He killed his girlfriend with cocaine to stop her pregnancy; Mother slain in daylight attack

07/07/2026 8:12 am PDT

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He discusses Blaise Taylor’s guilty verdict on all counts in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, a brazen daylight attack that took the life of mother of five Caroline Peña, and Alex Murdaugh’s retrial in the slaying of his wife and son.

He killed his girlfriend with cocaine to stop her pregnancy; Mother slain in daylight attack

07/07/2026 8:12 am PDT

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