SHOCKER! Wife and Daughter Testify Against Dad in Murder of Future Son-in-law

Suicide or Murder?  Kendy Howard is found in a bathtub full of water with a gunshot wound to the head.  His body is cold, but the water in the tub is warm!  Red Flag number one.  On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will take a look at all of the "Red Flags" present in the reported suicide of Kendy Howard.  Why is there so little blood in the water? Why is her ex-trooper husband arrested at the airport? The biggest question of all, is the death of Kendy Howard a Suicide or Murder?           Transcript Highlights  00:00:27 Joe talks about admiration for Troopers  00:03:03 Discussion of law enforcement  00:05:59 Discussion of “Red Flags”  00:08:14 Talk about the water is warm, body is cold  00:12:23 Investigation of suicide/murder  00:16:33 Discussion of damage caused by gunshot in mouth  00:17:49 Talk about direction of bullet  00:21:26 Comparing murder of Travis Alexander  00:25:53 Defining different types of asphyxiation  00:30:08 Talk about injuries “frozen in time”  00:35:33 Discussion of how much blood would be expected See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

28 Mars 202436min

The victim was alive when her head was cut from her body. As disturbing as that sounds, today's episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan will attempt to breakdown the just released autopsy report of Mei Li Haskell. Her husband, Samuel Haskell IV is accused of killing her, removing her head from her torso, placing the torso in a bag and dropping it in a trash bin where a homeless guy would find it 14 hours later! Joseph Scott Morgan will breakdown the forensics that will come into the trial and Dave Mack will dig deep in the Hollywood that can give us a true horror story that is scarier than anyone would ever dare put on film.             Transcript Highlights  00:00:49 The son of a hotshot  00:03:04 “Don’t you know who I am?”  00:05:03 Discussion of “the finder”  00:08:58 Talk about the bags felt like meat  00:09:26 Discussion of workers bring back bags  00:12:20 Discussion of cross contamination  00:16:58 Talk about hiring workers  00:20:56 Discussion of what police can do  00:26:22 Talk about the person who found the body  00:30:54 Mentions victim’s parents still missing  00:33:01 Discuss autopsy report, victim alive when head cut off  00:38:20 Discussion of using power tools in dismemberment  00:42:54 Mentions trial will be all forensics   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26 Mars 202443min

Iris, 1, comes home from a weekend with her father and his girlfriend and mom finds a water bead in her diaper. Taking her to the hospital, the toddler passes more water beads, button-shaped batteries, and a screw. Thinking she was finding things and putting them in her mouth, nobody realized a monster was watching the baby. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the case that is more than the murder of a toddler, it's how evil came into the child’s life and plotted and planned her death for more than half of her life.   Transcript Highlights  00:00:20 Introduction  00:02:39 Discussion of toddlers  00:04:22 Talk about items in diaper  00:07:34 Discussion of beads, batteries, screw  00:10:12 Talk about toddlers putting things in their mouth  00:14:34 Discussion of solvent  00:16:18 Discussion of evil  00:18:27 Talk about taking child to hospital by plane  00:22:08 Explaining a subdural hematoma  00:24:01 Discussion of optic nerves  00:27:16 Talk about how healthy baby dies in 4 days  00:30:15 Discussion of notes made by doctors and nurses  00:32:54 Talk about children swallow everyday items  00:35:31Discussion suspect researched how to beat a polygraph See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Mars 202436min

Two severed heads, an arm here, a leg there, on this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, the Reel Amityville Horror will meet the Real Amityville Horror.  A group of Long Island High School students find a severed left arm on the side of a road in Babylon on their way to school. While Police investigate the scene, a K-9 officer locates a leg sticking out of a pile of leaves in a wooded area, not far from the original scene. Over time more body parts were found in multiple areas. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will detail what was found and where and what the suspects were up against when they began writing their own Amityville Horror.           Transcript Highlights  00:00:07 Introduction – to horror  00:01:39 Discussion about charges for dismembering a person  00:04:48 Talk about how the bodies were treated in death  00:08:03 Discussion of arm with tattoo found in tree limb  00:11:51 Body part found by high school students on the way to school  00:15:16 Parts of 2 bodies found, 4 people charged  00:15:17 None of the 4 people is charged with murder  00:16:14 Discuss what the ME will have to do with parts   00:18:04 Talking about Black Dhalia   00:19:49 Discussion of none of the drains work in the rental  00:21:30 Discussion of body parts from more than one person  00:25:11 Talk about unique case  00:28:51 Joe describes investigation taking place  00:31:30 Discussion of dismemberment   00:34:01 Discussion of blood, muscle, skin, hair, Drano won’t work  00:37:13 Talk about revisiting the case in the future See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 Mars 202436min

School Principal Cornelius Green arrives at the Amtrak train station in St. Louis after spending a few days in Chicago. Leaving the train station Green goes to straight to the apartment of his girlfriend, 3rd grade school teacher, Jocelyn Peters. Arriving at her apartment Green finds Peters, who is 7-months pregnant, in bed. He immediately calls 911 and tells them his girlfriend has been shot in the head, send help now! Jocelyn Peters is pronounced dead on the scene and the investigation begins with the person who found her, Cornelius Green. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will break down the story that leads to stolen school funds, a hitman, and a potato gun silencer, on this episode of Body Bags.         Transcript Highlights  00:00:57 Joe talks about the impact of 3rd grade teacher  00:03:12 Discussion of victim  00:08:54 Discussion of Green sending money to Cutler  00:11:23 Talk about alibi set up by Green taking train to Chicago  00:14:20 Discussion about finding pregnant woman shot in the head  00:16:02 Talk about investigation, alibi   00:19:50 Talk about no sign of forced entry  00:23:18 Discussion of “potato silencer”  00:28:12 Talking about objects changing trajectory  00:32:30 Discussion of Federal and State charges   00:36:29 Discuss Phillip Cutler in court See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Mars 202437min

When Phillip Chism, 14, doesn't come home from school, his mother calls the police to report him missing. As the town begins to look for the 9th grader, word spreads around town that a 24-year-old teacher, Colleen Ritzer, is also missing. Chism is found walking along a road just after midnight. After a quick search of his backpack,  he is arrested. Later in the morning, Colleen Ritzer's body is found on school grounds, sexually positioned with a folded note next to her body that says, "I hate you all." Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the story of the student from Tennessee and the horrifying final moments in the life of Colleen Ritzer.   Transcription Highlights  00:01:00 Introduction of location, suspect, and victim  00:02:53 Suspect is student, 14, victim is a teacher  00:04:04 Discussion of suspect family  00:08:22 Talk about motive and possible “trigger”  00:11:49 Discussion of why victim went to public bathroom  00:15:28 Discussion of witness and surveillance video  00:19:07 Talk about investigation, pinging cell phones  00:21:47 Discussion of suspect on surveillance video   00:27:25 Talk about body being covered   00:30:36 Breaking down the evidence  00:34:35 Discussion of sentence See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 Mars 202430min

Christa Pike was 18-years-old when she thought her 19-year-old job corps classmate, Colleen Slemmer, was trying to steal her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp. Pike spent over 30-minutes beating Colleen Slemmer with her hands and feet, as well as a box cutter and a meat cleaver. Slemmer tried to escape. Shipp,17, caught her so Pike could continue the beating. Pike carved a pentagram into Slemmer's chest, used the box cutter to slice her throat. When she didn't die, Pike picked up a chunk of asphalt and slammed it onto Slemmer's head. The next day Pike brought a piece of Slemmer's skull to breakfast and told classmates what she had done. Convicted of murder and sentenced to death, Christa Pike now wants a judge to vacate her death sentence. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack detail the story that Joe Scott says is the worst case he has ever seen.    Transcript Highlights  00:00:31 Joseph Scott Morgan says he has never seen a crime so vile  00:02:10 Woman on death row in Tennessee   00:05:16 Talk about dynamic between suspects and victim  00:10:09 Description of box cutter and meat cleaver   00:15:03 Discussion of pentagram carved into chest  00:20:56 Description of wounds to victim  00:25:15 Talk about how to occult and satanism factor into case  00:30:40 Description of taking piece of skull as a trophy  00:35:50 Discussion about letting murderer out of prison  00:39:15 Talk about sadistic murder See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Mars 202439min

The senseless murder of Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia has the nation talking about everything from safety on a college campus to immigration. Laken Riley didn't know the man who killed her, but she knew she was in a dire situation when they met. Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, allegedly attacked and killed the 22-year-old while she was out for a jog in Athens. Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how the evidence in the case points to Laken Riley attempting to call 911 and Dave Mack will fill in the blanks on the timeline on this edition of Body Bags. Transcript Highlights 00:15.71 Joseph Scott Morgan talks about college life 02:39.50 Talk about nursing school, education 05:33.55 Discussion of victim  09:56.27 Talk about timeline 14:03.73 Talk about seeing victim as an object 18:54.67 Discussion of blunt force trauma 22:13.70 Suspect arrives in USA illegally 31:20.86 Talk about apartment search 36:08.59 Discuss How suspect and victim were strangers 40:30.36 First Homicide at UGA in 30 years  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

5 Mars 202436min