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They called themselves the "Gilbert Goons", a group of teens that were suspected of assaults at parties and parking lots, as well as armed robberies. Defended by their parents, the teens' reign of violence culminated with the fatal beating of 16-year-old Preston Lord. Preston was at a Halloween Party with friends when one of the "Gilbert Goons" stole a cheap necklace from a friend of Preston Lord.  On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will tell the story of how a town in Arizona was terrorized by a group of entitled teens who were defended by their entitled parents for years until they almost got away with murder. 

 

 

 

 

Transcript Highlights 

00:00:08 Introduction: Group Think 

00:03:56 Discussion of group of teens in Gilbert, Arizona 

00:07:22 Discussion of Gilbert Goons videotaping the beating  

00:11:15 Talk about the assaults attributed to the teens in Gilbert 

00:16:09 Discussion of how the beating of Preston Lord continued  

00:21:07 Discussion of a bully 

00:25:45 Talk about parents joking about the beating 

00:30:19 Discussion of severe blunt force trauma 

00:33:52 Discussion of shoe imprint on the body of victim 

00:38:02 Conclusion: judgement is coming. 

 
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Chrystul Kizer is 17 when she is arrested for the first-degree murder of Randy Volar. The question that will be answered through investigation and the court system is whether or not Chrystul Kizer killed an innocent man, or did she kill a man who was sexually abusing her and other underage girls. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will breakdown the case and take an in-depth look at what story the forensics tell and what information a judge will have to consider in sentencing a teen who saw murder as her only way to live. 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcript Highlights

00:00:17 Introduction: growing up 

00:02:18 Discussion of Chrystul Kizer, 17, abuse victim 

00:06:52 Talk about fire debris and dead body 

00:09:57 Discussion of heat causing teeth to shatter 

00:13:15 Discussion of destruction of a person 

00:17:05 Discussion of multiple victims 

00:21:47 Talk about laws regarding sexual abuse 

00:25:54 Discussion of electronic forensics 

00:29:01 Talk about Chrystul Kizer trying to survive 

00:33:04 Discussion of damage 2 shots to the head can cause 

00:38:11 Discussion of stippling 

00:41:43 Talk about victim escaping in BMW 

00:44:27 Discussion of plea deal offered 

00:45:18 Conclusion – sentence coming in August 
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Georgia authorities find three victims tortured and murdered in Clayton County and taken to Fulton County. They were found in an abandoned car along I-85 at an exit ramp in Union City, Georgia on January 13, 2013. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will take you into the investigation that determined the victims were tortured and murdered and Dave Mack will go into the back story on how the case remained cold for 11-years until forensics led investigators to a Middle School Assistant Principal in Alabama and 3 other suspects. 

 

 

 

Transcript Highlights 

00:00:08 Introduction – Position of authority 

00:02:36 Talk about Assistant Principal arrested in cold-case triple murder  

00:08:06 Discussion -11 years after 3 dead bodies found in a car, a break in the case 

00:11:54 Discussion - victims found in Atlanta from Montgomery, Alabama 

00:17:02 Talk about suspect was assistant principal at a middle school 

00:20:51Discussion of multiple jurisdictions working on a case 

00:24:23 Talk about medical examiners 

00:27:40 Discussion of multiple suspects 

00:30:03 Discussion of asphyxiation 

00:31:14 Conclusion, what did the bodies say? 
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The National Institutes of Health, comparing a medical examiner and coroner, states that Coroners are elected lay people who often do not have professional training, whereas medical examiners are appointed and have board certification in a medical specialty.

All of this is true.

On this episode of "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan," Joe will take you back in history to a time when the person who finds the dead body in their yard has to gather a posse and solve the murder mystery or be stuck with paying taxes!!

The coroner system has a long history, some funny stories, some strange people, and a few mysteries to unpack.  

    Transcript Highlights 

00:22.56. Introduction of studying the dead. 

03:04.63 Discussion most people don’t die from bullet wounds 

06:01.87 Talk about forensics  

11:38.68 History of “Normans” 

17:44.17 Discussion of power of Coroners 

22:25.90 Discussion of Coroners Jury 

26:18.76 Discussion of authority of coroner 

31:00.67 Discussion of scientific people in coroner system 

32:05.27 Talk about who backs up the coroner 

37:48.5 Discussion of medical examiner state vs coroner state       

42:49.50 Conclusion 
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Grace Millane is in New Zealand when she meets Jesse Kempson on Tinder. Grace is on a Gap Year trip that has taken her to South America and now she is in Auckland, New Zealand where she is camping and hiking and meeting new people.  Connecting on Tinder, Grace meets Kempson for dinner and drinks, most of their evening captured by CCTV. They arrive back at Kempson's hotel and we see them get on and off the elevator. It is the evening of December 1 and Grace turns 22-years-old on December 2nd. On this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, Joe will breakdown what happened to Grace inside the hotel room and what Jesse Kempson did in the aftermath of the gruesome murder.  And Dave Mack will try and make sense of the timeline when, even now, we don't know if Grace made it to her 22nd birthday. 

 

 

 

Transcript Highlights 

00:00:18 Introduction of Grace Millane, gap year vacation 

00:04:27 Discussion of Tinder date timeline 

00:09:15 Discussion murderer goes on another Tinder date 

00:13:56 Talk about targeting victim, asphyxia 

00:18:33 Discussion of Gap Year  

00:23:46 Discussion of date captured on video 

00:28:17 Talk about murderer covering up the crime 

00:33:03 Discussion of destroying the victim 

00:36:31 Discussion of killing someone with hands around neck 

00:40:13 Talk about the sexual assault 
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Missy Bevers was murdered inside a church before 5 a.m. while she was preparing for her morning fitness class. Her body is found by a student and Missy is pronounced dead at the scene. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will discuss the possible weapons used to kill Missy Bevers and Dave Mack will dig into the possible suspects in an unsolved murder where the main suspect is caught on camera wearing a police swat kit and walking the halls of the church with an unusual gait, waiting for Missy to arrive. 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcript Highlights 

00:00:24 Introducing Missy Bevers 

00:01:51 Discussion of unsolved murder 

00:04:12 Talk about Camp Gladiator 

00:08:38 Discussion of murderer seen on video 

00:12:28 Discussion of odd gait 

00:17:13 Talk about suspect, man or woman? 

00:21:13 Discussion of SWAT disguise 

00:26:09 Talk about new kit 

00:30:13 Discussion of long hammer as a weapon 

00:34:31 Discussion of injuries matching weapon 

00:39:05 Talk about coverage of case in media 

00:43:20 Discussion of no gun belt 

00:46:44.Conclusion  

 
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