Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
Thu, 24 Apr 2025
Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. In Massachusetts, opening statements in the second trial of the woman accused of running over her police officer boyfriend. In Arizona, a jury returns a verdict at Lori Vallow Daybell's latest trial. Harvey Weinstein faces a new accuser, and Scott Peterson's defense team says it has new witnesses and new evidence to prove his innocence. Plus, a juror turned podcaster. Find out more about the cases each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com.Listen to Keith's podcast, Mommy Doomsday, about the Lori Vallow Daybell story here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mommy-doomsday/id1540849480. Link for "Sequestered" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sequestered-podcast/id1792642561.
Chapter 1: What are the opening statements in Karen Reid's retrial?
You know, that's the great question. I have a feeling she has one more trial that she will try to do it again, and we will see what happens there.
Yeah, tell us what is the next one.
Yes, we have one more, and it is the final one. Lori Vallow is charged with conspiracy to commit the murder of her former nephew. Brandon Boudreaux is his name. He was married to Lori's niece, who was involved in their group. He was driving home from the gym one day when somebody shot at his window, nearly killed him. And that person, the shooter, police believe is Alex Cox, who's Lori's brother.
So that trial is set to begin the beginning of June.
Nate, thank you so much for these updates all throughout the trial. For more of Nate's coverage of the trial and the case in general, check out eastidahonews.com. And to learn more about Lori's story, check out Keith's podcast series, Mommy Doomsday, which is available wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks so much.
Thank you.
When we come back, it's time for Dateline Roundup. We've got the latest twist in Scott Peterson's campaign to prove his innocence. And Harvey Weinstein faces a new accuser in court. Plus, a woman tells us how jury service changed her life and why she made a podcast about it. Welcome back. Joining us for this week's Roundup is Dateline Digital producer Veronica Mazzecca. Hey, Veronica. Hey.
So our first story comes out of New York where opening statements began this week in the retrial of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. His first trial really was one of the defining moments of the Me Too movement. Veronica, just give us a refresher.
Yeah, so back in 2020, Weinstein was convicted in New York on two counts, the third-degree rape of an aspiring actress and a criminal sexual act against a production assistant.
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Chapter 5: What new developments occurred in Scott Peterson's case?
Picture the scene. Blood-curdling screams. ambulances, emergency lights on, fire engines, ladder trucks, paramedics, patrol vehicles, patrol cruisers, police officers, first responders, firefighters, all swarming all over Brian Albert's lawn, literally feet under his bedroom window. Yet Brian Albert, a sworn peace officer, a first responder himself,
never walked outside his house to see if he could help a fallen fellow officer on his own front lawn.
I remember during the first trial, Brian Elbert testified that he was asleep and had his window curtains closed at the time. Okay, Sue, there is so much to this story. So much.
We'll get into all of it, too, Andrea.
We will. And even though this is the second trial, somehow it feels just as interesting as the first one. Thank you, Sue. We'll be hearing from you a lot. Thanks, Andrea. Can't wait. Up next, earlier this week, Lori Vallow Daybell made a final plea to the jury at her Arizona murder trial before deliberations began. What did they decide? Lori Vallow Daybell, a.k.a.
Mommy Doomsday, has spent the last few weeks on trial in Phoenix, Arizona for conspiring to murder her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. Lori has also spent the last few weeks serving as her own defense attorney, arguing that her brother Alex shot Charles in self-defense.
Did you see with your eyes? or hear with your ears or personally witness me conspire with my brother, Alex Cox, to murder my husband, Charles Bell?
No. On Monday, she left the jury with her closing arguments and deliberations began. Tuesday, they came back with a verdict. Here to fill us in is Nate Eaton, news director at East Idaho News. And he is also serving as an NBC News contributor on the case. Hi, Nate. You're actually in Phoenix, away from home, covering this.
Yeah, I've been here the past few weeks, and what a ride it's been.
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Chapter 6: How did the prosecution present its case against Karen Reid?
Chapter 7: What role did juror Sarah Reed play in the Jasmine Pace murder trial?
This is an attempt by the state to try to retrofit a crime that doesn't exist. This event was not a crime. It was a tragedy. Don't let them turn my family tragedy into a crime.
She did try to testify a couple of times during that closing statement, which was not allowed. The prosecution objected to that.
A two-minute period changed our lives forever. How are you supposed to choose between three people you love, your husband, your daughter, your brother?
All right. I'll caution the defendant not to testify about things that were not entered into evidence.
The jury got the case Monday. They went home, then started deliberating again Tuesday morning. How long would you say in total they were deliberating on this?
The first day, the jury deliberated about 17 minutes. That probably gave them enough time to pick a foreperson, and then they probably said, we're going to go home and sleep on this. They came back the next day on Tuesday, and they total deliberated a little less than three hours.
All right. What was the verdict, Nate?
Verdict was guilty. Lori Vallow had no reaction. She kept a very serious face. She stood up, walked out of the courtroom, and that was that.
Any reaction from the courtroom? No.
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