Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

A man who spent more than 30 years searching for his missing mother has finally learned what happened to her. In Alabama, a long-running and deeply emotional murder case involving a college student has reached another milestone. In Utah, a jury has delivered a guilty verdict in a case that prosecutors say involved deception, financial motives, and a fatal dose of poison. And in Arkansas, the Duggar family under more fire, Joseph following in Josh's footsteps. Sydney Sumner reports.
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The attempted murder trial of Maui anesthesiologist, Dr. Gerhardt Konig, is underway in Honolulu.
Each side is describing O'ahu's Pali Puka trail, but have different stories of what happened there almost exactly a year ago.
Arielle says her husband dragged her toward the cliff’s edge, attempted to inject her with “an unknown substance” using a syringe, and hit her “repeatedly on the head” with a rock.
Konig claims he was NOT trying to kill his wife, and acted in self-defense after Arielle attacked him when he threatened to expose an alleged affair with a married co-worker.
Jurors hear a witness's 911 call, watch body-worn camera footage from a responding officer, and see photos of Arielle's brutal injuries.
Konig's adult son is expected to testify about a video call his father made after the attack that prosecutors are calling a confession.
Arielle Konig is expected to take the stand against her husband next week.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
Troy Slaten - Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, Slaten Lawyers; X @TroySlaten
Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," and featured in hit show "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive
Bill Hernandez - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Detective in Napa Police Department
Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast, "Mayhem in the Morgue," and Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
Alexis Tereszcuk - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
Sydney Sumner - Investigative Reporter, ‘Crime Stories’


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Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have released a heartfelt message to the community of Tucson, Arizona, expressing their gratitude for the support during the ongoing search for their mother, Nancy Guthrie.
Authorities discovered fentanyl hidden within Barbie doll packages sold at a discount retailer.
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Nancy Guthrie missing, the investigation now into it's seventh week.
The $1 million reward remains active despite no arrests or significant leads. The FBI is revisiting Guthrie's neighborhood, looking into the contractors and crews working on homes under construction in the area.
Join Nancy and her panel of experts for the latest.
If you have information, it can be reported anonymously to the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or online at tips.fbi.gov.
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Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of deaths, including the deaths of children. If you’re sensitive to this topic, this episode may not be for you.

Choking is fast, quiet, and more common than most people think. In this episode of Mayhem in the Morgue, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kendall Crowns explains what happens when the airway is fully obstructed, why panic and oxygen loss escalate in seconds, and how irreversible brain injury can follow within minutes. Through a series of cases, he shows how choking deaths present across age groups: swallowing problems in the elderly, intoxication and unpredictable behaviors in adults, and everyday household hazards in children. From pica-related obstructions to foreign-body ingestion and a devastating battery case with delayed, catastrophic injury, Dr. Crowns ties the forensic details to the real-world patterns that show up again and again in preventable deaths.

Highlights
• (0:00) Welcome to Mayhem in the Morgue with Dr. Kendall Crowns
• (0:30) Grapes of Death: prevalence, risk groups, and who's most at risk
• (1:00) Choking physiology: complete obstruction and the fast countdown to unconsciousness
• (2:00) Heimlich maneuver basics and why it works
• (4:00) Café coronary syndrome: the misread emergency that can cost a life
• (5:15) Case 1: a 22-year-old, trashed room, and injuries that don’t match a fight
• (7:30) Adult risk factors: impaired gag reflex, talking while eating, and certain mental health conditions
• (7:45) Case 2: pica, latex gloves, and fatal choking
• (9:45) Diagnostic criteria and patterns: the obsession, sensory pull, and short-term relief
• (11:15) Case 3: ballpoint pen ingestion, bowel perforation, peritonitis, and sepsis
• (12:30) Pediatric choking: the biggest hazards and why the youngest kids are most vulnerable
• (13:45) How kids’ airways are different: size, shape, larger tongue proportion, and a floppier epiglottis
• (14:00) Case 4: a 5-month-old, a missed item on the floor, and a cherry blocking the airway
• (15:45) Case 5: swallowed battery, delayed symptoms, burns, erosions, and fistulas into major vessels
• (18:15) Closing: prevention, awareness, and why messaging can save lives

About the Host: Dr. Kendall Crowns is the Chief Medical Examiner for Travis County, Texas, and a nationally recognized forensic pathologist. He has led death investigations in Travis County, Fort Worth, Chicago, and Kansas. Over his career, he has performed thousands of autopsies and testified in court hundreds of times as an expert witness. A frequent contributor to Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, Dr. Crowns brings unparalleled insight into the strange, grisly, and sometimes absurd realities of forensic pathology.

About the Show
Mayhem in the Morgue takes listeners inside the bloody, bizarre, and often unbelievable world of forensic pathology. Hosted by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kendall Crowns, each episode delivers real-life cases from the morgue, the crime scene, and the courtroom. Expect gallows humor, hard truths, and unforgettable investigations.

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