Jillian Kelley, 39, and Veronica Butler, 27, disappeared in late March while on a trip from Hugoton, Kansas, to pick up Butler’s children. Their abandoned car was found 3-miles from their intended location and there are signs of struggle near and in the vehicle. On April 14, nearly two weeks after they went missing, investigators discovered their bodies sealed inside a freezer and buried under concrete in a remote area of a leased field. Joseph Scott Morgan will explain the details of Jillian Kelley's autopsy, what it is like to find two bodies in one location, buried together, and what new information is known after going over the autopsy report. 

Transcript Highlights

00:00:11.31. Introduction - update Kansas Moms 

00:01:31.84  Jillian Kelley Autopsy

00:03:18.70 Explanation of custody arrangements

00:06:47.31 Autopsy room

00:11:28.26 Freezer with bodies inside dropped into a hole that is 10 feet deep

00:16:12.44 Looking at the tracks around the area where freezer was buried

00:21:31.67 Opening the freezer in the lab

00:26:29.62 Know idea of what type of evidence will be recovered 

00:31:30.98 Veronica Butler Autopsy expected later, Jillian Kelley Autopsy now

00:36:02.75 Veronica Butler body on top of Kelley. Bodies removed

00:41:04.70.Kelley has defensive wounds, grabbed blade of knife with her hand

00:46:03.01 Difficult to determine the order of when injuries occurred

00:51:02.87 Injury with hemorrhage
 
00:54:54.03 Conclusion: another update when Veronica Butler autopsy released

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On a hot August day in the Nevada desert, two hikers find the body of a young woman about 20 miles east of Las Vegas near the Gypsum Wash in Clark County. The next day, August 28,  the Clark County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as 27-year-old  Melonie White. Her death is listed as homicide due to strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head and police say she was also dragged behind a car before her body was left in the desert. Melonie and her infant son moved to Las Vegas with her boyfriend four months earlier from Phoenix, Arizona. But the boyfriend doesn't get a job and leaves Melonie alone with her baby in Las Vegas. Police investigate the case but fail to develope a viable suspect and the case turns cold. Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how the case that went unsolved for 30 years has finally been solved with DNA, gentic genealogy, and Othram.

Transcript Highlights

00:00.00 Introduction - First trip to Las Vegas

02:21.07 Death of Melonie White, 30 year mystery
 
05:06.81 Melonie White beaten, strangled, dragged by car into desert

10:12.12 Brothers report Melonie missing

16:26.41 Police say Melonie was tied to back of car and dragged

21:11.46 Las Vegas is an Oasis surrounded by nothingness

26:05.98 Joe describes other evidence needed 

31:22.50 No Lack of trauma

35:19.83. Very personal attack

40:16.59 Describing solving cold case 

41:34.76 Genetic Genealogy solves murder

44:27.92 Conclusion: Case solved after 30 years

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38-year-old Sara Bermudez and her three children, Madison, 8, James, 6, and Michael, 2, are viciously attacked in the middle of the night while they sleep. The murdererSexually assaults Sara and her 8-year-old daughter, with a knife and stabs the family to death before setting them on fire. Sara's father finds the carnage and calls for Help. Investigators catch a break in that the killer tried to use diesel to fuel the fire but it burned itself out before totally destroying all the evidence.Joseph Scott Morgan is going to take you inside the master bedroom and explain how investigators find a suspect from a portion of body fluid left behind at the scene. And the suspect isn't just close to the family, he is family. 

Transcript Highlights
00:00.96 Introduction - chewing and identity
04:20.45 Somebody breaks into a home in the middle of the night Slaughters the mom, daughter, two boys
09:20.18 Family murdered and set on fire
14:12.60 Disturbing element to the case 
18:12.07 Setting up a line to prevent contamination
22:57.18 Evidence of sexual assault
28:07.64 Knife used in sexual attack
32:56.90 Blood stains found on walls, carpet, lamp, other items
37:12.63 Finding blood in the fire
42:00.92 Mother defended her children
44:58.66 Conclusion

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How does a 130 pound, 58-year-old woman, put her 6'3", 300 pound husband on a burn pile?

When law enforcement was called to a farm outside of Atlanta, they were told a body was found burned up in a burn pile. Taking a quick look around, the body is burned beyond recognition, but it is probably 58-year-old Gary Farris. He and his wife Melody live on the 10-acre farm.  Gary Farris is a big man, 6 foot 3 inches tall, 300 pounds, it looks like he might have had a heart attack and fallen into the burn pile, dead. His body is burned to the bone and he is identified by dental records. But before this death can be written up as a natural death, a bullet is found lodged in one of his ribs! Joseph Scott Morgan will unpack what it's like to investigate a death that starts in a burn pile and Dave Mack will share how investigators put together a case that ends up with Gary Farris wife, Melody, convicted for his murder.

Transcript Highlights
00:00.47 Introduction - moving heavy weight

04:31.17 How to move 300 pounds of dead weight

09:45.12 What happens to a body when it is burned

14:06.78 Melody Farris burns body of husband

19:01.72 Can't get a height on a body that's been burned

25:52.49 Collecting body from burned area

30:37.21 How big is a bullet?

34:34.87 What was used to start fire?

39:29.36 Smell of Citronella at burn pit

42:02.85  Conclusion 

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Shayna Hubers calls 911 from Ryan Poston's condo in Highland Heights, Kentucky, and tells dispatch "I killed my boyfriend in self-defense". Hubers tells police Ryan Poston had been beating her all day long, tossing her around like a rag doll, and when he pulled out his gun, she grabbed it and shot him in the face. Police read Shayna Hubers her "Miranda" rights, and Hubers asks for a lawyer.  Even though Shayna Hubers has just been told she "has the right to remain silent" she lacks the ability, and tells investigators that she shot him twice in the face, then, as he was twitching, she said she thought he was going to die anyway or his face would be really deformed so she shot him 4 more times to make sure he was dead. Shayna Hubers tells police "I gave him the nose job he always wanted."  Joseph Scott Morgan explains how the crime scene and Ryan Poston's clothes tell a different story than the one Shayna Hubers is telling and Dave Mack digs into the background of an 18-month relationship that ended in the murder of a man who seemed to be everyone's favorite person.

Transcribe Highlights

00:03.40 Introduction - Rhinoplasty

04:55.81 Hammers, Chisels, and black eyes

09:27.14 Hubers gave boyfriend the "nose job he always wanted

14:58.88 Shayna Hubers and Jody Arias

20:15.42 What happened when Ryan Poston was murdered

25:04.98 True case of domestic abuse

30:20.01 Difference in bullet size

35:01.84 Stippling present on Ryan Poston

39:38.81 Hubers claims of abuse unfounded

44:21.70 Blood on shirt and pants indicates Poston seated

48:14.50 Conclusion

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James Skinner begins doing some work inside his home outside of Chicago when he finds a human skull stuffed in a wall! Not wanting to be accused of a murder, Skinner calls police and they investigate as far as they can in 1978, and after identifying the skull as human, the case goes cold and police send the skull to the  Batavia Depot Museum for storage. The skull was forgotten until March of 2021 when supervisors at the museum discovered a box with the skull inside. Joseph Scott Morgan will take you through the investigation that identified the skull and Dave Mack will tell the backstory of the 17-year-old girl, Esther Ann Granger, who died in 1866 and how did her skull end up inside the wall of a home outside of Chicago.  A cold case solved with Othram Labs.

00:00:04.46 Introduction

00:04:09.88 A Human skull found inside a wall 

00:10:20.41 Explaining what happens to bones that are protected from elements

00:14:14.68 Joe talks anthropology

00:19:09.14 Other than bones, a Bonet was discovered with skull

00:24:31.45 Discussion of Dr. Clyde Snow and his work

00:30:10.59 Age of bones determination

00:34:04.70 Othram Labs identifies a living relative 

00:40:36.81 Esther Granger identified, died during childbirth

00:42:36.56 Conclusion - Othram Labs www.dnasolves.com

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Delphi Murder Trial: What REALLY Happened to Libby and Abby
Body Bags Delphi Murders Part 2

Libby German and Abby Williams vanished from a public park area in broad daylight on February 13. Witnesses were all around, but nobody saw what happened to the girls. The girls were on the High Bridge at 2:13 pm taking pictures and posting them online. By 3:15 Libby isn't answering her phone and nobody can find the girls. Police are called early but Libby and Abby are nowhere to be found. The bodies of Libby and Abby are found on February 14. They were murdered. Joseph Scott Morgan has been involved in the case since it began and has met with Family members but waited until some of the forensic information was available so he could break it down and explain what the science tells us about the deaths of Libby German and Abby Williams

Transcript Highlights
00:00:00.89 INTRODUCTION: Delphi Murder Trial PART TWO 

00:02:00.29 Delphi Case-specifics of the box cutter

00:04:19.95 Blood four feet up from the ground

00:10:15.62 Recording Bridge Guy 

00:15:10.56 Law Enforcement knows evil is in the area

00:20:16.14 Other suspects, Keegan Kline

00:25:11.54 Describing the bodies

00:30:10.84 Libby was outgoing, Abby was quiet

00:35:02.39 How could one person control both girls

00:40:20.38 Discussion of the unfired bullet

00:45:00.12 Conclusion Trial is ongoing

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Liam Payne became a huge star as a member of One Direction and he has
been very public about his struggles with alcohol and depression. He recent 
death shocked millions of fans around the world. Joseph Scott Morgan takes
a close-up look at "Pink Cocaine" and other drugs rumored to be in Liam Payne's
Hotel room and what really happened in the moments before Liam Payne plunged to his death from his hotel balcony.

Transcript Highlights
00:14.53 Introduction - celebrity deaths

03:02.27 The death of Liam Payne

05:06.76 Living Recovery

10:02.36 Why do musicians have issues

14:08.85 Pink Cocaine - New?

20:15.60 Walter White - Blue Meth

24:58.34 Liam Payne talked about his life with alcohol

29:24.53 Autopsy 

34:35.74 Hotel was warned about a guest and balcony

39:13.93 Looking for security cameras

43:28.79 Was his death witnessed?

47:48.18 Conclusion - Dial 988

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Libby German and Abby Williams vanished from a public park area in broad daylight on February 13. Witnesses were all around, but nobody saw what happened to the girls. The girls were on the High Bridge at 2:13 pm taking pictures and posting them online. By 3:15 Libby isn't answering her phone and nobody can find the girls. Police are called early but Libby and Abby are nowhere to be found. The bodies of Libby and Abby are found on February 14. They were murdered. Joseph Scott Morgan has been involved in the case since it began and has met with Family members but waited until some of the forensic information was available so he could break it down and explain what the science tells us about the deaths of Libby German and Abby Williams. 

00:00:00.89 INTRODUCTION: Delphi Murder Trial

00:02:36.29 Delphi Case - getting to know Libby's grandparents

00:07:19.95 Who knows about a "snow day" "teacher day"

00:12:15.62 By 5pm Libby and Abby are missing

00:17:10.56 Libby and Abby not dressed for running off

00:22:16.14 Elderly gentleman finds the girls, turns his back, waits for police

00:27:21.54 Trial underway: More info available 

00:32:10.84 The Reason a large crime scene is created

00:37:02.39 Libby's shirt found tossed in tree

00:40:20.38 Trial is ongoing, this is the first show on Delphi
There will be more shows coming up

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Anthony Maggio has two children with his fiancé and has another child with his girlfriend. After a discussion about child support,

Ashtin Eaton is found dead on her kitchen floor by her 11-year-old daughter. Her 14-month old daughter Hazel is found smothered to death on her bed. What looks like a possible murder suicide turns out to be a double homicide. On this episode of Body Bags,

Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how investigators knew in the first few minutes that Ashtin Eaton did not kill her baby and commit suicide, and Dave Mack will break down the family dynamic that Anthony Maggio created, then destroyed.  

Transcribe Highlights

00:00:08.88 Introduction - Jury Duty

00:05:01.57 Anthony Maggio is engaged and has a girlfriend

00:09:52.16 Maggio's girlfriend and daughter are both killed

00:15:23.08 The "Finder" is 11-year-old daughter of girlfriend

00:19:57.83 Daughter sees purple discoloration on face and injury to left arm

00:25:13.33 Box cutter creates the injury on the victim

00:30:48.67 Smothering is an action that takes place

00:35:04.18 Reports mentions no sexual assault

00:40:17.40 Suicide by cutting wrist would not cause head to turn purple

00:41:45.79 Conclusion - The man called for jury duty passes out

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A Montana man, Dustin Kjersem, sets off on a camping trip. When he doesn't meet up with his friend at an appointed time and location the friend goes looking for him. When the friend makes it to Dustin, he calls 911 and reports his friend is dead from a Bear Attack! Joseph Scott Morgan explains how experts determine the shocking attack that caused the death of Dustin Kjersem was not done by a bear, it was someone swinging some type of weapon in a "chopping" motion. 

Transcript Highlights
00:20.21 Introduction

02:00.71 Savage Death 

04:56.01 Joe talking about Bear story

09:38.49 Victim is a "Man's Man"

15:01.06 The "Finder" and the "victim" both experienced
          No sign of bear activity

19:48.73 Injuries so shocking it must be a Bear Attack

25:13.58 A Bear would tear down tent in an attack

30:12.97 A Bear is constantly looking for food

34:27.69 Weapon like a hatchet

39:45.60 Expect fractured, fragmented bone

43:22.39 Chopping motion would cause blood spatter

47:25.54 Conclusion - not a bear attack

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