In California, Jake Haro was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for the murder of his 7-month-old son, Emmanuel, whose body has never been found.

In Kentucky, a UPS cargo jet crashed near the Louisville airport, killing nine people and injuring eleven more shortly after takeoff.

In Pennsylvania, a 13-year-old girl from Louisiana was found alive inside a box in a man’s basement after he allegedly lured her through Snapchat with promises of adoption.

In Virginia, teacher Abby Zwerner’s $40 million negligence lawsuit against school officials continues, revisiting the 2023 classroom shooting that left her critically injured by a 6-year-old student.

In California, the search continues for 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, whose mother returned home from a cross-country trip without her.

In Minnesota, a 51-year-old woman survived a violent sexual assault during her nightly walk, leading to the arrest of 21-year-old Tristen Leritz.

In Georgia, 17-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick stands accused of murdering her mother and stepfather after months of portraying herself online as a grieving daughter.

And in Boston, two college-aged men were charged after an explosion rocked a Harvard Medical School building in what prosecutors say was a deliberate act using fireworks.

Finally, in California, former American Idol contestant Randy Madden faces six felony charges for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor.

Former Horry County 911 dispatcher Meagan Jackson and her lover, coroner’s investigator Chris Dontell, were charged in the 2020 murder of Meagan’s ex, Greg Rice. What began as a secret affair spiraled into a deadly conspiracy involving betrayal, cover-ups, and shocking courtroom twists. This episode follows the years-long investigation and trials that finally brought justice for Greg — and exposed just how far Meagan and Chris were willing to go.

This week’s Weekly Docket is heavy. We’re covering six shocking true-crime stories making headlines right now — from small-town tragedies to international headlines.

In Montana, a mother is charged with deliberate homicide after her 2-year-old son was found decomposing in a home described as “unlivable.” Then in North Carolina, a father’s 911 confession led deputies to a car trunk containing the bodies of his four children — a discovery that left an entire community reeling.

We also cover the arrest of an attorney accused of killing his tech-executive wife in Chicago, the $100 million Louvre jewel heist that stunned France, a deadly homecoming mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi, and the chaotic downtown Montgomery shootout that left two people dead after a college football weekend.