On today’s episode of True Crime Time For, Woody opens with the 1994 murders of the Hodges family in Vinton, Virginia. William Blaine Hodges, Teresa Lynn Fulcher Hodges, 11-year-old Winter Ashley Hodges, and 3-year-old Anah Michelle Hodges were found dead inside their burning home. Teresa had been strangled, while Blaine, Winter, and Anah had been shot. Family friend Earl Conrad Bramblett was later convicted and executed for the murders.
Woody then heads to New Hampshire, where Nestor Roman II is accused of stealing a rescue truck while firefighters were battling a blaze at his own home. Authorities say Roman drove through the active emergency scene, nearly struck firefighters, ran over charged fire hoses, damaged vehicles and property, crashed the stolen rescue truck several miles away, and was later taken into custody.
In F’d Up Professionals, Woody covers the case of Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs, who has been charged with misdemeanor battery and criminal damage to property stemming from an alleged domestic incident with his ex-girlfriend. Prosecutors say surveillance footage recovered from Jacobs’ garage corroborates key parts of her account, including allegations that he grabbed her, threw her to the ground, took her phone, and later damaged it. The Packers and NFL are monitoring the case.
The episode then turns to one of the most damaging kinds of misconduct in law enforcement: a dirty cop whose lies can unravel years of cases.
Woody discusses Byron Prophet, who spent nearly six years in prison after Houston narcotics officer Gerald Goines testified against him in a 2008 drug case. Prophet maintained that he had never entered the house where drugs were found and that Goines fabricated key details. Years later, scrutiny following the deadly 2019 Harding Street raid exposed Goines’ history of falsifying evidence and search-warrant information. Prophet’s convictions were vacated in 2024, and he has now filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against Goines, other officers, and the City of Houston.
Woody uses the story to explain why police corruption damages far more than a single case. Once an officer is proven dishonest, every conviction tied to that officer can come under scrutiny, including cases where the defendant may actually have been guilty.
Then comes a bizarre F’d Up Professional story out of Albany, New York. Tim Walters, a longtime head custodian at Hackett Middle School, was discovered to have been living inside the school for more than six months. Walters had moved beds, a refrigerator, and other belongings into a storage area and even brought his four children there on weekends. School officials stumbled onto the arrangement while reviewing security footage during an investigation into overtime claims by other employees. Walters ultimately resigned.
Finally, Woody returns to Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty to murdering Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.
Kohberger is now attempting to withdraw that guilty plea, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel, coercion, and misinformation about the evidence and death-row conditions. Judge Steven Hippler has scheduled a status conference and potential evidentiary hearing for June 2027. Kohberger had waived his right to appeal as part of the plea agreement that spared him the death penalty.
Woody’s position is straightforward: if Kohberger truly wants the plea undone, then the entire case should reopen—including the possibility of the death penalty.
He closes by reminding listeners to stay patient with the RLRC cases currently being worked and promises to update the Lifers as soon as he can share new developments.
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- Hodges family murders
- Earl Conrad Bramblett
- Nestor Roman II
- Fire-rescue truck theft
- Josh Jacobs
- NFL Personal Conduct Policy
- Domestic battery allegations
- Garage surveillance footage
- Byron Prophet
- Gerald Goines
- Houston narcotics scandal
- Wrongful convictions
- Police fabrication of evidence
- Harding Street raid
- Tim Walters
- Custodian living inside school
- Bryan Kohberger
- Guilty-plea challenge
- Ineffective-assistance claim
- Possible renewed death-penalty exposure
- The Hodges case is another reminder that attempts to destroy evidence—such as setting a crime scene on fire—do not guarantee a killer will escape accountability.
- Surveillance footage can become decisive evidence, as seen in the Josh Jacobs case and in the discovery of the Albany custodian living inside a school.
- Police dishonesty can contaminate an enormous number of cases. Gerald Goines’ misconduct led to renewed scrutiny of convictions stretching back years and helped overturn Byron Prophet’s case.
- Kohberger’s attempt to withdraw his plea faces a significant legal hurdle because he entered the plea in open court and waived appellate rights as part of the agreement.
- Woody’s broader message remains consistent: whether the accused is a celebrity, a police officer, or an ordinary citizen, the evidence has to be followed and the job has to be done right.
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