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The defense in the Adrian Gonzales trial is spreading the blame. Attorney Nico LaHood pressed surviving teacher Arnulfo Reyes about the unlocked doors at Robb Elementary — including the door to his own classroom where eleven children died. Whose responsibility was it to lock that door? Reyes admitted it was his.That exchange came after the most devastating testimony of the trial so far. Reyes, the only surviving teacher from Room 111, described seeing a "black shadow" in his doorway on May 24, 2022. He watched fire come from the gun. He was shot in the arm and fell. Then he lay on the floor and listened as the shooter executed every one of his students. The gunman taunted him, splashed blood on his face, shot him again in the back. He pretended to be dead for 77 minutes waiting for help.When asked if any of his students survived: "No, sir."Crime scene evidence presented earlier showed jurors the aftermath. Former Texas Ranger Juan Torrez displayed photographs of Room 111 — pools of blood, drag marks, bloodstains on desks, a child's tennis shoe soaked red. Trajectory rods placed into bullet cavities demonstrated the shooter fired downward, through the desks, at children sheltering underneath. Judge Harle warned the gallery before showing the images. No family members left.Texas Rangers testified about a "fatal funnel" — a hallway with no cover that complicated tactical approach. The defense argues the failures that day extended far beyond one officer.Adrian Gonzales faces 29 counts of child endangerment. Prosecutors say he knew where the shooter was and failed to act. The defense says only the gunman bears responsibility. This trial is testing whether an officer can be criminally liable for inaction. Sixty witnesses remain.#UvaldeTrial #AdrianGonzales #ArnulfoReyes #TrueCrimeToday #RobbElementary #Uvalde #TexasTrial #WeekInReview #TrueCrime #JusticeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Thirty seconds. That's how long Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene had to meet Nick Reiner before his court hearing began. She was informed the night before that Alan Jackson was withdrawing. She told reporters she'd never spoken to the Reiner family. She didn't believe they even knew Jackson was leaving.Jackson spent three weeks on the case. Every waking hour. Ten subpoenas, now sealed. Then he stood outside the courthouse and declared Nick "not guilty of murder" under California law — a statement that sounded less like a goodbye and more like the opening of an insanity defense he won't get to argue.Greene has nineteen years of experience. The LA County Public Defender's Office has a strong track record in capital cases — between 2006 and 2015, only one of their clients was sentenced to death out of thirty capital appeals. But she's inheriting a case mid-investigation, with sealed documents and a defense strategy she didn't design.Rob and Michele Reiner spent seventeen years funding their son's treatment. Eighteen rehab stints. Seventy thousand dollars monthly. A ten-thousand-dollar allowance. A rent-free guest house. When Nick was arrested for allegedly stabbing them to death, the question became whether those resources would continue protecting him. That question now has an answer.Nick's arraignment is February 23rd. No plea entered. No bail granted. Alan Jackson laid the groundwork for insanity from the courthouse steps. Whether Kimberly Greene builds on that foundation is entirely her decision now.#NickReiner #RobReiner #AlanJackson #TrueCrimeToday #PublicDefender #MicheleReiner #ReinerCase #InsanityDefense #MurderTrial #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Barry Morphew stood in an Alamosa County courtroom Monday and pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Suzanne Morphew for the second time. Suzanne vanished Mother's Day 2020 from their Colorado home. Her body wasn't found until September 2023 — discovered by accident while investigators searched for someone else entirely. The autopsy changed everything: forensic testing found BAM, an animal tranquilizer, in Suzanne's bone marrow. According to the grand jury indictment, Barry Morphew was the only private citizen in that part of Colorado with a prescription for BAM. He admitted using it on a deer at their property just weeks before his wife disappeared. The first prosecution fell apart spectacularly. DA Linda Stanley's office bungled discovery so badly that a judge barred 14 of their expert witnesses. She was disbarred in 2024 for misconduct — including appearing on a YouTube true crime show during the active case and launching an investigation into the presiding judge based on online conspiracy theories. The Colorado Supreme Court upheld her disbarment last year. Now a new prosecutor has secured a fresh indictment. Barry waived his right to a speedy trial; his defense says they need time to review the evidence. Trial begins October 13, 2026. Today we cover the full case — the marriage, the secret affair, the damning text messages, and whether this second prosecution can finish what the first one started.#BarryMorphew #SuzanneMorphew #TrueCrimeToday #MorphewTrial #ColoradoMurder #LindaStanley #DisbarredDA #ColdCase #MurderCase #BreakingNewsJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

Two major cases. One attorney breaking down the evidence, the strategy, and where the legal system fails. Eric Faddis joins True Crime Today for a comprehensive analysis.On the Reiner case: Alan Jackson withdrew under circumstances he's "legally prohibited" from explaining — but declared Nick "not guilty of murder" on his way out. There's a sealed medical order. Ten sealed subpoenas. Nick appeared in a suicide prevention smock and reportedly isn't medically stabilized. Eric examines the competency question, what the gas station footage means, and whether losing Jackson fundamentally changes Nick's chances.On the McKee prosecution: Police announced a preliminary ballistic link through NIBIN connecting a weapon from McKee's property to the Tepe murders. Surveillance footage traced a vehicle to him — arriving before the killings, leaving after. Charges were upgraded to premeditated aggravated murder, death penalty eligible. Eric breaks down what evidence prosecutors need, how ballistics can be challenged, and what defense strategies remain for someone pleading not guilty.On domestic violence: The Tepe divorce records show no abuse allegations — just "incompatibility." But Monique's family says she was emotionally abused and "just had to get away from him." Eight years after the divorce, court activity brought McKee and Monique back together. Six months later, she was dead. Eric examines why victims don't document abuse, how the system treats emotional abuse differently, and whether this was a threat that could ever have been legally prevented.For anyone recognizing their situation in Monique's story, Eric offers legal advice on protection — and where the system's limits are.#EricFaddis #NickReiner #MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #TrueCrimeToday #InsanityDefense #Ballistics #DomesticViolence #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

True Crime Today brings you exclusive analysis of the relationship at the heart of the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke — former head of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program and author of books on trust and manipulation — examines who was really in control between Brendan and Juliana Peres Magalhaes.The prosecution says Brendan manipulated a young au pair into participating in double murder. They claim he expressed his desire to "be rid of" his wife, told Juliana it was "too late to back out," and handed her a gun the morning of the killings. But Juliana isn't a passive victim in this story. She allegedly helped plan and execute the murders, then spent a year telling police the same story Brendan did — before flipping to get a plea deal that sends her home to Brazil.From jail, Juliana wrote to her mother that she was "heartbroken for doing this to Brendan" and that she loved him. But she wanted to come home.Dreeke analyzes what that letter reveals about her psychology and her relationship with Brendan. He examines the behavioral markers that separate someone who was genuinely coerced from someone who willingly participated. He explains what causes someone to maintain a lie for a year and what causes them to flip.The affair started six months before the killings. Juliana was living in the home, caring for Christine's daughter. Dreeke breaks down what that arrangement reveals about power dynamics — and what it takes for two people to form the kind of criminal partnership prosecutors allege.#BrendanBanfield #JulianaPeresMagalhaes #TrueCrimeToday #RobinDreeke #FBI #Trust #Manipulation #AuPairMurder #StarWitness #PsychologyJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.