A teenager accused of killing his mother and younger brother made disturbing searches with ChatGPT just hours before their deaths. An alleged immigration fraud ring stages more than a thousand fake weddings to help foreign nationals secure Green Cards. And in Alabama, a 22-year-old man stands accused of killing 18 people in just 14 months. So why has almost no one outside Birmingham heard his name?

In Episode 3 of Crime in America, Joe Budden goes beyond the headlines, examining the stories shaping communities across the country through the reporting of the local journalists closest to each case.

For this week's main story, Joe examines the case of Damien McDaniel, who is accused of 18 murders across Birmingham, including alleged murder-for-hire killings and two mass shootings. With insight from AL.com columnist Roy S. Johnson and reporting from journalist Carol Robinson, Joe looks at McDaniel's alleged killing spree, the victims whose stories have largely remained outside the national spotlight, and a bigger question about which crimes and victims America chooses to pay attention to.

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