The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

In 2014, Dan Markel, a law professor at Florida State University, was found shot and killed at his home. The murder in broad daylight concerned and confused the Tallahassee community. Dan's recent divorce and custody battle of his children would become a prime focus of the investigation. Years later, two shocking developments unfolded: the arrests of Dan's brother-in-law, Charlie Adelson, and his mother-in-law, Donna Adelson. FOX News Contributor and Criminal Defense Attorney Joshua Ritter lays out the many twists and turns in the shocking and tragic case, and provides an in-depth look into the trial of Donna Adelson. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19-year-old Damien Hurstel was arrested and charged with the murder of his mother's boyfriend, 45-year-old Anthony Casalaspro. Police arrived at the scene to find the victim stabbed and beheaded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A convicted murderer who was part of a 10-person jailbreak in New Orleans in May has finally been caught. He was found hiding in a crawl space underneath a home in Atlanta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disgraced media mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison last week, though he'll receive credit toward his sentence for the time he served in jail before and during the trial. Combs was convicted in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. FOX News Contributor and Criminal Defense Attorney Donna Rotunno provides her legal analysis on the sentencing and looks ahead at what's next for Combs. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A 33-year-old Connecticut woman is being accused of poisoning iced tea and wine belonging to her estranged husband with an antifreeze ingredient, after he was hospitalized for renal failure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing each year. While some are found alive, others, tragically, are not. In Detroit, Michigan, alone, there are hundreds of unidentified victims of crime buried in unmarked graves. Two women took it upon themselves to unearth these mysteries and identify victims through Operation UNITED. Retired FBI Special Agent Katherine Schweit discusses the incredible investigative work of Sgt. Shannon Jones and FBI Special Agent Leslie Larsen share how they're bringing closure to families in her new book, Women Who Talk to the Dead. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, avoiding a life sentence from his more severe charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investigators say they've identified a woman who was found dead 43 years ago in Illinois using advanced DNA and genealogy work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Netflix documentary, Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, has exposed the ease with which people can anonymously target, harass, and threaten individuals online. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an important time to understand the ways in which seemingly common technology can be weaponized against us. Head of Faculty at SANS Institute, Heather Barnhart, provides her expertise on digital forensics and later details her own experience with digital harassment as well. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DNA evidence has helped police create a timeline for the long-unsolved 1991 murders of four teenage girls who were found dead at a yogurt store in Austin, Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WARNING: This episode features sensitive topics involving children. Listener discretion is advised. In 1993, 10-year-old George Burdynski Jr. went missing from his Maryland home. While his case remains unsolved, the investigation into his disappearance led the FBI to uncover the dark and disturbing ways in which child predators interact with one another and with children online. This discovery led to the bureau's Innocent Images National Initiative. Retired FBI Agent Stacey Perkins discusses her involvement with the creation of this initiative, as well as her work taking down a kingpin behind an international child pornography website. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Assata Shakur, a fugitive and member of the Black Liberation Army, died at the age of 78. She was given political asylum in Cuba in 1979 after escaping prison for killing a New Jersey police officer six years prior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The U.S. Marshals announced that Travis Decker, the 32-year-old man accused of killing his three daughters in June, is deceased. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The suspect in the Gilgo Beach murders on Long Island, Rex Heuerman, was back in court this week, where the presiding Judge Tim Mazzei denied the defense’s motion to break up the seven murder charges into separate trials. In another bombshell ruling, Judge Mazzei allowed the use of advanced DNA evidence, a technique never before used in a New York courtroom.  Former NYPD Detective and FOX News Contributor Paul Mauro discusses the latest developments in the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Gilgo Beach judge has ruled for a single trial for Rex Heuermann, the man arrested in 2023 for the alleged murders of seven women over the span of almost 20 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices