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Investigation: Homicide
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Telling Mississippi’s crime stories from an eyewitness perspective.
Episodes
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Episode #81: The Classroom and the Squad room
For a good officer, training doesn’t end at graduation. The skills learned in the classroom, and kept sharp throughout a career, shape how an officer handles a traffic stop, a crisis call, or a homicide scene. Therese Apel and Sara Perkins-Ricks sit down with Tony Carleton, executive director of...
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Episode #80 -- What Stays With You
In April 2023, Byram officers responded to a house fire on Gary Drive and found people badly burned and a home fully engulfed. What looked like a tragedy turned out to be something else entirely. It became Detective Judson Magloire’s first homicide case as an investigator. Magloire sits down with...
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Episode #79: Real Life SVU
Allegations of gang rape at Cornell have been headlining news outlets lately, and meanwhile Law & Order: SVU remains one of the most beloved shows on television. But what is the reality of being the person who works sex crimes at an agency? It's not wrapped up in an hour, and the cases rarely…
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Episode #78 -- Not Guilty
In September 2022, Jaylen Lewis, 25, was shot and killed during a Capitol Police stop at West and Mayes streets in Jackson. Two officers fired that night: Steven Frederick Jr. and Michael Rhinewalt. Both were charged with manslaughter, and the case drew strong reactions from every direction…
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Episode #77: 1 in 66 Quintillion: The State vs Skaggs
August 1990. A young mother working the late shift at the Western Sizzlin in Flowood stops at a Brandon Texaco for cinnamon rolls for her kids' breakfast. She's inside for only a few minutes. Half a mile from home, a man rises from the back of her van with a knife to her throat. Thirty days…
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Episode #76: 25 Years on High Alert: What Has Living Through 9/11 Done to Our Bodies?
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the toll of a quarter-century spent on high alert is written into the bodies of the people who answered the call. This week, Sara Perkins-Ricks and Therese Apel sit down with Sgt. Jordan Jones to talk about what constant high-intensity service does to those who…
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Episode #75: The War Within
There are many voices around Mississippi speaking on behalf of first responders in the field of mental health. One of the more prominent currently is Kevin Whitsell, a 20-year veteran paramedic and firefighter and the founder and host of “A Silent War Within,” a podcast dedicated to confronting…
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Episode #74: What Happened at the Po' Folks.
In April 1996, a spring afternoon in South Jackson turned into a scene of terror the metro area has never forgotten. This week, Therese Apel and Sara Perkins-Ricks sit down with Charlie Smith, a former Jackson Police Department Crime Scene Investigator, who walks them through one of the most...
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Episode #73: The Story of Mike Dill.
Some of the people who change our lives never know they did it. Capt. Barbara Folsom-McNeal was eleven years old when a police officer walked into the worst night of her childhood and carried her out. She'd been whipped with an extension cord, and to a terrified kid, he was a promise that someone...
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Episode #72: The Coroner's Call -- Counting the Toll
Jackson has held the highest homicide rate per capita in the nation for five years running. Behind every one of those numbers is a name, a family, and a death someone has to answer for. In Hinds County, that responsibility runs through Jeramiah Howard. As County Coroner, Howard oversees an office...
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Episode #71: Not a TV Cop
From Olivia Benson to Dana Scully to Ziva David, we’ve all got a TV idea of what it looks like to be a female cop. Spoiler alert: you can’t actually run in those heels, and the cases don’t wrap up in 42 minutes. Tonight, Therese and Amanda sit down with Warren County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant...
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Episode #70: The Guard at Canton Estates
George David Herrin spent a decade as a fixture at the Canton Estates Apartments. The 85-year-old security guard mowed lawns, helped residents with small tasks, and was a grandfather figure to the kids in the neighborhood. Then, one Sunday night just after 11:20 p.m., deputies responded to…
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Episode #69: Not Safe at Home: The Murder of Janell Hatton
In October 2004, Janell Hatton, a 63-year-old real estate agent from the Bunker Hill community in Marion County, was shot during a robbery at her home. Her body was found buried in a barn near Kokomo. Before it was over, five people would be arrested, and the brutality of the crime would make it...
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Investigation: Homicide, Episode 68 - You're the guest!
Sometimes the best conversations are the unplanned ones. Our guest for tonight was under the weather this week, so hosts Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson are flipping the script and opening the floor. Episode 68, "You're the guest," is exactly what it sounds like. No case file, no set agenda…
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Episode #67: Bootjack and Red
Some stories don't start in a courtroom or a case file. They start at a kitchen table, in a grandmother's voice, in a story carried quietly across generations because the truth was too heavy and too dangerous to say out loud. In 1937, Roosevelt "Red" Townes and Robert "Bootjack" McDaniels were...
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Episode #66: Look In Their Phones
This week on Investigation: Homicide: An 18-year-old from West Memphis tells his mom he’s heading to the movies. Three days later he’s found in the Holly Springs National Forest. He’s 80 miles from home, shot multiple times, just yards off a remote county road. Fredarrious Wilson was months from...
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Episode #65: One Hell of a Story.
Tonight on Investigation: Homicide, Therese Apel and Sara Perkins Ricks sit down with author Charlie Spillers — a man whose life reads like the books he writes. Before he was a bestselling author, Spillers was an ex-Marine, an undercover agent, and a federal prosecutor, and he’s spent his career…
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Episode #64 — Redeeming the Warrior: Faith for Those Who’ve Seen Too Much
First responders already know what it means to be strangers in a strange land — set apart by what they’ve seen, rewired by what they’ve carried. For those who also hold a faith life, there’s a second kind of strangeness layered on top of the first. In this episode, hosts Therese Apel and Amanda...
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Episode #63 — Trying to find beauty in the ashes.
They run toward the worst moments of our lives and then they go home and carry it alone. On the next Investigation: Homicide, Therese Apel and Sara Perkins sit down with Kristy Daniels, who knows that weight personally. After losing her husband to suicide, Kristy didn't just grieve, she built...
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Episode #62 — The Rookie He Never Knew
She was about eleven, washing dishes with fresh gashes up her arms and praying to die, when three officers answered a call for help. Two got pulled into an argument at the door. The third — a tall veteran officer whose name she never learned — knelt down and took her hands. That moment is the...
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Episode #60 ~ Her Honor: Justice Court Judge talks hometown court
Every courtroom tells a story, but rarely do we hear it straight from the bench. This week, Nicole Kral and Therese Apel sit down with Justice Court Judge Marsha Weems Stacey for a candid conversation about what it really looks like to dispense justice at the community level. Judge Stacey pulls...
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Episode #59 ~ The Last Shift: The 1996 Jackson Firehouse Massacre
On April 24, 1996, an ordinary shift at Jackson Fire Department headquarters turned into one of the deadliest days in the department's history. Firefighter Kenneth Tornes walked the halls of the station he knew well, moving from office to office with deadly intent — targeting the men who wore the...
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Episode #58 – The Goon Squad: At the defense table
When a defense attorney steps into a case that has captured national attention, the stakes couldn’t be higher. On this episode of Investigation: Homicide, Jackson-based attorney Aafram Sellers joins Therese Apel and Nicole Kral for an in-depth conversation about representing Brett McAlpin, the...
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Episode #57 — Until they all come home: Updating the Alex Easterling case
Tonight on Investigation: Homicide, we revisit the case of Alex Easterling, a missing man from Pickens whose disappearance continues to raise questions for his family and community. Joining us is his mother, Ashley Martin, who shares the latest developments in her son’s case and the ongoing…
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Episode #56 - The last ride: Justice for Sonja
A woman's body is found in the road in Rankin County. No one knows how she got there. Was it a hit-and-run? An accident? Investigators are left with more questions than answers — until the phone rings. Tonight, hosts Therese Apel and Sara Perkins sit down with Rankin County Coroner David Ruth…
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Episode #55 - Malice in Monroe: What happened to Mandy Hsiao?
Tonight on Investigation: Homicide, Therese Apel breaks down the latest developments in the murder trial of Ming Chen Hsiao. The case centers on Quinton Tellis, also known as the primary suspect in the Jessica Chambers case, as the first week of testimony wrapped Friday in a bench trial that has...
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Episode #54 - Forged in Fire: sheriff Tyree Jones talks about the murder of Lyneil Vaughn
This week on Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel and Nicole Kral sit down with Sheriff Tyree Jones, who takes us back to his days as a Jackson Police Department detective working the 2007 murder of Lyneil Deshun Vaughn. Vaughn, who was disabled, was found burned and rolled up in a blanket…
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Episode #53: Protecting Mississippi's future and other legislative updates.
Mississippi’s fight over first responder retirement benefits is heating up at the Capitol — and tonight we’re breaking down what it means for the people on the front lines. On this episode of Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel and Nicole Kral are joined by Southern States Police...
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Episode #52: Unjustifiable Homicide: The Jack Donald Cole Case.
On this episode of Investigation: Homicide, Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson sit down with Byron Swilley, sheriff of Copiah County, to take a deep dive into the case of Jack Donald Cole — a case that raises difficult questions about self-defense, property rights and the limits of Mississippi’s...
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Episode # 51 - Back To Back Murders: Inside the Rapid-Fire Investigation with Rankin County’s Tyler Burnell
August 2025: Two front doors kicked in. Two men shot multiple times inside their own homes. One suspect who would ultimately confess to both killings. Tonight on Investigation: Homicide, Therese Apel and Nicole Kral Woods sit down with Rankin County Investigator Tyler Burnell to walk through the...
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Episode #50: Human Trafficking in Mississippi: Separating Fact from Fiction
Human trafficking is dominating headlines around the world — dramatic rescues, sweeping arrests, viral claims. But what does human trafficking actually look like here in Mississippi? On tonight’s episode of Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson sit down with Mississippi...
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Episode #49 - Vanished Before Thanksgiving: The Unanswered Death of Angela Shires Barrentine
Tonight on Investigation: Homicide, brought to you by The Southern Connection Police Supplies, we sit down with Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace to revisit a case that, more than two decades later, still weighs heavily on his mind — the death of Angela Shires Barrentine. In November 2004, the...
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Episode #48: Light in The Dark - First Responders and Faith
Tonight’s episode of Investigation: Homicide steps away from case files, crime scenes, and criminals to focus on something many first responders quietly rely on every day: faith. Tonight, Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson will host Clint Hatch, an investigator with the Rankin/Madison District...
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Episode #47 Monsters online: Who is your child talking to?
Tonight on Investigation: Homicide, the focus turns to one of the most disturbing and complex fronts in modern law enforcement: Internet Crimes Against Children. The episode features Jay Houston, a veteran investigator who spent more than two decades confronting online child exploitation in...
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Episode 46, Tier 5 and the Future of Mississippi First Responders
Mississippi’s first responders are pushing back as lawmakers debate the future of public employee retirement during the current legislative session. In this episode of Investigation: Homicide, we sit down with Reservoir Fire Chief Josh Swales to break down what Tier 5 of the Public Employees’...
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Episode #45: The Curse of the Jessica Chambers Case - a search for justice.
On this episode of Investigation: Homicide, host Therese Apel and Nicole Kral are joined by veteran Memphis-area journalist Ron Maxey to revisit one of the most haunting and high-profile cases in the Mid-South: the 2014 murder of Jessica Chambers. Both Apel and Maxey covered the case from its...
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Episode #2: The Day Our Hearts Broke
It’s a day Mississippi will never forget. October 1, 1997, a nerdy teenager walked into a high school and changed everyone’s life forever. We talk with Greg Eklund, who was an investigator with the Rankin County Sheriffs Dept at the time. Eklund takes us through the events leading up to that day...
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Episode #1: Behind the Headlines: The Calculated Crime of Carly Gregg
In the inaugural episode of Investigation Homicide, Therese and Nicole explore the case of an intelligent and manipulative teenager who killed her mother in cold blood through the eyes of Assistant District Attorney Michael Smith, who was tasked with prosecuting her. The Investigation Homicide…
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Episode 21: Cold Case Cracked—The Arrest in Shondra May’s 40-Year Mystery
For nearly four decades, the murder of Shondra May has haunted central Mississippi—until now. In this powerful new episode of Investigation: Homicide, Sheriff Mike Lee and Chief Deputy Brad Ellis return to the studio to sit down with Therese Apel and walk us through the shocking arrest of Rubin...
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Episode #45 - Forged in Fire: sheriff Tyree Jones talks about the murder of Lyneil Vaughn
This week on Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel and Nicole Kral sit down with Sheriff Tyree Jones, who takes us back to his days as a Jackson Police Department detective working the 2007 murder of Lyneil Deshun Vaughn. Vaughn, who was disabled, was found burned and rolled up in a blanket…
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Episode #44: The Mystery of Mildred Spires
Tonight on Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel, Nicole Kral, and Amanda Johansson welcome former Jackson detective Charlie Smith for an in-depth look at one of Jackson’s most haunting cases: the 1987 kidnapping and death of Mildred Spires. On a warm July afternoon in 1987, 22-year-old...
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Episode #43 - The Murder of Dee Eady — Inside the Manhunt with Sheriff Mike Lee
When 73-year-old Dee Eady was found dead in her home in Forest, Mississippi, on December 30, what began as a quiet Saturday turned into one of the most intense manhunts in Scott County history. Soon after, authorities charged Sammy Patrick with capital murder, armed robbery, sexual assault, and...
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Episode #42 - That Party City Murder: The Case of Bobby Adams
On this episode of Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel and Nicole Kral talk with retired Ridgeland Police Chief John Neal about the murder of Bobby Adams, the Party City manager whose life was taken during a robbery that shocked the community. Chief Neal walks through the investigation…
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Episode # 41: I will always be watching over you.
Tonight on Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson sit down with Vicki Moak, founder of Warriors of the Badge — a Mississippi nonprofit born from unimaginable loss and a mother’s enduring love. Vicki’s son, Cpl. Zach Moak, was killed in the line of duty with the…
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Episode 40: Unraveling the lies with Bubba Holifield
On this episode of Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel and Nicole Kral welcome Bubba Holifield, a current detective with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department and former investigator and polygraph examiner with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. With years of experience on some of...
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Episode #39 - Criminal Minds: a front view to some of the worst of the worst
On this episode of Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson speak with Bo Bertling, a licensed professional counselor with the Texas Department of corrections. Having spent years working with some of the most dangerous offenders in the Texas prison system, Bertling shares…
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Episode #38 War Zones and Wellness: A Green Beret’s Journey on 9/11
On tonight’s episode of Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson sit down with Sgt. Jordan Jones, an Army Green Beret and special forces medic, to discuss the lasting impact of 9/11 on the world and his career. Sgt. Jones shares powerful stories from his time in the...
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Episode 37 - From Mississippi to Mexico: Tracking Miguel Oros
This week on Investigation: Homicide, co-hosts Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson dig into the chilling case of Miguel Oros — a suspected serial predator whose crimes stretched across Mississippi and Louisiana, leaving elderly victims in fear for years. After vanishing across international…
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Episode #36 - Through the Eye of the Storm: Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later
In this episode of Investigation: Homicide, Nicole and Amanda sit down with Robert Latham, retired Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), to reflect on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; a storm that forever changed the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Robert shares his...
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Episode 35: The Disappearance of Gregory Varnado
A missing man. A burned-out car. And a quiet Mississippi county holding its breath. Gregory Varnado vanished in August 2024. Weeks later—his remains were found in the ashes of his burned-out vehicle. Now, Lawrence County Sheriff Ryan Everett takes us inside the investigation… and the unanswered...
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