Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

A college Halloween party in Illinois ends in tragedy when a mass shooting leaves a 19-year-old cheerleader dead and eight others wounded. In Oklahoma, a mother receives seven life sentences after her 11-year-old daughter gives birth to her stepfather's child in a home without running water. Finally, a missing Utah teenager is found safe in Oregon after more than 500 days, ending a nationwide search connected to online exploitation networks. Sydney Silvagni reports.
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Christa Pike remains on death row as her legal team fights for clemency while the state considers another execution attempt.
She has been moved into a high‑security pod, but her attorneys have filed an emergency motion requesting she be transferred to general population due to safety concerns. In her declaration, Pike alleges she has witnessed multiple assaults in her unit, is in “debilitating pain.
Pike’s received two doses of pentobarbital, but the drugs went into her arms instead of her veins. The execution doctor, Dr. Mark Fowler, admitted the misplaced IV and said the team should have stopped when she complained of severe arm pain.
Pike’s death sentence has not been overturned, and Tennessee has not yet scheduled a new execution.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
Mike Jaafar - Trial Attorney
Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, featured on the hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock and "The Valley, Persian Style" on Bravo. Host of "The Dr. Bethany Marshall Podcast"," Website: drbethanymarshall.com, Instagram FB & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter:@DrBethanyLive
Phil Keith - Former Chief of Police for Knoxville Police Dept.
Dr William Morrone - Medical Examiner, Toxicologist, Pathologist, opioid treatment expert, Author: “American Narcan”
Tori Gessner, Reporter WKRN, Witnessed Botched Execution
Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike files an emergency court declaration detailing squalid conditions and isolation following her botched lethal injection. Atlanta authorities arrest two women on murder charges after four-year-old Cobee Cooks is discovered beaten to death beneath a pile of laundry. A former West Point cadet faces a civil lawsuit after confessing in federal court to poisoning his pregnant classmate with abortion medication. Sydney Silvagni reports.
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There will be a retrial for Lindsay Clancy in the murder of her three children. What it will look like isn't yet known. Another hearing is set for November 16, 2026. In court today, attorney Kevin Reddington took the offensive, lasting out at the holdout juror, calling him by name. Judge William Sullivan interjected to stop Reddington, who declared the judge would not stop him. In raised voices, the two spoke over each other as Reddington pushed back.
Reddington also wants clarity on charges before proceeding and has urged the trial to be held under Judge Sullivan before his retirement. He also seeks to dismiss the case on double jeopardy grounds. The court is also addressing a gag order request and other procedural motions
Joining Nancy Grace today:
Randy Kessler - Trial Lawyer, Emory Law School Professor, Past Chair ABA Family Law Section, Author: "Divorce, Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future", www.KSFamilyLaw.com, Instagram: @rkessler23, Twitter: @GADivorce
Dr. Janie Lacy - Licensed Psychotherapist and CEO of Life Counseling Solutions, Author of "How To Heal From A Toxic Relationship: A Guide To Reclaiming Your Mental Health and Happiness", Host of "Let's Talk About It with Janie Lacy” Podcast on YouTube, janielacy.com, Instagram & Facebook: @JanieLacy
Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue”, Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
Robbie Harvey - Journalist, Host of 'The Robbie Harvey' show on Youtube.Website: THEROBBIEHARVEY.COM FB/Insta/TikTock: @TheRobbieHarvey, Robbie@TheRobbieHarvey.com
Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
Lauren Conlin - Reporter, Los Angeles Magazine , Podcaster/Reporter/Host- Co-Host of "PopCrimeTV" on YouTube, Website: www.popcrime.tv and primetimecrimeshow.com, X- @Conlin_Lauren, Instagram: @LaurenEmilyConlin, YouTube: @PopCrimeTV
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An Arizona woman narrowly survives after her fiancé allegedly stabs her in the neck and claims to be a divine prophet just weeks before their wedding. In Florida, a mother and family photographer faces felony child neglect charges after allegedly leaving her four young children unattended to take a work trip to Las Vegas amid a contentious divorce. A historic DNA breakthrough in Utah officially closes the fifty-two-year-old murder of a former police chief's teenage daughter, definitively tying the cold case to notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. Sydney Silvagni reports.
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