It started as a hookup on a dating app, but turned into a twisted tale of kidnapping, rape, murder and 'suicide by cop.' Heidi Carter invites a woman and her boyfriend to a home she was sharing for an afternoon of sex and drug. When Carter's boyfriend, Carey Hammond shows up unannounced, he's angry. Hammond holds the couple at gunpoint, then beats the pair with a baseball and rapes the woman repeatedly. The beaten man is ultimately strangled. The bloody scene is uncovered when Carter calls a friend to help her clean and she finds the dead body. Joining Nancy Grace today:Matthew Mangino - Attorney, Former District Attorney (Lawrence County), Author: "The Executioner's Toll: The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words and Executions of 46 Persons in the United States"Dr. Jorey Krawczyn [KRAW-ZIN] - Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. - Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide”, bw-institute.comDr. 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 ConferenceSheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Twitter: @ColdCaseTipsValerie Lyons - Reporter, 44News (Evansville),Twitter: @VLyonsTV

A man sitting in a parking lot is gunned down for no apparent reason. Frustrated with her mother, a woman throws the most convenient thing she can find at her mother's head.

A Colorado judge in Chaffee County releases nearly 500 hundred pages of court documents in the case against Barry Morphew. He's facing first-degree murder charges for the death of his wife, Suzanne, who has been missing since May 2020. The newly-released documents contain a list of over 500 possible witnesses, including Barry and Suzanne Morphew’s two daughters, as well as her lover, Jeff Libler. Court documents indicate that at least 10 of Suzanne Morphew’s friends and loved ones have filed a restraining order against Barry Morphew. Joining Nancy Grace today:Matthew Mangino - Attorney, Former District Attorney (Lawrence County), Author: "The Executioner's Toll: The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words and Executions of 46 Persons in the United States" Dr. Jorey Krawczyn - Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. - Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide”, bw-institute.comSheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Twitter: @ColdCaseTipsLauren Scharf - Reporter, FOX 21 News, @LaurenScharfTV, laurenscharf.com

A 12-year-old is murdered after getting in an argument. A woman gets mad and throws a chicken in a Walmart.

Natalie Wood's younger sister has been on a 40- year journey to find out what really happened the night the Hollywood star drowned. The 43-year-old actress was found in the waters off Catalina Island. She had been sailing aboard the 'Spendour' with her husband Robert Wagner, and friend Christopher Walken. Originally, the coroner ruled her death an accidental drowning, but since then, the autopsy has been revised, and her death labeled, suspicious. Robert Wagner is considered a suspect in Wood's death. In her new book, "Little Sister: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood," Lana Wood lays out her beliefs of what happened that night, based on the new autopsy finding, new witness statements, and more. Joining Nancy Grace Today:Lana Wood - Actress and Producer, Author: "Little Sister: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood" harpercollins.com, Instagram/Twitter: @DeyStreetDr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA www.angelaarnoldmd.com, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial HospitalSheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Twitter: @ColdCaseTipsDr. Michelle Dupre - Forensic Pathologist and former Medical Examiner, Author: “Homicide Investigation Field Guide” & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide", Former Police Detective Lexington County Sheriff’s DepartmentAlexis Tereszcuk - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, Lead Stories dot Com, Twitter: @swimmie2009

A jealous ex-boyfriend wants revenge. Two men, mad about an affair, take matters into their own hands.

Brittany Phillips, 18, attends Florida's Eckerd College on a full chemistry scholarship her freshman year, but the homesick college student, returns to Tulsa to continue her education. Within a week, the 18-year-old is dead. Phillips was found raped and strangled inside her locked apartment. There are no suspects. Joining Nancy Grace today:Dr. Maggie Zingman - Victim's Mother, Trauma Psychologist, BrittanyPhillipsMurder.net, Facebook.com/Mom.Missing.Brittany John W. Dill, Esquire - Personal Injury Lawyer, Author: "The Method: Proven Techniques for Winning Jury Trials", www.JohnWDill.com, Twitter/IG @JohnWDillESQ,Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, www.drbethanymarshall.com, Netflix show: 'Bling Empire'Sheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.orgDr. Kendall Crowns – Affiliated Faculty: University of Texas Medical BranchShera LaPoint - Genetic Genealogist, Author: "The Gene Hunter", Founder: TheGeneHunter.com, Twitter: @LapointSheraNicole Partin - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Twitter: @nicolepartin 

Chris Watts’ wife and daughters were missing for three days before their bodies were found on the dad's former jobsite at Anadarko. Shanann Watts was buried in a shallow grave. The girls were stuffed through hatches into oil tanks. During the days before the bodies were discovered, Watts played the grieving dad, giving interviews, begging for information on his missing family. What no one knows is Chris Watts is having an affair, and no longer wants to be part of a family unit. Murder was his way out. Ultimately, he tells police where he deposited their bodies. Today on Body Bags, former death scene investigator and forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan walks us through what investigators would have found at Anadarko.

A 22-year-old is killed by a stalker. A woman, trying to steal multiple cars, ends up ramming into several cars, including police cruisers.

Tara Calico, 19, left her Belen, New Mexico, home around 9:30 a.m. She was off for a 34-mile round trip bike ride, on a route she frequently took. Calico was never heard from again, but a picture surfaces of a woman in a van, bound and gagged. Is it Tara Calico? Joining Nancy Grace Today:Bob Buehner - Former Montour County District Attorney, Past President of the PA District Attorneys AssociationDr. Jorey Krawczyn - Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. - Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide” bw-institute.comDr. 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 ConferenceSheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.orgMelinda Esquibel - Filmmaker, Podcaster, taracalico.com, Producer and Host: "VANISHED", melindaesquibel.com TIPLINE: Valencia County Sheriff’s Office (505) 866-2400 or The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 1-800-THE-LOST  1-800-843-5678 

A drunk driver kills a mother and injures several others. A woman pulls a gun on 7-year-old trick-or-treater.

A killer's callous confession is caught on wiretap.

It's been fifteen years since Judy Conley said good night to her son, then woke up to the news that he'd been murdered in his bed. Curtis Francis was gunned down alongside his fiancé, Jennifer Burgette. No suspect has been named in the case, but there's lots of speculation in this rural Ohio community. The discovery of a well at the home where Francis was last seen, uncovered two weapons. Those weapons were lost when the fire department, working with police to recover the guns, blew out the bottom of the well. Investigative Reporter Jody Barr found a statement in another murder case, where the suspect offered information in exchange for a deal in his case. That information has not come into play in solving the Hopper Road murders. Joining Nancy Grace Today:Judy Conley - Curtis Francis' MotherAngela Montgomery - Cousin of Curtis Francis, justiceforcurtandjenny@yahoo.com, Facebook: "Justice For Curtis Francis and Jennifer Burgette"Troy Slaten - Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, Slaten Lawyers, APC, Twitter @TroySlatenDr. Jorey Krawczyn - Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. - Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide,” bw-institute.comJoe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Featured on "The Piketon Massacre: Return to Pike County" on iHeartRadioJody Barr - Chief Investigator, FOX 46 Charlotte, NC, former investigative reporter FOX 19 Cincinnati, OH, Facebook: "Jody Barr KXAN", Twitter: @JodyBarr

Man dies after a fight over a parking place. Woman pretends to be homeowner to change locks on a residence.

When state troopers arrive at Lauret Savoy’s home, just after midnight, they find the acclaimed author lying in a pool of blood. She had been severely beaten. By Savoy’s side is her friend of 14 years and colleague at Mount Holyoke College, art professor Rie Hachiyanagi. It was Hachiyanagi who called 911.  Savoy tells the police she can't offer any information on the person who attacked her. The professor is rushed to a local hospital with severe blunt force trauma. She has multiple broken bones and fractures in her face, numerous cuts, and puncture wounds and there was evidence that the assailant had tried to gouge out the Savoy's eyes. At the hospital,   Lauret Savoy tells police, she lied, out of fear. Her attacker was her long time friend, Rie Hachiyanagi. Joining Nancy Grace Today:Wendy Patrick - California prosecutor, author “Red Flags,” www.wendypatrickphd.com, 'Today with Dr. Wendy' on KCBQ in San Diego, Twitter: @WendyPatrickPHDDr. Bethany Marshall - California Psychoanalyst, www.drbethanymarshall.com, Netflix show: 'Bling Empire'Dr. Kendall Crowns – Chief Medical Examiner, Tarrant County, Texas, Lecturer: The University of Texas and Texas A&M, Affiliated Faculty: University of Texas Medical BranchLisa M. Dadio - Former New Haven Police Lieutenant, University of New Haven Senior Lecturer, Director University of New Haven Forensic Science Department "Center for Advanced Policing"Domenic Poli - News Reporter, The Greenfield Recorder (Greenfield, Mass.), www.recorder.com, Facebook: "TheRecorderNewspaper," Twitter: @TheRecorderNews

Doctors at a Texas hospital can't figure out why recovering heart patients keep dying. A pizza box is all the cops need to bust a thief.

Heidi Planck is last seen leaving her son's football game at halftime. When she doesn't pick up her son at school on her scheduled day, family and friends realize something is wrong. Her dog is found 12 miles away from her home in a residential high rise, roaming the halls, but there's no sight of the 38-year-old. Joining Nancy Grace Today:Jim Wayne - Victim's Ex-HusbandDanielle Nadolny - Victim's FriendDarryl Cohen - Former Assistant District Attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, Defense Attorney, Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen, LLC, www.ccealaw.comDr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, www.drbethanymarshall.com, New Netflix show: 'Bling Empire' (Beverly Hills)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 DepartmentAlexis Tereszcuk - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, LeadStories.com, Twitter: @swimmie2009

A man shoots his neighbor over a questionable cat. A man breaks into a Chinese restaurant, and you won't believe what he got caught stealing.

Security video shows a 2-year old boy being physically restrained by his nanny and force-fed. The little boy can be heard saying 'NO" as well as crying and screaming for his daddy. Parent Max and Laura Oglesby turned in their home security feed to the horrifying situation. The couple, working about 45 minutes away, immediately headed home, calling the boy's grandmother to go get him immediately. When the Oglesby couple checked more of their footage they found the ordeal lasted more than two hours. Nanny Lauren Rowe can be seen holding 2-year-old Declan's arms behind his back as she jams pot pie into his mouth. She then holds the boy's mouth shut. Rowe was arrested for misdemeanor child abuse, then released on $2,500 bond on Wednesday Joining Nancy Grace Today:Laura Oglesby - Victim's MotherTom Patire - America’s Leading Personal Safety Expert, Author: "The Personal Protection Handbook, www.TomPatire.com, Instagram: @OfficialTomPatireDoug Burns - Former Federal Prosecutor, LinkedIn: "Douglas T. Burns, Esq."Dr. Teresa Gil, Ph.D. - Professor of Psychology, Psychotherapist, 25 years Working with Child Abuse & Trauma Victims, TeresaGilPHD.com, Author: "Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children: Mothering, Resilience, and Protecting the Next Generation"Dr. Free N. Hess - Pediatrician/Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Child Safety Expert & Consultant, Founder of www.PediMom.comChris Byers - Former Police Chief Johns Creek Georgia, 25 years as Police Officer, now Private Investigator and Polygraph Examiner, www.chrisbyersinvestigationsandpolygraph.com Levi Page - Crime Online Investigative Reporter, Host, "Crime and Scandal" True Crime Podcast, YouTube.com/LeviPageTV 

John “Jack” Enders and his longtime companion Frenchie Pitoy are found murdered in their Surf City home. The couple has been stabbed, beaten, and shot in the face. A Winnebago is caught on video at the couple's million-dollar home, which has been put on the market. Police find the vehicle registered to a family member: Enders' daughter, Sherry Heffernan. Joining Nancy Grace Today:Jason Campo - Chief Prosecutor, 107th District Court (Cameron County, Texas), 5 years in District Attorney's Office Family Violence Unit, Domestic Violence Task ForceDr. Alan Blotcky Ph.D. - Clinical and Forensic Psychologist (Birmingham, AL) specializing in Criminal, Child Custody and Abuse Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan" Jacquelyn Gray - Crime Online Investigative Reporter

The murder of a Jacksonville police officer sets Karen on the hunt for a killer.

Grandson arrest for murdering grandfather and great-grandmother. Man breaks into a car to visit his imaginary girlfriend.

For more than ten years, the family of Ellen Greenberg has been looking for answers and justice. The 27-year-old first grade teacher and bride-to-be was found stabbed behind the locked door of her apartment. In fact, she was stabbed 20 times, including wounds to her back. The original finding by the medical examiner determined homicide. So, why does the final ruling say Ellen Greenberg committed suicide?  Follow this case on Facebook at 'Justice for Ellen."

An American Airlines executive was shot to death last year as he walked with his wife and their dog. Jennifer Faith told police that they were just outside their home when a masked man approached from behind, aimed at her husband’s head, and fired several times. Then, she said, he knocked her down and tried to wrap duct tape around her hands and steal her jewelry. Now arrest has been made. Police say 48-year-old Jennifer Faith conspired with her high school boyfriend to kill her husband, Jamie Faith. Darrin Ruben Lopez, 48, is charged with murder. According to affidavits, Jennifer Faith had been in an “emotional affair” with Lopez and used that connection to convince Lopez that she was an abused wife.Joining Nancy Grace Today:James Shelnutt - 27 years Atlanta Metro Area Major Case Detective, Swat officer, Lawyer, www.ShelnuttLawFirm.comDr. Jorey Krawczyn - Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. - Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide”, bw-institute.comKaren L. Smith - Forensic Expert, Lecturer at the University of Florida, Host of Shattered Souls Podcast, @KarensForensic, barebonesforensic.comDr. Kendall Crowns – Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Travis County, Texas (Austin), Lecturer: The University of Texas and Texas A&M, Affiliated Faculty: University of Texas Medical Branch Nicole Partin - CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Twitter: @nicolepartin (Naples, FL)

Arrest made after more than a year in the shooting of a 7-year-old boy. Man steal hair designated for Locks of Love.