LOVE MURDER

Rex Heuermann, the Long Island architect suspected in the Gilgo Beach serial murders, stood up in court and admitted to killing eight women over seventeen years. We break down the plea, the DNA evidence that finally caught him, and what this means for the families who waited more than a decade for answers.
Sources:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gilgo-beach-serial-killer-suspect-rex-heuermann-expected-plead-guilty-rcna266547
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/11/us/gilgo-beach-killings-rex-heuermann-guilty
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/rex-heuermann-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-7-women-and-admits-he-killed-another
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live-updates/rex-heuermann-gilgo-beach-long-island-serial-killer-case-guilty-plea/
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5821815-rex-heuermann-pleads-guilty-to-gilgo-beach-serial-killings/
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In the summer of 2019, a man drowned at a popular vacation spot outside Seoul while his wife stood just feet away on shore. What first looked like a tragic accident would unravel into a disturbing case involving financial control, multiple alleged murder attempts, an affair hidden in plain sight, and the television appearance that helped bring everything back into the spotlight.
Sources:
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-07-22/national/socialAffairs/Murder-by-gaslighting-Drowning-in-2019-a-tale-of-abuse-infidelity-and-homicide/2355265
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/2855456
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20221027/life-imprisonment-given-to-woman-in-drowning-death-of-husband-for-death-benefit
https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2022040817463579559
https://www.mk.co.kr/en/society/11175497
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In May of 1996 a young mother and honors student is murdered in her home and her newborn baby kidnapped. For 6 1/2 long years, there are no suspects nor baby sightings. Finally, once an anonymous tip comes in, the case is blown wide open and the child is found closer to home than anyone could have ever imagined.
Sources:
1. Fatal Attraction: I’d Kill to Be You. 2026.
2. Moss, Gethsemane. “Lathan ‘Young Lay’ Williams - Benicia Magazine.” Benicia Magazine, https://www.facebook.com/BeniciaMagazine/, 1 Dec. 2022, https://www.beniciamagazine.com/lathan-young-lay-williams/.
3. Unsolved Mysteries. 1987.
4. Young Lay On His Son’s Kidnapping & Fiancée’s Murder. YouTube, 15 Sept. 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVoYEo8I1c.
5. SF Gate, 10 Dec. 2002.
6. San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 1996.
7. San Francisco Chronicle, 20 May 2002.
8. San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 1996.
9. SF Gate, 6 June 2006.
10. The Intelligencer, 11 Dec. 2002.
11. Santa Cruz Sentinel, 26 May 1996.
12. San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2002.
13. San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2004.
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This week Current Affairs covers three cases. A Northern Ireland YouTuber is found guilty of murdering his pregnant girlfriend after staging a six-hour gaming livestream as his alibi — while she watched from home. In California, a 30-year-old father is found dead in his apartment and police arrest his ex-girlfriend and three accomplices across three states in what they're calling a deliberate murder-for-hire. And an update on the Hawaii doctor case: Arielle Konig takes the stand exactly one year after her husband allegedly tried to push her off a cliff.
Current Affairs is Love Murder’s shorter show about the cases of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now.
Sources:
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/03/23/how-stephen-mccullagh-tried-to-get-away-with-the-murder-of-natalie-mcnally/
https://ktla.com/news/inland-empire/2-more-arrested-in-murrieta-killing-possible-murder-for-hire-tied-to-victims-ex-girlfriend/
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/murrieta-murder-for-hire-aaron-parr-jackson-avenue-arbors-at-california-oaks/
https://www.courttv.com/news/arielle-konig-testifies-defendant-told-her-nobodys-coming-to-save-you/
https://abcnews.com/US/wife-testifies-trial-doctor-accused-kill-hawaii-hiking/story?id=131374588
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For episode 300, Jessie dives into one of Love Murder’s most requested cases ever: the murder of Travis Alexander at the hands of his ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias. Jealousy, lies, Mormonism, lust, nude photos and rage collide in this milestone case.
Sources:
Picture Perfect by Shanna Hogan
Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias by Jane Velez-Mitchell
Conviction: The Untold Story of Putting Jodi Arias Behind Bars by Juan Martinez
Jodi Arias: An American Murder Mystery (Discovery+)

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