Hidden True Crime - Quadruple Amputee Cornhole Champion Accused in Shocking Car Shooting — How Is This Possible?

Episode Date: March 27, 2026

A brutal, close-range shooting inside a car… two eyewitnesses… a body dumped on the side of the road… and a suspect found hours later over 100 miles away. But what makes this case truly shocking isn’t just what allegedly happened—it’s who police say is responsible. In this episode of Hidden True Crime, Lauren Matthias breaks down the disturbing allegations against Dayton Webber, a professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee whose life story has been defined by resilience and defying the odds. As investigators piece together what led to the killing of 27-year-old Bradrick Michael Wells, we examine the timeline, the witness accounts, the unanswered questions about motive, and the complex reality of reconciling a story of perseverance with a case now centered on violence, loss, and a young family left behind. Sponsor Wayfair: Find furniture, decor, and essentials that fit your unique style and budget. Head to https://Wayfair.com right now to shop all things home. About Hidden True Crime What started as a simple conversation at their dinner table became a captivating podcast. Join the dynamic duo of Dr. John Matthias, a criminal psychologist, and Lauren Matthias, an investigative journalist, as they delve into the psychological facets of unthinkable crimes every week. Their unique perspectives and in-depth analysis offer a fresh take on true crime storytelling. Thank you for your support through sponsorships, subscribing, listening, and becoming a Patreon member at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/HiddenTrueCrime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A shooting inside a car, two eyewitnesses to this shooting, a body dumped on the side of the road, And a suspect found hours later at a hospital over 100 miles away. But this case isn't just shocking because of what allegedly happened. It's even more shocking because of who police are saying is responsible. You have a brutal, close-range killing. But then you have a suspect whose entire life has been defined by resilience and defying the odds and define expectations and trying to make those two things make sense together,

that's what's making this case so hard to ignore right now. My name is Lauren Matthias, and this is hidden true crime. According to authorities, this all went down late Sunday night, March 22nd, around 1025 p.m. in La Plata, Maryland. Police say they were flagged down by two people near La Plata Road and radio station road. And these two people were clearly shaken. And they told officers that something really serious

had just happened inside a car, a car that they had been inside of. And from their investigators say a pretty disturbing story started to unfold. There were four people total in a white Tesla SUV. A man named Dayton James Weber was driving and sitting in the front passenger seat was 27-year-old Braddock Michael Weyv.

else. And then those two witnesses who had flagged down police and laying out the story, they were sitting in the backseat. So at some point, during the drive, according to the witness accounts, an argument broke out between Dayton and Bradrick in the front two seats of that Tesla SUV. And not just like a minor disagreement. According to those two witnesses, it escalated and fast. And then police say Dayton allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Bradrick twice in the head while they were all still inside the vehicle. Those witnesses told police that after the shooting, Dayton pulled the car over, and this part is chilling. He allegedly asked the two people in the back seat to help him remove Bradrick from the car, but they refused, and instead they got out of the car and fled the scene. Police say Dayton then just drove away, with Bradrick still inside the vehicle.

So then about two hours later, at 1241 a.m., a resident of Newport Church Road came home to find a body on the side of the road near their yard. They called 911, and he told dispatch that the body appeared to have blood on their head and upper body. And from their officers arrived quickly, and then they identified the victim as Bradrick. Michael Wells. He was pronounced dead at the scene. So now we've got a shooting, right? We have witnesses to the shooting, a body being dumped and a suspect, and who knows where that suspect is, right? So, of course, investigators quickly start trying to locate the suspect, Dayton Weber. They end up tracking his Tesla over 100 miles away to Charlottesville, Virginia. And even stranger, he is found at a hospital seeking treatment for what authorities describe as a medical issue.

Once released from the hospital, he's taken into custody by the Albemarle County Police Department where he's set to be extradited back to Maryland. Prosecutors say he has now been formally charged with first and second degree murder, first degree assault, and two counts of second degree assault. Now, this is where the case takes a turn. and what so many are talking about right now. Dayton Weber, the suspect, is 27 years old. He's from LaPlay to Maryland, but he's not just some random guy.

He's actually well known, at least in certain circles he's well known, as a professional cornhole player, like competitive, American cornhole league level. But wait, there's more. What really stands out about Dayton is that he is a quadruple amputee. Yes, quadruple. When Dayton was born to parents Mike and Natalie Weber, he was a regular healthy newborn. He was the second of three sons born to the couple. But at just 10 months old, Dayton lost all four limbs after contracting what's been described as severe stripped to coax pneumonia blood infection. Doctors gave him about a 3% chance of survival at the time. He spent months in the hospital fighting for his

life, and ultimately the infection led to amputations of both his hands, forearms, and most of his legs. Who is Dayton Weber? Dayton Weber is a beast. He's strong. He's determined. To me, that's like beast mode, you know. Day bye-bye. Dayton, bye. At just 10 months old, Dayton's strength and the strength of everyone around him would be tested. He just got sick like any other normal kid, take him to the hospital, and find out that it had gotten to be a bacterial infection. Grave danger is the word they used all the time. So from the very beginning, Dayton's life has been defined by extreme adversity.

And what's impressive is that it seemed he never, never let his disability stop him. There are reports and profiles that show he learned. to do pretty much everything independently. He taught himself how to write. He figured out how to pick things up off the floor. He even taught himself how to drive, even drive in SUV Tesla. And I actually want to stop here for a second because I think to understand Dayton and who he is, it's important to understand how he saw himself and how he saw his life in his own words.

He wrote a pretty detailed essay about his journey. and I want to read that to you because I actually think it gives a lot of insight into his mind. It says, The first time I won a Cornhole Championship, I knew I could make it as a pro. It was the state finals and my teammate and I were down 20 to 4 in the last round of Cornhole. It seemed like we might lose, but we fought back and ended up winning 21 to 20, clinching the title. It was one of the biggest accomplishments of my professional Cornhole career and it felt amazing to go from underdog to winter.

In many ways, surprising people has always been part of my life. I went from overcoming a serious blood infection and undergoing a quadruple amputation as a baby to becoming a professional athlete as an adult. For the past eight years, I have been playing cornhole. First as an amateur and now as a professional with the American Cornhole League, the professional Cornhole League in the United States.

I started off playing in the backyard with first. and then began playing weekly at the local American Legion. I loved it so much I never missed a Friday. I taught myself how to do so many things such as driving a quad as being an amputee. Being able to adapt has helped me as a professional cornhole player. While many people know the game cornhole from tailgates and picnics, it has become an elite level sport. I've been a professional for the past two years. While being a professional athlete takes up much of my time, I also create content for my YouTube channel and hope to begin taking on motivational speaking engagements. To train for cornhole, I play three to four hours a day, much like any other competitor.

But I stand out because I do not wear my prosthetic legs during competition. Generally, I don't use prosthetic arms because they don't allow me to feel things, such as a cornhole bean bag with enough sensitivity. People often underestimate me when they see me no matter the context. People often underestimate me when they see me at competitions. But I have spent much of my life overcoming expectations. Teaching myself how to do various tasks helps me with cornhole too. I've had to adapt my style to fit what works with my body.

Most players throw the beanbag flat. Because of the angle I'm throwing from, this technique doesn't really work for me. I grab the bag by the corners because it gives me more leverage than I would have if I threw it flat. I can feel when the bag is in a certain spot and then I know I can release it and it will sail where I want it to. If I were wearing prosthetic hands, I would struggle to have the same control. When I play cornhole, I rely on a hoverboard to navigate the arena, shunning the prosthetics outside of competition too. I do sometimes use a wheelchair, such as when I go hunting or fishing. This chair has tracks like a tank so I can maneuver it on uneven terrain.

I can take it in the snow through creeks and up hills. I have a unique throwing style, which I adapted to help me remain competitive. Being a professional cornhole player has taught me an important lesson that I use in my everyday life. Forget what has already happened. I take each day as it comes and do not dwell on how I perform the day. before. There's nothing I can do to change the past. That way, I'm not bogged down in the what-ifs. I just focus on making the next hole. This mentality helps me bounce back in my everyday life, too. If I have a tough day, I start the next day fresh. I want to encourage others to take chances and

pursue their dreams. I've overcome difficulties, and I think others can too. For much of my life, I've grappled with people underestimating me because of how I look. People assume that I can't operate heavy equipment, for example, but I can. That's why I hope people give disabled people a chance. We will definitely surprise you. If we say we can do it, we can do it. We've probably done it before. End quote. So there you go, his own words. So hearing that, it really gives you a clear picture of how he viewed himself, someone who adapted and has pushed through limitations, kind of building his entire identity around proving people wrong. And honestly, this is why this case is hitting many of us the way it is, trying to reconcile that image with these allegations, right?

Listen to this clip from a motivational speech he gave. So how's everybody doing today? I got a bacterial infection when I was just 10 months old left me with a 3% chance of living. The doctors told my parents, there's not much more left we can do other than do the ampute. And he'll only have a 3% chance of living even with the amputations. How do you want us to do it? My parents are troopers. They had to make the sacrifices saying, hey,

we just want our baby boy to come back home however we can get them. So that's exactly what happened. I know that my mission has always been to inspire people on a daily basis. I became a professional cornhole player just two years ago. just two years ago. I've been playing the game for eight years. It was actually six years before I actually became pro and what I was working at.

You always gotta keep pushing forward, always looking to better yourself, one percent better every day is what I'd like to say. I wouldn't have this outlook on life if I wasn't in the situation I am. When I think of somebody that says that they can't, I just tell them that they haven't tried hard enough yet. The world's not gonna wait on you

and that's what this whole tour is about. And that brings us back to one of the biggest questions people keep asking. How? How could someone with no hands and no feet allegedly even carry out a shooting like this, a homicide, a killing? And then just dump the body? Well, law enforcement has actually addressed that, at least indirectly. A spokesperson for the sheriff's office said, he's got great capabilities and abilities. and then pointed to videos, the Dayton himself posted online.

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There are also videos of him climbing. a 15-foot hunting stand with a rifle on his back. And another one, showing him firing a muzzle loader. I mean, literally one of the captions says, no hands, no feet, and look, a muzzleloader, no limits. So when people ask how this could be possible, investigators are basically saying he's already shown that he could do these things. I also saw people making TikToks and comments, asking how Dayton could even have been the one driving this car. Well, again, there are adaptive equipment that can be added to vehicles to help people with a range of abilities be able to drive. And Dayton has even posted in videos of themselves driving here. Hey, you think you can put commanders winning that bag for me? We got to put the

commanders win in the bag, baby. Let's go. Another important piece of the story. Again, let's talk about the victim. This was not a random encounter. Authorities have said that Dayton and Braderick or Wells, they knew each other. They knew each other while. They haven't gone into detail about how they knew each other or how close Bradrick and Dayton were. But this was not strangers crossing paths. And as of right now, we still, though, don't know what the argument was about. In other words, there's no confirmed motive minus witnesses telling us there was an argument that escalated very fast. And that is obviously a huge missing piece in this story. I wish I had those details, but I don't right now. It leaves a massive hole. Again, I want to be able to understand the

motive here. Still, let me share with you about this victim, Bradrick Michael Wells. He was also just 27 years old with his entire life in front of him. He is from Waldorf, Maryland. And according to family members, he had a real passion for motocross and cars. When relative said he loved dirt bikes and was really into Ford and Chevy trucks and something that just makes this even more heartbreaking. I think the most heartbreaking thing about this story is that he had recently become a father to a baby girl with his partner Hannah. So now you have a young family that is dealing with an unimaginable loss and his daughter who will now grow up without her dad. It's heartbreaking.

To quickly break down the charges in simple terms, first degree murder usually means prosecutors believe this was intentional and premeditated. And they've said that now that he, quote, acted feloniously, willfully, and with deliberately premeditated malice, second degree murder can involve intent, but without premeditation or actions that show a reckless disregard for human life. Weber also faces a firearms charge for the alleged use of a gun in a felony and then the assault charges as well. We also don't know exactly how prosecutors are going to argue this or what evidence they'll lean on most heavily. It's hard to know if we don't even know what this argument was about yet. We also don't know if additional charges could be added. That's always something that could happen, especially considering the movement of the body, right?

and then everything that happened after the shooting. So this also brings us to something else. I've been seeing a lot of people asking online, and honestly, I think it's a fair question. What actually happens if he is convicted? Like, where does someone like Dayton Weber go in his condition? Would a quadruple amputee be placed in a regular prison? How would that even work day to day?

So let's talk about that because the reality is actually a lot less unusual than people might think if he were convicted, he would almost certainly still, yes, be placed in a standard correctional facility. There isn't some completely separate prison system just for people with disabilities. Instead, prisons are legally required to accommodate inmates with medical needs under federal law, specifically the Americans with Disabilities Act. So what that means in practice is that the prison system has to make reasonable accommodations so that an inmate can function safely in that environment.

So for someone like Dayton, that could include things like a wheelchair accessible cell, modified bathroom facilities, assistant devices, and placement in a medical unit within the prison if needed. There are already inmates in the U.S. prison system who are fully wheelchair bound, people who are paralyzed, and people who require daily medical care. In some facilities, there are actually designated medical units or assisted living style wings where inmates with higher needs are house. And these units often have closer supervision and access to medical staff. In other situations, inmates are assigned a caregiver inmate who

helps them with daily tasks. And I think that's kind of something else that people don't always think about. So even though accommodations are required, prison is still prison. It's not designed to be comfortable or ideal. And there have been lawsuits in the past over in absent. adequate care for disabled inmates. So while the system's supposed to accommodate, how well that actually happens can vary a lot. So in a case like Dayton's, there's also a chance he could be placed in a specialized medical facility within the correctional system, depending on what officials determine his needs are. Some states have prison hospitals or long-term care units, specifically for inmates who require more support. As for alternatives,

people sometimes ask if someone like this could avoid prison entirely because of their condition. And the short answer is not usually. A physical disability on its own does not exempt someone from incarceration, especially in a serious case like a homicide. The court might take medical needs into account when determining placement, but it typically wouldn't prevent a prison sentence if someone is convicted. There are rare situations where some people are. someone might be placed on medical parole or compassionate release, but that's usually for inmates who are

elderly or terminally ill or physically incapacitated to the point where they are no longer considered a risk. And even then, that usually happens after someone has already served part of their sentence, not instead of it. So realistically, assuming Dayton Weber is convicted, he would likely enter the prison system just like anyone else, but with accommodations made for his condition, whether that's a medical unit, assistive care, or specialized housing. Well, it does seem like Dayton is very independent, physically fit, and capable, clearly. Prisons aren't always easy to navigate. You know, there's still a lot we don't know. We don't know what would happen if he was convicted. But we also don't know a lot about this crime still. Let's talk about that. We don't know what started the argument. We don't know what exactly happened in those moments leading up to the shooting. We don't know if there were substances involved. We don't know what his medical issue was when he showed up at the hospital. And we don't know what his defense is going to be, clearly. So this is one of those cases where it's grabbed the public's attention, grabbed a lot of our attention, right?

Right. But the facts, the facts are shocking. But then when you add in who the suspect is, his background, everything he's overcome, it really, for me, creates this complicated reaction. And I think it does for a lot of people. Because you can acknowledge someone's resilience and what they've accomplished and yet be aghast of what he allegedly did, taking another person's life over an argument, a young father's life in front of witnesses who you then asked to help get rid of the body, the callousness over an argument? The allegations are horrific. And there is now a young man who has lost his life. A family lost someone. They love. A little girl is now fatherless. And there's a lot of pain. A lot of pain. A lot of.

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