Brad Milkey

ABC's got some unique access here, so I'll talk to the reporters and producers who have followed these cases for months, sometimes years. We'll bring you the latest developments and the larger context on the true crime stories you've been hearing about. Follow the crime scene for special access to the people who know these stories best.

ABC's got some unique access here, so I'll talk to the reporters and producers who have followed these cases for months, sometimes years. We'll bring you the latest developments and the larger context on the true crime stories you've been hearing about. Follow the crime scene for special access to the people who know these stories best.

Another day, another outburst.

Another day, another outburst.

In January, a retired Green Beret named Clint Bonnell vanished without a trace. Now his wife has been charged with his gruesome murder and his girlfriend is sharing her side of the story. Welcome to the crime scene. I'm Brad Milkey. I host ABC's daily news podcast, Start Here. And every week, we're bringing you the latest on what's big and what's new in the true crime space.

In January, a retired Green Beret named Clint Bonnell vanished without a trace. Now his wife has been charged with his gruesome murder and his girlfriend is sharing her side of the story. Welcome to the crime scene. I'm Brad Milkey. I host ABC's daily news podcast, Start Here. And every week, we're bringing you the latest on what's big and what's new in the true crime space.

This week, I'm talking to Elena Athens, the anchor and reporter who covered this case for ABC station WTVD in North Carolina. She's going to help us break down all the details here. Hi, Elena. Hey there, Brad. How are you? I'm okay. Thanks for being here. This story has really evolved quickly in the last few weeks, right? Can you just bring us up to speed? Where does the story start?

This week, I'm talking to Elena Athens, the anchor and reporter who covered this case for ABC station WTVD in North Carolina. She's going to help us break down all the details here. Hi, Elena. Hey there, Brad. How are you? I'm okay. Thanks for being here. This story has really evolved quickly in the last few weeks, right? Can you just bring us up to speed? Where does the story start?

I see. So then like cut off from people around it. So at this point, the university is called for a welfare check and Bunnell's girlfriend is called for a welfare check. It's still a missing persons case at this point, right? How are police approaching it and how does that change?

I see. So then like cut off from people around it. So at this point, the university is called for a welfare check and Bunnell's girlfriend is called for a welfare check. It's still a missing persons case at this point, right? How are police approaching it and how does that change?

So it sounds like at that point, they must think there's some sort of foul play. What do they find?

So it sounds like at that point, they must think there's some sort of foul play. What do they find?

Wow. So they find this body with, again, so gruesome. It's been dismembered. And then they make this arrest. You're at that first hearing, which I think is in late March. What is that like?

Wow. So they find this body with, again, so gruesome. It's been dismembered. And then they make this arrest. You're at that first hearing, which I think is in late March. What is that like?

Oh, like sitting to get on the same side of the room then?

Oh, like sitting to get on the same side of the room then?

Right. Like everyone's very much intertwined here.

Right. Like everyone's very much intertwined here.

And you said that investigators have to kind of lay out, here's the evidence we've got that we would be able to present at trial. What is that evidence? What are investigators actually pointing to that would connect Shanna Cloud to the murder of her husband?

And you said that investigators have to kind of lay out, here's the evidence we've got that we would be able to present at trial. What is that evidence? What are investigators actually pointing to that would connect Shanna Cloud to the murder of her husband?