Jennifer Gould

Russell dialed 911, feeding off the emergency she had just manufactured.

Hours later, she did it again to the same child, but her bloodlust wasn't sated.

On September 22nd, she cornered little Harvey in the infant room.

She crushed that boy's chest and covered his face until he was unresponsive with blood pooling around his little nose.

Staff performed CPR, but Harvey was pronounced dead at the hospital, his tiny body unable to survive Russell's depraved quest for validation.

An autopsy ruled out trauma or toxins, pointing investigators towards foul play.

Chief Jewell branded the teen, quote, the common denominator in the carnage, end quote, uncovering a dark history of false 911 calls and fire setting at a church camp.

Classic markers, they say, of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy.

It is the ultimate fake tragedy sickness where a caregiver intentionally injures, mutilates or smothers a victim just to soak up pity and play the hero.

In a crisis they secretly sparked, prosecutors confirmed Russell faces second-degree murder for Harvey's death and attempted murder charges for that little girl.

She remains held in Scott County Jail.

The daycare's license was suspended immediately after Harvey's death, and it closed permanently amid the probe.

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I'm Jennifer Gould.

The high-stakes murder trial of Hollywood heir Nick Reiner descended into absolute chaos Wednesday when his celebrity defense attorney abruptly dumped his client in open court, leaving the accused double killer to face a double murder rap with a public defender.

The judge then addressed him in court.

Nick, the 32-year-old son of legendary director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle Singer Reiner, sat in standard jail scrubs and let out an eerie, chilling smirk as his legal powerhouse, Alan Jackson, announced he had, quote-unquote, no choice but to walk away from the case.

The courtroom shakeup sent shockwaves through the Stanley Mosque courthouse just as Reiner was slated to be arraigned for the grisly December 2025 slaughter of his parents.

Jackson, who has represented Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, and who recently most famously secured an acquittal for Karen Reed, held a frantic closed-door meeting with the judge before emerging to announce his departure.

Outside the courthouse, Jackson hinted at a massive internal fracture, stating that, quote-unquote, circumstances beyond Nick's control made it impossible to continue, and that although he's removing himself from the case, he continues to back Nick's innocence.