and asking Robinson where he is. Robinson shoots back, “It’s my doppelgänger trying to get me in trouble!” Another friend proclaims, “Tyler killed Charlie!!!” A third suggests turning Robinson in for the reward, and Robinson sneers, “Only if I get a cut." An anonymous family member of Robinson believes Lance Twiggs, his roommate or lover, is the influence radicalizing Robinson. The woman says Twiggs has very low contact with their family and hates their political and religious beliefs. She puts blame on the immersion in online gaming culture for some of the personality changes seen in the roommates since moving in together, but her gut tells her Twigg provided the fuel behind Robinson’s sudden extremism. Dozens of citizens posting celebrations on social media have faced real-world consequences for hateful online responses to Charlie Kirk’s murder. A doctor resigns after loudly proclaiming Kirk got what he deserved. When a nurse reported the hateful message, she faced retaliation; however, the doctor no longer works there, and the nurse is back on the schedule. DC cancelled a highly praised artist’s comic book series after just one issue because she posted of Kirk’s death, “I hope the bullet’s okay.” As quickly as they ran to social media to celebrate Kirk’s death, many returned crying, sharing they were fired, some angry, but mostly in shock because they needed that job and loved that job. Many replies to the many remorseless rants said, "You enjoyed your job, Charlie Kirk enjoyed his life, you needed your job, and Charlie Kirk's kids and wife needed him." Joining Nancy Grace today: Franz Borghardt - Criminal Defense Attorney, Former Prosecutor, Adjust Professor at Louisiana State University Teaching Criminal Litigation; Instagram and Facebook: BorghardtLawFirm, Founder of Borghardt Law Firm Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker,” and featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive Chris McDonough - Director at the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, Host of YouTube channel, "The Interview Room" Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X @JoScottForensic Elina Shirazi - Senior Political Reporter at the Daily Mail, website: DailyMail.com; Instagram and TikTok: elinashiazi Sydney Sumner - Crime Stories Investigative Reporter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 Sep 46min

In Missouri, authorities have finally identified a man whose body was discovered in the Mississippi River south of St. Louis back in 1994. In Franklin Park, Illinois, just west of Chicago, ICE officers say they fatally shot Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez after he allegedly tried to evade arrest by driving his car at officers, dragging one of them. In New York City, authorities have apprehended a suspect in a brutal double homicide involving an elderly couple whose home was set on fire. Nearly 25 years after four bodies were discovered in New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park, one of the young girls has now been identified.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 Sep 5min

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, died Wednesday after he was brutally assassinated in front of his wife and two small kids during an event at Utah Valley University. He was speaking to a large crowd at an outdoor "Prove Me Wrong" debate, where he invites students to challenge his political and cultural views. Authorities shared a video late Thursday of the suspect climbing down from a roof following the shooting, after sharing images throughout the day of a "person of interest" and asking the public for help in identifying the individual. Like many others, Thursday afternoon, Matt Robinson saw the FBI-released photos of Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter, and he was shocked to recognize his son, Tyler, as the suspect at large. When Robinson arrives home, he is confronted by his father and Tyler Robinson.admits he pulled the trigger. The father encourages Robinson to turn himself in, but the 22-year-old says he would rather kill himself. Matt reaches out to his son’s youth pastor, who also happens to be a U.S. Marshals fugitive task force officer. The officer convinces Robinson to turn himself in. Neighbors describe Lance Twiggs as Robinson’s roommate. Twiggs, a student at Utah Tech University, showed police incriminating Discord chat messages from Robinson, basically snitching on Robinson and cooperating with authorities. Neighbors say the roommates were reclusive and always blasting music. Robinson’s 20-person Discord group made up of gamer Pine Hill grads jokingly calls him out.One member sends the FBI photo and asks Robinson, “Where are you at?” Robinson shoots back, “It’s my doppelgänger trying to get me in trouble!” Another friend proclaims, “Tyler killed Charlie!!!” A third suggests turning Robinson in for the reward, and Robinson sneers, “Only if Iget a cut.” One pal quips, “Whatever you do, don’t go to a McDonald’s anytime soon.” Robinson agrees, joking that he “better get rid of this manifesto and exact copy rifle I have. lying around,” before insisting the shooter is “clearly” from California. Evidenced by his Twitch channel, Twiggs is also an avid online gamer. Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, spoke out late Friday, vowing Turning Point USA will keep hosting campus events. President Trump paid tribute to Kirk, and elected officials on both sides of the aisle quickly condemned the shooting and denounced acts of political violence. Institutions from airlines to schools to even the military moved quickly to fire or discipline employees accused of celebrating or mocking Charlie's death on social media. An interviewer once asked Charlie if everything completely goes away, how did he want to be remembered?Kirk: "I want to be-- I want to be remembered for-- for courage, for my faith. That-- that would be the most important thing. The most important thing is my faith in my life." Joining Nancy Grace today, Tiana Lao - Witnessed Charlie Kirk shooting Eric Faddis - Trial Lawyer and TV Legal Analyst, Founding Partner of Varner Faddis Elite Legal, former felony prosecutor and current criminal defense and civil litigation attorney Dr. Sue Cornbluth - Family and Relationship Expert, Owner of Dr. Sue & You, Author of “Building Self-Esteem in Children and Teens Who Are Adopted or Fostered;" YouTube: DrSueAndYou Chris McDonough - Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective (worked over 300 homicides in 25-year career and trained the first Native American Homicide Task Force) & Host of YouTube channel, "The Interview Room" Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", @JoScottForensic Sydney Sumner - Crime Stories Investigative Reporter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Sep 46min