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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Bonnie and Clyde killed at least nine police officers and four civilians during their 21-month crime spree from 1932 to 1934. The couple were also responsible for several Bank robberies, gas stations hold-ups , and burglaries. They weren't very good thieves, as they rarely got away with more than $80. In this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how Bonnie Parker suffered so many bullet holes her body had to be plugged to hold embalming fluid, and Dave Mack will take you behind the scenes in the woods with Frank Hamer and Manny Gault as they brought down the murderous "Bonnie and Clyde".

Transcript Highlights

00:00:10 Introduction of human destruction

00:02:09 Description of Bienville Parish

00:05:24 Description of Bonnie and Clyde car on display

00:08:14 Discussion Bonnie 23, Clyde 25

00:11:15 Talk about Bonnie and Clyde murder young cop

00:15:11 Discussion about State Coroners convention

00:18:05 Discussion about transcribing

00:21:32 Talk about Bonnie and Clyde murdering cops

00:25:57 Discussion of BB Episode about Coroner system

00:28:21 Talk about autopsy of famous people

00:31:41 Discussion of Dr. Wade and others at the autopsy

00:35:00 Discussion of injuries suffered by Bonnie Parker

00:37:42 Conclusion: Bonnie and Clyde meet their end

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Trista Spicer tells everyone her live-in boyfriend, Eric Mercado, left the house on October 11, 2014, and never returned. Mercado’s family called him “Nino” and they printed up posters, circulated info on social media and physically looked for their “Nino” with no luck. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will detail what happens when someone is hit in the face with a frying pan and their throat is slit with a box cutter. Dave Mack will investigate the relationship between Trista Spicer, Eric Mercado, and Waylan Gentry, and who gave the police the “tip” that turned a missing persons case into a homicide investigation.

Transcript Highlights

00:00.01. Introduction - walking through graveyards

05:08.07 Discussion of social media, sharing too much

10:07.10. Discussion of victim, early 40s

15:35.82. Talk about spouses

20:20.01. Discussion about a missing family member

26:08.66 Discussion of what did Suspect tell new boyfriend

31:18.61. Talk about tattoos

36:39.54 Discussion - somebody always talks

40:26.66 Discussion of soft tissue, dehydrated skin

42:04:13 Conclusion - Face smashed in with frying pan, throat slit

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