Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

Dr. Werner Spitz is a man who spent his lifetime looking straight into the soul of man and looking death in the eye. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan gives a heartfelt tribute to a mentor he never met, a teacher that never gave him a test but one whose approval was sought in every written word and study as a death investigator. Dr. Werner Spitz passed away at the age of 97 on April 14, 2024, and this show is a special tribute to a man that actually did write the book of his profession, "Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death; Guidelines for the Application of Pathology to Crime Investigation.              Transcribe Highlights00:33.95 Introduction to the life of Werner Spitz 05:59.93 Discussion of Spitz impact on forensic pathologists 09:53.32 Discussion of fleeing Nazi Germany 13:51.43 Talk about being the lone voice of truth that you see 17:35.73 Discussion of Mary Jo Kopechne 24:16.10 Discussion of Spitz being called into high profile situations 28:15.52 Talk about examination using photographs 31:38.41 Discussion of not being afraid to take on cases others wouldn't 36:52.60 Talk about paying for an opinion 37:01.94 Conclusion Those who fail to remember history, are doomed to repeat itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The double homicide of Russell and Shirley Dermond rocked their gated community along Lake Oconee in Georgia.. The decapitated body of 88-year-old Russell Dermond was found in the garage and his wife of 68 years,  87-year Shirley Dermond was found in Lake Oconee weighted down with cinder blocks, 10 days after Russell's body was found.  On this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, you will learn about the evidence investigators found at the crime scene as well as what can be learned from a body that may have been in a lake for 10 days. The double homicide has gone unsolved for 10 years and the head of Russell Dermond has never been found.  How was this elderly couple, married 68 years, murdered and why?       Transcript Highlights  00:00:08 Introduction about murders  00:05:00 Discussion about neighbor checking on Dermond's  00:09:34 Talk about unsolved murders, 10 years  00:14:04 Discussion about Shirley Dermond body found in lake  00:19:05 Discussion of Russell Dermond head, it's missing  00:23:51 Discussion about Shirley was weighted down  00:28:08 Talk after 10 years, case still unsolved  00:31:39 Discussion of lack of blood at scene  00:34:52 Talk about how head was removed  00:37:57 Talk about DNA evidence  00:40:28 Conclusion: After a decade, new evidence might solve the case See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Was 7-year-old JJ Vallow alive when he was buried? Was 16-year-old Tylee Ryan dismembered before her remains were burned? What does the autopsy say about the death of Tammy Daybell? On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain the forensics of all 3 victims and Dave Mack will fill in the background on the story of what really happened to JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan, and Tammy Daybell              Transcript Highlights  00:00:08 Introduction, loving arms that didn't hold JJ and Tylee  00:04:21 Discussion of the deaths, JJ, Tylee, and Tammy Daybell  00:07:54 Discussion of bodies buried near one another  00:11:19 Discussion of death of Tammy Daybell   00:14:57 Explaining asphyxia  00:18:45 Talk about access and opportunity  00:22:58 Discussion of Dr Warren on witness stand  00:26:02 Discussion of Bones being scattered, broken up while burning  00:29:07 Talk about JJ Vallow trying to pull bag off his head  00:30:47 Conclusion: Justice, whatever that means, is coming.  Justice, whatever that means, is coming and there is a reckoning coming.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sheryl McCollum shares some uplifting news about her sister Sheila's remission, highlighting the importance of prayer and humor in tough situations. Sheryl and Nancy turn their attention to the tragic case of Mica Miller, expressing skepticism over the official ruling of suicide. They touch base on the disappearance of Sebastian Rogers, analyzing the polygraph results of his father, Seth Rogers. Additionally, Nancy updates listeners on Suzanne Morphew's case and the suspicious behaviors exhibited by her husband Barry Morphew. Today Nancy and Sheryl discuss these topics in today's crime round-up: The Sebastian Rogers Disappearance: Polygraph test latest updates  Mica Miller, South Carolina: Death ruled a suicide Suzanne Morphew Investigation: Barry Morphew is ‘not named a suspect, and not named a person of interest' Show Notes: (0:00) Welcome! Sheryl introduces this week's crime roundup with news of her sister Sheila's remission    (6:00) Seth Rogers' polygraph results are shared  (16:30) Mica Miller's death ruled a suicide    (17:00) Skepticism around Mica Miller's suicide  (17:30) Troubling statements made by Mica Miller's husband (24:00) Barry Morphew update  --- Nancy Grace is an outspoken, tireless advocate for victims' rights and one of television's most respected legal analysts. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor. She is the founder and publisher of CrimeOnline.com, a crime- fighting digital platform that investigates breaking crime news, spreads awareness of missing people and shines a light on cold cases.  In addition, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, a daily show hosted by Grace, airs on SIRIUS XM's Triumph Channel 111 and is downloadable as a podcast on all audio platforms - https://www.crimeonline.com/ Connect with Nancy:  X: @nancygrace Instagram: @thenancygrace Facebook: @nancygrace Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice.  Connect with Sheryl: Email: coldcase2004@gmail.com X: @ColdCaseTips Facebook: @sheryl.mccollumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At least 12 bodies have been pulled from "Lady Bird Lake" in Austin, Texas in the last 22 months. Some can be explained as deaths that happen on or near a lake, but not all. On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan will break down the difference between a regular death in a lake and a possible serial killer, while Dave Mack breaks down the stories behind the victims.        Transcript Highlights 00:16.18 Introduction about water and murder03:37.66 Discussion does Austin have a serial killer?08:13.12 Discussion what does "serial killer" do to an area13:22.11 Talk about other serial killers, were they really caught17:54.47 Talk about witnessing a death on the water22:03.17 Discussion of toxicology27:53.13 Discussion of victims32:38.32 Talk about water as a dumping ground36:26.16 Discussion of decomposition in water40:04.57 Talk about water flow47:42.83 Discussion about rumors over factConclusionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mother of 5 Crystal Rogers is last seen July 3 by her live-in boyfriend, Brooks Houck. Crystal Rogers mother, Sherry Ballard, reports her missing on July 5. Later that day, Crystal Rogers red Chevy Malibu is found abandoned on the Bluegrass Parkway. The car has a flat tire but Rogers' keys, phone and purse are still inside. 16-months later, Crystal Rogers is still missing and her father, Sherry Ballard's husband, Tommy Ballard, is murdered in the early morning hours as he prepares to go hunting on his own property with his 12-year-old grandson.  Ballard is shot from an undetermined distance but his property backs up against the Bluegrass Parkway. A fast getaway in either direction for a gunman. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will explore the disappearance of Crystal Rogers and the murder of her dad, Tommy Ballard.  Plus, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how prosecutors can prove Crystal Rogers was murdered even though they haven't found her body.       Transcribe Highlights 00:12.12 Introduction of growing up with PaPaw Morgan03:34.36 Discuss Crystal Rogers missing, her father Tommy Ballard murdered06:15.27 Discussion of Bardstown Kentucky 07:46.82 Discussion of why Brooks Houck didn't report Rogers missing08:13.81 Talk about Crystal Rogers car found on Bluegrass parkway15:45.34 Talk Rogers car found with flat tire, she is still missing18:16.83 Discussion of Brooks Houck, suspect, brother is police officer21:13.58 Discussion of police letting Houck talk to his brother on phone26:27.16 Talk about tracking dogs pick up Crystal Rogers scent at farm, but not at her car31:09.10. Discussion 16 months after Crystal Rogers vanishes, her dad, Tommy Ballard killed34:36.43 Discussion of how bullet twists the skin39:02.99 Discussion of Tommy Ballard hunting, murdered on his own property40:52.53 Discussion of murder charges without a body43:45.73 Conclusion - waiting for trial   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Corey Micciolo did not meet his father until he was 5-years-old. Soon thereafter Corey landed in the middle of a custody battle. From the first time he was left alone with his father, Corey came home with bruises, busted lips, and more. His mother complained but nobody listened. Only now are people paying attention because of an awful video showing 6-year-old Corey Micciolo being forced to run on a treadmill and falling off, over and over. Each time he falls off the treadmill, his father puts him back on and turns the speed up, allegedly.  Christiopher Gregor is on trial facing murder charges for allegedly killing his own son in what the media calls the Treadmill Abuse Trial. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain what really happened to Corey Micciolo and why 6-year-olds don't drop over dead, and Dave Mack will fill in the rest of the story of how Corey was given to a father that never bonded with him while his mother begged for anyone to listen.             00:38.98 Introduction, talk about weapons 05:17.90 Discussion of exorcise as punishment 10:01.23 Talk about making 6-year-old run on treadmill 16:01.12 Discussion of bruises and injuries 21:06.32 Talk about Corey's health is fine, except for bruises 26:20.26 Talk about Corey tells doctor about football and treadmill 32:41.40 Discussion of children don't die of natural causes at 6 37:27.82 Discussion of injury to abdomen 39:12:19 Conclusion Final Diagnosis, Blunt Force impact, laceration of heartSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lisa and David Hernandez had been separated for a year before he starts stalking her, showing up at her job uninvited and unwelcome. He sends his estranged wife a bouquet of flowers with Lillies, "the Death Flower", knowing she is extremely allergic to them. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how someone can be killed by a blunt force instrument and a sharp-edged instrument at the same time and Dave Mack will fill in the story with the creepy stalking that David Hernandez allegedly did to his wife.         Transcribed Highlights00:02:00 Introduction of Lisa Hernandez  05:12.52 Discussion of "Death Flower"  08:50.91 Talk about a tool as a weapon14:17.46 Discussion of skull injury 19:46.20 Discussion of suspect knowing victim allergies 24:28.29 Talk about a "staged" scene29:19.40 Discussion of allergic reaction 32:32.27 Discussion of blunt force and sharp force 36:26.87 Talk about tossing weapon / tool into lake41:22.33  Discussion of Searching the bottom of a lakeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On August 4, 2020, 12-year-old Jaylen Griffin went to the corner store in his neighborhood to try and make a little money helping people carry their groceries home.  On this day,  he brings his new puppy with him and many people remember seeing the boy and his puppy. But Jaylen Griffin and his puppy never makes it home that evening. It seems as though Jaylen has vanished into thin air. Neighborhood searches, flyers, reward money, nothing helps bring the boy home. Three months after Jaylen goes missing his older brother is murdered, shot dead almost in front of their Buffalo, New York home. Days turn into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years. In September 2023, Jaylen's mother dies,never knowing what happened to her 12-year-old son. Months after her passing, the decomposed remains of Jaylen Griffin are found in the attic of a house about 5-miles from where Jaylen lived in south Buffalo. The house was no stranger to law enforcement and many people wonder how it was possible the remains of a child could decompose in the attic of a house with many residents and nobody smelled or saw anything. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will breakdown the forensics that will help determine the  cause and manner of death and  try to answer questions that could lead to justice for Jaylin Griffin   Transcript Highlights 00:03.10 Introduction of life, memories  01:06.13 Talk about 12-year-old boy missing 4 years 05:20.86 Talk about getting help from dentist to ID victim 07:45.26 Discussion of how to identify remains of a child 11:36.93 Discussion of "Bite" marks as evidence  17:00.65 Jaylen and the "12-year molar" 20:05.82 Discussion of weather on remains 24:45.81 Talk about the home where Jaylen's remains were found 29:22.81 Discussion of remains and smell, compare to Harmony Montgomery 33:00.68 Discussion of law enforcement, fire, rescue calls to address 37:24.74 Talk about remains having "soft tissue" 41:20.56 Conclusion will the remains lead to a murderer?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Mother's Day 2020 until September 2023, only one person really knew that Suzanne Morphew wasn't just missing, she was dead. In September 2023 the remains of Suzanne Morphew were found while investigators were working a different crime, An autopsy was done on the remains and on this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how doctors were able to create a toxicology report using only bones, and why Susanne Morphew's death has been ruled a homicide.         Transcribed Highlights 00:42.91 Introduction of Suzanne Morphew 03:21.30 Talk about autopsy of bones 06:54.40 Discussion of remains  10:43.53 Discussion of Mountain Lions 14:37.94 Talk about the disappearance of Suzanne Morphew 18:16.37 Discussion of darts and animals 20:55.11 Talk about the depth of a hole for remains 26:25.13 Discussion of co-mingling of bones 30:06.14 Discussion of decomposed body 35:20.28.Talking about the bones in the arms 41:21.60 Discussion of darts and toxicology 47:03.48 Conclusion of the Suzanne MorphewSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan is a look at the death and autopsy of John Wilkes Booth.  Booth shot Abraham Lincoln from behind around 10:15 pm April 14, 1865. He died the next morning, April 15, at 7:22 am. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will uncover the track that Booth took as he tried to escape, and finally being shot himself. Joseph Scott Morgan will make you feel like you witnessed the autopsy yourself as he explains, in great detail, the autopsy of John Wilkes Booth.            Transcribe Highlights00:13.63 Introduction - autopsy of John Wilkes Booth01:45.79 Discuss Forensic expert is a history fan05:09.53 Talk about the Booth acting family08:22.93 Discussion of how Booth wrecked everything12:47.62.Talk about Booth jumping to stage18:45.53 Discussion of expectation22:49.66 Talk about the conspiracy27:50.24.Discussion of Booth broken leg32:01.96 Talk about comparing Lincoln to Kennedy38:40.42 Discussion of Booth not getting help41:08.80 Talk about getting Booth on boat48:59.90.Discussion of putting a door on saw horses as a table50:03.11 Talk about Autopsy in 1800s52:18.34 Discussion of Booth being wrapped in military blanket56:27.97 Conclusion, Lincoln wanted the country to heal  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sade Robinson is having fun on her first date with a new guy. They pose together and post the picture to social media. Sade had no idea she was taking a picture with the devil and she only had hours to live. On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how the killer sealed his fate trying to destroy evidence with fire.         Transcribe Highlights  00:22.97 Introduction Milwaukee  05:01.65. Talk about Jeffrey Dahmer  07:29.72 Discussion of dismemberment  09:53.60 Talk about getting rid of smell with tires  14:06.81 Discussion of finding leg   20:10.93 Talk about remains being compromised   25:18.19. Breaking down the timeline   30:30.67. Discussion of other women missing  34:38.48 Talk about fire inside a car  36:38.64 Discussion of witness who saw person use lighter to start car fire  39:33.42 Conclusion – how remains will tell what really happened to Sade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boston Cop John O'Keefe and his girlfriend Karen Read go on a pub crawl before ending their the night at the home of a Boston cop friend of O'Keefe's at 12:45 am. 6 hours later, the body of John O'Keefe is found in the front yard of the house, covered in snow in blizzard conditions. He is wearing two shirts, jeans, socks and one shoe. Near his body on the snow are shards of glass and splotches of blood. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will take an up close look at the injuries and find out what really happened to John O'Keefe. Dave Mack will breakdown the story that has divided Boston and together they will try to answer the question: Who Killed John O'Keefe? .      Transcribed Highlights  00:01.10   Introduction, talk about weather conditions and murder  02:05.22 Discussion of Karen Read case  05:05.56 Talk about Media coverage  09:09.25 Discussion of forensics role in investigation  14:06.82 Talk about background of relationship  16:16.35 Breaking down timeline of events  19:50.94 Discussion of physical injuries    21:07.56 Talk about Blood Alcohol  25:20.82 Talk about leaving bar, going to house party  30:09.48 Talk about Text Messages, getting directions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Valerie Butler and Jilian Kelley vanish on their way to pick up Valerie's children to go to a birthday party. They were supposed to meet up with Valerie Butler's ex-mother-in-law at a closed gas station in rural Texas County, Oklahoma. But they never make it. On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how evidence from blood to tire treads will help solve the mystery of the Missing Moms.             Transcript Highlights  00:00:00 Introduction of shared custody  00:03:10 Discussion or relationships and death  00:06:50 Talk about terrain  00:11:03 Discussion of moms reported missing  00:14:08 Talk about how vehicle ended up where it is found  00:18:46 Discussion of evidence found at scene  00:23:21Talk about tire tread identification  00:27:47 Discussion of term “puddle of blood”  00:31:16 Discussion of meeting place  00:34:16 Talk about SWAT Teams showing up in Rural County  00:38:44 Talk about death penalty states  00:40:56 Discussion identifying body  00:42:29 Conclusion   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years she was labeled “Bones 20” the unidentified victim of the Green River Killer. But now, thanks to police work and Othram Labs, the victim has been named as Tammy Liles. She was from Everett, Washington, and vanished in the summer of 1983. She was only 16 years old when she became a victim of serial killer Gary Ridgeway. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will take you behind the headlines and into the lab that helped give a name to a young lady who spent decades being called “bones 20”.           Transcript Highlights   00:0:16 Introduction – The Green River Killer last victim identified  00:02:28 Talk about age reference   00:06:32 Discussion of high-profile murders  00:10:48 Talk about the Green River Killer 16-year-old victim  00:15:56 Discussion of identifying remains  00:20:54 Discussion of the Green River Killer evidence  00:25:58 Talk about starting with incomplete skeleton  00:29:41 Discussion of Genetic Genealogy  00:34:51 Talking about Othram labs  00:37:39 Conclusion; might be the most noble of pursuits   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Destiny Duckett's cousin couldn't reach her by phone, so she stopped by her apartment to check on her. The cousin knocks on the door, but Destiny doesn't answer. The cousin can hear the baby crying and she is worried. She calls police to do a welfare check and when they enter Destiny Duckett's apartment, her 8-week old son is on the bed, crying, and his 22-year-old mother is on the floor, dead. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will look into the mysterious death of 22-year-old new mother, Destiny Duckett and Joseph Scott Morgan  will explain how fingernails play a keep part in solving the murder.        Transcript Highlights  00:00:00 Introduction of case  00:02:20 Discussion of fingernails   00:05:37 Talk about cousin called police, heard baby crying  00:10:56 Discussion of protective order leading to arrest of suspect   00:15:26 Talk about leaving crying baby on the bed, alone, mother dead on floor  00:19:43 Discussion of body being the biggest evidence  00:24:16 Discussion of proving knees were on chest of victim  00:28:26 Talk about fingernail marks on the neck  00:33:55 Discussion of why suspect was already in jail  00:36:33 Conclusion – Convicted, sentencing to come   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A bag with a burned, dismembered torso is found by a boy out for a horseback ride about a mile from town. The police chief says he was mowing his lawn when he got the call about the headless, armless, legless, burned torso, and from that moment on it was "chaos". On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will tell the story of the dismembered and burned torso and how, after 44-years, he was finally identified with DNA and Othram labs.   Transcript Highlights  00:00:00 Introduction of episode  00:02:13 Talk about identifying Joseph Caliva  00:06:15 Discussion of years beginning in 1979  00:10:40 Talk about dismemberment  00:15:48 Discussion of what was found  00:17:39 Talk about burned remains  00:22:25 Discussion about trying to ID person  00:27:25 Talk about finding portions of the torso  00:31:54 Talk about creating a person out of evidence  00:36:34 Discussion after 44 years, victim identified See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AUTOPSY REPORT WILL NOT BE RELEASED. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain what happened to Madeline Soto and Dave Mack will dig into the back story of the entire family. You will find out by the time she reached 13-years-old, Madeline Soto had already been sexually abused for years. When she was a “missing 13-year-old" from Florida, the news covered every tidbit of information about the search for the teen. One piece of evidence that made it to the press was how Madeline Soto told a friend when she turned 13, she was going to live in the woods. That is why police searched the woods for Madeline.       Transcript Highlights  00:00:28 Introduction, talk about parents protecting children  00:04:28 Talk about Madeline Soto saying she wanted to live in the woods  00:05:31 Discussion of ages 12 and 13  00:09:04 Discussion of Madeline not taking cell phone  00:12:29 Talk about family being told about evidence  00:16:42 Discussion of time children go to school  00:20:07 Discussion of Madeline Soto seen in vehicle  00:21:49 Talk about being haunted by evidence  00:26:26 Discussion of Madeline Soto  00:30:26 Talk about video surveillance of suspect  00:33:22 Discussion of 60 charges against suspect   00:37:32 Discussion of evidence of previous abuse See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The fire department shows up at the home of one of their own and find Melissa Lamesch unconscious on the kitchen floor as her home goes up in flames around her. She is on maternity leave from her job as an EMT and is expecting her baby to be born any day. Melissa Lamesch and her unborn baby die in what authorities believe is asphyxiation from the fire. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will breakdown how trying to burn evidence of a crime, oftentimes creates the evidence needed for conviction.             Transcript Highlights  00:00:08 Introduction of fire set to cover-up a murder  00:01:18 Talk about fire and smoke  00:03:10 Discussion of smoke as evidence  00:05:05 Discussion of woman, 9 months pregnant, dying in a fire  00:08:35 Talk about how healing takes place after being burned   00:11:26 Discussion of hair catching fire in bathroom  00:14:43 Victim is on maternity leave from job as EMT  00:18:53 Discussion of the mother and her baby  00:22:53 Discussion of monoxide  00:28:01 Talk about suffocation  00:33:33 Discussion of fire splash patterns  00:36:55 Talk about the family talking to officials after the fire  00:40:46 Discussion of dealing with the death of pregnant mother  00:43:10 Conclusion, Matthew Plote convicted for Murder  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deborah Frazier calls 911 and tells them two burglars have shot her boyfriend and as she is on the phone a gunshot is heard and Frazier tells the dispatcher she has been shot in the leg by one of the burglars. Police arrive and discover the first person shot, Mr Thomas Waddell is in a back room of his apartment, wrapped in a blanket and a garbage bag and secured with duct tape. On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan will explain all of the things police will have to believe in order for Deborah Frazier's story to be true and Dave Mack will explain how Frazier was using a second boyfriend to con Mr Waddell out of his life savings!           Transcript Highlights  00:00:42 Talk about everything that has to be believed for the story to be true  00:02:48 Discussion of not believing a story  00:04:20 Discussion of “victim” shooting her boyfriend in the head  00:05:53 Talk about cases too difficult to believe  00:10:54 Talk about self-inflicted gunshot wound  00:14:19 Discussion of the victim who just retired  00:18:54 Talk about determining how long person has been dead  00:23:19 Discuss investigation of digital background  00:28:34 Talk about GSR test  00:33:02 Discussion of police on scene, gunshot recorded  00:37:57 Discussion of what has to be believed by investigators  00:40:12 Talk about Pictures of a life shared, scattered on the floor   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Burned remains of a man found inside a foot locker and left in a blueberry field in Michigan were not identified for 13 years. In 2015 the case was called  "The Jack-in-the-Box Murder because it was a catchy title. The remains were not identified until the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office received a tip in 2015 that gave them the information they needed to use dental records to identify the deceased as Robert Caraballo. Investigating Caraballo's life at the time of his death took investigators to the home he shared with his wife and stepdaughter. Joseph Scott Morgan will break down the forensics that brought this case to a conclusion and Dave Mack will help tell the story of how the Jack-in-the-Box Murder became The Fugitive Wife Murder Trial.          Transcript Highlights  00:00:44 Introduction of story a burned body in a trunk found in blueberry field  00:02:40 Talk about conspiracy and escaping to other side of the planet  00:05:28 Discussion of victim being alive with hammer stuck in skull  00:08:02 Discussion of injury caused by falling downstairs  00:12:34 Talk about how remains could not be identified  00:15:11 Discussion of evidence in hammer attack  00:19:49 Discussion of hitting head with a hammer  00:23:51Talk about how the skull breaks  00:28:19 Discussion of destroying a body  00:32:37 Discussion of “old school” identifying remains  00:35:15 Talk about the plan to push victim down the stairs, hit him with a bat  00:35:53 Talk about the conspiracy  00:38:01 Discussion of law in Italy for hotel guests  00:39:15 Discussion of cover-up  00:40:06 Beverly McCallum guilty on all charges  00:40:42 Talk about keeping a secret   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Suicide or Murder? Found in a bathtub full of water with a gunshot wound to the head, Kendy Howard's body is cold. But the water in the tub is warm!  Red Flag number one.  On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will take a look at all of the "Red Flags" present in the reported suicide of Kendy Howard.  Why is there so little blood in the water? Why is her ex-trooper husband arrested at the airport? The biggest question of all, was the death of Kendy Howard Suicide or Murder?           Transcript Highlights  00:00:27 Joe talks about admiration for Troopers  00:03:03 Discussion of law enforcement  00:05:59 Discussion of “Red Flags”  00:08:14 Talk about the water is warm, body is cold  00:12:23 Investigation of suicide/murder  00:16:33 Discussion of damage caused by gunshot in mouth  00:17:49 Talk about direction of bullet  00:21:26 Comparing murder of Travis Alexander  00:25:53 Defining different types of asphyxiation  00:30:08 Talk about injuries “frozen in time”  00:35:33 Discussion of how much blood would be expected See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The victim was alive when her head was cut from her body. As disturbing as that sounds, today's episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan will attempt to breakdown the just released autopsy report of Mei Li Haskell. Her husband, Samuel Haskell IV is accused of killing her, removing her head from her torso, placing the torso in a bag and dropping it in a trash bin where a homeless guy would find it 14 hours later! Joseph Scott Morgan will breakdown the forensics that will come into the trial and Dave Mack will dig deep in the Hollywood that can give us a true horror story that is scarier than anyone would ever dare put on film.             Transcript Highlights  00:00:49 The son of a hotshot  00:03:04 “Don't you know who I am?”  00:05:03 Discussion of “the finder”  00:08:58 Talk about the bags felt like meat  00:09:26 Discussion of workers bring back bags  00:12:20 Discussion of cross contamination  00:16:58 Talk about hiring workers  00:20:56 Discussion of what police can do  00:26:22 Talk about the person who found the body  00:30:54 Mentions victim's parents still missing  00:33:01 Discuss autopsy report, victim alive when head cut off  00:38:20 Discussion of using power tools in dismemberment  00:42:54 Mentions trial will be all forensics   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18-month-old Iris comes home from a weekend with her father and his girlfriend and mom finds a water bead in her diaper. Taking her to the hospital the toddler passes more water beads, button shaped batteries, and a screw. Thinking she was finding things and putting them in her mouth, nobody realized a Monster was watching the baby. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack breakdown the case that is more than the murder of a toddler, it's how evil came into the child's life and plotted and planned her death for more than half of her life.             Transcript Highlights  00:00:20 Introduction  00:02:39 Discussion of toddlers  00:04:22 Talk about items in diaper  00:07:34 Discussion of beads, batteries, screw  00:10:12 Talk about toddlers putting things in their mouth  00:14:34 Discussion of solvent  00:16:18 Discussion of evil  00:18:27 Talk about taking child to hospital by plane  00:22:08 Explaining a subdural hematoma  00:24:01 Discussion of optic nerves  00:27:16 Talk about how healthy baby dies in 4 days  00:30:15 Discussion of notes made by doctors and nurses  00:32:54 Talk about children swallow everyday items  00:35:31Discussion suspect researched how to beat a polygraph See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two severed heads, an arm here, a leg there, on this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, the Reel Amityville Horror will meet the Real Amityville Horror.  A group of Long Island High School students find a severed left arm on the side of a road in Babylon on their way to school. While Police investigate the scene, a K-9 officer locates a leg sticking out of a pile of leaves in a wooded area, not far from the original scene. Over time more body parts were found in multiple areas. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will detail what was found and where and what the suspects were up against when they began writing their own Amityville Horror.           Transcript Highlights  00:00:07 Introduction – to horror  00:01:39 Discussion about charges for dismembering a person  00:04:48 Talk about how the bodies were treated in death  00:08:03 Discussion of arm with tattoo found in tree limb  00:11:51 Body part found by high school students on the way to school  00:15:16 Parts of 2 bodies found, 4 people charged  00:15:17 None of the 4 people is charged with murder  00:16:14 Discuss what the ME will have to do with parts   00:18:04 Talking about Black Dhalia   00:19:49 Discussion of none of the drains work in the rental  00:21:30 Discussion of body parts from more than one person  00:25:11 Talk about unique case  00:28:51 Joe describes investigation taking place  00:31:30 Discussion of dismemberment   00:34:01 Discussion of blood, muscle, skin, hair, Drano won't work  00:37:13 Talk about revisiting the case in the future See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

School Principal Cornelius Green arrives at the Amtrak train station in St. Louis after spending a few days in Chicago. Leaving the train station Green goes to straight to the apartment of his girlfriend, 3rd grade school teacher, Jocelyn Peters. Arriving at her apartment Green finds Peters, who is 7-months pregnant, in bed. He immediately calls 911 and tells them his girlfriend has been shot in the head, send help now! Jocelyn Peters is pronounced dead on the scene and the investigation begins with the person who found her, Cornelius Green. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will break down the story that leads to stolen school funds, a hitman, and a potato gun silencer, on this episode of Body Bags.         Transcript Highlights  00:00:57 Joe talks about the impact of 3rd grade teacher  00:03:12 Discussion of victim  00:08:54 Discussion of Green sending money to Cutler  00:11:23 Talk about alibi set up by Green taking train to Chicago  00:14:20 Discussion about finding pregnant woman shot in the head  00:16:02 Talk about investigation, alibi   00:19:50 Talk about no sign of forced entry  00:23:18 Discussion of “potato silencer”  00:28:12 Talking about objects changing trajectory  00:32:30 Discussion of Federal and State charges   00:36:29 Discuss Phillip Cutler in court See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When 9th grader Phillip Chism doesn't arrive home from school, his mother calls police to report him missing. As the town begins to look for the 14-year-old, word spreads around town that 24-year-old teacher, Colleen Ritzer,  is also missing. Chism is found walking down the road just after midnight and after a quick search of his backpack he is arrested. Later that morning the body of Colleen Ritzer is found on school grounds, sexually positioned with a folded note next to her body that said "I hate you all". Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the story of the student from Tennessee and the horrifying final moments in the life of Colleen Ritzer.          Transcription Highlights  00:01:00 Introduction of location, suspect, and victim  00:02:53 Suspect is student, 14, victim is a teacher  00:04:04 Discussion of suspect family  00:08:22 Talk about motive and possible “trigger”  00:11:49 Discussion of why victim went to public bathroom  00:15:28 Discussion of witness and surveillance video  00:19:07 Talk about investigation, pinging cell phones  00:21:47 Discussion of suspect on surveillance video   00:27:25 Talk about body being covered   00:30:36 Breaking down the evidence  00:34:35 Discussion of sentence See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christa Pike was 18-years-old when she thought her 19-year-old job corps classmate, Colleen Slemmer, was trying to steal her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, 17. Pike spent over 30-minutes beating Colleen Slemmer with her hands and feet as well as a box cutter and a meat cleaver. Slemmer fought off the attack and tried to escape but Shipp caught her and brought her back for Pike to continue the beating. Pike carved a pentagram into Slemmer's chest, used the box cutter to slice her throat, and when she wouldn't die, Pike picked up a chunk of asphalt and slammed it onto Slemmer's head. The next day Pike brought a piece of Slemmer's skull to breakfast and told classmates what she had done. Convicted of murder and sentenced to death, Christa Pike now wants a judge to vacate her death sentence. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack detail the story that Joe Scott says is the worst case he has ever seen.          Transcript Highlights  00:00:31 Joseph Scott Morgan says he has never seen a crime so vile  00:02:10 Woman on death row in Tennessee   00:05:16 Talk about dynamic between suspects and victim  00:10:09 Description of box cutter and meat cleaver   00:15:03 Discussion of pentagram carved into chest  00:20:56 Description of wounds to victim  00:25:15 Talk about how to occult and satanism factor into case  00:30:40 Description of taking piece of skull as a trophy  00:35:50 Discussion about letting murderer out of prison  00:39:15 Talk about sadistic murder See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The senseless murder of Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia has the nation talking about everything from safety on a college campus to  immigration. Laken Riley didn't know the man who killed her, but she knew she was in a dire situation when they met. Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how the evidence in the case points to Laken Riley attempting to call 911 and Dave Mack will fill in the blanks on the timeline on this edition of Body Bags.    Transcript Highlights 00:15.71 Joseph Scott Morgan talks about college life 02:39.50 Talk about nursing school, education 05:33.55 Discussion of victim  09:56.27 Talk about tinmeline 14:03.73 Talk about seeing victim as an object 18:54.67 Discussion of blunt force trauma 22:13.70 Suspect arrives in USA illegally 31:20.86 Talk about apartment search 36:08.59 Discuss How suspect and victim were strangers 40:30.36 First Homicide at UGA in 30 years  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Minnesota man claims his mistress fatally shot herself with his gun. The question of Murder or Suicide plays out in this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan. Joe will walk you through all of the forensic problems with the story being told. And when everything is said and done, you decide, was it murder, or suicide?   Transcript Highlights  00:01:20 Would a right-handed person use left hand to shoot  00:02:19 Discuss murder or suicide  00:04:15 Talk about “accidental”  00:05:51Discuss science and determination  00:11:16 How quick does a body become stiff  00:13:50 Different jurisdictions  00:18:25 Talk about the scene  00:21:40 Difference in suicide among genders  00:26:27Discuss drying blood  00:29:31Discuss ER Nurse can't do CPR  00:33:14 Talk about short timeline  00:38:50 Discuss can you wash away evidence?  00:41:36 Talk about skin, brain, muzzle flash   00:44:14 Discuss desire to help people and achieve and throw it all away   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Audrii Cunningham leaves for the school bus stop just like every morning, but that afternoon she doesn't get off the bus. The family panics.   Police are called, and an Amber Alert goes out. Neighbors go door to door. A family friend living in a camper in the backyard of Audrii's house, joins in the search. Police find out McDougal was the last person to see Audrii, at the time he was supposed to take her the bus stop.  Audrii never got on the bus. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will break down the story of the search and ultimate discovery of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, found tied to a rock, thrown in the Trinity River on this edition of Body Bags. Transcription highlights00:20.72 Introduction of the case of Audrii Cunningham 01:54.67 Audrii's body tied to rock 03:57.40 Suspect was supposed to drive Audrii to bus stop05:50.16 Audrii was found in general area where her backpack was found 08:31.50 Officials had to ask for river flow to be reduced 12:08.84 Different groups have to share credit in finding Audrii 15:55.43 How will they figure out what McDougal did? 20:14.33 Investigators have not told us the condition of Audrii's body 24:14.42 Discussion of what may have happened to Audrii 28:09.19 Discussion of the company we keep, did her dad know what kind of criminal McDougal is 33:50.15 Talk about how her body may been like a kite on a string 38:07.95 Discussion about DNA under fingernails of Audrii  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Annabel Meenan was only 21, but she had been romantically involved with 33-year-old Leroy Brahm since she was in high school. Their relationship was filled with abuse but on the final night of her life, video cameras placed around the home recorded every hit with a fist and kick with a foot. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will break down what happened when Leroy Brahm beat his girlfriend unconscious, drops a couch on top of her, then lays down on the couch and goes to sleep as the weight slowly crushes Annabel.   Transcript Highlights  00:01:42 Discussion of age  00:03:00 Talk about Annabel  00:06:07 Victim had sofa dropped on her  00:09:24 Talk about cameras recorded every punch  00:13:38 Discuss the cameras everywhere  00:18:51 Talk about contusions  00:21:36 Discuss injuries suffered by the attacker  00:23:54 Talk about evidence all over the house  00:28:38 Discussion of ruling death a heart attack  00:32:23 Surveillance cameras record everything  00:35:37 Discuss domestic abuser calls 911  00:37:23 Talk about Annabel is gone too young  00:38:50 Domestic Abuse Hotline   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lacey Fletcher was on the volleyball team when she is in 9th grade, and she looks like any other healthy teen. But her parents say she is "on the spectrum" and take her out of school and take her home. For the next 20 years, they don't take their daughter to the doctor, they don't do anything with her until she becomes totally non-verbal. For the last 12 years of her life she didn't move from her spot on the couch, she slept in her spot, she ate in her spot, she went to the bathroom in her spot, and it was rarely cleaned. Lacey Fletcher dies at 36, after withstanding years of pain and suffering. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look behind the sofa to answer the questions about the woman who melted into the couch.         Transcript Highlights 00:02:40Talking about melting  00:06:22 Talk about smell of urine, feces, nothing cleaned   00:09:46 Talk about staying in same spot for years  00:12:46 Discussion of healthy and active to dead on the couch  00:15:14 Talk about Lacey Fletcher on the couch 20 years  00:19:25 Discuss bed sores joining with other bed sores  00:23:15 Talk about chronic bone infection   00:27:17 Describing her condition at 36-years-old  00:31:10 Discussion of weight as Lacey Fletcher weighed 96 pounds  00:34:53 Talk about maggots in her body  00:38:56 How did Lacey Fletcher get covid?  00:42:01 Discussion – she is non-verbal, always in pain, and trapped See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harmony Montgomery was missing for two years before anyone looked for her. Police began looking for a 7-year-old girl and soon realized they might really be looking for remains of a 5-year-old girl. She is still among the missing but presumed dead. Her father is on trial for her murder. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they investigate the heartbreaking story of a little girl who never had a chance, and the forensics that just might get justice for her yet.              Transcript Highlights 01:34.45 Joe talks about memory  04:22.26 Discussion of years since Harmony has been seen  07:22.44 Talk about Harmony, looked nervous  10:09.25 Harmony was never enrolled in school  14:36.89 Discussion of police find Harmony's Dad  20:32.13 Talk about moment of clarity  25:22.45 Discussion of what really happened to Harmony  31:02.25 Discussion of waiting 2 years to call about child  35:18.87 Discussion about life lived in a car  38:25.26 Talk about neither adult checking on Harmony  43:49.54 Discussion of carrying Harmony  45:43.17 Finally went too far, hit too hard  50:51.68 Discussion perfect hiding spot was found  54:25.15 Discussion about how body is stored  59:33.43 Talk about using bathtub for dismemberment  59:19.23 Discussion of what might be found of Harmony See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new owners of a house in Colorado are pleasantly surprised to find the previous owners left behind a working freezer in the garage. But as they begin removing bags of frozen meat, they are shocked to find a human head AND hands! Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will explain what it will take to solve the mystery of the frozen head and hands.         Transcript Highlights  00:01:27Talk about gruesome discovery  00:02:05 Discussion of yard sale  00:02:58 Talk about hoarder  00:04:10 Talk about free working freezer  00:07:36 Discussion of frozen head  00:09:23 Talk about getting more than you bargained for  00:11:21Discussion of calling 911  00:14:27Discussion about dismemberment show  00:18:17 Talk about previous homeowners  00:21:23Discussion about finding the rest of the body  00:24:28 Neighborhood people talk about coroner on site  00:27:49 Discussion about all the items that left the area  C00:30:47Discussion of wrapping the head  00:33:51Talk about investigation of body parts  00:37:43 Discussion about freezer slowing decomposition  00:39:25 We're going to need to follow up on this case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff and Kat West are a typical American couple living just south of Birmingham Alabama. They have a 12-year-old daughter, Jeff works in security, Kat is a stay at home mom, but she has developed a very successful online business, in adult entertainment. She posts sexy photos on multiple sites and has her own pay site that provides even more adult photos. Jeff often takes the photos for his wife, and she is becoming quite popular online. Everything seems fine when Jeff and Kat go out for date night, photos of the couple in a store that evening show them lovingly touching one another.  How is it possible that the next morning as the sun comes up, Kat West's lifeless body is found laying out in the front yard of her house with a bottle of absinthe placed on her broken phone right next to her posed body. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take you through the last night in the life of Kat West.        Transcribe Highlights  00:00:05 Origin of things  00:01:46 Talk about a different kind of fairy  00:02:29 Discussion of life  00:03:16 Talk about very special drink  00:05:59 Discussion setting up a scene  00:10:54 Talk about date night  00:12:50 Discussion strong alcohol  00:16:48 Talk about Jeff and Kat playful at store  00:19:42 Discussion of intimate photos, sharing  00:22:32 Talk theory Jeff West beat his wife  00:25:32 Discussion of Stalkers   00:29:37 Talk tiny details in investigation  00:34:02 Discussion of two primary spots of blood  00:38:58 Talk about holding bottle as weapon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A road crew in south west Georgia finds on old console tv at an illegal dumpsite on the side of a country highway. As they try to move the tv, the workers find a suitcase inside, and it is too heavy to just be filled with clothes. As they open the suitcase they open up a mystery that will last decades. Inside the suitcase is cement, and poking out of the cement, the body of a small child. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will help tell the story of Baby Jane Doe, the girl thrown away like garbage, and the people who spent 35-years trying to find out her name.    Transcribe Highlights  00:00:37 Trash Dump off the side of road  00:01:46 Talk about abandoned child   00:02:29 Discussion of life  00:03:16 Talk about the case, started in 1988  00:05:59 Discussion of area  00:10:54 Talk about getting body out of cement  00:13:30 Discussion of cement wouldn't encase everything  00:16:48 Talk about mixing concrete and body  00:19:42 Evidence at scene leads to home  00:22:32 Talk about body breaking down in cement  00:25:32 Discussion of investigators   00:28:37 Talk about technology catching up   00:31:02 This case hasn't been to trial yet  00:33:58 Talk about Genetic Genealogy  00:35:39 Discussion can there be justice  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will tell the story of a murder and why the man convicted of the murder will be put to death in a very unique way. Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted of the 1988 murder-for-hire of Elizabeth Sennett. Pastor Charles Sennett recruited Billy Gray Williams to kill his wife Elizabeth and Williams hired John Forrest Parker and Kenneth Eugene Smith to carry out the murder. A week after the murder the Charles Sennett confessed to his family then shot himself in the head. Williams, Parker, and Smith were arrested and charged and convicted. Williams was sentenced to life and died in prison in 2020. Parker and Smith were sentenced to death. Parker was executed by lethal injection in 2010. Smith was scheduled to be executed in November of 2022 but the execution team was unable to connect the intravenous lines before time ran out. After much debate, the state agreed not to try lethal injection again on Smith but would instead use a method of execution, Nitrogen Hypoxia. Joseph Scott Morgan will explain what it is and why it is being tried for the first time...ever.            Transcript Highlights   00:02:29 Joe talks about travel  00:05:55 Talk Investigation of murder  00:06:41 Talk about experience as death investigator  00:08:37 Discuss sharing PTSD  00:12:18 Talk about nitrogen   00:14:21 Discussion Death Penalty  00:18:56 Talk about execution used to be public   00:21:30 Discussion about new method  00:23:13 Talk about the Crime   00:25:51 Talk Murder-for-Hire plot  00:27:31 Discussion public execution  00:30:24 Talk about the debate to come  00:35:17 Discussion Is there a “best way” to kill somebody  00:38:22 Talk about assisted suicide See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What really happened when 4 lifelong friends gather to watch their Chiefs play the Charges. After the game, one guy goes to sleep inside and his three friends go outside and die in the backyard. And for two days their bodies lay frozen while their friend continues to sleep inside, ignoring calls and texts from friends and family worried about their loved ones. And WHY are the police called to do a "welfare check" when there are three dead men in the backyard? Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack cover the story inside and out to found out what really happened when 4 friends gather to cheer for their favorite team, and three end up dead in the backyard.       Transcript Highlights   00:02:29 Joe shares childhood memories  00:05:55 Talk Saints Football  00:06:41 Discussion watching football  00:08:37 Discuss NFL fans  00:12:18 Talk about friends   00:14:21 Discussion weather, first night not cold  00:18:56 Talk about working multiple deaths  00:21:30 Discussion about “mystery person”  00:23:13 Discuss medical issue, hypothermia  00:25:51 Talk is it possible to sleep 48 hours?  00:27:31 Discussion of how come they guys didn't break-in?  00:31:21 Talk about calling it a “welfare check”  00:35:17 Discussion Jordan Willis is brilliant scientist  00:40:35 Talk Jordan Willis talks to police without lawyer  00:45:21 Discussion of Fentanyl  48:30.84 No Trauma, no gunshots, 3 dead   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When mom of 5 Jennifer Dulos suddenly vanished, the world stopped to look. But while the world was looking for the missing mom, her estranged husband and his girlfriend drive around town dropping off bags of trash in public trash bins. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they break down the story of the missing mom and the people who betrayed her.     Transcript Highlights   00:02:29 Joe shares childhood memories  00:05:55 Talk about family   00:06:41 Discussion of Troconis trial   00:08:37 Discussion of Dulos marriage  00:12:18 Discussion of what the Nanny notices  00:14:21 Talk about paper towels used to clean  00:18:56 Talk about police body cam footage  00:21:30 Discussion of testimony  00:23:13 Talk about several types of tests  00:25:51 Talk about stains and what they mean  00:27:31 Discussion of blood drops  00:29:42 Description of different cast-off blood trails  00:31:21 Joe talks about blood  00:35:17 Discussion about determining death  00:40:35 Talk about blood and DNA locations  00:45:21 Discussion of amount of blood  00:50:38 Joe talks about suicide   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alec Baldwin has been indicted again for Involuntary Manslaughter. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will pull back the curtain on the "Rust" movie set and explain what really happened, who is lying, and will there ever be justice. Should somebody go to jail, or was it a horrible accident? Listen and decide for yourself.     Transcript Highlights   00:01:29 Describing the shooting location  00:04:45 Talk about the victims  00:05:31 Discussion of responsibility on set  00:08:37 Joe talks about being a producer  00:11:08 Talk about armorer  00:13:45 Discussion Alec Baldwin charged  00:15:38 Joe breaks down angles of shot  00:21:00 Talk about producer role on set  00:22:44 Dave tells story about loaded gun in house  00:24:59 Discussion of handling a gun  00:27:21 Talk about Baldwin interview about shooting  00:29:24 Joe talks forensic science ballistics  00:31:48 Discussion of accountability  00:34:07 Talk about shooting cases  00:40:48 Joe talks about the 44 Magnum  00:45:37 Description of shooting of Brandon Lee  00:48:18 Discussion about handling firearms on set See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The last thing Linda Frickey heard as she lay beaten, bruised, with her armed ripped off her body, was a friendly voice saying "we'll pray for you". The 73-year-old woman was the victim of a carjacking that was pre-planned by a group of 4 thugs in New Orleans, the oldest only 17-years-old. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they go behind the headlines on the story of a loving grandmother that died in a gruesome way, with her arm torn off her body. But witnesses ask; Where's the blood?     Transcript Highlights   00:01:29 Talk about Grandmothers  00:04:45 Joe doesn't want his hometown tarnished   00:05:31 Discussion about Carjacking  00:08:37 Talk about 18-year-old taking a life  00:10:20 Joe talks about living in this area of NOLA  00:11:08 Discussion about witnesses  00:13:45 Talk about ringleader John Honore  00:15:38 Talk about being dragged two blocks   00:21:00 Talk about criminals attacked woman from behind  00:22:44 Discussion of being stuck, drug down the block   00:24:59 Discussion having arm ripped off your body  00:27:21 Talk about how witness covered her body  00:29:24 Discussion of damage done to police officer drug in similar way  00:31:48 Talk about the last thing Mrs. Frickey heard was “we're praying for you  00:34:07 Discussion of what happened to the blood?  00:40:48 Talk about determining cause of death  00:45:37 Talk about how Mrs. Frickey was beaten in car, then drug down street  00:48:18 Discussion about CCTV cameras  00:49:44 Suspect has been sentenced to prison   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The death of Jeffrey Epstein has been debated since the minute it was announced to the world. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will share what it was like to be on the air with the news and noticing "red flags" as certain parts of the death story didn't seem to be correct. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will break down the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Did Jeffrey Epstein commit suicide, or was he murdered?      Transcript Highlights  00:01:17 Joe hears story about where the meanest men in America live  00:04:47 Joseph Scott Morgan talks about covering Epstein death  00:08:23 Discuss first attack/suicide attempt   00:11:45 Talk about unusual circumstances  00:14:37 Discuss conflicting statements about noose  000:17:15 Talk about Epstein allowed unmonitored phone call   00:18:23 Discuss no cellmate to attack or stop suicide  00:20:33 Talk about two nooses in the cell  00:22:42 Discussion of cell condition and contents  00:25:49 Talk about July 23rd event  00:29:25 Discuss observing body at time of death  00:32:25 Talk about putting hospital gown on Epstein  00:34:03 Mark Epstein told his brother may have been dead 2 hours or more  00:37:40 Talk about Epstein body wheeled into hospital  00:40:34 Discussion of hyoid bone  00:42:05 Discuss facts of the body at time of death  00:44:24 Discuss agreement overturned regarding suicide  00:45:14 Talk about autopsy, who was present  00:47:00 Discuss distribution of force  00:48:16 Mentions that noose wasn't collected for evidence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a panicked husband calls 911 for help saying his wife has overdosed the first officer on the scene notices some pretty big red flags. The forensics tell the story of what killed Maria Munoz, but Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will dig deeper to find out what really happened to a Texas mom with a penchant for writing in her journal, about everything.          Transcript Highlights  00:01:29 Talk about nurses, great investigators  00:03:21 Discussion of body cam  00:04:45 Talk about scene, shadows  00:05:31 Talk about what police expect based on 911 call  00:06:55 Discussion of relationship   00:08:37 Talk about surgery, different duties  00:10:20 Talk about steroid use  00:11:08 Talk about husband being suspicious  00:12:06 Discussion of red flags  00:13:45 Talk about husband pockets pill bottle  00:15:38 Talk about medicine bottle on scene  00:21:00 Talk about medical pro letting police officer take over cpr  00:22:44 Discussion of husband talking to police  00:24:59 Discussion of Police body cam  00:27:21 Talk about how to find needle hole in arm  00:29:24 Discussion of suspect   00:31:48 Talk about scenes involving drugs  00:34:07 Discussion of home dynamics  00:35:55 Discussion of medical careers  00:40:48 Talk about tox screen   00:43:52 Discussion of toxicology report  00:45:37 Talk about how drugs were used  00:48:18 Discussion about Maria diary entries  00:49:44 Diary and Toxicology gave jury no choice   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Savanah Soto, 18, and her boyfriend Matthew Guerra, 22, are reported missing the day before Savanah is to have labor induced for their baby. Their car is found, and Savanah is found dead in the front passenger seat with Matthew shot to death in the back seat.On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the truth from fiction in the saddest story from what should be the happiest of times.        Transcript Highlights  00:01:54 Talk about having a child  00:03:23 Talk about responsibility  00:05:53 Discussion of age of victims  00:07:49 Talk about family dynamic   00:09:24 Discussion about safety  00:12:53 Talk about location of bodies in the car  00:14:33 Discussion of Matthew being drug into back seat  00:16:12 Discussion of what long hair means to crime scene  00:18:42 Talk about where victims were murdered  00:19:46 Windows in the kia are dark  00:22:01 What is being said between truck driver and kia?  00:23:48 Discussion of people traveling with body in car  00:25:52 Baby is autopsied too  00:26:59Talk about Baby birth after death  00:28:23 Talk about Matthew identified quickly  00:32:36 Kia Optima located  00:34:58 Phone Pings will help find more cameras  00:35:55 Talk about bad cameras, great picture of suspects  00:37:01 Discussion of DNA that will likely be found   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The house in Idaho where Madison Mogen , Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were murdered has been demolished before the trial. Prosecution and Defense were both in agreement. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they discuss what might be missed and who might be helped by the biggest pieced of evidence being destroyed.    Transcript Highlights  00:01:08 Talk about why the odd shaped home had to come down  00:02:18 Discussion about destroying house before trial  00:03:47 Compare being able to visit the home of Lizzie Borden   00:05:47 Discussion of taking down horrible crime scenes  00:08:33 Comparing evidence like knife to house, would a picture of knife be sufficient  00:09:06 Discussion of both sides in agreement in taking building down  00:11:28 Talk about how to tell if someone could hear noise from top to bottom of house  00:13:36 Discussion of first-person perspective  00:15:48 Discussion of Parkland scene  00:17:42 Talk about taking jury to crime scene  00:19:26 Discussion of house layout – would killer have to be familiar  00:20:39 Talk about moving around rooms in the dark  00:21:53 Discussion about seeing size of rooms and 'ear' witness 00:24:15 Talk about effective documentation  00:26:23 Discussion about where suspect entered home  00:27:07 Discussion about room size  00:29:51 Talk about dynamic distribution of blood, being able to see it in context  00:31:32 Discussion of Jeffrey MacDonald case, jury saw murder scene in house  00:32:4 Talk about without house, no way to know where sound would go  00:33:51 Discussion comparing Gettysburg site to a house   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Timothy Ferguson was 15-yeas-old and weighed just 69 pounds when he died of malnutrition and hypothermia at the hands of his evil mother and brother. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they describe how Timothy Ferguson was fed a diet of water and bread soaked in hot sauce followed by ice baths by his mother and brother, and what happened when the handicapped 15-year-old died.      Transcript Highlights 00:00:00 Joseph Scott Morgan shares memories of Grandmother cooking chicken  00:04:15 Discussion of Timothy Ferguson, 15, starved to death by his mother 00:05:37 Discussion of food being used as mechanism for torture 00:06:52 Talk about Shanda Vander Ark fled Oklahoma with children 00:08:56 Explanation of how using food as a ‘kindness'  00:11:05 Talk about dark choices made by Shanda Vander Ark regarding her son  00:13:05 Discussion of Timothy's older brother Paul being involved in the abuse 00:14:51 Joseph Scott Morgan describes “impact: injury – slapped, punched. 00:15:28 Talk about how common that one child will be chosen for abuse while other siblings abuse victim as well  00:16:14 Discussion about abuse,  malnutrition impossible to hide 00:17:15 How to determine how long Timothy was abused 00:18:35 Description - malnutrition can “stunt growth”.  00:20:40 Discussion of Shanda Vander Ark Defense, claims she had PTSD 00:21:51 Joseph Scott Morgan explains how Timothy Ferguson was digesting his own fat cells due to malnutrition  00:22:58 Timothy Ferguson's body already compromised  00:26:41 Timothy Ferguson was given bread and water, and hot sauce for torture  00:27:56 Talk about hot sauce “Carolina Reaper” being placed on bread for Ferguson to eat  00:29:00 Discussion of Timothy Ferguson being kept in tiny room under stairs, developing bed sores  00:30:56 Description of Timothy Ferguson breathing out of his mouth like fish out of water  00:32:09 Discussion of Ice Bath's used to punish Timothy Ferguson  00:33:28 Timothy Ferguson never recovered from last Ice Bath, cause of death – hypothermia and malnutrition  00:36:02 Discussion of food – mother chained refrigerator and cabinets in kitchen  00:38:00 Verdict - Shanda Vander Ark, guilty of murder, son Paul guilty of Child Abuse See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The opioid crisis has brought death and devastation to families all over the world and fentanyl has only made things worse. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will take a close look at three very different cases involving fentanyl that all have the same end result, death. A wife allegedly uses fentanyl as a weapon to kill her husband, a 20-year-old faces second-degree murder for giving a teen girl a pill with fentanyl, and a toddler is dead when he comes into contact with fentanyl in his daycare.        Transcript Highlights  00:00:00 Discussion: To be free from pain.  00:01:44 Talk about from Tylenol to Fentanyl   00:02:53 Discussion of population desiring to be free from pain, self-medicating   00:04:43 Talk about the opioid crisis  00:07:28 Discussion about the strength of fentanyl   00:10:16 Joe points out how fentanyl can be pressed into other drugs  00:11:51 Description of what an overdose from opioid looks like  00:13:01 Discussing three fentanyl related cases today; Kouri Richins, NYC daycare, and 15-year-old dead from pill  00:14:38 Talk about murder charge in death of 15-year-old girl 00:16:46 Discussion of coroner ruling drug overdose as a “homicide”  00:18:35 Talk about California case, 15-year-old dies from fentanyl  00:22:35 Discussion of pills made in a garage rather than a laboratory  00:23:43 Talk about a 22-month-old child in a daycare exposed to fentanyl  00:26:49 Discussion of “binders” used in making the pills 00:28:48 Description of toddlers in daycare with fentanyl kept directly underneath “nap mats”  00:30:58 Fentanyl used as weapon, tasteless, odorless  00:32:36 Talk about Kouri Richins alleged attempts to poison husband  00:34:33 How to determine if drug was taken as recreation or used as weapon  00:36:01 Discussion of opioid deaths  00:38:36 Talk about tox screen  00:40:28 Discussion of Fentanyl and therapeutic levels  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Camille Balla calls a coworker and says "I think I killed my mother", the coworker calls 911 on her way to Balla's mother's house. Police find a scene straight out of a horror movie as the follow a blood splatter trail leading to the body of Francisca Monteiro-Balla. Checking the body for vitals an officer notices something on a box a few feet away. It isn't something anyone expects to see, two eyeballs, sitting on a box, appearing to watch the officers as they try to save the life of Francisca Monteiro-Balla. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they take a close-up look at a case that is just as scary and strange at the beginning as it is in the end.    Transcript Highlights 00:01:26 Joseph Scott Morgan compares Lewis Powell screaming “I am Mad” to  Camille Balla screaming “I am a murderer”  00:02:50 Talk about Police arrive to scene and find woman's eyes removed  00:04:05 Dave Mack breaks down story of Camille Balla calls co-worker and tells her “I think I killed my mother”  00:06:12 Talk about County Jail versus prison  00:08:05 Discussion about Camille Balla screaming “I'm a murderer”  00:10:08 Discussion of bloody crime scene, eyeballs removed from victim, placed on cardboard box  00:11:25 Describing difference between blood “spatter” and blood “splatter”  00:13:46 Discussion about victim's injuries  00:16:01 Talk about the fight between mother and daughter, and eyeballs removed from victim  00:17:56 Joe describes removal of eyeball  00:20:37 Discussion of suspect removing eyes from the front  00:22:43 Talk about Camille Balla claims to have smoked marijuana laced with Flocka prior to attack on her mother  00:26:12 Discussion of charges being reduced from First-Degree Murder to Manslaughter  00:28:34 Talk about broken glass around scene, blood from perpetrator and victim co-mingled making thing forensically more complicated  00:29:06 Camille Balla pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to 15-years in prison followed by 15-years on probation.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An adult female body is found outside of Council Bluffs city limits. The body was found with bruises all over her body, a large laceration on her head, her body was  found frozen to the ground. Also, her face is missing. The body is of a woman who has been missing for 11 days, 60-year-old Ilene Gowan. Investigators will use everything at their disposal to determine how the grandmother ended up dead in a ditch without her face, and who is responsible for her death. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they breakdown a case that includes forensics of a frozen body as well as the latest video surveillance tools that creates a timeline that builds a map leading right to the killer.   Transcript Highlights  00:00:06 Joseph Scott Morgan talks about scene of crime  00:02:42 Victim 60-year-old woman, without a face  00:04:00 Talk about victim and suspect relationship  00:06:22 Brammer does not report girlfriend missing  00:07:44 Talk about remains being discarded like trash  00:09:48 Discussion about alcohol and relationships   00:11:21 Victim is missing for 11 days   00:12:49 Talk about remains still frozen at autopsy  00:16:46 Discussion of weather on decomposition   00:18:32 Talk about arriving to scene of crime  00:22:54 Discussion about Pathologist in the field   00:24:01 Victim face is missing  00:27:19 Timeline: victim last seen on 13, reported missing on 15th  00:30:37 Discussion of Post-Mortem and Anti-Mortem  00:31:36 Video evidence of Brammer in truck with victim  00:33:34 Discussion of victim cause of death  00:34:39 Talk about wounds  00:37:10 Discussion about Dr. Michael Baden brought in for second opinion  00:38:50 Brammer deposits $1,500 in his bank account day Ilene is reported missing  00:39:46 Discussion about face missing due to animal life  00:41:46 Brammer has truck crushed and shredded  00:42:08 Brammer was found guilty of second-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and second-degree theft.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Battle Creek, Michigan, Chad Allen Reed is the owner of a property. He lives on the bottom floor and rents out the top floor. He complains to everyone about the couple renting his upstairs,  Joe Soule and Jaclyn Lepird are loud at night and Reed doesn't like it. When Joe and Jaclyn vanish, everyone is looking for them, except for Chad Allen Reed. He is too busy trying to hide what he has done. His property burns 5 times in 7 days but Chad Allen Reed is being haunted by the smell. Two bodies, wrapped in plastic, hidden in the back of a pickup truck. When nobody solves the mystery of what happened to Joe Soule and Jaclyn Lepird, Chad Allen Reed calls the tip line himself, and tells them what happened! Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack  break down the story of the Murdering Landlord and find out what evidence is left behind when two people are murdered on grass in a yard.        Transcript Highlights    00:00:07 Joseph Scott Morgan shares a renting nightmare   00:04:23 discussion of landlord complaining about tenant  00:05:20 Joe talks about trauma and evidence left behind at the scene  00:07:58 Landlord confronted tenants over noise   00:10:37 Discussion of the matter of cutting and bludgeoning someone  00:12:25 Talk about postmortem interval   00:13:23 Chad Allen Read shoots Joe Soule, shoots Jaclyn Lepird in the back  00:15:38 Discussion about Read beating Lepird with a pipe  00:16:37 Joe explains “Bullet Wipe”  00:18:32 Discussion about evidence left in yard  00:19:42 Talk about 2 people missing  00:21:51 Evidence left behind by 2 victims  00:23:31 Explanation of how bodies are examined in morgue  00:25:44 Discussion about perpetrators not putting distance between themselves and their victims  00:27:49 Bodies wrapped in plastic create more evidence  00:29:18 Talk about 5 fires in 7 days   00:30:13 Chad Allen Read calls the tipline himself   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.