Melissa Merritt

On September 1st, 2015, Officer Joe Gliniewicz was found shot to death minutes after he called for backup during a pursuit of three suspects. Gliniewicz was considered a hero killed in the line of duty until investigators took a closer look at the crime scene, Gliniewicz’s phone ...  Show more

47-year-old Jermaine L. Ross was a popular barber from Cahokia, Illinois. After missing an appointment, his body was found inside his home. Leading up to his death, Jermaine had alluded to having problems with unspecified people. Authorities worked to narrow down a wide suspect p ...  Show more

During a nearly 18-month span beginning the winter of 2003, Audrey Lynn Harris, Christine Dumont, and Stacie Goulet disappeared without a trace from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, leaving their families and investigators searching for answers. It wasn’t until detectives received an ...

*** Content warnings: Sexual assault ***When first responders arrived at the Roberts family home in the small town of Early, Iowa, on December 13 2001, they found 20-year-old Dustin Wehde lying in a pool of his own blood. The homeowner, Tracey Roberts, claimed she’d shot Dustin i ...  Show more

Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with guest host, Blayne Alexander. In Arizona, the prosecution plays phone calls Lori made to her insurance agent in the days after her husband's shooting. In Massachusetts, a jury is finally seated in th ...

Prosecutors at the Norfolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts share new details in the murder case against disgraced art salesman Brian Walshe, just two months after they finished one of the biggest trials of the year -- Karen Read. And Michael Proctor, the lead investigat ...