Hospital Hides Body In Warehouse While Mom Searches For Missing Daughter

Markayla Johnson moves with her two children, 4-year-old Miracle and 7-month-old Messiah, to Charlotte, North Carolina to be with her boyfriend, Benjamin Taylor.  Within weeks of arriving from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, her family realizes they haven't seen her like they would normally expect. Reaching out to check on Markayla, the family get text messages from her phone, but there is something wrong. The messages don't sound like Markayla. After going to the apartment and finding nobody home, the family of Markayla Johnson report her and the children missing. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan walks you through the apartment that is now a crime scene and explain what police found when they opened the plastic tub filled with air fresheners......and Markayla Johnson. But where are the children?          Transcription Highlights 00:00.01 Introduction - Names of deadly drugs04:59.53 Discussion of Markayla and children move to Charlotte07:06.46 Discussion of text messages10:53.00 Joe Talks about finding a body12:22.00 Discussion of evidence of children16:59.24 Talk about smell of decomposing bodies22:06.34 Discussion of methodology of suffocation25:35.12 Talk about smell of decomposition from trunk30:17.86 Discussion of triple homicide34:53.71 Discussion of small bruises around mouth39:49.39 Discussion secure scene45:37.10 Benjamin Taylor being held without bondSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Aug 202445min

Matthew Perry became a star surrounded by "Friends" and became a falling star surrounded by "Friends" who did nothing but feed his addiction. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how a death investigator determines if a body found submerged in a hot tub died from drowning, drugs, or a combination of both. And in the end, who is responsible?               Transcript Highlights 00:00.00 Introduction of a "friend" 00:39.79 Joe Talks about being fan of Matthew Perry films05:00.76 Discussion of Matthew Perry physically showing addiction09:03.23 Discussion of addiction and death14:04.73 Discussion of ketamine18:57.46 Talk about Joe finding live addict during death investigation24:28.68 Discussion of different types of drugs27:46.64 Discussion of doctor selling $12 bottle of ketamine for $2,00032:42.38 Discussion of death investigation, elements of drowning36:21.22 Conclusion, will doctors be treated as street dealersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 Aug 202437min

The family of James Nalborczyk reports him missing on December 21, telling police the last time they saw or talked to James was on December 7. Police investigate and visit Nalborczyk's girlfriend, Michelina Goodwin who quickly tells them she and James broke up and he left driving a company truck to a job in  West Virginia. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how Michelina Goodwin's claim that she accidentally shot her boyfriend in the back does not match the evidence. If it was an accident, why did Michelina and a friend, chop up James into little pieces, put his body parts in bags, and hide the bags in very rural areas of two counties.          Transcript Highlights 00:07.55 Introduction: Becoming a "Proctor"05:00.24 Talk about Murder of Ingrid Lyne09:47.51 Discussion of killers keeping body nearby14:23.46 Discussion of family thinks James is missing, he is dead19:20.00 Discussion of forensic evidence of weapon firing24:28.57 Talk about "drop test" on a gun29:29.26 Discussion of "accidental shooting"34:27.65 Discussion of body being wrapped in paper38:46.85 Talk about privacy law44:18.04 Discussion of two perpetrators who roll over on each other46:14.07 Conclusion - no way to make blood disappearSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15 Aug 202446min

Today we'd like to direct your attention to another podcast - the new Crime Alert Hourly Update. The Crime Alert team delivers hourly updates on breaking crime news as it happens throughout the day! Follow now on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/CrimeAlert_HourlyUpdateIt’s been 6 years since Chris Watts murdered his wife Shannan Watts and their two children Bella and Celeste. Now the 39 year old killer says he is afraid for his life.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Aug 20244min

In the Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan titled "Dinner, Drinks, Dismemberment-The Sade Robinson Murder, Joseph went into great detail of the facts as they were known in the first weeks of the investigation. On this special episode of Body Bags, more information has been made public that is even more shocking than the first part of the story. A confidential Informant tells investigators that Maxwell Anderson showed him the basement, and Anderson told him what he was going to do with his victim. It is too late to make a difference now, but why didn't this "confidential informant" with a direct line to police tell someone what Anderson was planning?            Transcript Highlights 00:05.25 Introduction - Sade Robinson, part 205:37.25 Discussion of confidential informant knew09:53.01 Discussion of remembering dates and times14:30.28 Talk about cutting a body into parts19:37.78 Discussion of Maxwell Anderson relaxed before attack24:08.34 Discussion 12 hour window between dinner and car on fire29:29.95 Talk about hiding blood34:24.64 Discussion information in public39:38.27 Talk about clothing items and test surface for DNA45:07.69 Discussion of bathing body of Black Dhalia48:04.44 Conclusion: items found in basement could be the beginningSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Aug 202448min

Ashley Bush, pregnant with her fourth child, is the main breadwinner in her home. However, she has been diagnosed with gestational hypertension and needs a job she can do from home. She connects with a woman named Lucy on a social media site for expectant mothers, who offer the exact type of job Ashley needs. In this episode of "Body Bags," Joseph Scott Morgan explains how medical professionals determine when a birth has occurred naturally and when something has gone wrong. Dave Mack will delve behind the headlines to uncover what happened to Ashley Bush and what will become of those responsible for causing her harm.           Transcript Highlights 00:17.33 Introduction - times are tough03:22.40 Discussion about set-up, work from home to lure pregnant woman08:00.83 Discussion about stealing baby from womb, call 91113:32.57 Talk about decomposition that happens inside mother's body18:26.72 Discussion of woman has placenta in her pants, baby dies22:41.29 Discussion gestational hypertension27:00.24 Discussion of Waterman admits killing Ashley bush31:49.71 Discussion of working neonatal unit35:44.32 Talk about burning body, heat insufficient40:03.01 Discussion of Jamie Waterman led investigators to body41:10.24 Conclusion, sentencing in October See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Aug 202442min

Ashley and Doug Benefield marry after knowing each other for 13 days. Doug's previous wife has only been dead 9-months and he has a 15-year-old daughter to raise. Ashley convinces Doug to finance her dream Ballet company and to get his vasectomy reversed. On this episode of Body Bags you will discover why a prosecutor said Ashley Benefield decided she wanted to be a single mom when she was pregnant, and Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how someone can be shot in the chest even when they are not facing the shooter!            Transcript Highlights00:00:16.23 Introduction Discovery of the Black Swan00:04:10.75 Discussion of Ashley Benefield the ballerina00:08:42.29 Talk Doug and Ashley marry 13 days after they meet00:14:29.79 Discussion of family dynamic00:19:09.37 Discussion about why they married so fast00:25:00.33 Discussion about Ballet company, Ashley pregnant00:29:08.13 Talk Black Swan claims domestic abuse00:34:24.42 Discussion of Ashley lying to Doug in therapy00:40:22.90 Talk about Doug being shot in the chest and leg00:44:33.51 Jury did not believe self-defense, Black Swan convicted See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

8 Aug 202445min

Some people say Gyspy-Rose Blanchard is Munchhausen-by-proxy survivor, the victim of her own mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. And they would be right. Some people say Gyspy-Rose Blanchard is a murderer, and they too, would be right.  After lifelong physical, mental, and medical abuse, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard met a disturbed young man online and concocted a plan to getaway from Dee Dee Blanchard and begin her life as an adult. But Dee Dee would have to die. The crime scene was shocking, and now the pictures are out in the public. On this episode of Body Bags,  Joseph Scott Morgan is going to explain why the photos were taken to begin with and how pictures at a crime scene actually do more than just document what has happened, sometimes they can help investigators discover a lot more.     Transcript Highlights 00:00.01 Introduction, taken advantage of a storm03:07.93 Talk about Dee Dee Blanchard, opportunist08:13.54 Discussion of Dee Dee claiming Gypsy-Rose was sick as a baby10:37.33 Discussion of crime scene photos released15:04.43 Talk about the story of Dee Dee and Gypsy-Rose20:08.29 Discussion of using hurricane Katrina   25:05.99 Discussion of surgeries not needed29:54.59 Talk about Gypsy-Rose and boyfriend34:14.12 Discussion of Gypsy-Rose "story" about death of Dee Dee39:50.66 Discussion of crime scene photos of Dee Dee Blanchard murder40:59.73 Talking about photographic documentation of crime scene47:38.96 Conclusion See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Aug 202447min