A Minnesota man claims his mistress fatally shot herself with his gun. The question of Murder or Suicide plays out in this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan. Joe will walk you through all of the forensic problems with the story being told. And when everything is said and done, you decide, was it murder, or suicide?
 
Transcript Highlights 
00:01:20 Would a right-handed person use left hand to shoot 
00:02:19 Discuss murder or suicide 
00:04:15 Talk about “accidental” 
00:05:51Discuss science and determination 
00:11:16 How quick does a body become stiff 
00:13:50 Different jurisdictions 
00:18:25 Talk about the scene 
00:21:40 Difference in suicide among genders 
00:26:27Discuss drying blood 
00:29:31Discuss ER Nurse can’t do CPR 
00:33:14 Talk about short timeline 
00:38:50 Discuss can you wash away evidence? 
00:41:36 Talk about skin, brain, muzzle flash  
00:44:14 Discuss desire to help people and achieve and throw it all away 
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Murder or Suicide: The Wild Life and Sad Death of Alex Pennig

Join Joseph Scott Morgan every week as he explores a world that not many have had a chance to visit, the realm of death. Jo Scott will lead listeners on a journey through the blood soaked death scenes of America and then into the autopsy room to fully understand the science behind each case. Jo Scott is one America’s leading experts on applied forensics and is regularly featured on ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’, ‘The Piketon Massacre’, Court TV and more.

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Lisa and David Hernandez had been separated for a year before he starts stalking her, showing up at her job uninvited and unwelcome. He sends his estranged wife a bouquet of flowers with Lillies, "the Death Flower", knowing she is extremely allergic to them. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how someone can be killed by a blunt force instrument and a sharp-edged instrument at the same time and Dave Mack will fill in the story with the creepy stalking that David Hernandez allegedly did to his wife.
 
 
 
 
Transcribed Highlights
00:02:00 Introduction of Lisa Hernandez 
05:12.52 Discussion of "Death Flower" 
08:50.91 Talk about a tool as a weapon
14:17.46 Discussion of skull injury
19:46.20 Discussion of suspect knowing victim allergies
24:28.29 Talk about a "staged" scene
29:19.40 Discussion of allergic reaction 
32:32.27 Discussion of blunt force and sharp force 
36:26.87 Talk about tossing weapon / tool into lake
41:22.33  Discussion of Searching the bottom of a lake See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Man Stalks Estranged Wife, Sends Her "Death Flower" Knowing She Is Allergic

On August 4, 2020, 12-year-old Jaylen Griffin went to the corner store in his neighborhood to try and make a little money helping people carry their groceries home.  On this day,  he brings his new puppy with him and many people remember seeing the boy and his puppy. But Jaylen Griffin and his puppy never makes it home that evening. It seems as though Jaylen has vanished into thin air. Neighborhood searches, flyers, reward money, nothing helps bring the boy home. Three months after Jaylen goes missing his older brother is murdered, shot dead almost in front of their Buffalo, New York home. Days turn into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years. In September 2023, Jaylen's mother dies,
never knowing what happened to her 12-year-old son. Months after her passing, the decomposed remains of Jaylen Griffin are found in the attic of a house about 5-miles from where Jaylen lived in south Buffalo. The house was no stranger to law enforcement and many people wonder how it was possible the remains of a child could decompose in the attic of a house with many residents and nobody smelled or saw anything. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will breakdown the forensics that will help determine the  cause and manner of death and  try to answer questions that could lead to justice for Jaylin Griffin
 
Transcript Highlights
00:03.10 Introduction of life, memories 
01:06.13 Talk about 12-year-old boy missing 4 years
05:20.86 Talk about getting help from dentist to ID victim
07:45.26 Discussion of how to identify remains of a child
11:36.93 Discussion of "Bite" marks as evidence 
17:00.65 Jaylen and the "12-year molar"
20:05.82 Discussion of weather on remains
24:45.81 Talk about the home where Jaylen's remains were found
29:22.81 Discussion of remains and smell, compare to Harmony Montgomery
33:00.68 Discussion of law enforcement, fire, rescue calls to address
37:24.74 Talk about remains having "soft tissue"
41:20.56 Conclusion will the remains lead to a murderer? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Decomposed Body of Missing 12-year-old Jaylen Griffin Found Stashed in Attic

From Mother's Day 2020 until September 2023, only one person really knew that Suzanne Morphew wasn't just missing, she was dead. In September 2023 the remains of Suzanne Morphew were found while investigators were working a different crime, An autopsy was done on the remains and on this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how doctors were able to create a toxicology report using only bones, and why Susanne Morphew's death has been ruled a homicide.
 
 
 
 
Transcribed Highlights 
00:42.91 Introduction of Suzanne Morphew
03:21.30 Talk about autopsy of bones
06:54.40 Discussion of remains 
10:43.53 Discussion of Mountain Lions
 
14:37.94 Talk about the disappearance of Suzanne Morphew
18:16.37 Discussion of darts and animals
20:55.11 Talk about the depth of a hole for remains
26:25.13 Discussion of co-mingling of bones
 
30:06.14 Discussion of decomposed body
35:20.28.Talking about the bones in the arms
 
41:21.60 Discussion of darts and toxicology
47:03.48 Conclusion of the Suzanne Morphew See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Suzanne Morphew Death: Homicide,  Animal Tranquilizer in Her System

This episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan is a look at the death and autopsy of John Wilkes Booth.  Booth shot Abraham Lincoln from behind around 10:15 pm April 14, 1865. He died the next morning, April 15, at 7:22 am. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will uncover the track that Booth took as he tried to escape, and finally being shot himself. Joseph Scott Morgan will make you feel like you witnessed the autopsy yourself as he explains, in great detail, the autopsy of John Wilkes Booth. 
 
 
 
 
 

Transcribe Highlights
00:13.63 Introduction - autopsy of John Wilkes Booth
01:45.79 Discuss Forensic expert is a history fan
05:09.53 Talk about the Booth acting family
08:22.93 Discussion of how Booth wrecked everything
12:47.62.Talk about Booth jumping to stage
18:45.53 Discussion of expectation
22:49.66 Talk about the conspiracy
27:50.24.Discussion of Booth broken leg
32:01.96 Talk about comparing Lincoln to Kennedy
38:40.42 Discussion of Booth not getting help
41:08.80 Talk about getting Booth on boat
48:59.90.Discussion of putting a door on saw horses as a table
50:03.11 Talk about Autopsy in 1800s
52:18.34 Discussion of Booth being wrapped in military blanket
56:27.97 Conclusion, Lincoln wanted the country to heal   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Autopsy of John Wilkes Booth

Sade Robinson is having fun on her first date with a new guy. They pose together and post the picture to social media. Sade had no idea she was taking a picture with the devil and she only had hours to live.
In this episode of "Body Bags," Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how the killer sealed his fate by trying to destroy evidence with fire.
Transcribe Highlights 
00:22.97 Introduction Milwaukee 
05:01.65. Talk about Jeffrey Dahmer 
07:29.72 Discussion of dismemberment 
09:53.60 Talk about getting rid of smell with tires 
14:06.81 Discussion of finding leg 
 20:10.93 Talk about remains being compromised  
25:18.19. Breaking down the timeline  
30:30.67. Discussion of other women missing 
34:38.48 Talk about fire inside a car 
36:38.64 Discussion of witness who saw person use lighter to start car fire 
39:33.42 Conclusion – how remains will tell what really happened to Sade  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Murder or Suicide: The Wild Life and Sad Death of Alex Pennig

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