Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings · Envision Podcast Productions

Crime Wire Weekly 1/23/26 | Uvalde Officer’s Trial, Nintendo Switch Murder, National Championship Crimes (Preview)

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An 11-year-old in Pennsylvania was charged after allegedly shooting his adoptive father over a Nintendo Switch.

1. Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings uses this Crime Wire Weekly preview to move from the Indiana Hoosiers’ 27-21 championship win to arrests, prison deaths, and child homicide charges. 2. Kelly Jennings and her co-host are the named hosts, and they frame the news with jokes about Louisiana weather, Miami crowds, and Texas place names. 3. The episode asks what crimes and court developments stood out in the week’s true-crime headlines, from Miami’s championship crowd to Uvalde and Pennsylvania. 4. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office is cited for releasing three incidents from the national championship game: Alonzo McGill’s field trespass, Adalberto Chacon’s arrest after a deputy was pushed, and Eddie Hunson’s counterfeit-ticket case. 5. The hosts note that McGill allegedly jumped onto the field and into the Miami Hurricanes bench area, and they say his interference charge carried a $2,500 bond. 6. Chacon is described as 19 years old, arrested after a physical altercation in the parking lot, and charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest without violence. 7. Hunson is identified as the person who allegedly sold fake championship tickets for $5,000 and used Venmo for the transaction. 8. Kelly Jennings then shifts to Jared Dicus, who was serving a 40-year sentence after pleading guilty to killing his wife, Angie Diaz, in Waller County. 9. The discussion names the James J. H. Jim Rudd Unit, also called the Wainwright Unit, where Dicus was found hanging in his cell in Lovelady, Texas. 10. The hosts mention that Texas Department of Criminal Justice called the death a standard inmate-death investigation and said initial findings pointed to suicide. 11. The Uvalde segment centers on Adrian Gonzalez, who was found not guilty on 29 counts connected to the school shooting response. 12. Kelly Jennings describes watching trial footage and says the defense attorney argued that Gonzalez was being used as a scapegoat for people above him in the department. 13. The conversation turns to the fatal-funnel concept, with the hosts explaining why a doorway can be a dangerous entry point during an active shooter response. 14. They also discuss the mismatch between a school officer with a pistol and a suspect firing a high-powered rifle with more than 150 shots. 15. Kelly Jennings says the defense narrowed the timeline by referencing a perception-of-time effect during high-stress events, which made the response seem longer than it was. 16. The episode then covers a Pennsylvania case in which an 11-year-old boy allegedly shot Douglas Dietz after his Nintendo Switch was taken away at about midnight. 17. Kelly Jennings describes the boy finding a key to the family gun safe, loading the firearm, and allegedly telling his mother, "I killed daddy." 18. The preview closes with a Texas fraud case in Springtown where Giovanni Blunt allegedly ran a double-charge scam at McDonald’s using more than 50 transactions. 19. Listeners who follow true-crime headlines, police procedure, and courtroom debates about Uvalde will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a single, tightly focused story with no side commentary may skip this preview.

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