Crime Alert Hourly Update

Crime Alert Hourly Update

Nancy Grace and the CrimeOnline team deliver hourly updates on breaking crime news as it happens! The latest in trial coverage, missing persons, active investigations, and so much more!

Episodes

July 4, 2025 6 mins

A dad is behind bars, where he confessed to a TV station that he shot & killed the man who molested his 6yo relative. Now, he's facing a longer sentence that the perpetrator he gunned down. 

A Chicago teacher, accused of 55 sex crimes tries to slash the buffer zone between herself & the teen she's accused of abusing, blaming her looks and "misogyny" for the ordeal.   Plus, a pair of coaches on a losing 'strea...

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A Massachusetts cop is shot by fellow officer after threatening to kill her infant son, and herself... following a drunken outburst.  The confrontation occurred during a court-approved order to confiscate her gun. 

A South Carolina mom's lie ends with a deputy and her son dead in a shootout. Now, she'd behind bars - accused of setting the stage for a deadly shootout.  Plus, forget the 'fast & the furious'...this ...

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An Ohio judge hands a mom the maximum for cuffing her son, and "bragging" about it on social media. The little boy is then viciously attacked by a dog and almost killed.  

The body of a missing California teen is found near a lake, days after she is last seen with her former boyfriend. Now, the manhunt is on for the "obsessed & violent" ex. Plus, a whopper of a brawl at Burger King!  Jennifer Gould reports. 

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A missing persons case in California ends in tragedy as the body of an 18-year-old woman is found near Anderson Lake in Morgan Hill, and her ex-boyfriend remains wanted for questioning. A Tennessee man pardoned for storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6 is now sentenced to life in prison without parole for plotting to assassinate law enforcement officers who investigated him. Drew Nelson reports. 

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California begins requiring bars and nightclubs to offer drink lids to customers, part of a new law meant to stop drink spiking across the state. A woman in Texas incriminates herself in a burglary case after responding to a Facebook post that called her a thief. Drew Nelson reports.

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Authorities in California have uncovered a body in a park located just three-and-a-half miles from the last known sighting of a missing woman.

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Christina Formella, facing 55 charges on accusations she sexually abused a student for more than a year, cannot remain within her home, located less than a mile from the victim's workplace. 

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Idaho quadruple killer Brian Kohberger may have studied crime, but he botched committing "the perfect murder" big time. Prosecutors laid bare all his mistakes at his plea deal hearing proving he was far from a criminal mastermind. 

A restaurant king pin is butchered in his mansion - and he was slain by no stranger!  Plus, a Mc-Freakout lands a man in cuffs instead of a happy meal. Jennife Gould reports.

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DNA confirms fugitive dad Travis Decker was at the grisly scene of his daughter's murders, this detail as the manhunt for the ex-Army ranger freezes. But officials warn: Dead or alive, he's wanted!

A mother & granny are jailed after locking starving twin 5yo girls in a dark, hot & dangerous shed...while they go out and eat or run errands. Plus, nurses find a 'crack' in a man's drug defense. Jennifer Gould reports. 

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A pediatrician, sworn to protect and help children is now accused of killing her own daughter & staging a drowning - to try and cover up the horrific crime. 

A 7yo old is dead, the victim of a single, lethal gut punch by her own mom.  Plus, Lululemon is suing Costco because the retail giant 'isn't their style.' Jennifer Gould reports. 

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A 4-year-old girl is found dead at a Florida Airbnb, and her mother -- a pediatrician from Oklahoma -- is now charged with murder in what police say was a staged drowning. Drew Nelson reports.

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Authorities announced on Tuesday that a 16-year-old boy from the Twin Cities, who had been missing since early May, has been discovered deceased.

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A 16-year-old boy is shot and killed after a fight in rural South Carolina, and a 19-year-old is now jailed for murder, and it’s all on video, and it’s all over a girl. A man in California is facing federal charges after being filmed handing out face shields and water to protesters during an anti-ICE demonstration in Los Angeles. Drew Nelson reports.

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A drive-by shooting in downtown Chicago kills four and wounds 14, as a crowd leaves an album release party. A 16-year-old girl from California disappears during a trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains with a much older man who later claimed she was taken by Bigfoot. Drew Nelson reports.

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A mother and her mother have been taken into custody after two young girls were discovered alone and locked inside a dark shed near a highway, according to law enforcement officials.

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A wealthy landscaper accused of murdering his wife appeared in court with a broad smile, despite the serious charges against him.

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A college student interning on Capitol Hill is killed in a shootout in Washington. Four people are on the run after police say they kicked a man in a wheelchair down a flight of stairs at a Boston subway station. Drew Nelson reports.

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A murder suspect faces new charges after admitting he locked his infant son in the car and went to bed. Drew Nelson reports.

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Bryan Kohberger is expected to spend the rest of his life at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution following his guilty plea to four counts of murder. “Cult Mom” Lori Vallow Daybell’s Killer Husband, Chad Daybell is already at the facility on Death Row. 

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