NBA Star Murdered by Ex-Wife

Emily Schwarz, 22, and her husband Joseph Ferlazzo, 41, traveled to Bolton, Vermont in October 2021 to celebrate their one-year anniversary, but Emily never came home. Joseph shot her twice in the head using a red throw pillow to muffle the gunshots, dismembered her body, and spent days lying to family before a friend called 911. A Vermont jury convicted him of first-degree murder, sentencing him to 42.5 years to life. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nineteen-Year-Old Lea Porter visited a former high school friend, Christopher Waide, at his Westminster, Colorado apartment in June 2014 and was never seen again. When her family grew suspicious, her brother Maxx lured Waide to a park gazebo under the guise of a tarot card reading to find Lea, secretly recording their conversation. Waide initially denied knowing anything but then admitted to strangling her. Maxx punched him and forced him to call 911 and confess. Waide pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and sexual exploitation and was sentenced to 48 years in prison. Despite a 40-day search of a landfill, Lea's remains have never been found. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following the end of their six-month relationship in April 2023, 18-year-old Spencer Pearson began a relentless campaign of stalking and harassment against his ex-girlfriend, 17-year-old Madison Schemitz. On June 3, 2023, Pearson tracked Schemitz to Mr. Chubby’s Wings in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where he waited in the parking lot to launch a premeditated ambush — an attack Schemitz would survive. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie. Watch on Spotify. If you’re subscribed to Spotify Premium, you don’t get any Spotify ads on my video! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A father’s reckless plea for reconciliation masked a sinister plot that turned his own children into unwitting accomplices. Behind a window left open in the dead of night, Trevor Summers transformed a suburban home into a prison, launching a harrowing 55-hour odyssey of obsession and terror. While his 14-year-old daughter was forced to drive her siblings into the darkness, a mother fought to survive a calculated descent into a murder-suicide pact she never signed. The true horror of the Summers case isn't just the kidnapping—it’s the chilling precision of a man who used love as a weapon to destroy the very family he claimed to be saving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neighbors noticed the Zotto house had fallen strangely quiet, though the family car remained parked in the driveway. Amber Zotto's mom hadn't heard from her in days either, which prompted a welfare check. While a chilling note sat on the counter, a frantic search eventually led investigators to the garage, where a heavy plastic bin held a secret that changed everything. Find out what happened next on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices