A military widow struggles with her husband’s death, a heartbroken Marine is forced to face his past, and an older widow secretly spreads wisdom while she still can. When the lives of these three broken souls converge, they finally find peace and love.

Today on Crime Stories, Nancy Grace speaks with the author and star of the new Fox Nation film, The Shell Collector. 

Along with Nancy Naigle and Caitlin Clark,  two military widows, Barb Allen and Taya Kyle discuss their own experiences in dealing with the loss of their husbands. 

Joining Nancy Grace today: 
Nancy Naigle - USA TODAY and ECPA Bestselling Author: "The Shell Collector, NancyNaigle.com, Instagram/Twitter: @nancynaigle 
Caitlin Clark - Actress, "The Shell Collector", Instagram: @Caitlin_M_Clark,  
Barb Allen - Wife of Lt. Louis Allen, killed in Iraq in 2005  Author/Speaker/Podcast Host: "Flex Your Freedom", Author: "What Not to Wear to a Murder Trial", "How to Woo a Widow" and "Front Toward Enemy" BarbAllenSpeaks.com, Instagram: @BarbAllenSpeaks
Taya Kyle - Wife of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (killed in 2013, American Sniper - two children), Executive Director: Taya and Chris Kyle Foundation, Tackf.org, Author: "American Wife" & "American Spirit", Twitter/Instagram: @TayaKyle
Caryn Stark - NYC Psychologist, CarynStark.com, Twitter: @carynpsych, Facebook: "Caryn Stark"  

A military widow struggles with her husband’s death, a heartbroken Marine is forced to face his past, and an older widow secretly spreads wisdom while she still can. When the lives of these three broken souls converge, they finally find peace and love.
Today on Crime Stories, Nancy Grace speaks with the author and star of the new Fox Nation film, The Shell Collector. 
Along with Nancy Naigle and Caitlin Clark,  two military widows, Barb Allen and Taya Kyle discuss their own experiences in dealing with the loss of their husbands. 
Joining Nancy Grace today: 
<ul>
<li>Nancy Naigle - USA TODAY and ECPA Bestselling Author: "The Shell Collector, NancyNaigle.com, Instagram/Twitter: @nancynaigle </li>
<li>Caitlin Clark - Actress, "The Shell Collector", Instagram: @Caitlin_M_Clark,  </li>
<li>Barb Allen - Wife of Lt. Louis Allen, killed in Iraq in 2005  Author/Speaker/Podcast Host: "Flex Your Freedom", Author: "What Not to Wear to a Murder Trial", "How to Woo a Widow" and "Front Toward Enemy" BarbAllenSpeaks.com, Instagram: @BarbAllenSpeaks</li>
<li>Taya Kyle - Wife of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (killed in 2013, American Sniper - two children), Executive Director: Taya and Chris Kyle Foundation, Tackf.org, Author: "American Wife" &amp; "American Spirit", Twitter/Instagram: @TayaKyle</li>
<li>Caryn Stark - NYC Psychologist, CarynStark.com, Twitter: @carynpsych, Facebook: "Caryn Stark"  </li>
</ul>

Nancy Grace dives deep into the day’s most shocking crimes and asks the tough questions in her new daily podcast – Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor and used her TV show to find missing people, fugitives on the run and unseen clues. Now, she will use the power of her huge social media following and the immediacy of the internet to deliver daily bombshells!

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Nancy Grace dives deep into the day’s most shocking crimes and asks the tough questions in her new daily podcast – Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor and used her TV show to find missing people, fugitives on the run and unseen clues. Now, she will use the power of her huge social media following and the immediacy of the internet to deliver daily bombshells!

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THE  SHELL COLLECTOR: FINDING LOVE AFTER LOSS

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One of the doctors who pleaded guilty of supplying ketamine to actor Matthew Perry leading to his  overdose death, avoids jail time, being sentenced  to 8 months of home confinement. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett also sentenced Dr. Mark Chavez to 3 years of supervised release. Chavez is the second person of the five defendants to be sentenced in connection with Perry’s death.

In his 2022 memoir, "Friends, Lovers, and the Big, Terrible Thing," Matthew Perry claimed to have been to rehab 15 times, detoxed 65 times, and spent about $7 to $9 million trying to get sober.    

Two years after his near-death experience, Matthew Perry goes to a Rehab facility in Switzerland. He admitted to faking pain symptoms to get Oxycontin during COVID. He was also getting daily Ketamine infusions. Ultimately it was Ketamine that killed him.  

On October 28, Matthew Perry went to his country club to play a game of Pickleball with friends. Perry returned to his home after the game and was seen by his assistant, who was leaving the house to run errands. At 4 p.m., the assistant returned home and found Perry floating face down in the heated end of the pool. 

Paramedics pulled Perry out of the pool and pronounced him dead at the scene.

 

One of the doctors who pleaded guilty of supplying ketamine to actor&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/matthew-perry">Matthew Perry</a> leading to his&nbsp; overdose death, avoids jail time, being sentenced&nbsp; to 8 months of home confinement. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett also sentenced Dr. Mark Chavez to 3 years of supervised release. Chavez is the second person of the five defendants to be sentenced in connection with Perry&rsquo;s death.
In his 2022 memoir, "Friends, Lovers, and the Big, Terrible Thing," Matthew Perry claimed to have been to rehab 15 times, detoxed 65 times, and spent about $7 to $9 million trying to get sober.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
Two years after his near-death experience, Matthew Perry goes to a Rehab facility in Switzerland. He admitted to faking pain symptoms to get Oxycontin during COVID. He was also getting daily Ketamine infusions. Ultimately it was Ketamine that killed him.&nbsp;&nbsp;
On October 28, Matthew Perry went to his country club to play a game of Pickleball with friends. Perry returned to his home after the game and was seen by his assistant, who was leaving the house to run errands. At 4 p.m., the assistant returned home and found Perry floating face down in the heated end of the pool.&nbsp;
Paramedics pulled Perry out of the pool and pronounced him dead at the scene.
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"FRIENDS" STAR MATTHEW PERRY  SUSPECT KILLER DOCTOR ESCAPES JAIL TIME IN HOLLYWOOD FIASCO 

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Brendan Banfield is now on trial for the murder of his wife, Christine, and the prosecution's star witness is Banfield's lover, the family's former nanny.

Juliana Peres Magalhaes, who was also charged, has agreed to testify as part of a plea deal. In exchange for her testimony, she will plead to the lesser charge of manslaughter, then walk free for time served.

She will then be deported back to Brazil.

The murder plot unfolded as Christine Banfield planned a fun day for her 4-year-old daughter, with a trip to the National Zoo with her Brazilian au pair, Magalhaes. The adult and child leave for the day, but turn around when Peres Magalhaes realizes she forgot their bagged lunches.

Arriving at the house, the au pair sees a car she doesn't recognize, and a man she doesn't know entering the house.

Confused, she calls her employer, Brendan Banfield, who tells her to stay in the car, and that he will be right home. Banfield is at the house in minutes, and they enter the house together.

The au pair takes the 4-year-old girl to the basement while Brendan Banfield goes upstairs to the master suite.

Brendan Banfield finds his wife, Christine, nude, with a man he doesn't know, holding a knife to her throat. Banfield tells cops he tells the man to put the knife down, but he starts stabbing the 37-year-old mother.

Brendan Banfield carries a gun as an IRS Special Agent, and he draws his service revolver and shoots the man in the head. The intruder is wounded and down on the ground. Banfield calls for Peres Magalhaes and tells the au pair to get his personal gun, a Glock, out of the bathroom safe.

Giving her the code, the au pair retrieves the Glock and, at Banfield's direction, shoots Joseph Ryan through the heart as he is lying on the ground.

Investigators say, however, they believe the story told by Brendan Banfield and the nanny is a ruse.

Someone created the profile on the Adult Fetish website, pretending to be Christine Banfield, as part of an elaborate plan to kill Christine Banfield so her husband, Brendan, and their Brazilian live-in Au Pair could be together.

Investigators found pictures of Banfield and the au pair together in the Banfield bedroom, and Peres Magalhaes' clothes were found hanging in Banfield's closet.

Joining Nancy Grace today:
Paul Batista - Prominent Criminal Defense Lawyer in NYC and Best-selling Novelist. Author of the textbook, "Civil RICO, Fourth Edition" 
Dr. John Delatorre -  Licensed Psychologist and Mediator (specializing in forensic psychology); Psychological Consultant to Project Absentis: a nonprofit organization that searches for missing persons; X, IG, and TikTok - @drjohndelatorre
Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast, "Mayhem in the Morgue," and Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
Gigi McKelvey - Journalist, Host of the podcast “Pretty Lies and Alibis” prettyliesandalibis.org, Facebook, IG, TikTok: @PrettyLiesAndAlibis, Twitter: @PrettiesLiesAlibi 
Sydney Sumner  - Investigative Reporter, ‘Crime Stories’ 

Brendan Banfield is now on trial for the murder of his wife, Christine, and the prosecution's star witness is Banfield's lover, the family's former nanny.
Juliana Peres Magalhaes, who was also charged, has agreed to testify as part of a plea deal. In exchange for her testimony, she will plead to the lesser charge of manslaughter, then walk free for time served.
She will then be deported back to Brazil.
The murder plot unfolded as Christine Banfield planned a fun day for her 4-year-old daughter, with a trip to the National Zoo with her Brazilian au pair, Magalhaes. The adult and child leave for the day, but turn around when Peres Magalhaes realizes she forgot their bagged lunches.
Arriving at the house, the au pair sees a car she doesn't recognize, and a man she doesn't know entering the house.
Confused, she calls her employer, Brendan Banfield, who tells her to stay in the car, and that he will be right home. Banfield is at the house in minutes, and they enter the house together.
The au pair takes the 4-year-old girl to the basement while Brendan Banfield goes upstairs to the master suite.
Brendan Banfield finds his wife, Christine, nude, with a man he doesn't know, holding a knife to her throat. Banfield tells cops he tells the man to put the knife down, but he starts stabbing the 37-year-old mother.
Brendan Banfield carries a gun as an IRS Special Agent, and he draws his service revolver and shoots the man in the head. The intruder is wounded and down on the ground. Banfield calls for Peres Magalhaes and tells the au pair to get his personal gun, a Glock, out of the bathroom safe.
Giving her the code, the au pair retrieves the Glock and, at Banfield's direction, shoots Joseph Ryan through the heart as he is lying on the ground.
Investigators say, however, they believe the story told by Brendan Banfield and the nanny is a ruse.
Someone created the profile on the Adult Fetish website, pretending to be Christine Banfield, as part of an elaborate plan to kill Christine Banfield so her husband, Brendan, and their Brazilian live-in Au Pair could be together.
Investigators found pictures of Banfield and the au pair together in the Banfield bedroom, and Peres Magalhaes' clothes were found hanging in Banfield's closet.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://Paulbatistabooks.com">Paul Batista</a> - Prominent Criminal Defense Lawyer in NYC and Best-selling Novelist. Author of the textbook, "Civil RICO, Fourth Edition"&nbsp;</li>
<li>Dr. John Delatorre -&nbsp; Licensed Psychologist and Mediator (specializing in forensic psychology); Psychological Consultant to Project Absentis: a nonprofit organization that searches for missing persons; X, IG, and TikTok - @drjohndelatorre</li>
<li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mayhem-in-the-morgue-with-dr-kendall-crowns/id1832515666">Dr. Kendall Crowns</a> - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast, "Mayhem in the Morgue," and Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)</li>
<li>Gigi McKelvey - Journalist, Host of the podcast &ldquo;Pretty Lies and Alibis&rdquo; prettyliesandalibis.org, Facebook, IG, TikTok: @PrettyLiesAndAlibis, Twitter: @PrettiesLiesAlibi&nbsp;</li>
<li>Sydney Sumner&nbsp; - Investigative Reporter, &lsquo;Crime Stories&rsquo;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

HUBBY-FROM-HELL: IRS REP KILLS WIFE VIA FETISH WEBSITE, "HOT NANNY" LOVE TRIANGLE

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A Missouri man is charged with gunning down his neighbor in a violent confrontation that ended a lengthy history of harassment. A Tennessee church deacon was arrested and charged with nine counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor after his wife found photos and videos on his phone of a teenage babysitter using their bathroom. A US Bureau of Land Management officer has been charged with second degree murder after a drunken brawl at a Wyoming bar last week left a man dead. Sydney Sumner reports.

A Missouri man is charged with gunning down his neighbor in a violent confrontation that ended a lengthy history of harassment. A Tennessee church deacon was arrested and charged with nine counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor after his wife found photos and videos on his phone of a teenage babysitter using their bathroom. A US Bureau of Land Management officer has been charged with second degree murder after a drunken brawl at a Wyoming bar last week left a man dead. Sydney Sumner reports.

Missouri Man Shoots Neighbor 13 Times, Claims He Hit Him First | Crime Alert 6AM 01.16.26

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THE SHELL COLLECTOR: FINDING LOVE AFTER LOSS

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