On November 13th, 2022, just hours after a typical game day at the University Of Idaho, four college students – Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin – were found murdered in an off-campus house. In July of 2025, Bryan Kohberger, a former PhD student studying criminology at the neighboring Washington State University, pleaded guilty to all four of their murders. For the past three years, Kohberger’s family has largely stayed silent in the aftermath of the tragedy — until now. Less than six months after Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, one of his older sister’s, Mel Kohberger, sat down with the New York Times, not to talk about the crimes, but to share part of her family’s story. Howard Blum, author of "When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders," joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss the interview.

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In an overnight operation that shocked the world, the U.S. military launched a coordinated attack in the capital of Venezuela that resulted in the capture of the country’s sitting leader and his wife. President Trump characterized the mission, dubbed Operation Absolute Resolve, as an “assault like people have not seen since World War II" that is meant to bring “outlaw dictator Nicolás Maduro to justice.” A new 25-page indictment, unsealed after Maduro was in U.S. custody, revealed he faces drug, narcoterrorism and weapons charges. Attorney General Pam Bondi described both Maduro and his wife, who was named as a co-defendant in the indictment, as “ two alleged international narco traffickers” who will “soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.” In his first court appearance Monday, Maduro pleaded not guilty, vowing he was innocent and still the president of Venezuela. Criminal defense attorney Skye Lazaro joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss the United States’ case against Maduro.

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Jen Shah, a former star on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” was released from federal prison earlier this week, after serving less than 3 years of her 6.5 year sentence. Shah pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud with telemarketing back in 2022. At the time, the DOJ claimed from at least 2012 until her arrest years later in March 2021, she was behind a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme that amassed thousands of victims. Prosecutors said that her ruse targeted vulnerable and elderly people, and they “were defrauded over and over again until they had nothing left.” In a February 2024 letter to People Magazine, she wrote “In my daily prayers, I ask God for the courage to realize I am worthy of a second chance,” and added "I am finding the courage to set my fear and guilt aside." Shah was released from a minimum-security federal prison camp in Texas to community confinement, where she will serve out the rest of her sentence at home or a halfway house. Criminal defense attorney Lauren Johnson-Norris joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss.

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