Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Therapist Drowns Infant Daughter, Part of Plan "To End It All" | Crime Alert 04.02.25

Episode Date: April 2, 2025

Child and family therapist plans to kill her daughter, husband, and herself, but backs out after drowning her baby. 'Googly-eye bandit' continues to strike in Oregon.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Mackenzie Rose Colgan wakes up with a plan to, quote, end everything. The 37-year-old Maryland mom allegedly intends to kill her husband, her two children, and herself. 1140 a.m., she takes her three-month-old daughter upstairs to the bathroom, puts the infant in a small tub inside the bathtub, and holds the baby's head underwater until she stops breathing. After the drowning, Colgan climbs onto the ledge of a second-story window.

Nancy Colgan, a licensed family and child therapist, tells police she considered jumping but stepped off the ledge and told her husband what she had done. The father tried to revive their girl while Colgan dials 911, but she's pronounced dead at a local hospital. Reportedly, officers were called to the home twice in recent months. A friend called for a welfare check and Colgan called, reporting her daughter wasn't breathing. On both occasions, when police arrived, Colgan told them everything was fine. Somehow Colgan managed to live, but she's charged with murder one. Bend, Oregon.

Someone's having a little too much fun sticking googly eyes on the public art fixtures. Dubbed the googly eye bandit, the prankster hits eight pieces of art in the roundabout art route, including a family of deer and a six-foot sphere. While residents enjoy the humor, officials have problems removing the adhesive without damaging the art. The cleanup costs $1,500, with some sculptures needing repainting. Officials emphasize they appreciate creativity, but must protect art. No word yet on the Google D.I.'s bandit's secret identity. Shh!

More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, Crime Online's John Limley. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Texas death row inmate Arely Escobar despite questions over flawed DNA evidence. As Crime Online's Sidney Sumner now tells us, the decision comes as the court recently overturned a similar conviction in Oklahoma.

Arely Escobar remains on death row after the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal, upholding his conviction for the 2009 murder of 17-year-old Bianca Maldonado in Austin. Escobar was convicted largely on DNA evidence from the Austin Police Department's crime lab, but years later, an audit exposed serious issues with the lab's testing methods. That led Judge David Wahlberg to rule that Escobar's trial was unfair, writing that unreliable DNA evidence had undermined fundamental justice. In a rare move, Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza agreed, refusing to defend the conviction. But despite this, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals twice rejected Escobar's efforts to

secure a new trial. The Supreme Court recently overturned the conviction of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossop, citing prosecutorial misconduct in the use of false testimony. Oklahoma's attorney general even backed the call for a new trial. But in Escobar's case, the justices gave no reason for denying review. Escobar's execution is not imminent, and his attorneys continue fighting for another chance in court. With the Supreme Court declining to intervene, Escobar's legal options are narrowing. New Hampshire has agreed to a $10 million settlement with Michael Gilpatrick, who says he was raped and abused at a state-run youth detention center in the 1990s. Gilpatrick's

lawsuit was set for trial but was settled instead. His payout is four times the state's usual compensation for victims, but far less than a $38 million jury award in a similar case last year, a verdict the state is fighting to reduce. Gilpatrick, now 41, was 14 when he was sent to the Youth Development Center in Manchester. His allegations led to criminal charges against four former staffers. Two have faced trial. One was sentenced up to 40 years in prison, while another's case ended in a mistrial. The facility, now named for former Governor John H. Sununu, is set to close with a smaller replacement planned. Since 2019, 11 former staffers have been arrested in connection with abuse claims. Two have been convicted and more trials are pending. Thanks, John.

Danielle Elise Adam tells mom she's grabbing food and never comes out and never comes back. Next day, a cousin sees her on Detroit's West Side, but after that, she vanishes. Phone and social media go silent. Weeks after, her family discovers a Backpage.com listing with her photo, raising fears she has fallen victim to sex trafficking. Danielle, 4'11", 120 pounds, light-skinned African-American, black curly hair, often straightened, and beautiful hazel eyes. Last seen in a sweatshirt and dark jogging pants. Tattoos? Shelly on her right bicep and a yin-yang on her left arm. Danielle will be 29 today. Anyone with info on the disappearance of Danielle Elise Adams, please call Detroit Police 313-596-2221. For the latest crime and justice news, go to crimeonline.com and please join us for our daily

podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best to find missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved homicides. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. You're listening to an iHeart Podcast.