Jonathan Lee Riches

About

True crime YouTuber and livestreamer also known online as JLR Investigates and known for on-the-ground videos covering breaking news, missing persons cases, court cases, crime scenes, storms, disasters, and law enforcement press conferences which he shares on YouTube with over 500,000 subscribers.

Before fame

His first major public attention came in 2007 when news outlets covered his unusual prison lawsuits including a widely reported lawsuit against Michael Vick. He decided to reinvent himself and started his JLR Investigates YouTube channel in July 2022 after he had been exploring true crime and investigation for several previous years.

Trivia

He published the books Comes Now the Plaintiff in 2016 and Nothing is Written in Stone in 2018. He has filed over 4,000 lawsuits including one in 2009 against Guinness World Records after reports claimed he might be listed as the most litigious person in history.

Family life

He is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Associated with

He has covered the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's mother Nancy Guthrie on his channel.