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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Rex, Guthrie, and Duggar: Three Cases, One Expert: What the Evidence Still Demands

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The evidentiary and investigative record across three active cases raises questions that an expected plea, an ongoing missing persons investigation, and a pair of criminal charges all leave unresolved in their own ways.

Rex Heuermann is reportedly expected to plead guilty in the Gilgo Beach killings on April 8. Files recovered from his computer allegedly included a blueprint for the killings — checklists for limiting noise, cleaning bodies, and destroying evidence. DNA connecting family members to victims through ordinary household items. And four families whose loved ones remain uncharged, who would not be reached if this expected plea holds and bypasses a trial entirely.

The Nancy Guthrie abduction investigation is managing more than 18,000 tips with no named suspect. Ransom notes demanding cryptocurrency payment arrived in the days after she was taken — two deadlines passed without resolution. Dr. Richard Carmona — a former U.S. Surgeon General and former Pima County sheriff — stated publicly the crime scene was corrupted by the current sheriff. The deputies' union voted unanimously no confidence. A recall effort is underway. The evidentiary foundation for any eventual prosecution is being built inside this institutional environment.

Joseph Duggar faces felony charges in Florida, accused of molesting a then-9-year-old girl during a 2020 family vacation — incidents he allegedly admitted to, first to the victim's father and then to law enforcement detectives. He and Kendra face separate Arkansas misdemeanor charges for child endangerment and false imprisonment, reportedly following discovery of exterior locks on their children's bedroom doors. The documented pattern of internal handling within the Duggar family — the managed response to Josh's conduct, without law enforcement contact — is relevant context for evaluating what accountability has looked like inside this family.

Retired FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke joins me to go through listener questions examining all three cases. The evidence, the gaps, and what the record demands — that's the conversation.

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If you're fascinated by True Crime, then join us in October 26 for CrimeCon London.

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Meet the biggest names in True Crime TV, experience live

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forensic demonstrations and dive deep into the criminal mind with your favourite authors, experts,

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podcasters and content creators. To secure your place, go to Crimecon.com.com.com.com

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now and be part of the UK's biggest true crime community. CrimeCon London, partnered

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by True Crime Channel, 3rd and 4th of October, 2026. This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony

1:05.7

Brucey and Robin Drey. All right, was it on your bingo card this year for Rex Ewerman to plead guilty?

1:16.2

Well, he hasn't officially done it yet, and the judge has to accept it.

1:19.6

So we don't want to count the chickens before they hatch.

1:21.9

But it looks like it might be happening in the next handful of days.

1:26.1

We've been getting flooded with a lot of your

1:29.0

messages and questions about this case. There's so many facets to it because what we're really

1:35.4

talking about is seven different murder cases, all combined into one. The life of Rex Hewerman with his family living this double life for all those years.

1:48.6

That's a whole conversation unto itself. The lives of these victims, each and every single one of

1:54.3

them in their families. That's at least seven more conversations. There's so many pieces to it.

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Today we are going to break it down. We're going to

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answer some of your questions in the Q&A. So feel free to dump your questions there for us in

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YouTube, Substack, Facebook, wherever you're watching, and we'll try and get to him as we work

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a way through it. Robin Drake, retired FBI special agency for the Counterintelligence Behavioral

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Analysis Program. As always, my co-host, one of my best friends with us, Robin, at robin drake retired fbi special agency for the counterintelligence behavioral analysis program

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