Fox News True Crime Newsletter: The search for Lynette Hooker, Alex Murdaugh’s secretary

MISSING AMERICAN IN THE BAHAMAS:

Federal investigators have received permission from Bahamian authorities to send a dive team to a new search site in the Sea of ​​Abaco for Lynette Hooker, a US official close to the investigation confirmed to Fox News Digital. The renewed search follows newly recovered GPS data from a marine navigation app on her husband Brian Hooker’s phone, which allegedly contradicts his first account of the night his wife went missing.

LOST AT SEA: Bahamian authorities authorize search of 25-foot-deep area flagged by GPS data from Brian Hooker’s phone: sources

THICK WATER: Feds plan new Bahamas search for Lynette Hooker after GPS data allegedly torpedoes husband’s story: source

A LOT OF QUESTIONS: Boat tracking data went black for 11 hours on the night of the missing American who disappeared in the Bahamas

END OF THE NIGHT: Missing American husband had $33K dash cam on boat that night and never used it, friend says

ALEX MURDAUGH:

Former Colleton County Court Clerk Becky Hill covers her eyes with a cup of coffee on a switch outside her South Carolina home Saturday, May 23, 2026. Hill is on trial for disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh, whose murder charges against his wife and son were dropped earlier this month after Hill was accused of influencing jurors in the case. (Kat Ramirez of Fox News Digital)

Becky Hill, the woman at the center of Alex Murdaugh’s double murder case, appeared calm and quiet Saturday morning, sitting on a swinging bench outside her South Carolina home after breakfast, in new photos obtained by Fox News Digital. The state is now expected to prepare for a retrial of Murdaugh, who was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the deaths of his wife and son.

SCALE GIVEN: Coroner Alex Murdaugh reappeared after the explosive verdict dismissing the murder charge

THEY BACK IN COURT: Keywords to be known as Murdaugh’s double murder case is dramatically restructured

ANNA KEPNER:

Timothy Hudson enters Miami Federal Court with a public defender Wednesday, May 27, 2026. He is charged in connection with the death of his half-sister, Anna Kepner, on a Carnival Cruise in November 2025. (Matthew Symons of Fox News Digital)

Timothy Hudson, the teenage stepfather charged in the death of Anna Kepner, 18, who was aboard the Carnival cruise ship, will be free pending trial, a judge ruled Wednesday, as new details and timing of the alleged killings were revealed in court records.

CABIN HORROR: Prosecutors describe Anna Kepner’s boat killing as ‘barbaric’ act

REPRESENTED IN COURT: Stepparent accused of killing Anna Kepner on Carnival cruise remains free pending trial

BREAKING HOMES:

Randy Gail Sperino, left, was found murdered in rural Granite City, Illinois, in 1993. Albert “Buddy” Zigler, right, was indicted more than three decades later after investigators used forensic DNA to reopen the case. (Madison County District Attorney’s Office)

Authorities have arrested 33-year-old Randy Gail Sperino in a cold case related to the alleged murder, and digging in the yard has landed the husband and mother-in-law in jail.

FOLLOW THE FACE: A DNA breakthrough leads to the arrest of 33-year-old cold case investigators who have never given up hope.

SECRETS KEPT: The husband, mother-in-law were shot in the case of the murder of a woman while digging in the yard: police

TOM SELLECK PRIVATE:

Donald and Karen Whitaker were found dead in their California home. (Joy Miedecke)

California authorities are investigating the possible suicide deaths of Donald Whitaker, 80, and Karen Whitaker, 79, after officials say Karen Whitaker fell victim to an online dating scam involving actor Tom Selleck. Friends and investigators say Karen Whitaker allegedly sent money and gift cards to the scammer despite repeated warnings from loved ones, while authorities note there is no evidence directly linking the scammer to the couple’s death.

REAL FANTASY: A suicide investigation continues after Tom Selleck allegedly cheated on a woman

HOLLYWOOD HOAX: Slayings rock town quiet after Tom Selleck catfish allegedly targeted woman before couple found dead: friend

Hot News:

Thomas Gilbert, Jr. appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday, January 9, 2015. Gilbert was convicted of shooting and killing his father, hedge fund manager Thomas Gilbert, Sr. On the left is his defense attorney Alex Spiro. (Photo By: Jefferson Siegel/NY Daily News via Getty Images)

Manhattan’s “Golden Boy” talks about his conviction for murder after killing his father more than a decade ago, a twenty-year mystery surrounding the identity of a man found unconscious behind a Georgia Burger King and a man accused of “unconscious shooting” in the shooting of his son’s girlfriend.

SILVER SPOONFALL: The ‘golden boy’ Ivy League grad who killed his hedge-fund dad over a grant is speaking out in a new interview

QUESTION LOADED: The gunmaker’s case after the death of an Auburn grad faces a major hurdle, a lawyer warns

EXTINCTION ACTION: A man found naked behind a Burger King with amnesia may have been hiding a mysterious past for decades