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True Crime Time For August 27, 2026 | A Wife’s Death Ruled Suicide, Law Enforcement Couple Arrested & 30 Years on Death Row

Season 17 Episode 261 Published 1 week ago
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On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody opens with another message for everyone following What Happened to Madison: hang on. Because the episode was recorded a day early, he still can’t reveal what he believes is coming, but promises the Lifers will hear about any break in the case as soon as he can share it.

For On This Day in Crime, Woody looks back at Edmund “Ed” Kemper, the infamous Co-Ed Killer, who committed his first murders in 1964 when he killed his grandparents, Edmund Emil Kemper Sr. and Maude Matilda Kemper. Kemper would later murder six more women, including his mother and her friend, before surrendering to authorities.

Then it’s F’d Up Professionals, and Woody turns to the arrest of San Francisco 49ers principal owner Jed York in East Palestine, Ohio. York was arrested after allegedly responding to an undercover prostitution advertisement. He later pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools. Court records show the original prostitution-related charge was amended, and York was fined $1,150.

The episode then moves into a case that hits several familiar RLRC themes at once. Jeremy Perrin, a Missouri fire chief, reserve deputy sheriff, and assistant coroner, has been charged in connection with the 2025 shooting death of his wife, Shelby Kessler Perrin. Her death was initially reported as a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound after Jeremy allegedly told investigators she pulled a gun from the center console and shot herself while he was driving on Interstate 55.

But investigators kept digging. According to the case described in the episode, they discovered video hidden on Shelby’s phone that allegedly showed Jeremy striking, choking, and threatening her. Investigators also recovered an earlier message in which Jeremy allegedly warned that his escalating rage could ultimately leave Shelby needing a “body bag.” Because of Jeremy’s positions within local public-safety agencies, the investigation was turned over to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He now faces charges including second-degree murder, domestic assault, harassment, and tampering with physical evidence.

Next, Woody stays close to home with a domestic violence case in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana involving two people connected to the local criminal justice system. Shelby Nelson, who works for the 20th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, and her husband, David Nelson, a Slaughter police officer and part-time Jackson marshal, were both arrested following a domestic dispute. Video recorded by their son allegedly captured part of the altercation, while Shelby told investigators that the video did not show the full context and alleged that her husband had also assaulted and choked her. Both were booked on misdemeanor domestic-abuse charges.

Then it’s Planes, Trains and Automobiles in San Antonio, where 25-year-old Brandon Christopher Figueroa allegedly fled a Texas Department of Public Safety traffic stop, led troopers on a high-speed pursuit, crashed through a gate, and ended up on a runway at San Antonio International Airport. Troopers took him into custody at gunpoint and allegedly discovered a firearm in the vehicle.

The final portion of the episode takes a much more serious turn as Woody examines the case of Tyrone Noling, who has spent roughly three decades on Ohio’s death row while maintaining that he did not murder elderly couple Bearnhardt and Cora Hartig in 1990.

Noling was convicted after other young men implicated him, but those witnesses later recanted. No physical evidence tied Noling to the murders, the murder weapon was never

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