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Michelle Parker is a loving, hardworking mother of three. She's also a student and a business owner, but one night this reliable employee did not show up for work. Her 11-year-old son, home alone after school couldn't find his mom. Michelle Parker disappears. The same day on “The People’s Court,” an episode featuring Parker and her ex-fiancee Dale Smith aired. It had been filmed months before. The episode involved a disagreement about a $5,000 engagement ring that was lost after Parker threw it at Smith during an argument. Now Orlando police have arrested Dale Smith Jr., the former fiancé and father of Parkers children. He's been charged with second-degree murder.

Convicted serial rapist and Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster has been released from prison after serving roughly 20 years of an original 124-year sentence. Luster was convicted in 2003 on 86 felony counts for using the date-rape drug GHB to render three women unconscious and assault them. The 62-year-old Luster is now under state parole supervision, living with his mother in Glendora, California. His early release was expedited due to prison credits for good behavior and state policies under Proposition 57. His release has sparked severe outrage among local authorities and residents in the Los Angeles area. Joining Nancy Grace today: Mayor David Fredendall - Glendora Barbara Kelly-Hicks - Victim Darryl Cohen - Former Assistant District Attorney (Fulton County, Georgia) Former Assistant State Attorney (Florida), Defense Attorney, Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen, LLC, CCEAlaw.com, Facebook: "Darryl B Cohen", Twitter: @DarrylBCohen Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, featured on the hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock and "The Valley, Persian Style" on Bravo. Host: "The Dr. Bethany Marshall Podcast"," Website: drbethanymarshall.com, Instagram FB & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter:@DrBethanyLive Jan Edwards - Sex Trafficking & Exploitation Prevention Expert, President and CEO of "Paving the Way Foundation" - an organization that fights child sex trafficking and online exploitation, writer and co-director of the Award-Winning Film, 'Trapped in the Trade' Rachel Bowman - US Senior News Reporter, Daily Mail Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 35-year-old Los Angeles father is jailed on four million dollars bail after allegedly shooting and killing his 4-year-old and 11-year-old sons following lunch before attempting suicide. In Georgia, an 81-year-old Navy veteran riding a mobility scooter was fatally struck as an innocent bystander during a reckless shootout across a crowded Gainesville Walmart parking lot. In Kansas, public scrutiny intensifies after a driver who plowed her pickup truck onto an active soccer complex field—killing a 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man—was released without charges pending toxicology and mechanical testing. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investigators apply a grid search method to examine the Philadelphia "House of Horrors" property. Bones have been found in the backyard, with sources now saying they are animal bones. Crews now move to excavating the front yard. The late Raymond "R.C." Horsch, a violent pornographer and self-described serial killer is linked to seven missing women to the property, by digital media recovered from the home. Son, Eugene Horsch, remains in federal custody on separate firearms, drug, and impersonation charges. He has not been formally charged in connection with the missing women.

A 19-year-old North Carolina man faces felony charges after allegedly recording a non-consensual sexually explicit video of a college student and distributing it to a fraternity group chat. In Connecticut, a convicted murderer who served thirty years behind bars is arrested for the fatal road rage shooting of a grieving father of four. In Southern California, two 15-year-old high school girls are in custody after authorities thwarted an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at Corona High School. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.