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Buried Truth
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Buried Truth — True Crime & Investigative Documentaries: real cases, real evidence, real questions. Deep-dive investigations into unsolved murders, missing persons, wrongful convictions, and the secrets people tried to bury. Documented, sourced, and told like the indie investigative documentaries you can't stop watching.
Episodes
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Competent to Die: John Allen Rubio Faces Execution
In October 2026, Texas courts found John Allen Rubio, who was convicted of the 2003 murders of his three young children, competent to face execution. The ruling clears the way for a death warrant to be sought. This episode reports the court's decision soberly and without graphic detail.
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Six Shots at a Traffic Stop: The Malcolm Wilcox Conviction
On October 13, 2026, a Sacramento jury convicted Malcolm Wilcox of two counts of attempted murder of peace officers. The charges stemmed from an April 11 traffic stop during which he fired six shots at officers. This episode reports the jury's verdict as a court outcome.
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Acid, Fire and Five Million Dollars: The Del Rio Smuggling Ring Convictions
On October 21, 2026, a federal jury in Del Rio, Texas convicted Israel Ramirez-Perez, Ricardo Rojas Vazquez and David Christopher Ewell in a $5 million smuggling-ring case. The convictions are court outcomes following trial. This episode reports the verdicts without graphic detail.
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Murder to Climb the Ranks: The Walter Chavez Larin Life Sentence
On October 6, 2026, Los Angeles gang member Walter Chavez Larin, 27, was sentenced to life in federal prison. The sentence followed his November 2025 conviction on RICO and VICAR murder charges. This episode reports the sentencing as a court outcome.
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Death or Life: The Alberto Sierra Triple-Murder Sentencing
In Miami-Dade County, a jury is weighing whether Alberto Sierra, 42, should be sentenced to death or to life without parole. Sierra confessed to the 2012 murders of his estranged wife Gladys Machado and two other people. The sentencing phase is ongoing and no outcome has been announced.
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Know the Case You Have to Meet: The Jonathan Massicotte Retrial Order
On September 21, 2026, the Ontario Court of Appeal (2026 ONCA 526) ordered a new trial for Jonathan Massicotte, who had been convicted of second-degree murder in a 2014 case. A retrial order means the conviction no longer stands as final, and he is not to be described as definitively guilty. This...
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The Custody Revenge: Luciano Frattolin's Twenty-Five to Life
Montrealer Luciano Frattolin was sentenced on October 14, 2026, to 25 years to life for the murder of his 9-year-old daughter Melina in upstate New York. The sentence is a court outcome following his conviction. This episode reports the sentencing plainly and with respect for the victim and her...
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Twenty-Five Years Is Cruel: The De Jong Charter Ruling
On October 19, 2026, a British Columbia Supreme Court judge ruled that the mandatory 25-year parole ineligibility period for the three men convicted in the De Jong case was unconstitutional under the Charter. The underlying case involved the torture and murder of an elderly couple, and this…
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The Landlord and the Tenant: Australia's Twenty-Year Cold Case Verdict
On October 23, 2026, an Australian jury convicted a former police officer, Johnson, of murdering his tenant Chris Jarvis two decades ago, in a case linked to a $2,210 rent dispute. The verdict closes a twenty-year cold case. This episode reports the jury's decision as a court outcome.
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Three and a Half Years Later: The Kenosha Verdict for Antonio Summers
On October 21, 2026, a Kenosha County jury convicted Antonio D. Summers, 40, of first-degree intentional homicide in the April 23, 2023 shooting of DeShun Moore. The verdict came three and a half years after the shooting. This episode reports the jury's decision as a court outcome.
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Waiting in the Bushes: The James McKenna Attempted Murder Sentence
James McKenna, 58, attacked his ex-partner with a knife in Carmarthen Park on January 29, 2026. A sentence for attempted murder followed at Swansea Crown Court. This episode reports the court outcome without graphic detail.
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The Stepdaughter He Stalked: The Nathan Owens Sentence
On October 23, 2026, Nathan Owens, 34, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 35 years for murdering his stepdaughter Carla Georgescu, 19. The sentence is a court outcome following his earlier conviction. This episode is the sentencing follow-up to that...
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No Contract, No Problem: The Allen Gessen Murder-for-Hire Ruling
On September 8, 2026, the Ninth Circuit upheld Allen Gessen's murder-for-hire conviction. The court ruled that the prosecution need only prove intent and actions toward the crime. This episode explains the ruling and what it means for the conviction.
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Tried Without Him: The Munna Mandavi Fresh Trial
On October 5, 2026, India's Supreme Court quashed the murder conviction and life sentence of Munna Mandavi, a tribal man from Chhattisgarh who spent nine years in custody after a trial held without him. The court ordered a fresh trial. This episode explains the ruling and why the original...
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From Kentucky to Kansas: The Arionne Harris Fugitive Capture
Arionne Harris, 26, has been charged with murder in the September 29 hit-and-run death of a Lexington mother in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, according to authorities. He was captured after fleeing toward Kansas. A charge is an allegation, and Harris is presumed innocent unless and until proven…
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Admired by Killers: The King's Lynn Attempted Murder Verdict
A British teenager who was reported to have been obsessed with serial killers has been convicted of attempted murder in the King's Lynn case. The verdict is a court outcome following trial. This episode reports the conviction plainly and focuses on the proceedings rather than the details of the...
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The Black Widower's Last Appeal: Thomas Randolph Upheld
Thomas Randolph was convicted in a 2023 retrial of the murders of his wife Sharon Causse and Michael Miller, after his 2017 convictions were thrown out. On his latest appeal, the court upheld those convictions. This episode traces the retrial and the appeal ruling that left the verdicts in place.
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Barricaded in Albuquerque: The Hezekiah Beltran Arrest
On October 15, 2026, the U.S. Marshals fugitive task force and Albuquerque police arrested 22-year-old Hezekiah Beltran after a barricade situation. An arrest is an accusation at this stage, and Beltran is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court. This episode covers the…
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Wilkinsburg Jane Doe: Genelle Bradford Gets Her Name Back
On June 28, 1999, a young woman's remains were found in the basement of an abandoned house in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. For more than two decades she was known only as the Wilkinsburg Jane Doe, and she has now been identified as Genelle Bradford. This episode looks at the identification and the...
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Seventy Years Too Late: The Tommy Lee Walker Exoneration
In 1953, 19-year-old Tommy Lee Walker was arrested in Dallas for the killing of a woman, despite ten witnesses placing him elsewhere. He was convicted and executed, but seven decades later he has been formally exonerated. This episode examines how the case was revisited and what the exoneration...
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Homecoming Gunfire: The Dover Commons Arrests
Eleven days after a fatal shooting in the Dover Commons parking lot following Delaware State University's October 10, 2026 homecoming, Dover police announced two arrests on October 21, 2026. Arrests are accusations, not convictions, and those arrested are presumed innocent unless proven guilty;...
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Sixteen Years On: The Lewisham Conviction
In September 2006, sixteen-year-old Daniel Allright suffered a devastating brain injury in a Lewisham attack and lived with drug-resistant post-traumatic epilepsy until a fatal seizure years later. A conviction followed in 2026, and this episode examines the case and the court outcome as reported.
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The Confession Call: The Richard Clayton Sentence
Richard Clayton, 45, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on September 28, 2026, to life imprisonment with a 22-year minimum for strangling his 74-year-old mother, Angela Clayton, in their Forest Gate home. This episode examines the sentence and the case behind it.
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The Blue Drum: Death Sentences in Meerut
A Meerut, Uttar Pradesh court sentenced Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla to death on October 14, 2026, for the March 2025 murder of former Merchant Navy officer Saurabh Rajput. This episode examines the court outcome and the case behind the sentences.
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Two Lives: The Talic Mersina Verdict
On October 16, 2026, a Macomb County jury convicted Damarion Winston Goler, 33, of second-degree murder, homicide causing the death of an unborn fetus, and evidence tampering in the 2024 killing of Talic Mersina. This episode examines the verdict and the case behind it.
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Six Hours to Guilty: Kyle Severin and the Rejected Intoxication Defense
On October 5, 2026, an Ontario jury convicted Kyle Severin of second-degree murder in the killing of his girlfriend Jennifer Polak, 45, after six hours of deliberation. The jury rejected his intoxication defense, and this episode examines the court outcome.
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The Port Kells Home Invasion: The Tori Dunn Verdict
On October 21, 2026, a British Columbia jury found Adam Troy Mann, 42, guilty of second-degree murder in the 2024 home-invasion killing of Tori Dunn, 30, in Port Kells, Surrey. This episode examines the verdict and the case behind it.
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The Betrayal of Kirby Carpenter
In March 2026, a Mississippi jury convicted Jeffrey Spence of first-degree murder in the 2022 shooting death of Kirby Carpenter, 36, a precious-metals businessman. The conviction came after a first trial in the case had ended in a hung jury, and this episode examines the court outcome.
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The Sergeant in the Dock: Cameron Livsey Indicted
Former DeKalb County police sergeant Cameron Livsey, 47, was indicted in October 2026 on multiple felony charges over the alleged 2011 kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault of two teenagers. An indictment is an accusation, not a conviction, and Livsey is presumed innocent unless proven guilty;...
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The Man the Jail Let Go: Anthony Green
Anthony Green, 25, was convicted of first-degree murder in September 2025 and was erroneously released from the Shelby County Jail the same day, according to reports. He remained free for over a year before Memphis authorities recaptured him, and this episode examines the conviction and the...
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Ten Years, Eight Months: The Minneapolis Verdict
Raymond Lewis Jones, 66, of Minneapolis was sentenced in October 2026 to ten years and eight months in prison for the intentional second-degree murder of a 42-year-old woman in November 2024. This episode examines the court outcome and the case behind the sentence.
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Captured Across the Border: The Deanna Ogg Cold Case
On September 27, 1986, sixteen-year-old Deanna Ogg left home for a family party in Porter, Texas, and was found murdered hours later. Another man was convicted in the case and was later exonerated, and a suspect has now been captured across the border; the suspect is accused only and is presumed...
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Sixteen Years Old: The Columbus, Georgia Verdict
On October 19, 2026, Judge Maureen Gottfried sentenced Mayel Porter to life without parole for the 2022 murder of sixteen-year-old Joshua Huff in Columbus, Georgia. The sentence is a court outcome in the case.
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Over a Stolen Cell Phone: The Knoxville Verdict
Kevin Jaimes Martinez, 22, was convicted of first-degree murder in October 2026 in the December 2024 shooting of Ernest Glenn outside a Knoxville laundromat. Prosecutors tied the killing to a stolen cell phone, according to the prosecution's case at trial.
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The Gladstone Verdict: Ronald Joseph Kirk
On October 20, 2026, a Clackamas County jury convicted Ronald Joseph Kirk, 38, of second-degree murder in the November 2024 shooting death of his mother, Rosa Leyva, 61, in Gladstone, Oregon. The conviction is a court outcome in the case.
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The Missing Man from Salt Lake City: Alan Don Bishop Is Named
Alan Don Bishop had been missing from Salt Lake City since 1984, and his identity remained unknown for more than four decades. In 2026 he was identified after genealogists at Ramapo College's Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center named him within hours from a partial DNA sample.
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Named at Last: Cheryl Coates of Washtenaw County
In January 1985, a young woman's remains were found in a shallow grave in Superior Township, Michigan, and she remained unidentified for thirty-eight years. In December 2023, forensic work by Othram identified her as Cheryl Coates of Washtenaw County.
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A Name in a Shallow Grave: Mary Alice Pultz
In April 1985, a woman's remains were found in a shallow grave on Crescent Beach, Florida, and she remained unidentified for nearly forty years. In January 2024, forensic genome sequencing by Othram identified her as Mary Alice Pultz, finally giving her back her name.
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Fifty-Three Years Later: The Jenkins Sisters of Key West
Teenage sisters Marguerite "Maggie" Jenkins, 18, and Mary Jenkins, 16, of Gloucester City, New Jersey, were murdered during a vacation in Key West, Florida, in April 1973. In September 2026, a reported development finally moved the fifty-three-year-old case forward, with any suspects in the case...
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Justice After Nearly Thirty Years: The Tamika Cromer Verdict
Fifteen-year-old Tamika "Mimi" Cromer was murdered in Dallas, Texas, in February 1996, and her case remained unsolved for nearly three decades. In October 2026, DNA evidence and testimony led to a verdict in the case, bringing a court outcome after almost thirty years.
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The Foolio Verdicts
On June 23, 2024, Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio, 26, was shot dead in a Tampa motel parking lot in a killing investigators tied to a long-running gang feud. In 2026, four men — including Isaiah Chance and Sean Gathright — faced verdicts in the case, with the court outcomes reported from the...
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Celebrating After Murder: The Palm Beach Sentence
On October 21, 2026, a Palm Beach County judge sentenced Rigoberto Duval to life in prison for the murder of Edmund L. Glover. The judge rebuked Duval over video showing him celebrating after the shooting, as the sentence was imposed.
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Life Without Parole in Herriman
On October 22, 2026, the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office announced the conviction of Jacob Holt for the violent 2024 murder of his girlfriend in Herriman, Utah. Holt was sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to the announcement.
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Released, Then Murder: The Tulse Hill Killing
In October 2025, Robert Sabat, 60, was released from HMP Wandsworth on licence, and within two weeks he stabbed his former partner Dickiesha "Keisha" Nurse, 42, a mother of two, to death in Tulse Hill, London. Sabat has since been convicted and sentenced, a court outcome that followed the killing.
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The Suitcase in Ulster County
Damon Foy pleaded guilty to murder in October 2026 in Ulster County, New York, after his former girlfriend Alberta Dale's remains were found in his apartment. Prosecutors recommended a sentence in the case following the guilty plea, which stands as the court outcome.
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The Soldier in the Bedroom: Fort Gordon
On December 14, 2024, Army National Guardsman Natravien Landry, 27, shot and killed fellow soldier Sergeant Andre S. Stewart Jr. at Fort Gordon, Georgia. A military court has now delivered its outcome in the case, as reported from the proceedings.
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Two Cities, One Killer: The Fleming Manhunt
On October 19, 2026, Rena O'Neal and her husband Rodney Brushwood were found dead in their Kenosha, Wisconsin apartment. Police named Michael A. Oneal Fleming, 33, as a person of interest — not a convicted killer — and a manhunt followed.
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Rush Hour on the George Washington Bridge
On the evening of October 20, 2026, 46-year-old Con Edison worker Koran Irvin was shot dead in his car on the upper deck of the George Washington Bridge during rush hour. Police say they believe the shooting was targeted, and the investigation is ongoing.
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The Tattoo That Says Most Wanted
On October 20, 2026, the FBI added Joseph "Troubles" Matos, 44, to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list and announced a reward of one million dollars. Matos is wanted for an alleged July 2021 gang-related murder; the allegation is unproven and he is presumed innocent unless convicted.
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He Was Fourteen: The Franklin, Indiana Double Murder
On July 24, 2006, Chynna Dickus, 26, and her 10-year-old stepson Blake were found stabbed to death in their Franklin, Indiana home, and the case went cold for twenty years. An October 2026 development brought an indictment in the case; the accused, who was fourteen at the time of the killings,...
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