This is what it feels like when a judge rules in your favor. I went to court because being an immersive true-crime journalist involves digging for every scrap of information – even if doing so means fighting city hall. Background: When 41-year-old construction supervisor Troy Driver was arrested in Nevada for the abduction, rape, and … Read more
When Brad Pope, a sergeant in the sheriff’s office in Lyon County, Nevada, was running for election against his boss, he allegedly used a fake Facebook profile to leak confidential case information. After receiving a tip, I uncovered the facts about the criminal investigation by serving a Public Records Act request on the Nevada Department … Read more
Even now, four years later, it’s painful to think about Rhonita Miller, then 30, and her infant twins, being gunned down in cold blood by cartel killers near her home in Sonora, a state in Mexico that borders the U.S. Rhonita was in many ways a typical American mom. She drove a Chevy Suburban. She … Read more
Decades before Troy Driver abducted, raped, and murdered teenager Naomi Irion in the Nevada desert, he and some friends lured a drug dealer named Paul Rodriguez up this driveway, deep in the woods of northern California. Near a clearing where a horse trailer was stored, a car had been parked in the driveway with its … Read more
During the search for Karlie Gusé in 2018, I encountered then-Sgt. Seth Clark from the Mono County Sheriff’s Office (now Lt. Clark). Given that Karlie hadn’t surfaced yet, two theories seemed most plausible. One was that she walked deep into the desert, hunkered down, and perished. The second theory was that Karlie got into a … Read more