About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "Real Life Real Crime | Where is Alayna? Part 3: A False Identity, Conflicting Messages & a Missing Child" from Real Life Real Crime covers the ongoing disappearance of a mother and daughter, continuing the investigation into the case where, As Danielle Escue Lea and her daughter Alayna remain missing, their family receives troubling messages, pursues custody proceedings, and discovers that a man known as Trevor is actually James Michael Nona. In this third installment, Cyndi Overton traces the search from April through July 2026 and the developments that eventually brought law enforcement into the investigation.
The episode follows the family's efforts to piece together what happened to Danielle and Alayna through conflicting communications and a revealed false identity. The timeline covers several months of searching, the pursuit of custody proceedings connected to the case, and the point at which official investigators became involved in trying to locate mother and daughter.
Hosts and release
Woody Overton hosts Real Life Real Crime, a weekly true crime podcast in which he brings listeners into cases he has personally investigated. This episode, number 314, runs 43 minutes and features Cyndi Overton tracing the timeline of the search. It was released on October 28, 2026, and is available on Apple Podcasts.
