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In 1960, Lady Bird Lake was built by the city of Austin. The river-like reservoir was created as a cooling pond for Austin's then-new city power plant.

The 416-acre lake is now primarily used for recreation, but many in the area are now concerned is it the hunting ground for a killer. There have been multiple deaths reported since 2022. The total now up to 38 deaths.

Even though police have given no indication there are signs of foul play, social media has lit up with speculation. According to the San Antonio Current, rumors of a serial killer hunting young men and dumping their bodies in Lady Bird Lake ran rampant. That's when Police recovered the bodies of Jason John, Clifton Axtell, Jonathon Honey, and Christopher Hays-Clark — all between the ages of 20 and 40 and all recovered from Lady Bird Lake.

Reegan Aparicio says she has no doubts that her longtime boyfriend Chris Hays-Clark was placed in Lady Bird Lake. The dental nurse says despite police assurances that there was no foul play in Hays-Clark's death, she believes he was already dead when he went into the water.

Many citizens are worried.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

• Reegan Aparicio - Mother to Christopher Clark's (son) Friend, GoFundMe:
• Alan Bennett – Former Assistant District Attorney; Partner at Gunter, Bennett, and Anthes
• Dr. Dana Anderson – Forensic Psychologist, Forensic Expert; Twitter: @psychologydrcom, TikTok: @psychologydr
• Dennis Franks - Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent, President of Investigative & Security Global Solutions
• Dr. Kendall Crowns – Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth) and Lecturer: University of Texas Austin and Texas Christian University Medical School
• Brianna Hollis - Crime Reporter, KXAN News; IG: @brihollis_, X: @brihollisNEWS, FB: Brianna Hollis News

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs, disgraced music mogul, begins a new fight seeking a light sentence. It remains unclear when the rapper will learn his punishment. At the moment, the disgraced music mogul, begins a new fight seeking a light sentence. It remains unclear when Combs will learn his punishment. After the Bad Boy founder is scheduled for sentencing on Oct 3rd, 2025.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is sent back to jail to await sentencing after a dramatic verdict day that saw him cleared of the most serious charges he faced, a victory in many senses for Combs, but found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. It remains unclear how much longer the disgraced rapper, who has already been in jail for nine months, may spend behind bars after his sentencing scheduled on Oct 3rd, 2025.

Diddy has not been seen in public since September 2024, after his arrest for racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. His lawyers tell the judge he will obey by the strictest bail terms, especially after a grueling 10 months in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, where the disgraced rap mogul is being housed with fellow inmates like Luigi Mangione and Sam Bankman-Fried.

Combs' trial has been an explosive trial filled with bizarre sexual talks and explicit sex videos, along with mentions of Hollywood's biggest stars. Not to mention, Cassie, Diddy's ex-girlfriend and the states star witness, who testified while heavily pregnant.

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An Arizona man faces multiple charges after his girlfriend told police she had escaped from a shed where he’d held her while assaulting her for several days.

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Sherri Papini went to jail after admitting her alleged 2016 kidnapping was a hoax, but after her release, she’s giving a different explanation now to why she should be viewed as innocent of those charges. Sherri Papini gained worldwide attention in 2016 when she went missing for 22 days after she is abducted while out on a jog near her home just north of Redding California. Sherri is reported missing on January 2022 by her husband Keith, after she was reported going for a jog in her neighborhood.

The California young mom makes headlines in 2016 when she goes missing while on a jog near her Redding, California, home and her stories haven't stopped since. First big development is when she shockingly is rescued on a road 22 days after her alleged abduction, Thanksgiving Day. The fact this happens on Thanksgiving Day is an even sweeter reward, for her family and the millions of people across the globe who were invested in the mom's safe return or life story.

Sherri resurfaces 22 days later and claims she was beaten and branded by captors. Sherri is ultimately arrested in 2022 for orchestrating her abduction. She pleads guilty to a federal judge later that year and is sentenced to 18 months in jail for committing mail fraud and lying to a federal officer about being kidnapped.

Sherri Papini admits to lying about being kidnapped in 2016 but now claims she did not lie about being held captive in the new docuseries Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie. California young mother and wife went missing in 2016 and reappeared three weeks later, falsely telling authorities she had been abducted and tortured, but is now also speaking publicly for the first time since her prison release in Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie.

After Sherri plead guilty to making false statements and one count of mail fraud in connection with lying about being kidnapped in 2016, she recently comes forward to switch her story once again denying she was ever held captive. However, Sherri, just six weeks after her arrest, signs a plea deal admitting she orchestrated the hoax. She pleads guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of making false statements. In September 2022, she is sentenced to 18 months in prison following three years of.supervised release and ordered to pay $300,000 (including restitution to cover the costs of the police investigation)

Earlier this year, Investigation Discovery’s Caught in the Lie featuring Sherri Panini, illustrates claims by Papini that James Reyes is allegedly responsible for her kidnapping. Reyes disputes the allegations when interviewed by government officials and is never officially charged in connection to her kidnapping.

Joining Nancy Grace today,

• Darryl Cohen - Former Assistant District Attorney (Fulton County, Georgia) Former Assistant State Attorney (Florida), Defense Attorney, Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen, CCEAlaw.com, Facebook: "Darryl B Cohen", Twitter: @DarrylBCohen
• Dr. Stephen M. Diggs - Sherri Papini’s therapist, California licensed psychologist, Owner / Director of NYSA Therapy, Author of “Secondhand Girl: From Foster Care to Borderline Personality to Peace”, website: nysatherapy.com
• Sheriff Michael Johnson - Sheriff of Shasta County, his department investigated the “original” Sherri Papini case
• Traci Brown - Body language expert, Author: “How to Detect Lies, Fraud and Identity Theft”, www.BodyLanguageTrainer.com, Twitter: @Tracibrown37
• Kelli Saam - Anchor at Action News Now, the CBS and NBC affiliate in Redding, CA, website: actionnewsnow.com, X: @KelliSaam, Instagram and Facebook: @KelliSaamNews

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From scoring perfect 10's and public adoration at the 1984 Olympics to public shock! Gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton's DUI arrest...is caught on camera & her behavior towards the cops is far from gold.

A husband poisons his Dementia-stricken wife's drink, then smothers her in a grisly murder -- her blue tongue gave it away. Plus, some real-life heroes rescue a pair of toddlers in a hot car. Jennifer Gould reports.

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Sean 'Diddy" Combs' legal team drops push for expedited sentencing. Defense attorneys sought to expedite Combs' sentencing after his verdict last week, but indicated they conferred with federal prosecutors and agree on the original date proposed last week by Judge Subramanian. The decision was made yesterday, Tuesday (July 8) during a virtual quick hearing that was scheduled after Combs’ legal team requested an expedited hearing.

Sentencing date set for Sean “Diddy” Combs following his federal conviction, the disgraced rap mogul will learn his fate on Oct. 3, 2025, after being found guilty on two federal counts of transporting women across state lines for prostitution but being found not guilty on the more serious crimes that can carry up to life in prison, racketing and sex trafficking.

Combs' defense team is reportedly pushing for the minimum sentence of 21 to 27 months behind bars. The prosecution, on the other hand, says the sentencing guidelines call for 51 to 63 months and allegedly will likely seek an even longer sentence. Judge Subramanian previously noted the time Combs already spent in jail will count towards his final sentence. The native New Yorker and rap mogul has been jailed since his initial arrest last September and will remain behind bars until his sentencing.

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