When 15-year-old Sarah Kopp met her 31-year-old PE teacher, she thought he was just being kind. What followed was years of manipulation, control, and abuse that changed the course of her life. Katie unpacks how Sarah’s teacher became her abuser, and the father of her children. Now, Sarah is fighting to make sure no child endures what she did. In tonight’s Night Watch episode, Katie traces Sarah’s journey from victim to survivor and explores how she found the strength to bring her abuser to justice.
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First Watch: Child OUTSMARTS Mom’s Kidnapper & Uncle Attacked for Cash
For her first case, Katie reveals how a young boy in Iowa became a real-life hero after saving his mother from a terrifying hostage situation. The boy heard her being abused throughout the night by a man, so when he went on the school bus the next morning, he did something courageous that sprang authorities into action. Then, Katie turns to Detroit, where a viral “feel-good” video changed Curtis Dixon’s life overnight, but also made him a target. Within weeks, his own nephew allegedly led a violent plot to kidnap and kill him for his newfound fortune.
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Night Watch: Bryan Pata’s MURDER WITNESS FOUND ALIVE
Miami Hurricanes football standout Bryan Pata was months from the NFL when he was shot outside his apartment in 2006. Fifteen years later, former teammate Rashaun Jones was arrested and charged in the killing, but the case swerved again when ESPN reporters located a supposedly “deceased” eyewitness…alive. With the witness now deemed unfit to testify and prior statements set to be used at trial, Jones maintains his innocence as the court date resets for February 2026. In this episode, Katie retraces the rivalry, the evidence, the media’s role, and the two-decade fight for justice by Pata’s family.
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First Watch: Sex Offender Hunted & Triple Femicide Streamed in “House of Horrors”
In California, police say 29-year-old Varun Suresh used Megan’s Law listings to track down 71-year-old David Brimmer—then stabbed him to death, allegedly calling it “justice.” Suresh now faces murder and burglary charges as investigators probe his past and his vigilante motive. Meanwhile, Katie investigates a second case in Argentina, where the dismembered bodies of two young women and a teenage girl were unearthed behind a suburban home. Their torture and killings were allegedly streamed to a private audience as a gang warning. Nine suspects are in custody, including the alleged ringleader “Little J,” as authorities race to verify the livestream platform and piece together who else was involved.
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True Crime This Week: Halloween Horrors
On the scariest night of the year, two women met real-life terror. In 2008, Arpana Jinaga hosted a costume party in her Seattle apartment and was found strangled days later, her killer still unknown. On Halloween morning in 1981, Sister Tadea Benz was murdered inside her Amarillo convent, a case that may have ended with the wrong man executed. The scariest part of Halloween is knowing justice never came.
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The biggest cases. The latest developments. Delivered every weekday, morning and night. Hosted by Katie Ring, Crime House Daily brings you twice-daily true crime updates on active investigations, headline trials, and breaking developments. Every morning, we give you the need-to-know with our First Watch episodes. And every evening? We go even deeper. Follow a case from the first 911 call to the final verdict with our Night Watch episodes.
And on Sundays, don’t miss True Crime This Week episodes. A weekly drop hosted by Vanessa Richardson exploring the most unforgettable cases in true crime history, tied together by a chilling theme like serial killers, disappearances, and more.
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