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Hi listeners, it's Vanessa Richardson. Real quick, before today's episode, I want to tell you about another show from Crime House that I know you'll love. America's Most Infamous Crimes. Hosted by Katie Ring. Each week Katie takes on one of the most notorious criminal cases in American history. Serial killers who terrorized cities, unsolved mysteries that keep detectives up at night, and investigations that change the way we think about justice. Listen to and follow America's Most Infamous crimes Tuesday through Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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This is Crime House.
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Good morning everyone. We have multiple breaking true crime cases this morning that you need to know about. And we're starting with the biggest one. Musician David has officially been charged with first degree murder with special circumstances after 14 year old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's remains were found in the trunk of his Tesla. And now the death penalty might be on the table. This is crime house 24. 7, your non stop source for the biggest crime cases developing right now. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Vanessa Richardson and we have quite a lineup for you today. Here's what you need to know. Lately I've been trying to take the stress out of getting dressed. Just focusing on pieces that feel easy, comfortable and still put together without a lot of effort. That's really what's been pulling me toward quints. Their stuff just fits that effortless everyday vibe. I love their fabrics, linens, cottons, cashmere. 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David Anthony Burke, the 21 year old singer known as David has been charged with first degree murder with special circumstances in what D A Nathan Hockman called the brutal and horrific killing of 14 year old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Standing alongside LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell at a morning press conference, Hockman laid out charges that carry the most severe penalties. His office can seek life in PR without parole or the death penalty. Hawman said the decision on whether to pursue the death penalty will be made at a later time. The special circumstances are staggering in scope. Prosecutors allege Burke of lying in wait before killing Celeste, that he murdered her for financial gain and that he killed her to silence a witness. According to Hawman, the financial motive was tied to Burke's desire to protect a lucrative music career that Celeste was allegedly threatening. On top of the murder charge, Burke also faces a charge for mutilation, mutilating human remains and account of lewd and lascivious sex acts with a person under the age of 14. During the press conference, Chief McDonnell confirmed that investigators learned Celeste had been involved in a sexual relationship with Burke while she was a minor and he was an adult. Burke was arrested on April 16 at a home in the Hollywood Hills. He's been held without bail ever since. His defense team maintains his innocence. In a statement released after his arrest, attorneys Blair Burke, Marilyn Bednarski and Regina Pet said the actual evidence would show Burke did not murder Celeste and was not the cause of her death. But the evidence prosecutors have assembled tells a very different story, and it begins seven months ago on September 8, 2025, workers at a Hollywood tow yard reported a foul odor coming from a Tesla Model Y that had been impounded days earlier. The car had been sitting on a street in the Hollywood Hills, seemingly abandoned for more than a month before it was cited for a 72 hour parking violation and tow. When officers opened the front trunk, they found heavily decomposed human remains inside two bags. Her head and torso were in one bag. Her arms and legs were in the other. The vehicle was registered to Burke at a Texas address tied to his family. The remains were identified on September 16 as those of Celeste. And not only that, but this was a day after what would have been Celeste's 15th birthday. Celeste was a young girl from Lake elsinore, California, about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Born to parents who immigrated from El Salvador, she'd been reported missing three times in the final year of her life. According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office, she last ran away in April 2024 and last contacted her family in May 2024. She was just 13 at the time, and surveillance footage later revealed she was alive as recently as January 2025. The connection between Celeste and Burke was not hidden, her mother said. Her daughter had a boyfriend named David told reporters she went missing after Burke picked her up in his Tesla. Sources say she'd been living in a rental property with Burke and met him through the Internet. The two reportedly had matching tattoos and Celeste was a member of Burke's official Discord server as early as 2022. CNN reported that the two appeared together in a January 2024 Twitch live stream, joking and talking in the early morning hours before Burke, laughing, said, delete everything. When the remains were discovered, Burke was on his Withered World tour. He performed at the Filmore in Minneapolis on September 9, the day after the body was found. His tour was suspended on September 19th. Interscope records cut ties with Burke and major brand deals were severed. Initially, a representative said he was cooperating with authorities. By November, an LAPD source told NBC4 Investigates that Burke was no longer cooperating. In November 2025, the Lo Angeles Times confirmed an investigative grand jury had been convened to hear evidence. Then came the arrest on April 16 and on April 20, the charges Hawkman said he's met with Celeste's family. He described their grief as incalculable. The family's attorney, Patrick Steinfeld, said they're committed to ensuring Celeste's voice is heard and her memory honored throughout this process. Now staying in the courtroom but heading to the East Coast, a New Jersey judge is weighing whether his own behavior during a trial warrants giving a convicted killer a second chance. On April 20th, a Monmouth County, New Jersey courtroom became the stage for an unusual legal confrontation. 59 year old Paul Canero, a man convicted of quadruple murder, is fighting for a new trial after his attorneys claim that the judge's own conduct during the trial trial helped lead to the guilty verdict. Canaro was convicted of four counts of first degree murder and aggravated arson in the deaths of his brother, 50 year old Keith Canaro, Keith's wife, 45 year old Jennifer Canaro and their two children, 11 year old Jesse and 8 year old Sophia. What happened inside the Family's Colts Neck, NJ home on November 20, 2018 remains one of the most horrific family killings in the state's history. Keith Canaro stepped outside that night at around 3am 18am to check on a power outage and a failed generator, but he never made it back inside. He was shot five times at point blank range four of those shots striking him in the head. Inside the home, Jennifer was shot in the head and stabbed in the torso. Both children, Jesse and Sophia, were stabbed multiple times. Prosecutors said 8 year old Sophia survived her stab wounds long enough to experience breathing difficulty and the onset of high degree stress before she died from a combination of sharp force injuries and smoke inhalation. A slow burning fire had been set in a basement storage closet and the children were left to die as the home filled with smoke. The murder weapon, a silver chef's knife from the family's own kitchen, was recovered in a pile of debris near where Jennifer's body was found. After the killings, prosecutors said, Paul Canero drove back to his own home in nearby Ocean Township and set it on fire with his wife and two adult daughters still in inside. Thankfully, they escaped uninjured. Investigators said the fire was meant to destroy evidence and create the appearance that the entire family had been targeted by an outside threat. The alleged motive was money. Paul had been the trustee of an account tied to a $3 million life insurance policy on Keith. Bank records show he had drained tens of thousands of dollars from the trust account and diverted money from his niece and nephew's college funds into accounts for his own children. Just three days murders Keith told family that he planned to cut off Paul's $225,000 annual salary from their shared business, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the children's maternal grandfather. Jennifer had told her family months earlier that she and Keith had discovered Paul was stealing their money. The case took more than seven years to reach trial, in part due to defense challenges over DNA analysis methods. When the conviction finally came, it seemed like the end of a long road. But on April Twentiet, Paul Canero was back in court with his attorneys, arguing he deserves a new trial. The defense claimed that Judge Mark Lemieux's visible frustration with them during the trial had influenced the jury. But Lemieux pushed back hard, pointing out that every incident the defense cited either happened outside the jury's presence or at a sidebar. He asked the defense to walk him through how something the jury never saw could have affected their verdict. Defense attorney Andy Murray argued the judge's annoyance would have been obvious to anyone in the court courtroom. But Lemieux was direct. He told Murray he was speculating and that there was no documented proof the jury was impacted in any way. Prosecutor Christopher Decker put it even more bluntly, telling the court they would have to have been in two different courtrooms for there to have been a manifest injustice Lemieux took the matter under consideration and said he would issue a written ruling, though no time frame was given. For now, Canero faces life in prison and his sentencing is scheduled for May 12th. Now we go to another courtroom in New Jersey where a 35 year old murder is finally being addressed.
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What they did to your family.
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You're lucky to make it out alive.
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Streaming on Peacock these men are going
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to come after me.
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Taking them out is my only chance. Put a bullet in her head from the co creator of Ozark. Looks like a family was running drugs Execution style killing. It's where for the keys. Any leads on who they might have been running for? The cartel killed my family. I'm gonna kill them.
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All of them.
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MIA streaming now only on Peacock on April 20, a cold case we've been closely following has reached a new chapter. 54 year old Robert William McCaffrey Jr. Stood before a judge in Newton, New Jersey and pleaded guilty to the 1990 murder of 27 year old Lisa Marie McBride. For 35 years, her killing went unsolved. Today, the man investigators believe is responsible was in a courtroom for the first time. McAffrey appeared in an orange jumpsuit, handcuffed at the wrists and chained at the waist, largely expressionless throughout the proceedings, which lasted just under five minutes, his attorney entered a plea of not guilty to all counts murder, burglary and kidnapping. In the summer of 1990, Lisa Marie McBride was living in the Highland Lakes neighborhood of Vernon township, New Jersey and working at a local bank. She went out for a night in New York City and after that she was never seen alive again. Her remains were discovered near the Pennsylvania border around June 23, 1990. Investigators now allege McCaffrey, who lived near McBride and was 20 years old at the time, broke into her home, kidnapped her and killed her. Records show he'd been dishonorably discharged from the U. S. Navy just a year earlier for impulse control issues and had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. During his service, McCaffrey did not disappear into a quiet life after 1990 In 2012, his wife, 36 year old Marjorie Gail McCaffrey, vanished from their home in Charleston, South Carolina. She was never found. McCaffrey was named the primary suspect, was convicted of obstruction of justice in 2019 and served time in prison before being released in May 2023. It was that case that ultimately cracked this one open. DNA collected from McCaffrey during his 2014 arrest in the Gail McCaffrey investigation was entered into an FBI database in February 2026. Investigators used updated technology to re examine evidence from McBride's bedroom and develop DNA profile from an item found on her bed. It came back as a match to McCaffrey. On top of that, court documents reveal a known associate told detectives in 2019 that McCaffrey had confessed to killing McBride around 1995 and said he had tried to return to her home after the killing to retrieve something he believed could link him to the crime. On April 10, a multi state task force apprehended McAffrey at his home in Manio, North Carolina and he was extradited over the weekend. A detention hearing is set for April 27th and a pre indictment conference is tentatively scheduled for May 18th. The investigation into McBride's murder and the separate disappearance of Gail McCaffrey both remain active and Gail's body has never been found. Now from New Jersey, we head to an Oklahoma high school where a principal who took a bullet tackling a gunman in his school's lobby just got the ultimate thank you from his students. On April 18, the students of Paul's Valley High School in Oklahoma found a way to honor the man who saved their lives. 60 year old Kirk Moore, the school's principal who's been an educator for 35 years, was crowned prom king just 11 days earlier on April 7. What started as an ordinary school day turned dangerous when a former student walked into the school's lobby armed with two semiautomatic handguns. Investigators identified the suspect as 20 year old Victor Lee Hawkins. Police say Hawkins fired several shots inside the building and pointed a weapon at students before Moore charged at him. The principal tackled Hawkins and helped subdue him, but not before taking a bullet to the leg in the process. Luckily, no students were injured. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesman Hunter McKee was clear about what Moore's actions meant that day. He said the staff and the principal stepping in as soon as they saw a subject with a firearm saved lives. Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt echoed that sentiment, writing on Facebook that Moore acted bravely to protect his students. The surveillance footage capturing the moment Moore rushed the gunman has since gone viral, with officials saying his quick response likely prevented a mass casualty event. Moore was hospitalized after the shooting, but has since recovered. And on prom night, his students made sure he knew exactly what he meant to them. Video from the ceremony shows the crowd erupting, drifting in cheers as the announcer revealed Moore had been named the 2026 Prom King. Moore beamed as he walked through the crowd of excited high schoolers, high fiving them as a crown was placed on his head. Hawkins faces five felony charges, two counts of pointing a firearm, one count of shooting with intent to kill, and two counts of unlawfully carrying a firearm. Court documents reveal he told investigators he wanted to carry out a Columbine style attack and that he went to the school specifically to more because he, quote, did not like him. Ironically, the man he came to kill is the same man who ran toward gunfire, tackled him face to face and held him down until help arrived and days later, his students gave him a crown. Hi listeners, it's Vanessa Richardson. I wanted to take a brief moment to tell you about another show from Crime House that I know you'll love. Love America's Most Infamous Crimes. Hosted by Katie Ring. Each week Katie takes on a notorious crime, whether unfolding now or etched into American history, revealing not just what happened, but how it forever changed our society. Serial killers who terrorized cities, unsolved mysteries that keep detectives up at night, and investigations that change the way we think about justice. Each case unfolds across multiple episodes released every Tuesday through Thursday. From the first sign that something was wrong to the moment the truth came out or didn't. These are the stories behind the headlines. Listen to and follow America's Most Infamous Crimes Tuesday through Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Okay, before I let you go, you know we can't end without giving you a little something extra. Over on America's Most Infamous Crimes. Today, Katie's kicking off a three part deep dive into the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson. Before the trial that divided a nation, Nicole grew up in Southern California with dreams of modeling, a close knit family and a future full of possibility. Until a chance encounter with football legend O.J. simpson at a Beverly Hills restaurant changed everything. What started as a whirlwind romance slowly became something far darker. A decade and a half of control, infidelity and abuse that Nicole documented in her own words. From the night police arrived at Rockingham to Nicole finally walking away in 1992, this is the story the trial never fully told we grabbed a clip from today's episode. Take a listen, and if you like what you hear, don't forget to follow America's most infamous crimes.
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When we talk about Nicole Brown's death, it's usually framed in the context of a man accused of killing her. After all, everyone calls it the O.J. trial. And over the next few episodes, I'll get into that. But first, I want to tell you about the woman at the center of it all and what was taken from her. Nicole spent the first few years of her life in Europe. Her dad, Lou, was stationed in West Germany with the U.S. air Force in the 1950s. And when he fell in love with a woman named Judy, he decided to stay. So Lou left the Air Force and got a job working for a newspaper. He married Judy and they had two daughters, Denise in 1957 and Nicole in 1959. The two of them weren't just sisters, they were best friends. Denise and Nicole were always looking out for each other, which was a good thing, because when they were still both toddlers, their lives changed in in a big way. Sometime in the early 1960s, Lou decided to move the family back to the States. The Browns settled in Long Beach, California, about 30 miles south of LA. Lou made a lot of money working in real estate and insurance, and they need every penny because the Brown family was about to keep growing. Lou and Judy had two more daughters, Dominique in 1964 and Tanya in 1970. Life was good, and Lou's job was even better. Better. By the mid-70s, the Browns upgraded to a nicer gated community in SoCal. By this point, Nicole and Denise were in high school and they were really starting to come into their own. Denise was homecoming queen one year and Nicole was homecoming Princess the next. But Nicole was a lot more than a pretty face. She was the kind of person everyone wanted to be friends with. And she realized that her looks and her personality could take her far in life. She thought she had what it took to become a model. So after graduating high school In May of 1977, she moved to LA to make that dream a reality. Nicole spent the next couple of months crashing at a friend's apartment. Along with her budding modeling career, she worked as a hostess at the Daisy, a trendy restaurant and nightclub in Beverly Hills. To her, it was just a job to pay the bills. But that job was about to change her life forever. One day In June of 1977, 18 year old Nicole was working the morning shift when one of the most famous people on the planet walked in O.J. simpson. At the time, O.J. was a few weeks shy of turning 30, and he was already a football legend. To say he was a big deal would be an understatement. OJ first burst onto the scene as a college player at the University of Southern California. After winning the Heisman trophy, he went first overall in the 1969 NFL Draft. When Nicole met him eight years later, O.J. was the star running back for the Buffalo Bills, where he'd been so successful that he was practically a shoo in for the hall of Fame. But he was also making history off of the field as a spokesman for Hurts Rental Cars. OJ had become the first black man ever hired for a major national television advertising campaign. OJ Was everywhere, and everybody knew him, or at least. At least almost everyone. Because when OJ Walked into the Daisy, Nicole had no idea who he was. She just did her job, sat him and his friends at a table, and went back to work. But once she was back in the kitchen, her boss came sprinting over and filled her in. That was O.J. simpson, the Juice. Even for a restaurant in the middle of Beverly Hills, this was a huge deal. After that, Nicole looked back at OJ and he smiled at her.
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Years later, Nicole would talk about getting butterflies on the spot. OJ Asked Nicole out pretty much immediately, and she was definitely interested. There was just one catch, though. He was still married to his high school sweetheart, Marguerite. Now, according to O.J. the marriage was already over. He and Marguerite were done with each other, although legally, that wasn't really the case. They had been separated, but they weren't divorced yet. Yet still, Nicole gave O.J. the benefit of the doubt and agreed to go on a date with him. And she quickly fell head over heels for him. O.J. was older, sophisticated, charming, and insanely famous. He opened up a whole new world for Nicole, the one she'd been dreaming of for years. But this new world was OJ's and she had to play by his rules. And there were a lot of them. Just a few months into dating, OJ moved Nicole into his house. House, which was fine, since he was mostly based in la. But Nicole wouldn't get a lot of time to enjoy it because OJ Also made her travel with him to all of his games. Nicole went along with it, even though that meant putting her modeling career on pause. After all, she had O.J. to take care of her, and there was still plenty of time to start up again if she wanted. But once she agreed, the real rules started. Allegedly, OJ Insisted on signing off on anything Nicole wanted to buy guy, and if he didn't like Nicole's outfit, anytime they went out, she had to change. Period. End of story. It was hard to argue when OJ Was paying for everything in her life, but it wouldn't be long before more red flags started popping up and they were impossible for Nicole to ignore. In early 1978, about eight months into the relationship, OJ invited Nicole and her sisters to watch him play in Buffalo. At some point during the game, he looked up into the private box he'd gotten them and saw Nicole kissing one of her guy friends on the cheek. And OJ did not like that. After the game, he screamed at Nicole about how she'd embarrassed him. She spent the rest of the night crying in the bathroom, and things only got worse after that. According to Nicole's diary, she found another woman's earrings in her bed just a few months later her and that was something she was not going to let go of. So she confronted OJ and accused him of cheating on her, throwing her against the wall hard enough to leave bruises. This may have been one of the earliest, if not the first instance of physical abuse in their relationship. And tragically, it was far from the last.
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That's Katie Ring, host of America's Most Infamous Crimes. And that's just a taste. Part one on the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson is out right now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Just search America's most infamous Crimes and make sure you follow so you don't miss part two and part three. You've been listening to Crime House 24 7, bringing you breaking crime news. I'm Vanessa Richardson. We'll be back tomorrow morning with more developing stories. Stay safe and thank you. Thanks for listening.
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I'm Katie Ring, host of America's Most Infamous Crimes. Each week I take on one of the most notorious criminal cases in American history. Listen to and follow America's Most infamous Crimes. Available now wherever you get your podcasts.
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Thanks for listening to today's episode. Not sure what to listen to next. Check out America's Most Infamous Crimes, hosted by Katie Ring. From serial killers to unsolved mysteries and game changing investigations, each week Katie takes on a notorious criminal case in American history. Listen to and follow America's Most infamous Crimes now. Wherever you listen to podcasts.