Fraser Bohm, the driver who caused a violent crash killing four Pepperdine college students, hires high-profile celebrity attorney Alan Jackson. Jackson shortly ask judge to lower Bohm's bail from $4 million to $2 million to free up funds for an "expert-intensive defense." Jackson argued that bond is tying up family money that could be spent on his defense. The judge refused to cut the amount in half.

Bohm faces four murder and vehicular manslaughter charges for the deaths of Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir, and Deslyn Williams, who were standing on the side of PCH when authorities say Bohm hit them after losing control of his BMW while driving in excess of 100 mph.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

• Bridget Thompson - Roommate and Best Friend with Pepperdine Crash Victims
• Coco Crandall - Roommate and Best Friend with Pepperdine Crash Victims
• Brian Claypool -Trial Attorney, Owner and Managing Partner at the Claypool Law Firm, and Author of "Break the Code of Silence: Raising My Voice to Protect Our Kids;" Instagram: @brian.claypool, Facebook: @BrianClaypoolMedia
• Caryn Stark - Forensic Psychologist, Renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
• Joseph Tremblay - Senior Forensic Engineer and Accident reconstructionist, Veritech Consulting Engineering
• Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), NEW Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue" (launching AUGUST 20), and Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
• Dave Mack - 'Crime Stories' Investigative Reporter

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Franz and Theresia Kraus are a retired couple. In 2025 he is 92 and she is 83. The problem is that nobody has seen them in several years. Their social security checks are automatically deposited and their adult son, Lorenz Kraus, tends to other matters for them. After years of attempting to contact the couple without success, the social security office asks police to do a "welfare check" on Franz and Theresia Kraus. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at what happened when police do the welfare check and how their "loving son" Lorenz Kraus ends up on local tv confessing to killing his parents and burying their bodies in the backyard.

Transcribe Highlights

00:00.11 Introduction

01:16.21 Man buries mom and dad in backyard

04:36.12 Mountain Family Comes to big city to transport body of their loved one on a flatbed truck

08:59.11 News Anchor gets son to admit murder during interview

14:37.45 Early Luminol story

20:10.37 Body decomposing in soil will cause sinking

25:11.76 Newsman interviews murderer

30:14.33 Suffocated father

34:31.88 Admits killing in 2017

40:13.36 Skeletal remains can breakdown

44:27.65 Conclusion

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Breaking crime news as it happens throughout the day! Follow "Crime Alert Hourly Update" now on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/Crime_Alert

Here's some of our top stories this week:

Philadelphia police and family members are asking for the public's help in locating a young woman who disappeared after leaving her overnight job at an assisted living facility.

Suspect arrested in January's Palisades fire.

A Texas woman was convicted and sentenced this week for the murder of her diabetic husband in 2023 by neglect as he suffered from an insulin overdose.

A former Idaho pastor accused of using his church role to traffic and sexually abuse women is out on bond as his next court date nears

Stay informed, stay safe, and stay ahead with "Crime Alert Hourly Update.”

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.