CRIME CAPSULE: Toxic Tryst: one scientist uses knowledge from the lab to poison the other in a deadly chemical romance
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
Release Date: 10/01/2025
CRIME CAPSULE: DNA helps investigators identify a victim in a decades old murder case
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
In April 1968, witnesses reported seeing a small fire in a field in what was then rural North Carolina. The next day, some passersby made a brutal discovery-the charred body of a woman who had been murdered. Immediately, investigators started trying to figure out who the woman was and who had killed her. But with no DNA technology available at the time, they had little to go on. Still, detectives with the Wake County Sheriff’s Office continued to work the case. In 2004, after 36 years of investigation, they were able to identify a suspect only to discover the man had died in the 1990’s....
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CRIME CAPSULE: Son of woman in unsolved murder case speaks about his memories, grief, and hopes for justice
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
Jenna Nielsen was the married mother of two and 8-months pregnant at the time she was killed behind a Raleigh, North Carolina convenience store in the early morning hours of a balmy summer day in 2007. She was just doing her job as a USA Today paper carrier, trying to make a little extra money to help support her growing family. Immediately, there was hope the case would be closed quickly. Witnesses in the area who saw a man running from the scene helped police make a detailed composite, and there was DNA evidence. Early on, there were promising leads, but the case went nowhere. A man sits in...
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CRIME CAPSULE: Scarred for Life
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
He was a beloved surgeon in the Virginia Beach community for close to 40 years. Dr. Javaid Perwaiz came to the US from Pakistan and settled into the Hampton Roads Community. He made a name for himself as a sought after solo OBGYN, delivering thousands of babies and performing standard OBGYN care. But around 2019, his beloved practice would come tumbling down as FBI agents raided his office, seizing patient records, and even diagnostic equipment. This all started because a nurse tipped off the FBII when she noticed a high number of surgeries and insurance claims that weren't adding up. They...
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CRIME CAPSULE: Justice for Jenna
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
Jenna Nielsen was the married mother of two and 8-months pregnant at the time she was killed behind a Raleigh, North Carolina convenience store in the early morning hours of a balmy summer day in 2007. She was just doing her job as a USA Today paper carrier, trying to make a little extra money to help support her growing family. Immediately, there was hope the case would be closed quickly. Witnesses in the area who saw a man running from the scene helped police make a detailed composite, and there was DNA evidence. Early on, there were promising leads, but the case went nowhere. A man sits in...
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CRIME CAPSULE: Spells, drugs and murder
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
Mary and John McCullough did everything in their power to help their adopted son, Christopher, as he struggled with mental illness and addiction. And when he lost physical custody of his son, their grandchild, they continued to support Christopher and their precious grandson. But on a hot August day in 2023, Christopher showed up to his parents' home with one thing in mind, MURDER. He attacked his parents, beating them severely. Mary died from the attack. John survived, but with emotional trauma that can never be erased. In this episode, the prosecutor who put Christopher behind bars for life,...
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CRIME CAPSULE: Pregnant mother attacked at home; the killer was closer than anyone imagined
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
It looked like they had it all. A lovely little girl, good jobs, a beautiful home, and a baby on the way. But something was very wrong... In November 2006, Michelle Young, who was pregnant at the time, was found beaten to death in her suburban home. Her two-year-old daughter was left alone in the home with her mother's body. The victim's husband, Jason Young, said he was on a business trip several hours away at the time of the murder. But he refused to speak to investigators. After learning more about Jason's serial infidelity, they strongly believed he had something to do with his wife's...
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CRIME CAPSULE: Supermarket stabbing; was justice truly served in the case of a store owner who killed a young man?
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
In this powerful interview for this week's episode of CRIME CAPSULE: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook, a mother shares her family's devastating loss over the murder of her son. He had been on a long road to recovery from addiction when a store owner in downtown Raleigh accused Mark Garrity of shoplifting a bottle of Gatorade and then stabbed him to death in broad daylight in front of many onlookers. Taiseer Zarka was found guilty and sentenced to more than five years in prison which Mark's mother, Amy, believes is a small price to pay for taking her son's life. Chelsea Donovan...
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CRIME CAPSULE: Love and betrayal in the suburbs; the murder of Nancy Cooper
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
In July 2008, a mother of two young daughters is reported missing by her friends in an idyllic suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina. There is a massive search to find Nancy Cooper. Her husband tells local police she went jogging and never returned. A few days later, a dog walker finds Nancy's body in an undeveloped subdivision a few miles from her home. Quickly, the investigation would lead detectives straight to Nancy's husband, Brad Cooper. But an affair and a failing marriage were not enough to arrest him. They needed evidence, and Brad was smart at covering his tracks, or so he thought. He...
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CRIME CAPSULE: Toxic Tryst: one scientist uses knowledge from the lab to poison the other in a deadly chemical romance
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
Eric Miller and his wife Ann Miller married after a college romance, had a baby girl, and thriving careers. Eric was a promising pediatric AIDS Researcher at a major university. Ann was a chemist at a top tier pharmaceutical company. But Ann yearned for more. Her desire for money and men would lead her down a lethal path that ended in Eric’s death. It would be years before investigators could unravel the complex web of lies and startling physical evidence. This is a story of a deadly chemical romance, epic deceit, and a road for justice with many twists and turns. The murder weapon was...
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CRIME CAPSULE: Murder of a pregnant marine; it begins with a gruesome discovery and ends with an escape to Mexico and an international manhunt
Crime Capsule: Ripped from the pages of a reporter's notebook
Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach, just 20 years old was a United States Marine who disappeared from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on December 14, 2007. At the time of her disappearance, Lauterbach was eight months pregnant. She expected to face the rigors of marine life...but instead faced the most unthinkable tragedy from a fellow marine. Lauterbach’s body was found burned and buried in Cesar Laurean’s backyard and authorities revealed he had fled to Mexico. It would take months to locate him and for the State Department to get him back to the United States after making a...
info_outlineEric Miller and his wife Ann Miller married after a college romance, had a baby girl, and thriving careers. Eric was a promising pediatric AIDS Researcher at a major university. Ann was a chemist at a top tier pharmaceutical company. But Ann yearned for more. Her desire for money and men would lead her down a lethal path that ended in Eric’s death. It would be years before investigators could unravel the complex web of lies and startling physical evidence. This is a story of a deadly chemical romance, epic deceit, and a road for justice with many twists and turns. The murder weapon was arsenic. Someone put it in Eric’s beer, injected into his IV in the hospital, and mixed into his chicken and rice dinner. It took years, a suicide, intense scientific testing, and precise police work to finally catch and convict the killer. Join veteran television crime reporters, Amanda Lamb and Chelsea Donovan, as they peel back the curtain on this case that Amanda covered from the beginning and eventually wrote a book about. They speak to the prosecutor in charge of the case and the attorney who defended Ann’s lover. This case has been the subject of countless true crime documentaries, but you’ve never heard the story quite like this, from the people who were there…
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