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Investigators get a call about a woman selling human bones on Facebook Marketplace in December 2023. An investigation begins right away, and it doesn't take long for police to verify the information they received. Kymberlee Schopper, 52, is arrested for selling human bones on Facebook marketplace as well as out of her curio shop in Volusia County Florida. Schopper has been advertising items and law enforcement has purchased multiple bones from the store and had them verified. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the website linked to the store run by Kymberlee Schopper, Wicked Wonderland, and the many different signs that point to practices of those who follow the left-hand path. Investigators said they found the following human remains for sale on the store’s website: Two human skull fragments — $90 A human clavicle and scapula — $90 A human rib — $35 A human vertebrae — $35 A partial human skull — $600. Kymberlee Schopper is facing charges of trading in human tissue and the sale of verified human bones out of her curio shop in Orange City, Florida
Transcribe Highlights0:00 - Intro
4:12 - Forensic studies at JSU
9:35 - Woman in Colorado sent to prison for selling body parts
14:05 - Human Bones being sold in store
19:15 - Owner says she doesn't know it is illegal
24:22- Why is store using dot ORG for domain
29:50 - Grave robbers in India
33:20 - Forensic Anthropologist located in Florida
38:10 - Are bones being used in Religious exorcise
40:31 - Outro
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Damien Laron McDaniel III - The alleged Mass Murderer nobody has heard about outside of Birmingham, Alabama. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack trace the path of destruction and death attributed to Damien McDaniel III. Joe Scott explains what a mass casualty event looks like to investigator and how each person killed in a Mass casualty incident is a separate murder case, even though multiple murders happen at the same address.
Transcribe Highlights
00:03.38 Introduction
01:59.92 On person responsible for 14 homicides
05:57.48 14 Dead in 14 months
11:11.25 The number of injured is even higher
17:29.01 First murder victim was a firefighter
21:57.34 Is killer also a paid hitman?
26:16.14 Chaos of mass casualty incident
32:24.30 Person found dead outside club, not intended target?
37:48.82 Each body is an individual case
42:27.10 Same person involved in two mass shooting invidents
46:37.75 Local hospital overwhelmed
52:19.28 Was killer trying to create chaos to hid intended target
58:52.19 Conclusion
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Jimmy Dolison was only 16-years-old in 1972 when he vanished. His family reported him missing in November and looked for him for days, weeks, and months, and years, but the trail went cold and Jimmy became another missing person statistic to the world, but not his family. Imagine the shock family members felt when more than 50-years later, an investigator contacts you to ask questions about your relative that has been missing for more than half a century. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go back in time to try and figure out what happened to Jimmy, all those years ago. Professor Morgan will also explain how partially decomposed remains found in 1973 were able to provide DNA 50 years later that provided a positive identity and solve the disappearance of Jimmy Dolison.
Transcript Highlights
00:00.03 Introduction
05:38.66 Jimmy Dolison missing since 1972
06:53.11 Garnett John Doe, remains found in 1973
11:09.42 Cold weather clothing helps understand the murder
16:44.94 Unidentified remains had multiple pieces of unique jewelry
21:33.74 Did he die when he went missing?
26:36.78 Clothing is not disrupted
31:12.08 Othram DNA work
39:23.34 Conclusion
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John Tyrrell is in the New Jersey woods when he finds a refrigerator that is wrapped in a sleeping bag, secured with blue ratchet straps, and covered with carpet. Tyrrell takes one look inside and calls police, he has just found missing mom, Laura Hughes. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss how the decomposed body is identified and what investigators do to nab the suspect in an international manhunt.
Transcription Highlights
00:03.04 Introduction
03:47.47 Using refrigerator as casket
08:29.44 Digital data solves crimes
12:29.05 Finder wont give phone to police
17:40.80 Did perp keep refrigerator plugged in?
23:05.79 "purge fluid"
28:13.49 Removing clothes from the dead
33:45.56 Positive ID of victim
38:09.70 Items used to identify the dead
43:13.15 Calender in suspect apartment with "X" marks
48:09.54 Bullet defect and trajectory
49:23.36 Conclusion
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A teenager in Wisconsin is accused of killing his mother and his stepfather, then living with the decomposing bodies for weeks before he finally leaves the family home. Joseph Scott Morgan explains how difficult it would be to remain in a home with two decomposing bodies and he breaks down the types of guns and ammunition available to 17-year-old Nikita "Nikki" Casap. Dave Mack explains the family dynamic and how Nikki is also charged with identity theft for trying to pretend he is his now dead stepfather, as well as being charged with murder and more.
Transcript Highlights
00:10.61 Introduction
01:01.83 Spending more time with the dead
05:41.51 Teen kills mom, stepdad, lives with bodies
09:52.98 Making mistakes in murder
15:20.17 Pulling back the blankets
20:51.75 Mother is found in hallway
25:10.98 Backing out of crime scene
29:50.56 Dividing up responsibilities on scene
34:00.22 VERY nice house
39:56.04 Doesn't have to be a body part
43:53.57 Removing each layer
47:45.42 Size of Round and type of stippling
53:28.71 Getting hit with a sledgehammer
55:09.61 Conclusion
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How is it possible for a Green Beret to survive multiple times on the field of combat only to come home and be taken out by his nurse wife? Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look at the different sides of the same marriage to determine if forensic evidence will explain how Clint Bonnell's body parts ended up in a pond just three miles from his home and just weeks after he retires from military service. How will his wife, Shana Cloud, explain the bullets in her husband's laptop and declining to file a missing person report when he is obviously nowhere to be found?
Transcript Highlights
00:00.71 Introduction
03:16.43 Green Beret skill set
0833.43 Green Beret retires
13:46.78 To be on time is to be late
18:07.48 What was found with first search warrant
23:12.81 Green Beret gone, car in driveway
28:23.25 Remains tossed into pond
33:39.72 Recovering body from a pond
38:20.96 Digital forensic search
42:44.42 Would Green Beret be "on alert"
47:58.59 Bullets in the bookbag and laptop
49:08.59 Conclusion
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A shocking video our of New Orleans shows an Orleans Parish Coroner's Office employee dragging a murder victim's body down the front steps of his home! Project NOLA posts the video to social media and the next day, OUTRAGE. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at what happened on the scene to allow this to take place. Joe takes the time to explain the possible damage being done, not just to the victim, but to the prosecution case at trial.
Transcribe Highlights
00:05.89 Introduction, New Orleans
05:18.12 Description of Large Man dead for a long time
08:26.46 Getting the man down the stairs
10:27.13 The dead deserve dignity and respect
14:28.29 Recalling a story from autobiography
20:08.56 A body being drug from a home
25:08.48 Dragging a body down the stairs
30:00.43 Body is being damaged
35:56.52 Everything in the case can be ruined
40:41.59 Homes are very close
45:51.47 Conclusion
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Brandon Braxton played football for Duke University, is twice an Academic All-American, but after his playing career is over, he finds himself back where he went to High School, hanging out with a friend, Whitney Hurd. Hurd is a realtor and enjoys catching up with her old friend, at first, but when he starts hanging around her house and passing out drunk in her driveway, she calls police. When Whitney Hurd is reported missing, one of the only clues is her car. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look behind the front door of a high school friendship that turned deadly. Whitney Hurd actually helps provide a key clue as to what happened to her and who did it. Joseph Scott Morgan explains fingerprints and how they are everywhere, and in this case, put the suspect in the front seat of the victim's vehicle, a place Whitney Hurd never allowed anyone.
Transcribe Highlights
00:00.00 Introduction
01:21.76 Fingerprints found everywhere
04:52.11 Brandon Braxton, Academic All-American at Duke
10:13.35 Whitney Hurd is found by a Private Detective
15:27.08 Whitney Hurd, 32, realtor, well-off, reported missing
20:02.86 Describing friction ridges on finger prints
25:03.46 Playing football at Duke, academic all-American, good start in life
30:35.38 Whitney Hurd found INSIDE HER HOME
35:18.44 Face covering of murder victim, sign of remorse
39:51.96 Whitney did not let anyone drive her car
44:20.92 Braxton tells police he has never been in Whitney's car
46:06.88 Conclusion
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Kei'Mani Latigue, 13, lives with her grandmother, Dorothy Latigue - just the two of them.
Dorothy works at night and when she comes home the next morning, the door is unlocked, the house is a mess, the gas on the stove is on, and KeiMani is missing. KeiMani's father appears on local TV begging for anyone to please call police to help find his daughter.
Days later, the body of the 13-year-old is found with her hands chopped off and her head nearly severed. And she has been raped.
Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a close look at the family dynamic as Joe explains how forensics will help investigators determine what happened inside the home as well as where the child's body was found and what led police to arrest Darnell Jones, KeiMani's 33-year-old father.
Transcribe Highlights
00:00.62 Introduction
01:20.85 Graffiti says "her life mattered"
03:01.55 13-year-old KeiMani Latigue, missing
07:07.69 Grandmother comes home from work, KeiMani mising
10:18.70 Examine couch for seminal fluid
14:59.66 Talk about force entry and struggle
19:17.46 Dad claims he left his daughter in the home
24:56.30 Father charged with kidnapping
30:25.80 Wounds are incised wounds
35:06.04 Why was body dismembered?
40:07.16 KeiMani was raped
45:24.68 Determining how long a body has been at location
50:17.96 Police charge father with kidnap, rape, murder
57:14.69 Conclusion
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On August 5, 2008, a beach goer near the former Silver King Resort, west of Port Angeles, Washington, found a shoe containing a sock and what appeared to be human remains.
It was not the first discovery of its kind—and would not be the last—but today, the person behind the foot has been identified.
Since 2007, at least 20 detached human feet, often in sneakers, have washed ashore along the Salish Sea in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington state. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack examine the mystery and go behind the scenes at Othram to explain how forensic experts identified the remains—and how the public can help.
Othram collaborates with forensic scientists, medical examiners, and law enforcement to solve cases when other methods have failed.
Transcript Highlights
00:00.12 Introductin
01:57.78 A shoe with a human foot found on beach
06:48.11 Water meeting the sea, creating odd currents
12:09.99 How do feet wind up on the beach inside shoes
17:02.94 Geography of the area
23:51.44 Investigation starts very broad
28:31.49 Forensic anthropologist needed to ID remains
33:34.69 Why say "human remains" instead of "foot"
37:10.65 Othram Labs solving mysteries
43:12.33 Conclusion
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