Pregnant EMT Dies in House Fire - Tragic Accident or Murder?

Pregnant EMT Dies in House Fire - Tragic Accident or Murder?

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

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