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What drives people to hurt the ones they love? Every week on Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide, we’ll go on a journey, together, through true crime relationship stories that were doomed bonds from the start.You won't be alone.
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Mother Drowns 3 Kids in Coney Island; Guilty or Mental Health? | Erin Merdy Case (opens the original)
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Three children disappeared into the ocean in the middle of the night. Hours later, they were found along the shoreline of Coney Island, and their mother was wandering barefoot, soaking wet, repeatedly telling family that the children were "gone." As investigators pieced together the final hours before Zachary, Liliana, and Oliver Merdy died, they uncovered years of mental health struggles, custody battles, reports of neglect, and repeated concerns that some believe should have triggered stronger
"Didn't Deserve it" Couple Murdered Mother, Grandmother, and Step grandmother | Amy Vilardi (opens the original)
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Amy Vilardi was the one who called 911 after finding four members of her family dead inside their South Carolina home. For nearly eight years, no one was charged. Then investigators went back to evidence that had been sitting in the case file ... including a photograph that led them right to Amy and Ross Vilardi. But the case was built on circumstantial evidence. Would it be enough to prove four murders beyond a reasonable doubt? Listen now on Love and Murder ************************************
"I hate your child” She Claimed She Just Found Out; Footage Said Otherwise | Taylor Schaefer (opens the original)
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Taylor Schaefer told police that a “gut feeling” led her to check the cameras inside her home, where she watched her boyfriend beating her five-year-old son. But when detectives seized the surveillance system, they discovered that the cameras had captured much more than one violent morning. How did a woman who worked for a child-protection organization become part of what investigators described as one of the worst abuse cases they had ever seen? ************************************** Follow me
He Was Called a Hero for Killing His Daughter’s “Trafficker” But Then the Truth Came Out | John Eisenman Update (opens the original)
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John Eisenman said he killed Andrew Sorensen because Andrew had trafficked his daughter, and that story turned him into a vigilante hero to people across the country. But investigators couldn’t prove the trafficking accusation. Then John’s fiancée, Brenda Kross, started talking and confessed that she had been there when Andrew was killed. Years later, both were standing in court, and the story that had followed Andrew’s name since his death finally began to unravel. Original Episode: https://www
“You Dead Yet?” He Controlled Every Part of Her Life, Then Took It | Kelvin Williams (opens the original)
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A 16-year-old boy hides in a bedroom and calls 911 while his stepfather is still somewhere inside the house with a gun. His mother, Tenisha Williams, has already been shot. But when investigators review the family’s security cameras, they learn that the violence didn’t begin that night. Prosecutors say Kelvin Williams had spent years controlling Tenisha. Then they reveal one more disturbing detail: on the day Tenisha died, prosecutors say Kelvin made her buy and load the gun himself. Follow me o
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