Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

John Tyrrell is in the New Jersey woods when he finds a refrigerator that is wrapped in a sleeping bag, secured with blue ratchet straps, and covered with carpet. Tyrrell takes one look inside and calls police, he has just found missing mom, Laura Hughes. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss how the decomposed body is identified and what investigators do to nab the suspect in an international manhunt.

Transcription Highlights

00:03.04 Introduction 

03:47.47 Using refrigerator as casket

08:29.44 Digital data solves crimes

12:29.05 Finder wont give phone to police

17:40.80 Did perp keep refrigerator plugged in?

23:05.79 "purge fluid"

28:13.49 Removing clothes from the dead

33:45.56 Positive ID of victim

38:09.70 Items used to identify the dead

43:13.15 Calender in suspect apartment with "X" marks

48:09.54 Bullet defect and trajectory
 
49:23.36 Conclusion

A teenager in Wisconsin is accused of killing his mother and his stepfather, then living with the decomposing bodies for weeks before he finally leaves the family home. Joseph Scott Morgan explains how difficult it would be to remain in a home with two decomposing bodies and he breaks down the types of guns and ammunition available to 17-year-old Nikita "Nikki" Casap. Dave Mack explains the family dynamic and how Nikki is also charged with identity theft for trying to pretend he is his now dead stepfather, as well as being charged with murder and more.  

Transcript Highlights
00:10.61 Introduction 

01:01.83 Spending more time with the dead

05:41.51 Teen kills mom, stepdad, lives with bodies

09:52.98 Making mistakes in murder

15:20.17 Pulling back the blankets

20:51.75 Mother is found in hallway

25:10.98 Backing out of crime scene

29:50.56 Dividing up responsibilities on scene

34:00.22 VERY nice house

39:56.04 Doesn't have to be a body part

43:53.57 Removing each layer

47:45.42 Size of Round and type of stippling

53:28.71 Getting hit with a sledgehammer

55:09.61 Conclusion

How is it possible for a Green Beret to survive multiple times on the field of combat only to come home and be taken out by his nurse wife? Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look at the different sides of the same marriage to determine if forensic evidence will explain how Clint Bonnell's body parts ended up in a pond just three miles from his home and just weeks after he retires from military service. How will his wife, Shana Cloud, explain the bullets in her husband's laptop and declining to file a missing person report when he is obviously nowhere to be found?

Transcript Highlights

00:00.71 Introduction

03:16.43 Green Beret skill set

0833.43 Green Beret retires

13:46.78 To be on time is to be late

18:07.48 What was found with first search warrant

23:12.81 Green Beret gone, car in driveway

28:23.25 Remains tossed into pond

33:39.72 Recovering body from a pond

38:20.96 Digital forensic search

42:44.42 Would Green Beret be "on alert"

47:58.59 Bullets in the bookbag and laptop

49:08.59 Conclusion

A shocking video our of New Orleans shows an Orleans Parish Coroner's Office employee dragging a murder victim's body down the front steps of his home! Project NOLA posts the video to social media and the next day, OUTRAGE. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at what happened on the scene to allow this to take place. Joe takes the time to explain the possible damage being done, not just to the victim, but to the prosecution case at trial. 

Transcribe Highlights
00:05.89 Introduction, New Orleans

05:18.12 Description of Large Man dead for a long time

08:26.46 Getting the man down the stairs

10:27.13 The dead deserve dignity and respect

14:28.29 Recalling a story from autobiography

20:08.56 A body being drug from a home

25:08.48 Dragging a body down the stairs

30:00.43 Body is being damaged

35:56.52 Everything in the case can be ruined

40:41.59 Homes are very close

45:51.47 Conclusion

Brandon Braxton played football for Duke University, is twice an Academic All-American, but after his playing career is over, he finds himself back where he went to High School, hanging out with a friend, Whitney Hurd. Hurd is a realtor and enjoys catching up with her old friend, at first, but when he starts hanging around her house and passing out drunk in her driveway, she calls police. When Whitney Hurd is reported missing, one of the only clues is her car. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look behind the front door of a high school friendship that turned deadly. Whitney Hurd actually helps provide a key clue as to what happened to her and who did it. Joseph Scott Morgan explains fingerprints and how they are everywhere, and in this case, put the suspect in the front seat of the victim's vehicle, a place Whitney Hurd never allowed anyone.

Transcribe Highlights

00:00.00 Introduction

01:21.76 Fingerprints found everywhere

04:52.11 Brandon Braxton, Academic All-American at Duke

10:13.35 Whitney Hurd is found by a Private Detective

15:27.08 Whitney Hurd, 32, realtor, well-off, reported missing

20:02.86 Describing friction ridges on finger prints

25:03.46 Playing football at Duke, academic all-American, good start in life

30:35.38 Whitney Hurd found INSIDE HER HOME

35:18.44 Face covering of murder victim, sign of remorse

39:51.96 Whitney did not let anyone drive her car

44:20.92 Braxton tells police he has never been in Whitney's car

46:06.88 Conclusion