A body is found. Investigators are called, but who’s going to show up? Will it be a coroner or a medical examiner? Today on Body Bags, former death investigator Joseph Scott Morgan answers the question: What’s the difference?
A chaotic opening night at the Astroworld Festival results in 10 people dead and hundreds more injured, as the crowd of 50,000 people surges toward the stage during Travis Scott’s concert. Victims range in age from nine to 27. The event, which reportedly drew 50,000 people, turned deadly around 9:30 p.m. Friday when the crowd …
Gannon Stauch, 11, was reported missing by his stepmother, Letecia Stauch, in January 2020. Two months later, the boy’s body is found 1,400 miles away from his Colorado home, under a bridge in Pace, Florida. We now know Gannon Stauch was murdered in his bedroom by his stepmother, according to El Paso County police. Letecia …
Chad Daybell’s trial for multiple counts of first-degree murder is set to begin just after the new year. The Idaho man is accused of killing his wife, Tammy Daybell, and the children of the woman he marries just two weeks after Tammy died. JJ and Tylee Vallow are missing for months before their bodies are …
After weeks of searching for Brian Laundrie, the main suspect in the death of his girlfriend Gabby Petito, a partial skull is found in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in Florida. The remains and skull are confirmed to belong to Laundrie. The medical examiner concluded that Laundrie died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. …
A South Carolina dad drives his five children around the deep south for nine days. Their bodies are in garbage bags in the trunk. Timothy Jones Jr. strangles four of them. The other, a 6-year-old boy named Nahtahn, is forced to exercise until he dies. The dad uses the activity as punishment after he accuses …
Katherine “Katie” Janness takes her dog, Bowie, for a late-night walk in Midtown Atlanta on July 28, off of 10th Street and Charles Allen Drive. Janness stops at a local bar to say hello to her girlfriend, Emma Clark, who’s working at the time. When Clark gets off work at around 1 a.m. and goes …
After weeks of speculation, the cause of death for Gabby Petito has been released. When Petito’s autopsy was performed, the coroner said quickly that Gabby was murdered. This week, we found out that the young woman was strangled to death by “human force.” Dr. Brent Blue said that Petito was throttled. In today’s Body Bags, …
Gabby Petito was strangled to death by “human force,” according to Dr. Brent Blue, the coroner of Teton County, Wyoming. He said in a televised interview that Petito was throttled. Throttling means that someone was strangled by human force, with no mechanical force involved. I n the hours since Gabby Petito’s cause of death was …
After weeks of speculation, we now know how Gabby Petito died. The Teton County, Wyoming, coroner, Dr. Brent Blue, says Petito’s death is strangulation. Petito’s boyfriend Brian Laundrie is a person of interest in her disappearance but has not yet been named a suspect in her death investigation. Blue, however, made reference to domestic violence …
As news comes out the Maggie Murdaugh had sought the advice of a divorce attorney, death scene investigator Joseph Scott Morgan takes us back to the Low Country of South Carolina, to take a closer look at the double homicide of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Mother and son were found shot to death on June …
Former forensic detective Karen Smith is bringing her podcast “Shattered Souls” to the newly launched CrimeOnline Podcast Network. Smith is no newcomer to show business. She has a background in both radio and television, but it’s her background in law enforcement that gave her the most experience with hosting a true-crime podcast. She worked with …
