Crime Wire Weekly 7/18/25 | Louisiana Police Chief’s Arrested in Fraud, Human Skin Teddy Bear, American Idol Murder

In this episode of CrimeWire Weekly, hosts Jim Chapman and Kelly Jennings discuss a series of trending crime stories, including the arrests of (2) Police Chiefs and others as part of a sting involving inproperly issuing U-Visa's. A shooting in KY kills two people and a trooper is shot and injured and a prank involving a teddy-bear with what resembles human skin causes quite an uproar.
These crime stories and more discussed on today's podcast!
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Timestamps
00:23 Louisiana Police Chief’s Arrested in U-Visa Fraud.
09:28 Kentucky Church Shooting 12:10 Indiana Child Trafficking Attempt
17:55 Safe Baby Drop-Off Options
19:59 Human Skin Teddy Bear Prank
24:07 Honor Killings in Pakistan
29:04 Arizona Double Homicide
33:53 American Idol Tragedy
38:16 French Convict Hides in Fellow Inmates Luggage and Escapes.
42:58 Youth Violence in North Carolina

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Kelly Jennings is host of “Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast by Kelly Jennings” https://open.spotify.com/show/3n7BUzKRtMhAEuIuu7f031?si=c98fcf5b7e6848c8
Jim Chapman is host of “Exposed: Scandalous Files of the Elite” https://open.spotify.com/show/3ePQYSPp5oSPDeue8otH1n?si=39142df6e0ed4f77