BREAKING VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY LOADING TEEN'S BODY, LURED ONLINE
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 2 April 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
When Miranda Corsette loses both parents, she moves in with her grandmother in Gulfport, Florida.
Her grandmother is pleased to see the teen preparing for a Valentine’s Day date. Afterward, Miranda’s mood suggests she had a great time. Unbeknownst to her grandmother, Miranda did not meet another teenager but instead spent the evening with 37-year-old Steven Gress.
At 3:41 a.m. the next day, Miranda quietly leaves home and takes an Uber to Gress’ residence, which he shares with 35-year-old Michelle Brandes. Neighbors and police know the couple for frequent heated arguments that often escalate into violence. St. Petersburg police have responded to their duplex seven times this year.
Miranda spends several days with the couple while ignoring worried texts from family. Nine days later, on February 24, her grandmother reports her missing. Family members turn to social media, saying Miranda was last seen getting into an Uber early on February 15. Loved ones say it is unlike her to go so long without contact.
On February 25, St. Petersburg police respond to another welfare check requested by Gress and Brandes’ upstairs neighbor. When officers arrive, neither Gress nor Brandes is home. Their landlord provides police with Gress’ phone number, and over the phone, Gress grants permission for them to enter. Officers find nothing unusual inside.
Where is Miranda Corsette?
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Andrea Lewis - Partner at Searcy Law, Former Felony Prosecutor at Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office - where Epstein was prosecuted, President of the Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker: When to work on a relationship and when to walk away;” Also featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock ; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
- Robert Crispin - Private Investigator at Crispin Special Investigations, Former Federal Task Force Officer for the United States Department of Justice, DEA and Miami Field Division. Former Homicide and Crimes Against Children Investigator; Facebook: Crispin Special Investigations Inc.
- Adrienne - Lived next door to suspects Steven Gress and Michele Brandes
- Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner, Tarrant County, TX; NEW Podcast: "Mayhem in the Morgue" --- launching on April 7th; Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU
- Susan Hendricks - Journalist, Author of “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi;" IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks
- Sydney Sumner - CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter
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| 0:00.0 | Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1. |
| 0:09.1 | Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil. |
| 0:13.7 | I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known. |
| 0:18.5 | At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer. |
| 0:21.2 | Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2, starting April 9th on the I Heart Radio app, |
| 0:26.6 | Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.2 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 1:00.1 | According to police, missing Miranda, just 16 years old, just turned 16, has been dismembered after being lured by a social media fiend, breaking tonight, we have obtained video of the suspect allegedly transporting this child's body to dispose of it. |
| 1:07.9 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 1:08.8 | This is crime stories. |
| 1:10.0 | Thank you for being with us. |
| 1:11.7 | A young Florida team disappears on Valentine's Day after an alleged date with a mystery man |
| 1:16.9 | from a dating app. A mystery man on a dating app, the girl just turned to 16. I'll get into that |
| 1:26.8 | later, but right now, straight out to the scene, |
| 1:29.9 | joining me Robert Crispin, private investigator, founder of Crispin Special Investigations, |
| 1:35.8 | former Federal Task Force Officer for the U.S. Department of Justice DEA Miami Field Division, |
| 1:42.6 | former homicide, and former crimes against children investigator. |
| 1:47.4 | Robert, thank you for being with us. |
| 1:49.0 | Tell me what you have learned. |
| 1:50.6 | So, Nancy, I'm actually coming to you from 2708, 27th Avenue north in St. Petersburg. |
| 1:56.2 | The house behind me is the house where police believe that Miranda Corset was kidnapped and brutally murdered |
| 2:03.5 | back in February. That door right there was the gray door on the bottom was the last door |
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