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Briana Whitney
@brianawhitney.bsky.social
True Crime Correspondent for 3TV/CBS 5. Host of 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗮 TV franchise and podcast 🔍🎙️

📍Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ
The case that captivated the nation. A never-before-seen look into Jodi Arias' psychology and life in prison in a brand new true crime documentary.

'Obsessed: Unraveling Jodi Arias' premieres Nov. 17th on Roku, Nov. 20th on YouTube, and Nov 22nd. on TV.

Press release: bit.ly/446uI1c
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
After multiple legal hurdles, Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing hearing is scheduled for next Tues and Weds (May 13th and 14th)

This was originally supposed to happen in December. This is one of the paths of potential freedom for the Menendez brothers
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
Menendez Brothers’ Resentencing Hearing Is Set for Next Week
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🎥 Judgment Day: The Lori Vallow Daybell Trial

Our live special from last night analyzing and bringing you the biggest moments from the trial, and with Lori herself after the verdict, is now on YouTube to stream!

Watch here ⬇️
youtu.be/qd3efYNRaxM
April 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🎥EXCLUSIVE: The Lori Vallow Daybell interview after conviction
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏

2 days after a guilty verdict for conspiring to kill her husband, Lori sits down with me in jail. The jurors wondered where her daughter Tylee was, and learned she was dead. Lori responds…

Full interview: youtu.be/ecA97Uv3uj8
April 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Reposted by Briana Whitney
Thanks so much to @brianawhitney.bsky.social for her ongoing and thoughtful coverage of Jodi Huisentruit's unsolved 1995 abduction, including a judge's decision today to partially open a search warrant. #FindJodi #JodiHuisentruit
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Search warrant to be partially unsealed in cold case of missing Iowa news anchor
An Iowa judge has ruled to partially unseal a search warrant in the cold case of missing news anchor Jodi Huisentruit. It will be released in about one month.
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March 28, 2025 at 5:07 AM
🚨NEW PODCAST EPISODE🚨

The full, tell-all interview with Gabby Petito’s parents…all four of them…ahead of the Netflix documentary release today. They share behind-the-scenes evidence, emotions, and more…

Apple: apple.co/4k5umOM
Spotify: spoti.fi/4b6euYm
February 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
FEMALE KILLERS: In an unusual phenomenon, four high-profile alleged "female/mom killers" cases are in court this month alone in Arizona.

Among these, 7 children and 2 adults were killed. These involve a meat cleaver, a secret lover, & a cult.

Why so many rare trials like this?
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4 high-profile Arizona female killer cases in court this month
A bizarre phenomenon is unfolding in the Arizona court system right now with four high-profile cases set to be in court this month.
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February 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
🚨NEW PODCAST EPISODE🚨
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬

It’s a case that involves GPS tracking devices, cryptic messages, and a plan to flee the country…and none of the media knew about it for a year. Come with us as we uncover what happened…

Apple: apple.co/40ETOlo
Spotify: spoti.fi/4aOJNGP
February 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It quickly became a high-profile murder case - a woman mysteriously found dead in a Phoenix Renaissance hotel room after July 4th.

Police said her boyfriend was naked in the lobby telling security there was a demon. He was charged with murder.

Why is the case being dismissed?
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Prosecutors to drop charges against man in bizarre Phoenix hotel murder
The state said there isn’t enough evidence to convict Dominque Jackson for the murder of his longtime girlfriend and mother of his kids, Desiree Serpas.
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February 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Sooo…can we bring back Vine?

#tiktokban
January 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
JUST IN: The resentencing hearing for Lyle & Erik Menendez has been delayed to March 20th & 21st.

The L.A. DA said today the CA wildfires have interfered with preps to have it at the end of the month.

The brothers are looking at a possible resentence & freedom after killing their parents in 1989.
January 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Reposted by Briana Whitney
My television appearance @azfamily.com news with reporter @brianawhitney.bsky.social discussing the latest update in the Baby Skylar case. A reproductive rights group posted $200,000 to secure release of Annie Anderson. I discuss what that might mean for the upcoming trial.

youtu.be/HjJ7Pj275p0
Reproductive Rights Group Posts Bond in the Baby Skylar Homicide Case
YouTube video by Russ Richelsoph at Davis Miles, PLLC
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January 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
BREAKING: Alex Madrid has been sentenced to death for the 2013 murder of 14-year-old Claudia Lucero. Madrid raped and killed the teen, then left her body in a dumpster.

His final words to her family in court: “I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me one day."
www.azfamily.com/2025/01/16/d...
Death penalty for man convicted of murder, rape of Mesa teen girl
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Alex Anthony Madrid, 42, was sentenced in the murder of 14-year-old Claudia Lucero, who was a Westworld High School student.
www.azfamily.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
#BREAKING: Annie Anderson, the woman charged with first degree murder for killing her newborn baby “Baby Skylar” and leaving her in a Phoenix airport bathroom trash in 2005, has been released to “self” with electronic monitoring.

MCSO says she was released on Dec 12th.
January 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🚨𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘🚨
He was the new self-proclaimed prophet of the FLDS cult with child brides as young as 9 years old.

Sam Bateman was finally sentenced to prison. How he rose to power and what led to his demise - the full story out now.

Apple: apple.co/4gZGeQ2
Spotify: spoti.fi/4aehFNi
January 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
True Crime Arizona has uncovered a link between Phoenix Suns superfan 'Mr. ORNG' and Kansas City Chiefs superfan 'Chiefsaholic' before their shocking arrests for serial bank robberies and child sex crimes.

How they came together may rest in their psyche's. We analyze with a forensic psychologist...
Link uncovered between Mr. ORNG, ChiefsAholic before shocking arrests
A link has been discovered between the Phoenix Suns superfan Mr. ORNG and Kansas City Chiefs superfan ChiefsAholic before their high-profile arrests.
www.azfamily.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Completely in my element 🍷✨

📍Napa, California
December 28, 2024 at 11:48 PM
‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞’ 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭: The podcast episode to this project is available now…diving much deeper into the stories of these families and what truly happened on Christmas Eve, and to the county attorney…

Listen ⬇️
Spotify: spoti.fi/4goeEw5
Apple: apple.co/3ZKoTn9
Stream: bit.ly/4gJVfFt
December 20, 2024 at 2:17 AM
A True Crime Arizona Special: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞

What happened during last year's Christmas Eve murders inside a Phoenix home, and how they’re connected to domestic abuse the late Maricopa Co. Attorney Allister Adel suffered before her death - now being revealed for the first time…
The Night Before: The Christmas Eve murders and a county attorney’s hidden struggles
On Christmas Eve 2023, a mother and grandmother were brutally murdered by a man with a dark past, later revealed to be the ex-husband of the late Maricopa County Attorney, Allister Adel.
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December 19, 2024 at 10:44 PM
#BREAKING: AZ Supreme Court has ruled controversial suspect DNA in high-profile Allison Feldman murder case CAN be used at trial.

It was in question due to how Scottsdale PD obtained it from a previous arrest of suspect Ian Mitcham. Law of inevitable discovery would have led them to him years later
December 17, 2024 at 5:13 PM
#BREAKING: Self-proclaimed FLDS prophet Samuel Bateman sentenced to 50 years in prison by a federal judge for sexual abuse & trafficking of his “child brides” for years.

That was the highest she could give for a plea deal that ranged in 20-50 years.

Multiple victims spoke in court about the abuse.
December 9, 2024 at 11:17 PM
TEEN KILLER SENTENCED: Ares Adle was sentenced to 13 yrs in prison for stabbing his aunt Tonya Harper to death during a family reunion when he was 14.

A family split in sadness and anger on two sides of the courtroom speaking their minds.

I've never seen anything like this...
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Arizona man convicted of aunt’s murder sentenced to 13 years in prison
Ares Adle, who was found guilty of second-degree murder, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the 2019 murder of his aunt, 42-year-old Tonya Harper.
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December 6, 2024 at 1:17 AM
#BREAKING: Ares Adle, who stabbed his aunt Tonya Harper to death when he was 14 years old during a family reunion in AZ, has been sentenced to 13 yrs in prison.

In October, a jury found Adle guilty of 2nd degree murder, opting for an alternative than the 1st degree murder charge he was on trial for
December 5, 2024 at 9:43 PM
The latest on the United Healthcare CEO ambush homicide.

Following this closely as I find the case pretty wild. I think it’s interesting and important his wife said there had been recent threats. I think this will unravel relatively quickly…
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot and killed outside NYC hotel
The apparent premeditated shooting of a high-ranking executive of an American company shocked the business and health-care communities.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:52 AM
PAUL BISSONNETTE ATTACK: As we dug further into the past of the 6 suspects arrested for attacking former Coyotes player at a Scottsdale steakhouse, we found a connection between one of them and the family responsible for the brutal murder of a Texas housekeeper in 2014...

@azfamily.com
Suspect in Paul Bissonnette attack has family ties to 2014 Texas housekeeper killers
Arizona’s Family dug further into the past of the suspects who attacked Paul Bissonnette and found a connection with one of the men and the family responsible for the brutal murder of a Texas housekee...
www.azfamily.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:12 AM