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Shots ran out as Charlie Kirk sat on stage at a Utah Valley University event. The conservative activist reportedly hit near his neck and killed. According to reports, the shot was fired from the roof of a campus building about 200 yards away. Social Video posts show Kirk in a familiar pose, speaking into a handheld microphone, sitting under a white tent emblazoned with the slogans “The American Comeback” and “Prove Me Wrong.” The single shot booms and Kirk reaches up with his right hand. Blood gush from underneath.

Now the accused shooter, Tyler Robinson’s defense team has called for the entire Utah County prosecutor’s office to be recused. The defense’s claims a potential conflict of interest as a lead prosecutor’s child was at the event where Kirk was assassinated. That, according to the defense, tainted the office’s decisions. A judge has ruled the teen's attendance “did not materially influence” prosecutors’ actions.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

• Franz Borghardt - Criminal Defense Attorney, Founder of Borghardt Law Firm, Former Prosecutor, and Adjust Professor at Louisiana State University Teaching Criminal Litigation; Instagram and Facebook: BorghardtLawFirm
• Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker: When to work on a relationship and when to walk away,” and featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
• Koa Lorimor - Former Army Sniper
• Chris McDonough - Director at the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective (worked over 300 homicides in 25-year career), Trained the First Native American Homicide Task Force; Host of YouTube Channel, "The Interview Room"
• Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X @JoScottForensic
• Victoria Churchill - U.S. Political Reporter for DailyMail.com; Instagram & Facebook: VictoriaSnitsarChurchill,
• Dan Murphy - Former NYPD Detective-Sergeant, Co-Host of "Gold Shields" Podcast, Author: “Workplace Safety: Establishing an Effective Violence Prevention Program"
• Sydney Sumner - 'Crime Stories'  Investigative Reporter
• Dave Mack -'Crime Stories'  Investigative Reporter

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Josh Duggar hires a new attorney as he tries for a fourth bid at freedom. Attorney Beau B. Brindley is arguing Duggar’s original trial was unfair. At an appeal hearing last month, Duggar appeared virtually, regarding an appeal that prosecutors argue was filed after the deadline. The court is deciding whether this appeal can proceed. The current motion alleges prosecutorial misconduct, misleading forensic evidence, and claims that evidence was withheld. His previous attempts to vacate the conviction, including appeals to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, have been denied.

The former reality television star was arrested by federal agents on child pornography charges, “knowingly received child pornography.”

He also “knowingly possessed child pornography” during the same months by using the Internet to “download child sexual abuse material.” Duggar entered a rehabilitation center in 2015 after he confessed to inappropriately touching his younger sisters when he was a teenager.

Duggar was also accused of creating a private, paid Ashley Madison account, a social site made for people wanting to cheat on their significant other. Attorneys for Duggar claim he was not responsible for the data on his computer, that he was hacked.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

• Sara G. West, M.D., Forensic Psychiatrist, Specializing in Sexually Deviant Behavior, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, forensicpsychiatryMD.com
• Glenn Bard - Retired Pennsylvania State Trooper First Class, Computer Crime Investigations, U.S. Veteran of Operation Desert Storm, PATCtech Digital Forensics patc tech dot com
• Jackie Howard - Crime Stories investigative reporter.

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Alex Murdaugh's murder conviction has been unanimously overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court. A new trial has been ordered for the disgraced attorney privously convicted for the murders of his wife and son. The ruling was based on jury tampering accusations against court clerk Becky Hill, of improperly influencing jurors, depriving Murdaugh of a fair trial. The court also noted that the original trial judge erred by allowing extensive testimony on Murdaugh's financial crimes.

The two consecutive life sentences against Murdaugh have been vacated. Prosecutors now intend to retry the murder case by January 2027. Murdaugh will remain in prison, as he is still serving roughly 67 years for numerous financial crimes and fraud, to which he plead guilty.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

• Amie Williams - juror in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial / Author of "The Long Road to Justice: Unraveling Alex Murdaugh's Tangled Web"
• John Mobley - Trial attorney, John Mobley Law Firm, https://johnmobley.com/
• Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Host of a new podcast "On The Couch with Dr. Bethany Marshall," Author: "Deal Breaker,” featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock, www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
• Dr. Michelle DuPre - forensic pathologist and former medical examiner, former detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Author: “Money, Mischief, and Murder: The Murdaugh Dynasty...the Rest of the Story," "Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Child Abuse Investigation Field Guide", rorensic consultant, DMichelleDupreMD.com
• Jennifer Wood - Journalist and Director of research at FITSNews.com, Twitter: @IndyJenn_,
• Dave Mack- Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'

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Moscow Mule Murder Mom, Kouri Richins, gets maximum penalty for poisoning her husband. Pennsylvania adoptive mother points the finger at her husband for inflicting blows that left 5-year-old Landon Maloberti with fatal brain bleeding, massive swelling, and bruises all over his body. Arizona stabbing victim's girlfriend forced to help killer clean crime scene. Sydney Silvagni reports.

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The number of government scientists either missing or mysteriously dead is now 16. The FBI and White House are reviewing the series of deaths and disappearances looking for connection between the individuals with ties to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Los Alamos National Laboratory, and defense-related fields. We have been able establish the fact that several victims vanished while hiking or walking, often leaving behind essential items like phone or ID.

Are these individual disappearances and deaths a strange coincidence or a wilds conspiracy theory?

Joining Nancy Grace today:

• Luis Elizondo - former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, former employee of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, former Director Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) and UFO whistleblower
• Franc Milburn - Former British Intelligence Officer, friend of Amy Eskridge
  Brian Fitzgibbons - Director of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security, website: www.uspasecurity.com, Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security
• 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)
• Lauren Conlin- Reporter, Los Angeles Magazine - Podcaster/Reporter/ Co-Host of "PopCrimeTV" on YouTube, Website: www.popcrime.tv and primetimecrimeshow.com, X- @Conlin_Lauren, Instagram: @LaurenEmilyConlin, YouTube: @PopCrimeTV
• Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'

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The South Carolina Supreme Court reverses Alex Murdaugh's double murder convictions on grounds that former Colleton County Clerk, Becky Hill, improperly influenced the jury toward a guilty verdict. Sydney Silvagni reports.

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Laken Snelling, a former University of Kentucky student athlete, 22, stands accused of killing her newborn in her off-campus room. She has pleaded not guilty to a first-degree manslaughter charge after the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office determined the infant was born alive and died of “asphyxia by undetermined means”. She previously told police she did not believe the baby was breathing.

Snelling has a pretrial hearing set for May 14, 2026, followed by a status hearing June 12. If convicted of first-degree manslaughter, she faces 10 to 20 years in prison.

Laken Snelling is arrested after her infant is found dead in a trash bag inside the closet. Authorities allege Snelling gave birth in secret, wrapped her baby in a towel, placed him in a trash bag, and left him in her closet.

According to an arrest report, Lexington police were called to a home on Park Avenue for an unresponsive infant on Wednesday. Police said they found a baby's body in a closet, wrapped in a towel inside a black trash bag.

Joining Nancy Grace today,

• Josh Kolsrud - Criminal Defense Attorney and Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Founder of Kolsrud Law Offices, kolsrudlawoffices.com, Facebook and YouTube @KohlsrudLawOffices
• Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker,” featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock, www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
• Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of NEW Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue”, Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
• Chris Byers - Private investigator and owner of Byers Investigative Services, Former Police Chief Johns Creek Georgia, 25 years Police Officer, website: byersinvestigative.com
• Germania Rodriguez - Chief US Reporter, DailyMail.com

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