It was December 23rd, 2015, the morning before Christmas Eve, and most residents of Ellington Connecticut were getting their last minute holiday tasks completed before the season went into full swing. Richard and Connie Dabate got their two young sons on the school bus and then got ready to do their own thing for the day. By 8:30 AM Richard was headed to hi ... Show More
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Faith Hedgepeth | A 14 Year Mystery Ends With a Guilty Verdict
For fourteen years, a handwritten note on a takeout bag was one of the only things investigators had that might speak for the man who killed Faith Hedgepeth. Five words, scrawled in a bedroom in Chapel Hill. No name. No face. Just DNA that didn't match anyone. And then, in 2021, ... Show More
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Ashley Flynn | The Missing Murder Weapon and the Mistress Who Lied (Part 4)
In the early morning hours of February 16th, 2026, Ashley Flynn was shot and killed inside the home she shared with her husband, Caleb, and their two daughters. Caleb told police that someone had broken into the house, murdered his wife, and disappeared. Up until that night, Cale ... Show More
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Three Years Missing | Police Reveal a Disturbing New Lead in Layla Santanello's Case
On June 27, 2023, 20-year-old mother Layla Santanello disappeared from Kingsport, Tennessee, after being seen barefoot near the Americourt hotel. Investigators now believe Layla died after leaving the hotel and that a small group of people knows what happened. Her mother says the ... Show More
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Feb 2023
Connie Dabate’s Cheating Husband Is Found Guilty After Activity Tracker Helps Reveal the Truth
In 2015, a few days before Christmas, Richard Dabate was allegedly on his way to work when he got an alert that his home’s security alarm had been tripped. Upon returning home, he says he found an intruder who attacked him and killed his wife, who had also just returned home. In ... Show More
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Jul 2022
#389: Murder in Slow Motion™️: Connie Dadkhah
<p>Connie Dadkhah lived alone in her Rancho Penasquitos condo and had neighbors who cared about her. When they saw an angry man pounding on her front door, tampering with her electrical box, breaking into her balcony window and heard what sounded like a violent fight, they placed ... Show More
43m 11s
Oct 2022
Ep 214: “The Fitbit Murder” (Rick Dabate Trial)
On December 23, 2015, Rick Dabate called 911 and told them an intruder had broken into the home he shared with his wife, Connie. When first responders arrived, they found Connie deceased. Prosecutors later told a jury that there was never an intruder and that Rick was a murderer. ... Show More
59m 21s
Aug 2022
Fitbit used to convict husband of wife’s murder; Cousins jailed for burying baby in backyard
This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A wife murdered, a pregnant mistress, and a husband with a wild story of a masked intruder. Years after his wife’s death, Richard Dabate was sentenced to 65 years in prison, with the help of evidence from the victim’s Fitbit. Plus, a pai ... Show More
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