Former American Idol contestant on trial. Plastic surgeon allegedly murders lawyer. Plus, AI scams.
Summary
Dateline True Crime Weekly covers the trial of former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn, accused of staging his wife’s murder to cover an affair, and the bench trial of plastic surgeon Tomas Kazowski, who was found guilty of murdering an attorney in a high-profile Florida case. The episode also updates on the Nolan Wells investigation, where a grand jury returned a no true bill, and a pretrial ruling in the Faith Hedgpeth case that allowed evidence pointing to an alternate suspect. Finally, NBC’s Vicki Nguyen warns viewers about “sadness bait” scams using AI-generated fake sob stories to…
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Trial of Caleb Flynn for wife's murder
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Trial of plastic surgeon Tomas Kazowski
Kazowski verdict and penalty phase
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Nolan Wells grand jury findings
Faith Hedgpeth pretrial hearing
AI 'sadness bait' scams explained
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