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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Pregnant teen held captive, tortured and killed, boyfriend beheaded by man they met online

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.2 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Pregnant 18-year-old, Brooke Slocumb and her boyfriend, Charles Oppenneer, meet a man at a park to exchange sex for cash...after meeting on Craigslist. Slocumb was kidnapped and held captive for days, before police find her body in the trunk of a car. Nancy's expert panel weighs in: Heather Walker:  Investigative reporter with WOOD-TV  Dr. Bethany Marshall: Psychoanalyst and family therapist Steven Lampley: former detective Dr. Brian Russell: Psychologist and lawyer

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0:00.0

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0:06.6

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0:14.0

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0:21.3

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0:29.5

Thank you, azurestandard, for being our partner.

0:38.8

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

0:46.4

A pregnant woman tortured for days on end. Then murdered.

0:54.1

Is it connected to online dating?

0:58.7

I hate to say that because, for instance, my nephew, you know, I'm Jackie, met a beautiful,

1:05.8

wonderful, brilliant woman online. They're married. They have a son. They're perfectly happy

1:12.4

together. They just built a house. They're just, you know, thrilled to be together. So it does work.

1:18.7

Then there is the dark side of online dating. A pregnant woman tortured for days. Then murdered.

1:27.5

I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us. I'm talking about

1:32.0

a beautiful young woman, Brooke Slokum, dead. Joining me in all-star panel, Heather Walker,

1:38.1

investigative reporter with Wood TV in Grand Rapids. Dr. Bethany Marshall, renowned California

1:44.6

psycho. Unless you can find her at Dr. Bethany Marshall.com out of South Carolina, Dr. Michelle

1:50.1

Dupree, homicide investigation field guide is her book. She's a medical examiner and Steven

1:57.0

Lampley detective. It's Steven Lampley.com. First to you, Heather Walker. This is what I find.

2:03.6

I'm just writing about this in a book. I just turned in the manuscript. Don't be a victim.

2:09.6

And I'm writing about online dating. You know, Heather, people kind of have a stigma and they

2:17.7

shouldn't when they online date. Trying to meet people. Sometimes it works out. Sometimes it doesn't.

2:25.5

But Heather, I want to know about this beautiful woman, Brooke Slokum, because somehow she's getting

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