Andrea Canning

This case really caught the attention of Dateline viewers and listeners.

Yeah.

Matthew Farwell was an instructor with the Stoughton Police Department's Explorers program, a program for young people interested in law enforcement.

Sandra started attending that program as a preteen.

Prosecutors allege Farwell groomed and then sexually exploited her when she was underage and murdered her all these years later to prevent her from disclosing his sexual exploitation of her and also because he believed that she was pregnant with his baby.

Sue, as we mentioned in my Dateline episode, it turned out Farwell is not the father, after all, of Sandra's unborn child, which was a twist in the story.

The final trial we want to flag isn't on our calendar yet, but we expect it to go to trial in 2026.

This is another case I've been following for years.

We're talking about the trial of Rex Heuermann, the alleged Long Island serial killer who is accused of the murder of seven women.

He has pleaded not guilty.

Sue, where do things stand with that case right now?

Okay, Sue, so many trials to watch in the new year, and we will be following them all here on Dateline True Crime Weekly.

Thank you.

For our final story, we've got some news about a crime that can hit close to home.

Whether it's porch pirates stealing holiday packages or organized gangs targeting celebrity mansions, thieves are going high tech.

Last year, there were reports of criminals using devices like Wi-Fi jammers that can take out your home security system or camouflage cameras that blend in with the bushes.

Los Angeles homeowner George Wynn told NBC4 Los Angeles that he found a camera hidden on his own lawn.

Here to help us understand how these devices work and what to do to improve your home security in 2026 is NBC News correspondent Adrienne Broaddus.

Adrienne, welcome to the podcast.

Absolutely.