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Hot On The Case

The Father Who Married HIS OWN Daughter & Killed 3 People

Hot On The Case

Breanna Heim

True Crime

5714 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/HOTC and get on your way to being your best self.

What began as a long-awaited reunion between a teenager and her birth family spiraled into one of the most disturbing true crime cases in recent history.

Katie Fusco was adopted at 8 months old. At 18, Katie reconnected with her biological parents. What should have been a new beginning quickly descended into a twisted, manipulative, and ultimately deadly relationship.

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Text “LOVEIS” to 22522 or visit loveisrespect.org for help with unhealthy or abusive relationships


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0:00.0

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A man in his 40s, a husband and a father to two young children, was reunited with the teenage daughter that he gave up for adoption

0:39.7

17 years earlier.

0:42.1

What should have just been a heartwarming reunion between a father and his long-lossed

0:47.9

daughter quickly spiraled into something unimaginable, something so disturbing that it feels like a plot ripped from

0:57.6

the darkest possible corners of fiction.

1:02.7

911, what's the location of emergency?

1:04.8

Someone just went by a shot this guy in a truck.

1:07.4

Somebody just shot somebody in a truck on Route 55, sir?

1:11.6

I can't even believe this is happening.

1:14.6

Today I'm going to tell you about a case of a man in his 40s that was reunited with his

1:20.6

18-year-old biological daughter.

1:23.6

He then married her.

1:25.6

He got her pregnant. And by the end, four people were dead. How does something like this even happen? Is there a psychological

1:35.4

explanation that can help us understand it? And how can we make sure that something like this never happens again.

1:44.6

Thank you so much for joining me for this week's investigation.

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