The Case Against Nancy Crampton Brophy

A Minnesota man claims his mistress fatally shot herself with his gun. The question of Murder or Suicide plays out in this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan. Joe will walk you through all of the forensic problems with the story being told. And when everything is said and done, you decide, was it murder, or suicide?   Transcript Highlights  00:01:20 Would a right-handed person use left hand to shoot  00:02:19 Discuss murder or suicide  00:04:15 Talk about “accidental”  00:05:51Discuss science and determination  00:11:16 How quick does a body become stiff  00:13:50 Different jurisdictions  00:18:25 Talk about the scene  00:21:40 Difference in suicide among genders  00:26:27Discuss drying blood  00:29:31Discuss ER Nurse can’t do CPR  00:33:14 Talk about short timeline  00:38:50 Discuss can you wash away evidence?  00:41:36 Talk about skin, brain, muzzle flash   00:44:14 Discuss desire to help people and achieve and throw it all away   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29 Feb 202444min

Audrii Cunningham leaves for the school bus stop just like every morning, but she doesn't get off the bus that afternoon. The family panics.  Police are called, and an Amber Alert goes out. Neighbors go door to door. A family friend living in a camper in the backyard of Audrii's house joins in the search. Police find out McDougal was the last person to see Audrii, when he was supposed to take her to the bus stop.  Audrii never got on the bus. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will break down the story of the search and ultimate discovery of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, found tied to a rock and thrown in the Trinity River in this edition of Body Bags. Transcription highlights00:20.72 Introduction of the case of Audrii Cunningham 01:54.67 Audrii's body tied to rock 03:57.40 Suspect was supposed to drive Audrii to bus stop05:50.16 Audrii was found in general area where her backpack was found 08:31.50 Officials had to ask for river flow to be reduced 12:08.84 Different groups have to share credit in finding Audrii 15:55.43 How will they figure out what McDougal did? 20:14.33 Investigators have not told us the condition of Audrii's body 24:14.42 Discussion of what may have happened to Audrii 28:09.19 Discussion of the company we keep, did her dad know what kind of criminal McDougal is 33:50.15 Talk about how her body may been like a kite on a string 38:07.95 Discussion about DNA under fingernails of Audrii  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 Feb 202435min

Annabel Meenan was only 21, but she had been romantically involved with 33-year-old Leroy Brahm since she was in high school. Their relationship was filled with abuse but on the final night of her life, video cameras placed around the home recorded every hit with a fist and kick with a foot. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will break down what happened when Leroy Brahm beat his girlfriend unconscious, dropped a couch on top of her, then laid down on the couch and went to sleep as the weight slowly crushed Annabel.   Transcript Highlights  00:01:42 Discussion of age  00:03:00 Talk about Annabel  00:06:07 Victim had sofa dropped on her  00:09:24 Talk about cameras recorded every punch  00:13:38 Discuss the cameras everywhere  00:18:51 Talk about contusions  00:21:36 Discuss injuries suffered by the attacker  00:23:54 Talk about evidence all over the house  00:28:38 Discussion of ruling death a heart attack  00:32:23 Surveillance cameras record everything  00:35:37 Discuss domestic abuser calls 911  00:37:23 Talk about Annabel is gone too young  00:38:50 Domestic Abuse Hotline   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

22 Feb 202438min

Lacey Fletcher was on the volleyball team when she is in 9th grade, and she looks like any other healthy teen. But her parents say she is "on the spectrum" and take her out of school and take her home. For the next 20 years, they don't take their daughter to the doctor, they don't do anything with her until she becomes totally non-verbal. For the last 12 years of her life she didn't move from her spot on the couch, she slept in her spot, she ate in her spot, she went to the bathroom in her spot, and it was rarely cleaned. Lacey Fletcher dies at 36, after withstanding years of pain and suffering. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look behind the sofa to answer the questions about the woman who melted into the couch.         Transcript Highlights 00:02:40Talking about melting  00:06:22 Talk about smell of urine, feces, nothing cleaned   00:09:46 Talk about staying in same spot for years  00:12:46 Discussion of healthy and active to dead on the couch  00:15:14 Talk about Lacey Fletcher on the couch 20 years  00:19:25 Discuss bed sores joining with other bed sores  00:23:15 Talk about chronic bone infection   00:27:17 Describing her condition at 36-years-old  00:31:10 Discussion of weight as Lacey Fletcher weighed 96 pounds  00:34:53 Talk about maggots in her body  00:38:56 How did Lacey Fletcher get covid?  00:42:01 Discussion – she is non-verbal, always in pain, and trapped See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 Feb 202442min

Harmony Montgomery was missing for two years before anyone looked for her. Police began looking for a 7-year-old girl and soon realized they might really be looking for remains of a 5-year-old girl. She is still among the missing but presumed dead. Her father is on trial for her murder. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they investigate the heartbreaking story of a little girl who never had a chance, and the forensics that just might get justice for her yet.              Transcript Highlights 01:34.45 Joe talks about memory  04:22.26 Discussion of years since Harmony has been seen  07:22.44 Talk about Harmony, looked nervous  10:09.25 Harmony was never enrolled in school  14:36.89 Discussion of police find Harmony's Dad  20:32.13 Talk about moment of clarity  25:22.45 Discussion of what really happened to Harmony  31:02.25 Discussion of waiting 2 years to call about child  35:18.87 Discussion about life lived in a car  38:25.26 Talk about neither adult checking on Harmony  43:49.54 Discussion of carrying Harmony  45:43.17 Finally went too far, hit too hard  50:51.68 Discussion perfect hiding spot was found  54:25.15 Discussion about how body is stored  59:33.43 Talk about using bathtub for dismemberment  59:19.23 Discussion of what might be found of Harmony See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Feb 202459min

The new owners of a house in Colorado are pleasantly surprised to find the previous owners left behind a working freezer in the garage. Pleasure turns to horror as they begin removing bags of frozen meat, and find a human head and hands! Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will explain what it will take to solve the mystery.      Transcript Highlights  00:01:27Talk about gruesome discovery  00:02:05 Discussion of yard sale  00:02:58 Talk about hoarder  00:04:10 Talk about free working freezer  00:07:36 Discussion of frozen head  00:09:23 Talk about getting more than you bargained for  00:11:21Discussion of calling 911  00:14:27Discussion about dismemberment show  00:18:17 Talk about previous homeowners  00:21:23Discussion about finding the rest of the body  00:24:28 Neighborhood people talk about coroner on site  00:27:49 Discussion about all the items that left the area  C00:30:47Discussion of wrapping the head  00:33:51Talk about investigation of body parts  00:37:43 Discussion about freezer slowing decomposition  00:39:25 We're going to need to follow up on this case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Feb 202437min

Jeff and Kat West are a typical American couple living just south of Birmingham Alabama. They have a 12-year-old daughter, Jeff works in security, Kat is a stay at home mom, but she has developed a very successful online business, in adult entertainment. She posts sexy photos on multiple sites and has her own pay site that provides even more adult photos. Jeff often takes the photos for his wife, and she is becoming quite popular online. Everything seems fine when Jeff and Kat go out for date night, photos of the couple in a store that evening show them lovingly touching one another.  How is it possible that the next morning as the sun comes up, Kat West's lifeless body is found laying out in the front yard of her house with a bottle of absinthe placed on her broken phone right next to her posed body. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take you through the last night in the life of Kat West.        Transcribe Highlights  00:00:05 Origin of things  00:01:46 Talk about a different kind of fairy  00:02:29 Discussion of life  00:03:16 Talk about very special drink  00:05:59 Discussion setting up a scene  00:10:54 Talk about date night  00:12:50 Discussion strong alcohol  00:16:48 Talk about Jeff and Kat playful at store  00:19:42 Discussion of intimate photos, sharing  00:22:32 Talk theory Jeff West beat his wife  00:25:32 Discussion of Stalkers   00:29:37 Talk tiny details in investigation  00:34:02 Discussion of two primary spots of blood  00:38:58 Talk about holding bottle as weapon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

8 Feb 202438min

A road crew in south west Georgia finds on old console tv at an illegal dumpsite on the side of a country highway. As they try to move the tv, the workers find a suitcase inside, and it is too heavy to just be filled with clothes. As they open the suitcase they open up a mystery that will last decades. Inside the suitcase is cement, and poking out of the cement, the body of a small child. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will help tell the story of Baby Jane Doe, the girl thrown away like garbage, and the people who spent 35-years trying to find out her name.    Transcribe Highlights  00:00:37 Trash Dump off the side of road  00:01:46 Talk about abandoned child   00:02:29 Discussion of life  00:03:16 Talk about the case, started in 1988  00:05:59 Discussion of area  00:10:54 Talk about getting body out of cement  00:13:30 Discussion of cement wouldn’t encase everything  00:16:48 Talk about mixing concrete and body  00:19:42 Evidence at scene leads to home  00:22:32 Talk about body breaking down in cement  00:25:32 Discussion of investigators   00:28:37 Talk about technology catching up   00:31:02 This case hasn’t been to trial yet  00:33:58 Talk about Genetic Genealogy  00:35:39 Discussion can there be justice  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 Feb 202435min