The Death of Savannah Hardin

Virginia Summers hears a rumor that "something" has happened to her adult daughter, Tara Capps. Tara is a free spirit but she maintains regular contact with the family. Virginia files a missing person report and begins looking for 36-year-old Tara. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how difficult it is to find forensic evidence in a homeless encampment, and Dave Mack will fill in the details of how the family searched, and found, Tara Capps.            Transcript Highlights00:14.80 Introduction of Tara Capps story04:20.08 Discussion of camping and homeless camps07:56.22 Discussion of searching for missing adult12:12.03 Talk about mother getting tip about missing daughter16:50.90 Discussion of homeless camp near body location23:33.33 Discussion of decomposed body found between two living men27:08.41 Talk about truth of what happened to Tara will come out31:43.75 Discussion of Remains sealed inside plastic tote36:25.48 Talk about evidence in the area40:15.04 Discussion of how body was covered42:28.16 Conclusion Family of Tara Capps needs answersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

23 Juli 202442min

When Travis McBride was in his teens, he got in trouble with the law over anger issues. As an adult he opens a successful therapy practice focusing on Anger Management.  The subject of this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, the alleged murder of a homeless man by an anger management therapist. Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how blood will spread from a body to the trunk area of a vehicle and onto pavement.  Dave Mack investigates the background of the victim and finds Clinton Dorsey was married with three adult children and eight grandchildren. Was Clinton Dorsey really murdered by an Anger Management Therapist?          Transcript Highlights  00:00:00 Introduction College choices  00:04:21 Discussion Anger Management Therapist   00:06:51 Discussion about applying education to life  00:11:01 Talk about Anger Management therapist having anger issues  00:16:24 Discussion of suspects previous charges   00:21:38 Explaining charges   00:26:04 Discussion of therapist charged with homicide  00:33:17 Talk about how suspect cleaned blood in street  00:38:26 Discussion about leaving blood around side area of car trunk  00:40:03 Discussion of post-mortem lividity  00:44:16 Conclusion - will update after the case goes to court See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 Juli 202444min

A former Mayor with 28 years of law enforcement experience has been charged with first-degree murder in a triple homicide. In this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will break down the weapons used in the murders and the possibility that one of the victims died while he was on the phone with 911. Dave Mack will try and explain what happened four days before the shooting  that may have led to the murders.    Transcript Highlights  00:00:00 Introduction people seeking power  00:02:12 Discussion ex-mayor suspect triple homicide  00:07:45 Discussion Triple homicide, 911 caller goes silent on call  00:12:21 Talk about different types of guns  00:17:35 Discussion suspect shows up with multiple weapons  00:22:12 Discussion triple homicide occurs four days after event that led to it  00:27:14 Discussion of defense strategy for shooting three people  00:33:17 Talk about suspect showing up armed, left home enraged  00:38:26 Discussion of victims shot with different guns See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

17 Juli 202442min

Sandra Pagniano vanishes from her home in the middle of the night while her husband and daughters are asleep. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how handwriting analysis broke the case wide open, while Dave Mack digs into the fractured marriage of David and Sandra Pagniano. All signs point to one suspect and one location where Sandra Pagniano was bound, gagged, and buried alive in a hand dug grave.           Transcript Highlights 00:00:00 Introduction, history, writing, buried alive   00:03:22 Discussion or “Person of Interest”  00:06:21 Discussion of “notes” Jon Benet Ramsay note  00:11:01 Talk about handwriting analysis  00:16:15 Discussion of documents  00:21:22 Discussion of obvious suspects  00:24:19 Discussion of cadaver dogs  00:26:32 Talk about using cell towers to track location  00:31:41 Discussion – how to tell someone was buried alive  00:35:29 Discussion kidnapped from her house, buried alive  00:39:13 Conclusion – Life in Prison See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

16 Juli 202437min

17-year-old Kaitlyn Coones is a runaway from a group home in Canton, Ohio, and is staying with Jonathon Jones, 33, at his mother's residence. Nicole Jones, 53, mother of Jonathon Jones, is unaware that her son has snuck a teen into his bedroom.  Days later, Kaitlyn Jones calls a case worker at the Canton group home informing her she has done something terrible and is on the road with Jonathon Jones. Canton Police call for a welfare check and officers discover Nicole Jones has vanished. Jones car, her son Jonathon, and Kaitlyn Coones are also missing. In this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, Joe explains what evidence,  recovered by investigators, lead police to say Nicole Jones is dead  Dave Mack goes behind the headlines explaining  the relationship dynamic between Jonathon Jones and Kaitlyn Coones to determine if the teen is a victim, a suspect, or both.    Transcript Highlights  00:00:03 Introduction – teen kidnapped, mother missing, convicted son being sought  00:04:47 Discussion of missing mom’s car tracked to Arizona and New Mexico  00:07:52 Talk about attention focus when child is involved  00:11:47 Discussion of 33-year-old man sneaks teen into his bedroom  00:16:59 Discussion of Jonathon Jones and Kaitlyn Coones  00:22:29 Talk about Nicole Jones being murdered in kitchen  00:27:18 Discussion of circumstantial evidence  00:32:30 Discussion about rock used as murder weapon  00:36:44 Talk about Kaitlyn Coones giving Jonathon Jones 5 hours to kill  00:40:03 Discussion of using GPS to track movement of suspects  00:42:03 Discussion of blood and hair evidence  00:44:02 Discussion of Jonathon Jones failure to disarm GPS tracker  00:45:51 Talk about focus on Kaitlyn Coones being underage victim and suspect  00:46:56 Conclusion Nicole Jones body will never be found, Jones and Coones are in prison   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Juli 202447min

Mary Catherine Edwards is found naked and in handcuffs in her bathtub with about 4 inches of water. She has been sexually assaulted and murdered. Cause of death is drowning and asphyxia. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how the case that went unsolved for nearly 30-years was solved with DNA, Genetic Genealogy and a tip of the cap to Othram . Dave Mack will help tell the story of the 31-year-old beloved schoolteacher and the killer who almost got away with her murder.               Transcript Highlights  00:00:06 Introduction of Cold Case Murder   00:05:42 Discussion of shutting down crime scene  00:09:44 Talk about Parents discovering body of their daughter  00:13:27 Discussion of motivation  00:18:01 Talk about “torture”  00:22:21 Discussion of cause of death, drowning and asphyxia  00:27:30 Discussion of drowning in bathtub  00:31:23 Discussion of Shera LaPoint, the Gene Hunter  00:35:33 Talk about familiarity between victim and suspect  00:39:20 Discussion of DNA and genetic genealogy  00:41:52 Discussion of Rape Kit  00:46:35 Conclusion: DNA Solves    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10 Juli 202446min

Six years before he became known as the Day Trader who went on a murderous rampage, Mark Barton was the suspect in the death of his first wife and her mother while they were camping at a lake in North Alabama. Today, Joseph Scott Morgan shares  personal memories of working the homicides in Atlanta, as well as breaking down the murders of Mark Barton’s first wife and her mother in the camper, and his second wife and children in their apartment.. Dave Mack fills in the back-story on how Mark Barton may have gotten away with murder and child molestation, but he couldn’t escape himself.             Transcript Highlights  00:00:08 Introduction of geography, family killer, mass murderer  00:02:46 Discussion of Mark Barton  00:07:21 Discussion of murderers and weapons  00:11:44 Talk about day traders in Atlanta  00:16:04 Discussion of murder in camper trailer on lake  00:21:17 Discussion of “robber” that left behind cash and jewelry  00:26:26 Talk about blood in the Camper  00:31:02 Discussion of Mark Barton cheating on his wife  00:35:57 Discussion of timeline of family murders and Buckhead massacre  00:39:49 Discussion of Barton killing second wife and children with a hammer  00:43:06 Discussion of murders at Momentum and All-Tech  00:46:20 Conclusion, Barton shoots himself in the head   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9 Juli 202446min

Skeletal remains found near the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee don't match up with any missing person cases in Chattanooga or the surrounding area. It takes several months before the remains are positively identified. On this episode of Body Bags,  Joseph Scott Morgan will take you into the field where the remains have been found and into the lab where identification takes place, and Dave Mack will look into the facts surrounding the disappearance of the 20-year-old beauty from Georgia and how she ended up as a skeleton on the side of a rural road outside Chattanooga Tennessee.            Transcript Highlights  00:00:25 Introduction of 20-year-old woman, missing  00:04:07 Discussion of geography of the case  00:07:20 Discussion of picking up body in jail  00:11:51 Talk about Fentanyl becoming drug of choice  00:16:13 Discussion of drugs and dealers  00:20:48 Discussion of reporting missing person  00:24:16 Talk about the deposition of the body  00:28:08 Discussion of trauma on the bones  00:32:32 Discussion explaining forensic anthropology at the scene  00:37:13 Discussion of being absent of clothing  00:41:40 Conclusion – Case is still open; we will follow up See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4 Juli 202441min