Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: Mom on a Mission - a Killer's Confession
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace2 Mar 2025

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: Mom on a Mission - a Killer's Confession

Jamie Dickerson never believed her daughter, April Holt, committed suicide. Not because she is in denial, but because she knows her daughter was trying to leave her marriage and had told her husband two weeks before her death that she wants a divorce. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case, how 29-year-old April Holt is found unresponsive in the bathroom of the home she shares with her husband and son, with a plastic bag taped tightly around her neck. Why is her death ruled a suicide, and what does her mother do to catch the killer and see him go to trial for murder. This episode discusses domestic abuse and suicide. If you are someone you know is living in a domestic violence situation, there is a toll free number to call: 1-800-799-3233. There is also a number if you are having thoughts of self-harm or even taking your own life, the suicide hotline and Crisis Lifeline - 988.

Transcribe Highlights

00:00.97 Introduction
NOTE - In this episode both domestic violence and suicide will be discussed

05:09.61 Victim's mother solves the crime

09:50.94 Discussion of the "finder" and the "reporter"

14:11.21 Talk about framing of a story for the police on the scene

18:58.24 How cases are classified as "final exit" case

25:00.55 Discussion of broken blood vessels in the cheek

30:20.65 Claim of "sex play" gone too far and staging the scene

35:02.96 Killer sentenced to two-years in prison

39:29.59 Sentence is a "slap in the face to victims of domestic violence"

41:03.67 Conclusion Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-3233
Suicide Hotline and crisis lifeline - 988

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