Investigation: Homicide
Telling Mississippi’s crime stories from an eyewitness perspective.
Episodes
Episode #38 War Zones and Wellness: A Green Beret’s Journey on 9/11
On tonight’s episode of Investigation: Homicide, hosts Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson sit down with Sgt. Jordan Jones, an Army Green Beret and special forces medic, to discuss the lasting impact of 9/11 on the world and his career. Sgt. …
Episode 37 - From Mississippi to Mexico: Tracking Miguel Oros
This week on Investigation: Homicide, co-hosts Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson dig into the chilling case of Miguel Oros — a suspected serial predator whose crimes stretched across Mississippi and Louisiana, leaving elderly victims in fea…
Episode #36 - Through the Eye of the Storm: Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later
In this episode of Investigation: Homicide, Nicole and Amanda sit down with Robert Latham, retired Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), to reflect on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; a storm that forever…
Episode 35: The Disappearance of Gregory Varnado
A missing man. A burned-out car. And a quiet Mississippi county holding its breath. Gregory Varnado vanished in August 2024. Weeks later—his remains were found in the ashes of his burned-out vehicle. Now, Lawrence County Sheriff Ryan Ev…
Episode #34 – Hate, a bathtub, and a stubborn coroner
On May 24, 1992, 39-year-old nurse and mother of two, Gail Mosby, was found dead in her bathtub in Jackson, Mississippi. Initially believed to be a suicide, the scene raised red flags—shallow water, blood in the tub, and a small bruise on h…
Episode 33 - Building Bridges: Crime Prevention & Community Outreach with Captain Christian Vance
In this episode of Investigation: Homicide, Nicole and Amanda sit down with Captain Christian Vance of the Jackson Police Department, a dedicated law enforcement leader passionate about reducing crime and strengthening ties between officers…
Episode #32 - Fleeing the Scene: The Hunt for Yerby Hughes
This week, join the ladies of Investigation: Homicide as they sit down with Walthall County Detective Justin Dyar to dig into the chilling case of Yerby Hughes, the man who murdered Chad Bryant and then vanished into the woods of rural Miss…
Episode 31 -- "Beneath the Surface: The Case of Wayne 'Kysten' Fiddis"
Oxford is a college town full of all kinds of people from all over the state. Sometimes that can make certain crimes harder to investigate in the cross-section of Mississippi humanity. Tonight, Therese Apel and Nicole Kral look into the inv…
Episode 30 - Can One Leader Save a City? Chief Joseph Wade and the Fight to Restore JPD
Jackson, Mississippi — a city long marked by both triumph and turbulence — has seen its share of highs and lows. At the heart of its evolving story stands the Jackson Police Department, an institution as tested as the city itself. After yea…
Episode 29 — Justice Delayed Still Comes: Serial Rapist Daniel Ray Skaggs
In this true story from Rankin County, Mississippi, Chief Medical Examiner David Ruth tells us how a decades-old mystery was finally solved through groundbreaking forensic genetic genealogy. Follow the harrowing 1990 case of a young waitres…
Episode 28 - Prescription for Murder: The Starkville Walmart Shooting of Dr. Shauna Witt
In 2018, a peaceful afternoon inside a Starkville, Mississippi Walmart turned into a nightmare. Dr. Shauna Witt, a beloved optometrist, was gunned down while seeing a patient in her clinic just shortly after ending her relationship with Wil…
Episode 27 - Guarding the Interstates: The Madison/Rankin County Criminal Interdiction Team
Every day, hundreds of thousands of vehicles travel Mississippi’s interstates. Most of them are occupied by honest, well-meaning citizens, but a small percentage contain cartel drugs, kidnapped minors, and wanted suspects. The members of th…
Episode 26 -The Heather Spencer Case: Justice on Trawick Drive
In 2007, a chilling discovery shook Jackson, Mississippi. The body of Mary Heather Spencer was found inside a home on Trawick Drive, a property tied to her boyfriend’s family. What began as a tragic crime scene quickly unfolded into a high-…
Episode 25 - Talking through it: The role of the Crisis Intervention Team
The situation is chilling: A suspect has barricaded himself in a building and he has hostages. Law enforcement need to resolve the problem quickly and without any injuries, but it seems a daunting task. Today, Therese Apel talks to co-host …
Episode 24 - It still echoes
In this riveting episode of Investigation: Homicide, District Attorney Brendon Adams joins us to discuss a case that rocked Lincoln County to its core. Corey Godbolt went on a killing spree during the memorial Day weekend of 2017, and by th…
Episode #23, Behind the Badge: The Sacrifice of Service with Detective Charlie Smith
May 15 marks National Peace Officers Memorial Day—a time set aside to honor those who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. In this special episode, retired Jackson Police Department Detective Charlie Smith sits down with host…
Episode 22: Investigation: Homicide—The Walter Simpson Case Unveiled
In this gripping episode, Therese Apel and Amanda Johansson sit down with Madison/Rankin County DA Bubba Bramlett and Assistant DA Scott Rogillio to unravel the chilling case against Walter Simpson. Driven by rejection and resentment, Simps…
Episode 21: Cold Case Cracked—The Arrest in Shondra May’s 40-Year Mystery
For nearly four decades, the murder of Shondra May has haunted central Mississippi—until now. In this powerful new episode of Investigation: Homicide, Sheriff Mike Lee and Chief Deputy Brad Ellis return to the studio to sit down with Theres…
Episode 20: Coming down your row - The Napoleon Edwards Case
The testimony was salacious and the details read like a movie in the case of former local social media personality William ‘Polo’ Edwards. He was found guilty in 2024 of the first-degree murder of 45-year-old Robert Davis in a love triangle…
Episode 19: Into the Darkness—Clinton Detective Amanda Johansson on Crimes Against Children
In Episode 19 of Investigation: Homicide, hosts Nicole Kral and Therese Apel sit down with Clinton Detective Amanda Johansson—an investigator whose caseload includes some of society’s most disturbing crimes: those committed against children…
Episode 18: Small Town Streets, Big City Crime
In Episode 18 of the Investigation Homicide Podcast, we explore the unexpected rise in crime across small towns in Mississippi. Join hosts Therese Apel and Nicole Kral as they sit down with Police Chief Robert Thomas to discuss the unique c…
Episode 17: The Evil At Home.
Domestic violence is a crime trend that never goes away, and even in a world that’s educated on the signs and symptoms, it is still a deadly epidemic that kills families and Law Enforcement alike, as we saw recently in the line of duty deat…
Episode 16: The Valentine’s Day Murder – Unraveling the Stabbing Death of Cole Manseill
A frantic 911 call. A boyfriend stabbed on Valentine’s Day. A woman claiming self-defense. But as detectives in Rankin County dug deeper, the truth behind Cole Manseill’s murder became far more sinister. Was Ashley Shaw really acting in s…
Episode 15: Justice and Sacrifice – The Legacy of Officer Bobby Joe Biggert
Fifteen years to the day after his first day at the police academy, Bobby Joe Biggert made the ultimate sacrifice—dying while protecting his community, even on his off time. Retired Crime Scene Analyst Charlie Smith knew Biggert personally …
Episode #14 The Face on the Scene
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones has been a veteran officer, investigator, public affairs officer during his career in law enforcement. Through years at Jackson Police Department and the Hinds County Sheriff's Department, he's seen some of …
Episode 13 - Into Thin Air: The disappearance of Myra Lewis
March 1, 2024, marked a full decade since the disappearance of Myra Lewis. The two-year-old disappeared from her home in Camden, never to be seen again. In spite of several moments where investigators seemed to be on the brink of a breakthr…
Community Policing: Reaching Those You Protect Through Compassion and Resolve — Episode #12
In this episode of Investigation: Homicide, we sit down with Lt. Sara Ricks to uncover the most pivotal cases that have shaped her career and left an indelible mark on her life. From the heart-stopping moments of solving high-stakes crimes …
EPISODE 11. Senseless Evil: The Kingston Frazier Case
In the early morning hours of May 18, 2017, a mother stopped at Kroger on I-55 to run inside for a second. When she came out, her car was gone with her sleeping 6-year-old in the back. Kingston Frazier was missing, and the frantic search by…
Episode 10: “Greater Love”
Episode 10: “Greater Love” Retired Copiah County Sheriff and former state trooper Harold Jones was there on the day that his good friend, Franklin County Sheriff James Posey, traded himself for a group of hostages. It was a risk with high s…
Episode #9: Deadly love triangle.
In 2006, Ridgeland was rocked and captivated by the story of a pregnant school teacher gunned down in her carport in the dark of night. Avis Banks didn't seem to have any enemies, though some people wondered if the father of her child was r…
Investigation: Homicide Episode 8: A Prisoner of Politics
Today Anthony Fox is back with the Investigation:Homicide Team in Part 2 of our discussion of his wrongful conviction for manslaughter in the death of George Robinson. What went wrong in the courtroom? What were the influences on the case? …
Investigation: Homicide Episode 7: The political lynching of Detective Anthony Fox
He spent 552 days in jail for a crime he didn't commit, in spite of every indication that he was an innocent man. After some hard work by the Mississippi Attorney General's Office, his conviction was finally overturned, and life returned to…
Episode 6 | The Search for Alex Easterling |
The family of a missing Pickens man, Alex Easterling, is hoping for answers about his disappearance. With a very special guest, Ashley Martin, Alex Easterling's mother, we will delve into the extraordinary measures she has taken to uncover …
Episode 5 - Vicksburg’s reign of evil: the Rafael McCloud sto
Former Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong and journalist Keith Phillips join Therese and Nicole to talk about one of Vicksburg‘s most storied and evil killers, Rafael McCloud, whose victim was found by ghost hunters at a haunted hospit…
Annie Laurie Never Came Home: Episode #4
Investigation: Homicide’s Therese Apel and Nicole Kral revisit one of Jackson’s oldest and most notorious crimes—the kidnapping of millionaire socialite Annie Laurie Hearin. For almost 40 years, the question has haunted investigators: Where…
Episode #3: No Death Date on Her Tombstone – The Shondra May Case Revisited
In February 1986, high school senior Shondra May went missing after leaving work at the McDonald’s in Forest. Three weeks later, her body was found in a creek in Hinds County on what would’ve been her 18th birthday. This case has stumped in…
Investigation: Homicide. Episode #2: The Day Our Hearts Broke
It’s a day Mississippi will never forget. October 1, 1997, a nerdy teenager walked into a high school and changed everyone’s life forever. We talk with Greg Eklund, who was an investigator with the Rankin County Sheriffs Dept at the time. …
Investigation: Homicide. Episode #1: Behind the Headlines: The Calculated Crime of Carly Gregg
In the inaugural episode of Investigation Homicide, Therese and Nicole explore the case of an intelligent and manipulative teenager who killed her mother in cold blood through the eyes of Assistant District Attorney Michael Smith, who was …