Crime Wire Weekly 7/18/25 | Louisiana Police Chief’s Arrested in Fraud, Human Skin Teddy Bear, American Idol Murder

In this episode of CrimeWire Weekly, hosts Jim Chapman and Kelly Jennings discuss a series of trending crime stories, including the arrests of (2) Police Chiefs and others as part of a sting involving inproperly issuing U-Visa's. A shooting in KY kills two people and a trooper is shot and injured and a prank involving a teddy-bear with what resembles human skin causes quite an uproar. These crime stories and more discussed on today's podcast!(See topics below) Timestamps00:23 Louisiana Police Chief’s Arrested in U-Visa Fraud.09:28 Kentucky Church Shooting 12:10 Indiana Child Trafficking Attempt17:55 Safe Baby Drop-Off Options19:59 Human Skin Teddy Bear Prank24:07 Honor Killings in Pakistan29:04 Arizona Double Homicide33:53 American Idol Tragedy38:16 French Convict Hides in Fellow Inmates Luggage and Escapes.42:58 Youth Violence in North CarolinaLinks to Follow Crime Wire Weekly https://linktr.ee/crimewireweeklyKelly Jennings is host of “Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast by Kelly Jennings”  https://open.spotify.com/show/3n7BUzKRtMhAEuIuu7f031?si=c98fcf5b7e6848c8 Jim Chapman is host of “Exposed: Scandalous Files of the Elite” https://open.spotify.com/show/3ePQYSPp5oSPDeue8otH1n?si=39142df6e0ed4f77