Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

On a big game trip to Zambia, Bianca Rudolph is killed by a gunshot to the chest. It's ruled an accident, Or was it suicide? That's something that husband, Dr. Lawrence Rudolph says was a possibility. US investigators however, say Rudolph killed his wife in order to collect on her life insurance. Dentist Lawrence Rudolph  charged with foreign murder and mail fraud. Rudolph reportedly told authorities that he believed his wife’s gun was accidentally discharged while she was putting it in a case.  Lawrence Rudolph reportedly made claims on his wife’s life insurance policy totaling nearly $5 million. The policy was initially purchased in 1987 but was updated in 2016, the same year Bianca died. As the investigation progresses it's revealed the Rudolph has been having 20-year affair, and his mistress has issued an ultimatum.  Joining Nancy Grace Today: Nicole Deborde Hochglaube - Criminal Defense Lawyer (Houston TX), Former Prosecutor, Twitter: @debordelaw, HoustonCriminalDefense.com Dr. Jorey Krawczyn - Psychologist, Faculty Saint Leo University; Consultant Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. Lisa M. Dadio - Former Police Lieutenant, New Haven Police Department, Senior Lecturer, Director of the "Center for Advanced Policing" at the University of New Haven's Forensic Science Department Dr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner State of Florida www.pathcaremed.com, Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine. Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference Alexis Tereszcuk - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, Lead Stories.Com, Twitter: @swimmie2009   Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As police continue to gather evidence to prove that New York architect Rex Heuermann is the Long Island Serial Killer, his wife has filed for divorce.  Heuermann’s wife, 59-year-old Asa Ellerup, is being represented by attorney Robert Macedonio. The papers were filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court.  Heuermann, 59, was arrested last week and charged with three of the four so-called Gilgo 4 murders — four women who were found dead on Gilgo Beach in December 2010, all wrapped in burlap sacks. Investigators have said that Ellerup was out of the country or out of the state when the victims were killed.   Joining Nancy Grace Today:  Bernarda Villalona - NY Criminal Defense Attorney & Former Prosecutor, Villalona Law, PLLC.; @BernardaVillalona (FaceBook, Instagram, LinkdIn, TikTok, Threads), Twitter: @VillalonaLaw    Dr. Shari Schwartz - Forensic Psychologist (specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy); Twitter: @TrialDoc; Author: "Criminal Behavior" and "Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology"  Sheryl McCollum – Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder; Host of the new podcast, “Zone 7;” Twitter: @ColdCaseTips Dr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner with the State of Florida; Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine; Founder: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference  Toby Wolson – Forensic Consultant Specializing in DNA, Serology and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Kristin Thorne- Investigative Reporter for WABC (Channel 7 Eyewitness News in New York), and Host of Hulu’s true-crime show, “Missing;” @KristinThorne on Facebook, Twitter, Insta, Threads, & LinkedIn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Horse trainer kills horse while shooting at son. Horse thief still on the run in Florida. For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carlee Russell calls 911, telling the operator that she sees a toddler walking down the side of an Alabama freeway. When police arrive, there's no toddler and  Russell is gone. Her car, however,  is still parked along the highway. The door is open and the car is running. Forty hours later, Russell returns home, telling investigators in a brief interview that she was abducted by a man with orange hair and a woman.   As the investigation continued, police find some “really strange” internet searches in the hours before she vanished, such as the cutoff age for an AMBER Alert.   Joining Nancy Grace Today: James Shelnutt – Attorney – The Shelnutt Law Firm, P.C.; 27-year Atlanta Metro Area Major Case Detective and Former S.W.A.T. Officer; Twitter: @ShelnuttLawFirm  Dr. Shari Schwartz – Forensic Psychologist (specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy); Twitter: @TrialDoc; Author: “Criminal Behavior” and “Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology”  Sheryl McCollum – Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder; Host of the new podcast, “Zone 7;” Twitter: @ColdCaseTips  Mike Hadsell - President and Founder of Peace River K9 Search and Rescue,  Lee Reiber – Mobile Device Forensic Expert, CEO: Oxygen Forensics, Inc., Author: “Mobile Forensic Investigations: A Guide to Evidence Collection, Analysis, and Presentation;” Podcast: “Forensic Happy Hour” Savannah Sapp - Multimedia Journalist and Reporter for WAFF48 in Alabama; Twitter: @Savannah Sapp/Instagram:@savannahsapp.tv/Facebook:SavannahSappWAFF48  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Man blackmails teens into sending pornographic photos that he in turn sells. Live bullet found hidden on identity thief.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nancy Grace is joined by Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder Sheryl McCollum  to break down the evidence against accused Long Island Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann. The architect's computer searches shows disturbing title of bondage, torture and  child pornography. The accused killer also drives a Chevy Avalanche described by a witness. He's caught on surveillance video buying more minutes for a burner phone. Investigators have determined a hair found on one of the victims is a DNA match to Heuermann's famliy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The murders of four Portland women have now been classified as the work of a serial killer. Detectives have linked the murders to a man granted early release from his sentence. Jesse Lee Calhoun, 38, was granted early release after he joined a group of inmates fighting devastating wildfires. Calhoun had been sentenced to four years in prison for felonies including burglary, unauthorized possession of a stolen vehicle, and injuring a police officer and a police dog as they attempted to arrest him. Calhoun's clemency has been revoked, and he is back behind bars.  So far, Calhoun has been named a person of interest, not a suspect in the death of four women whose bodies were found within 100 miles of each other. Joining Nancy Grace Today: Jarrett Ferentino- Homicide Prosecutor, Facebook & Instagram: Jarrett Ferentino  Caryn Stark - Psychologist- Trauma and Crime Expert; Twitter: @carnpsych Sheryl McCollum - Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder; Host of new podcast, "Zone 7;" Twitter: @ColdCaseTips  Dr. Todd M. Barr - Board-Certified Anatomic/Clinical/Forensic Pathologist (Ohio); Testified in Shawn Grate serial killer case, and featured in "Thin Places: Essays From In Between" by Jordan Kisner Annette Newell - KXL News, Host of "Speaking Freely with Annette Newell;" Alpha Media USA (based in Portland, Oregon); Twitter: @AnnetteNewell16       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Man breaks into a home using a chainsaw. Man orders an Amazon package, then holds the delivery driver at gunpoint.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As police search the basement of accused Long Island serial killed Rex Heuermann's home, more of the architect's real estate portfolio is revealed.  We now know that Heuermann has properties in South Caroline and Nevaded, Las Vegas to be precise. A search was also conducted at Heuermann's brother's Chester County home. Police were seen removing several boxes from  Heuermann’s Massapequa Park residence.   Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney says that Heuermann was on the LISK task force radar since last year. Investigators also say Heuermann "continued to patronize sex workers." Joining Nancy Grace Today:  Bernarda Villalona - NY Criminal Defense Attorney & Former Prosecutor, Villalona Law, PLLC.: @BernardaVillalona (FaceBook, Instagram, LinkdIn, TikTok, Threads); Twitter: @VillalonaLaw   Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst (Beverly Hills, CA); Twitter: @DrBethanyLive  Chris McDonough - Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, & Host of YouTube channel, "The Interview Room" Toby Wolson - Forensic Consultant Specializing in DNA, Serology and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Dr. Michelle DuPre - Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department; Author: "Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide;" Forensic Consultant Kristin Thorne - Investigative Reporter for WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness News in New York, & Host of Hulu’s true-crime show “Missing;" @KristinThorne - on Facebook, Twitter, Insta, Threads, LinkedIn  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

House egging escalates into murder. Man claiming to be God causes a scene in a grocery store.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.