Thomas Flood's missing van anchors Law&Crime Investigates' new documentary
Security footage and public tips trace the Washington carpenter's final hours in the channel's only new episode this week.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Security Videos Lead Cops to Killer Wearing Her Signature Hat
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- 2:11Fingerprints identify Thomas Flood, and police issue an alert for his missing Ford Econoline van.
- 6:37Gas-station footage shows a distinctively dressed suspect driving Flood's van shortly after the murder.
- 7:18Police release surveillance images, and public tips help identify the suspect.
- 11:08The interrogation includes requests for a lawyer before the interview ends.
- 24:30DNA evidence and a ballistics match connect the suspect to the van and the recovered handgun.
- 25:01The documentary reports a February 2026 conviction and sentence, then closes with Flood's sister's tribute.
A distinctive stocking cap becomes a crucial clue in Law&Crime Investigates' latest episode, but the investigation starts with a missing van. After Thomas Flood is found dead in Blaine, Washington, detectives set out to reconstruct where the carpenter and his vehicle had been.
"Security Videos Lead Cops to Killer Wearing Her Signature Hat" follows that evidence through phone records, the discovery of Flood's van behind a church and gas-station surveillance. Public tips help identify the woman in the footage. Later, a friend turns over a handgun, and the documentary explains how ballistics and DNA strengthen the case. It closes with the February conviction and sentencing, followed by a tribute from Flood's sister.
The episode drew about 65,000 views in its opening stretch and is the channel's most active video by a substantial margin. Some viewers focus on the interrogation's requests for a lawyer, a procedural question amid the documentary's reconstruction of the evidence.
The channel added subscribers over the week, though daily views are slightly below their usual level. Crime Beat TV and Criminally Obsessed drew larger weekly audiences among nearby true-crime channels; Solved Files had a quieter week.
Older investigations also remain active. The San Antonio episode about Martell DeRouen, whose neighbor's camera featured in the investigation, has passed two million views and is drawing the next-largest daily audience after the new Flood documentary.
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The videos drawing views on Law&Crime Investigates right now
- Channel
- Law&Crime Investigates
- Subscribers
- 315,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 564,460
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- November 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 64,740
- Views on its first day
- 55,763
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