448: The Murder of Hadas Winnick (from "I'm Related to a Killer")

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Society & Culture, Comedy, True Crime

4.2 • 35.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On September 25, 2007, 22-year-old Amy Winnick left her job near Calabasas, California, and headed home. Her cell phone rang. It was was her 25-year-old brother Jesse. "Don't go home," he told her. And then he said "I just killed Mom," and then he hung up. This unimaginable nightmare was the culmination of years of abuse perpetrated by Jesse to both Amy and their mother Hadas. Now Jesse was on the run and Amy wondered if she was next.

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0:38.8	Reno 911 one reference.
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