The investigation of Joe Shymanski‘s murder began as a missing persons case. It was Sept. 4, 2023, at 7:47 p.m. when sheriff’s deputies in Calvert County, Maryland, were called to the home of the well-known photographer. His ex-wife, Heather Snyder, met them in the driveway. She would tell authorities she had arrived by car at…
As a reporter, you see a lot of strange things. You witness the most dramatic and traumatic parts of other people’s lives. You count on being able to control how it all affects you. But you never expect investigating someone else’s past will lead you back into your own. And that’s exactly what happened to…
August 12, 2023, New Haven, Indiana. Shortly before morning broke in the home he rented with his wife Alison, at the base of a steep stairway, Kevin Davis‘ blood seeped onto the floor. OFFICER GARRETT SHANEBROOK | New Haven Police Department (bodycam video): Where’s that blood coming from? CORPORAL CADE HETRICK | New Haven Police…
“Willow,” a black and white female pit bull mix loved by her owners, didn’t seem destined to become a key figure in a murder investigation. But that’s exactly what happened. It was Aug. 12, 2023, when the dog became known to law enforcement in New Haven, Indiana. That morning, police would hear about Willow, and…
Detectives Stephanie Winter and Devin Rigo of the Hillsboro, Oregon, Police Department had never encountered a crime scene like the one they encountered in January 2023. Natalie Morales: How would you two characterize this case when you first got it? What did you think? Det. Stephanie Winter: You know, I just thought that it’s a…
Detective Devin Rigo knew the clock was ticking as he raced to a metal scrapyard just north of Portland, Oregon. Rigo, with the Hillsboro Police Department, had just learned about the discovery of a maroon minivan he believed contained evidence connected to the murder of 56-year-old Kenneth “Kenny” Fandrich, a contract pipe fitter. On…
On the morning of Sept. 29, 2021, 17-year-old Benjamin Elliott, was in a Harris County Sheriff’s Office interrogation room in Houston, Texas. DET. FREDER MUÑOZ (police interview): So, what happened, Benjamin? BENJAMIN ELLIOTT: You ever have a really realistic nightmare? Where like just everything feels real, but also off at the same time? Benjamin told…
“48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty has learned a suspect has been identified in the 1991 murder of four teenage girls in an Austin, Texas, yogurt shop. This is according to one of the original investigators who worked the case. That suspect is Robert Eugene Brashers, who is deceased, says retired Austin detective John Jones. Brashers…
In the early morning hours of Sept. 29, 2021, Benjamin Elliott, then 17 years old, walked into his twin sister Meghan’s bedroom. It was something he had done hundreds of times. But on this morning, he had a knife in his hand and stabbed her in the neck while she was asleep. He would later…
The question is not whether Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents. They admit that they did. Instead, the focus of the case has long been on why they did it. They say they killed out of fear and in self-defense after a lifetime of physical, emotional and sexual abuse suffered at the hands of…