406: Mackenzie’s Dad is SPIRALING, 2nd DNA Sample Found in Anna Kepner & Serial Killer in Mexico?
Serialously with Annie Elise
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4.7 • 10.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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This week on Headline Highlights: Rebecca Haro pleaded guilty in the death of her 7-month-old son Emmanuel and was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison, though his remains have never been found. Nearly a year after Melissa Casias disappeared, hikers found her remains in a remote area of Carson National Forest. New court filings reveal disturbing new evidence in the cruise ship murder of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, as prosecutors build their case against her stepbrother, Timothy Hudson. Three women were found dead in Puerto Vallarta in two weeks, sparking serial killer rumors. And new interviews, phone calls, and legal filings in the Mackenzie Shirilla case have reignited debate over her conviction…
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, true crime besties, welcome back to an an all new episode of Serialessly with me, |
| 0:31.6 | your host, Annie E. Lees. I hope you're having a fantastic day and week so far. It's Thursday, which for those of you who are |
| 0:39.8 | brand new and maybe a newer listener and you don't know the whole rundown over here, |
| 0:44.0 | let me just kind of break it down for you. Mondays, we do a full deep dive together where I go |
| 0:49.1 | through a singular case, the full rabbit hole, all the details, all the red flags, everything. And then on Thursday, |
| 0:56.5 | I come back on and we do headline highlights together, where I talk through everything that's |
| 1:01.6 | going on this week in the true crime world, case updates, trial updates, brand new cases, |
| 1:07.8 | you know, everything in between, just so that you can really stay on the pulse of |
| 1:11.6 | everything that is going on in the true crime universe. So, thank you so much for being here. |
| 1:17.1 | Thank you for listening. Coming off of CrimeCon weekend, which was in Vegas and was a lot of fun. |
| 1:23.7 | We will talk more about that in a little bit. But we have a lot to get into today. And, you know, |
| 1:29.9 | I have an announcement that I was a little nervous to make, but I feel like sometimes you got to just, |
| 1:35.6 | you know, throw it out into the universe, put breath into it, make it reality, and then you |
| 1:41.4 | won't be scared anymore. And that announcement is that Amy Colette is here today. |
| 1:47.2 | I'm so glad you just ripped that band-aid right off. It's been, it's been a wound. I'm glad it's |
| 1:51.9 | out there. I hate that word. Yeah, I hate that too. That's so disgusting. Well, here's what I really |
| 1:55.6 | want to say to you. Heller. Heller. And the reason we want to say Heller is a special shout out, Heller, to our friend Alyssa. |
| 2:04.4 | We met Alyssa for the first time a couple of years ago at CrimeCon, and she and her husband are absolutely, like, incredible human beings. |
| 2:11.2 | And they've come out and seen me on tour. |
| 2:13.5 | They go to CrimeCon. |
| 2:14.5 | They've become friends. |
| 2:15.4 | And so she came by the booth this weekend and actually brought Amy and I these. The cutest sweatshirts. Sweat shirts ever. If you're watching YouTube, you can see they are embroidered and they say heller on them. So I was like, oh, we're 1,000% going to wear that in headline highlights. So Alyssa, if you are listening, shout out. We love you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. And we miss you guys already. I know. So yeah, CrimeCon. How are you feeling? It was our third year. I feel re-energized. Yeah. It was a really great weekend. Vegas, I'll be honest. Vegas wasn't my favorite out of the years. Denver has been my favorite so far just because the hotel |
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