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03/21/2026

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03/21/2026

Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Reiner, is reportedly thinking of writing a book from his Los Angeles prison cell to expose his parents' alleged secrets and air his version of events leading to their brutal stabbing deaths last December.

Insiders claim the aspiring filmmaker, held without bail at Twin Towers Correctional Facility since his arrest on 14 December 2025, wants to 'lift the lid' on a lifetime of Hollywood privilege gone sour, naming names and dishing dirt to settle scores with family and A-listers who've abandoned him.

03/12/2026

♦️On January 31st which was a Saturday evening, 84 year old Nancy Guthrie took an Uber to one of her daughters' homes to have dinner and play games.

At around 9:48 p.m., a family member dropped Guthrie back off at home for the night. Several hours later, at 1:47 a.m., Guthrie's doorbell camera disconnected.

About a half hour after that, the camera detected movement. Minutes later, at 2:28 a.m., Guthrie's pacemaker disconnected from its app.

Investigators believe Nancy was taken by force, kidnapped against her will while she was on her bed, by a masked, gloved intruder. Drops of blood belonging to Guthrie were found on her doorstep.

It is well past a month, there have been no arrests and Nancy continues to be "missing".

02/28/2026

40 year old David Rodgers, a worship pastor at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Owensboro, Kentucky, was arrested on February 17th and charged with multiple counts of child sexual abuse. He has committed su***de.

Police began its investigation after receiving a complaint in January 2026 accusing Rodgers of inappropriate behavior against a minor.

The former worship pastor of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church was ultimately charged with various sexual abuse crimes, including third-degree r**e, second-degree so**my involving a position of authority, first-degree sexual abuse, procuring or promoting the use of a minor by electronic means, and possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor under the age of 12.

“It looks like it was somewhere around 10-11 years ago where the victim was of early age, perhaps as young as 12 but that can give or take some years with that. The relationship flourished from there where ultimately it went to a sexual relationship and ultimately that’s where the charges stem from with so**my, r**e 3rd, and also the abusing the power of trust,” Kentucky State Police Trooper Corey King said.

After his arrest, Rodgers confessed to the offenses during his interview with police. He was then released on a $75,000 bond.

4 days later, he was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound

Rodgers joined Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in 2008. He was married and shared three young sons with his wife.

02/28/2026

♦️Comment : Was pleading innocence the right move for Nick Reiner?

02/28/2026

♦️ Due to how painful it will be, to set in court and head why their brother murdered their parents, the remaining siblings of Nick Reiner will not be attending court during his trial. Neither will they be finding his defense.

02/28/2026

♦️ Nick Reiner pleads "Not Guilty" and will be back in court in April

02/28/2026

♦️ Charlie Kirk's alleged shooter Tyler Robinson’s defense requested the attorney’s office be removed because the daughter of prosecutor Chad Grunander was present at the September 10 event at Utah Valley University where Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, and alleged efforts were not made to screen Grunander from the case.

The defense also argued Grunander’s connection prompted an emotional response from the prosecutors in their decision to pursue the death penalty.

However Graf sided with the prosecution when he concluded the defense did not establish a factual basis for a finding of conflict of interest or impropriety that rose to a constitutional concern.

“The court is unpersuaded that Mr. Grunander’s relationship with (his) daughter creates an appearance of bias in this case,” Graf said.

“Prosecutors need not be immune to the emotional response of others to prosecute a case.” Graf concluded.

With that motion thrown out, watch this space as we cover what takes place at 10am on March 13th, when the trying of the suspected murderer of Charlie Kirk returns to Provo’s 4th District Court.

02/14/2026

♦️Police say Canadian Jesse Van Rootselaar the 18 year old mass shooter who killed his mother and 11 year old step brother among others in the school he left 4 years ago, was not mentally stable as in 2023, he set his own house on fire, with the intention of doing away with his family.

Last week, shooting 25 others before taking his life, the teenager who dropped out of school, had mental health problems and would self harm, but made no mention to anybody, about being bullied at the school he attended.

Just before killing his mother and step brother, Jesse Van Rootselaar had created an online video game on Roblox simulating a mass shooting. The video game consisted of players gunning down shoppers at a mall, while they fled.

On hearing of it, Roblox immediately closed his account and eliminated the game. But only after hearing of it after the tragedy, when Kiwi Farms alerted them.

Jesse also whined online about his 6-foot-tall frame making it impossible to live out his dream as a “petite” woman, airing his grievances about transitioning as well as his obsession with guns.

Jesse had earlier posted online, that he was diagnosed with ADHD, MDD, ASD and OCD and on psychedelic drugs. He said he would have complete breaks from reality which made him do very irrational things.

Yo what’s the danger in using 5-MeO-DMT alone?” referring to a potent hallucinogen nicknamed “toad venom” and described by some experts as the “Mount Everest of psychedelics.”

“Genuinely don’t know, not tryna die. I do N,N-DMT frequently and it seems to be completely safe for me,” he said, referencing other powerful hallucinogenic substances.

"I tried shrooms once, it was a small unmeasured dose and it was chill. The second time I tried it I took 3 grams of Blue Meanie ground up into some peanut butter and had a complete break from reality and did a lot of irrational things, I felt like I was dreaming. Many consequences ensued.”

Moreover he had previously had guns seized from his home during mental health checks, but the weapons were returned after the gun owner filed a petition.

His remaining siblings are in shock, having lost their 11 year old brother as well as Jesse who was 18.

02/12/2026

♦️39-year-old mother and 11-year-old stepbrother shot dead by teen Jesse at their home in the tiny hamlet of Tumbler Ridge, about 700 miles north of Vancouver.

After shooting them both, Jesse went to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, his former school which he dropped out of 4 years ago. He began shooting.

18 year old Jesse had a fi****ms license that had expired in 2024 and did not currently have any fi****ms registered to him.

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