Nursing Student Vanishes After One Mysterious Phone Call
Two teenagers found a young woman's body burning in rural Tennessee, with no car, no identification, and no shoes nearby. The fire was not an accident, and the person who lit it made a catastrophic mistake. What led to this brutal discovery?
In this episode, we analyze the disappearance and murder of Megan Sharpton, a 24-year-old nursing student just two months from graduation. We explore the single phone call that changed everything and the critical error made by her killer.
Case: Megan Sharpton
Date: July 2, 2012
Location: Awalt Road, Coffee County, Tennessee
Age: 24 years old
Profession: Nursing student
- Megan Sharpton was two months away from completing her nursing degree, scheduled for October 26, 2012.
- She canceled dinner with her family on July 1, 2012, after receiving a last-minute job offer to care for an elderly woman.
- Her body was found burning at 1:20 AM on July 2, 2012, with visible blunt force trauma to the skull and gunshot wounds.
- The killer attempted to destroy biological evidence by setting the fire, but instead, the fire preserved the DNA.
- Investigators traced the prepaid phone used to offer Megan the job to a store in Tullahoma twelve weeks after her body was found.
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