Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide

Love and Murder: Heartbreak to Homicide

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. I, Ky Toure, will be on the emotional journey with you; retelling stories of crimes of passion — reacting with raw honesty, passionate rants, and unfiltered frustration when justice isn’t served. From love-triangles to fatal attractions, we'll uncover the twisted side of relationships that led to homicide. Want even more exclusive cases, deeper dives, ad-free content, and behind-the-scenes access? Find out how to become part of the LaM Fam at www.murderandlove.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/love-and-murder-heartbreak-to-homicide--4348896/support.

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November 28, 2025 8 mins
A five-year-old girl showed up at a neighbor’s door in Hilliard, Florida covered in blood splatter, shaking, and begging for help. She told them the man inside her house “had killed others.” 

Moments later, deputies walked into one of the most disturbing murder-suicides Nassau County has ever seen.

What pushed this quiet family home into a scene of terror?

And how did a little girl become the only witness left to tell the story?

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First responders were called to a Cold Springs home for a little girl “not breathing”… but what they found didn’t look anything like a medical emergency. Five-year-old Izabella was cold to the touch, lying beside a bare mattress, her small body covered in bruises no child earns by accident.

As detectives moved through the house, the truth surfaced fast, and the parents’ stories fell apart the moment they opened their mouths.

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A single gunshot inside a hunting cabin in Zambia, and a wealthy dentist claiming his wife accidentally shot herself while packing a rifle.

But the details around Bianca Rudolph’s death didn’t add up. Not the wound, not the timing, and definitely not what investigators uncovered about Larry Rudolph’s double life waiting back home.
Soon, a so-called accident turned into a murder case built on affairs, insurance money, and a confession...
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Two Florida cases, two sets of parents, and two stories that should’ve never been allowed to happen in the first place.

In the first case, six-year-old Anthony Rouse is found unresponsive in a bathtub. His parents claim he drowned… but the truth came out in text messages, a dog cage, and a sibling’s terrified confession.

The second case takes another turn. Nine children removed from a home full of locks, plywood, vinegar spray, and s...
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A mother goes to clean her son’s closet… and instead finds two bags so heavy, so wrong that she can’t bring herself to open the second layer. Minutes later, police arrive—and 19-year-old Brian Cohee calmly tells them exactly what they’re about to find.

A human head and human hands.

And the name of the man they belonged to: Warren Barnes, a beloved figure known around Grand Junction as “the reading man.”

What Cohee says next is even wo...
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A respected law professor. A bitter custody battle. And a murder that took more than a decade to fully unravel.

When Dan Markel was gunned down in his Tallahassee driveway in 2014, investigators uncovered a murder-for-hire plot tied to his ex-wife’s family, the Adelsons. Now, after years of wiretaps, arrests, and courtroom chaos, the matriarch herself, Donna Adelson, has finally faced justice.

Convicted of first-degree murder, conspi...
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A three-year-old boy is rushed to Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville, his hands and arms covered in blistered burns. Doctors take one look and know—this wasn’t an accident.

This is the case of Breanna Lair and Jacob Snead.

Then, another Louisville. This time, Alabama. A mother, Amber Winstead, wakes up in a motel bathtub to find her baby, Ki’Arri Rayne Winstead, underwater. What she told police next revealed addiction, regret, ...
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When Hollywood actress Dominique Dunne landed her breakout role in Poltergeist, her future looked unstoppable ... until love turned deadly. At just 22, she was strangled outside her West Hollywood home by her ex-boyfriend, John Sweeney, a man whose obsession spiraled into violence.

But what followed was almost as shocking as the murder itself. How did a confessed killer serve less than four years for taking her life?

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A frantic 911 call, a baby in the backseat, and a story that didn’t add up.

When police in Ormond Beach, Florida arrived, 18-month-old Sebastian Gardner was already gone. His small body showed signs that he’d been left in a hot truck for hours while his father, Scott Gardner, sat drinking inside a bar. What followed was a case that shocked even seasoned officers, not just because of what happened, but because of what Scott did next.

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When a scuba diver unzipped a duffel bag at the bottom of a quiet Ohio quarry, he expected lost gear,  not what spilled out next. Inside were towels, rocks… and the body of a newborn baby boy. The community called him Baby Boy Hope, vowing to find the monster who had done it.

But the truth, when it finally came six years later, stunned everyone. The killer wasn’t a stranger ... it was a girl they once cheered for at Friday night gam...
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When 43-year-old Kristil Krug was found beaten and stabbed in her Colorado garage, police thought her past had caught up with her. For months, she’d been stalked and terrorized by who she thought was her ex-boyfriend—sending threats, photos, and messages that tracked her every move. Her estranged husband, Daniel Krug, was "there to protect her."

But as police dug deeper, they realized that what began as a stalking case spiraled into...
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A 911 call from Merritt Island, Florida, revealed every parent’s nightmare — a two-month-old baby, cold and unresponsive in his bassinet. But what started as a mysterious infant death soon pointed to something far darker. As investigators pieced together text messages between the parents, Belle and Donovan Winter, medical reports, and interviews, the story that emerged would expose exhaustion, anger, and fatal neglect behind closed...
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A 911 call in Birmingham led police to a heartbreaking scene — three-year-old Keterrius “KJ” Sparks, lifeless after being left in a parked car for more than five hours in sweltering heat.But the kicker?

The person who forgot him in the car, was his DHS case worker.

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When a Michigan father calmly told 911 that his baby was “dead as a doornail,” even the dispatcher couldn’t believe his tone. But what police found inside the farmhouse was far worse than anyone expected. Ten-month-old Mary Welch had wasted away from starvation.

Her parents, Seth Welch and Tatiana Fusari, claimed faith over medicine and refused to take their children to doctors.

What followed was a case that exposed how blind devotio...
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It started with a haunting 911 call — a Florida man sobbing, “I just shot my family… I love my family!”

When deputies arrived, they found a scene that would stay with them forever: a mother and three young children murdered inside their Crestview home. Army veteran Jeffrey Hutchinson, claimed masked intruders had done it. But as investigators dug deeper, a darker story emerged — one of rage, brain injury, and a system that failed a ...
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When a panicked 911 call came from a quiet home in Colesville, New York, dispatchers could hear a mother’s desperate pleas, “please don’t die.” Moments later, the truth emerged, 28-year-old Patrick Proefriedt had fired a crossbow at his wife, Megan, as she held their three-week-old baby, Eleanor.

What followed was a crime so cruel it stunned even veteran officers, and a courtroom hearing where a 22-minute 911 call revealed every ago...
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On October 7, 2024, a Texas mother vanished after failing to pick up her daughter from school ... something she never missed. Within hours, friends were calling police, her husband was spinning excuses, and investigators began uncovering a trail of lies.

Suzanne Simpson’s disappearance out of Olmos Park quickly spiraled into one of Texas’s most haunting “no body” murder cases, one built on surveillance footage, digital evidence, and...
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October 20, 2025 2 mins
**An Apology**

Hey, LaMs! Before bringing you today’s case, I want to have an open conversation with you. I know you noticed the episode length and might’ve worried about what that means for your podcast. Fear not! This is just a brief explanation post, and I’m asking you to lend me five minutes of your time.

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this hectic time. I appreciate you carving out a moment to let me explain...
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When 50-year-old Chuanying He called 911 on August 21, 2025, she calmly told dispatchers she’d just poured sulfuric acid on her husband, Robert Heyden. 

This horrific act was a calculated act of revenge — one that left even seasoned detectives stunned.

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Past cases mentioned in this episode:

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When Hurricane Milton hit Florida in October 2024, 32-year-old Robert Hendrix invited his mother to stay with him for safety. But once the storm passed, what she found inside his Jacksonville home was far worse than anything the hurricane left behind.

What began as a hurricane shelter turned into a murder scene, exposing a crime that may have stayed hidden forever if not for one mother’s horrifying discovery.

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