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Real life Big Bad Wolf attacks Grandma. Chick-fil-A really has the best service!
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Alleged kidnapping is even more sinister. This airport trouble maker sounds full of herself!
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Nicolas Cruz pleaded guilty to killing 17 people, including students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The penalty phase of the trial is underway with jurors being asked to decide whether Cruz should spend the rest of his life in prison or be sentenced to death.
So far there have been 11 days of defense testimony, including the shooter's biological sister, who did not grow up in the same household as Cruz. During her testimony, she was asked about her mother's use of heavy use of alcohol while pregnant and her knowledge of a reality show based on another brother, Zachary Cruz.
A heated exchange between the judge and the defense has resulted in a motion being filed by the defense for Judge Elizabeth Scherer to remove herself from the case. When the defense suddenly rested its case without notice, Scherer called the defense decision "the most uncalled for, unprofessional way to try a case."
The defense had indicated an intention to call 40 witnesses but rested after only 25. The sudden announcement meant prosecutors weren't ready to start their rebuttal case.
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A home intruder is finally caught. This isn't on my bucket list!
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A jury find Missouri husband Beau Rothwell guilty of killing his pregnant wife missing. Jennifer Rothwell's car is found abandoned just a mile from home. Beau Rothwell tells police he last saw Jennifer Rothwell, 28, that morning as she left for work.
Days later, Jennifer Rothwell's body is found in a wooded area along Highway 61 near Troy.
An autopsy stated that she suffered blunt force trauma to the head. The day after Jennifer Rothwell went missing, Beau Rothwell is arrested. Police believe he killed his wife — who was six weeks pregnant — sometime on November 11.
Search warrants alleged that Jennifer Rothwell used the internet to search, “What to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant.” The same documents also stated that Beau Rothwell cleaned up some blood and left a small window to the garage open, despite freezing temperatures, to “dissipate the odor.”
Beau Rothwell reportedly told authorities where his pregnant wife’s remains were located. Turns out Beau Rothwell was having an affair and made a pro/con list on whether to stay in the marriage.
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First responders arrive at a “battle scene” in 77-year-old Barbara Steele's West Virginia home. Her body is beaten, eviscerated, and positioned on a makeshift altar by 28-year-old Joshua Drennen, who after leaving her residence, continues his string of assaults on unsuspecting civilians, until immobilized by a Charleston police officer.
In this episode of Body Bags, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and Jackie Howard discuss the antique item used in the physical attacks and injuries sustained by Barbara Steele and two other individuals in the community.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro
2:46 - Description of an antique iron owned and utilized by 77-year-old Barbara Steele
6:47 - Police are alerted to a criminal act committed by Joshua Drennen inside Barbara Steele’s home
8:03 - Joe describes the crime scene, the assault on Barbara Steele’s vehicle, and her participation within the community.
10:45 - Jackie and Joe discuss the continued acts of violence by Joshua Drennen against a woman inside her parked vehicle
9:23 - An explanation of cubing injuries to a body from an explosion of safety glass and how investigators use that information to determine a body’s position within a vehicle
13:31 - Joshua Drennen’s continued acts of violence throughout the community
17:29 - Charleston Police Patrolman Terrence Casto stops the threat by Joshua Drennen
18:24 - Joe describes the violent crime scene and the horrendous blunt force trauma Barbara Steele’s body experienced
26:21 - Beyond the trauma to her face and head, the police noticed Barbara's body had been eviscerated, as well as sexually assaulted post-mortem
31:33 - Joe and Jackie discuss the way Barbara Steele’s body was positioned and items located near her after the attack
35:49 - Why Barbara Steele and the woman in the parking lot?
37:24 - Overview of Joshua Drennen’s trial and conviction
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Jess Brooks calls 911 after finding her daughter lying face down in her bloody living room. Reagan Simmons Hancock, 21, and nearly 8 months pregnant with her second child, has a large slice across her stomach and the baby is gone.
On a nearby roadway, a Texas State Trooper pulls over a car for speeding, and inside he finds Taylor Parker giving CPR to a newborn. Parker tells the trooper that she gave birth on the side of the road, but the baby isn't breathing.
Parker and the newborn are rushed to a hospital, where the baby died. It's also where Parker, who had seemingly just given birth, refused to be checked out by doctors.
Now, Parker is on trial and charged with the murder of Hancock and the unborn child, and kidnapping.
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This man swims away from cops. A new kind of smuggler caught in Texas.
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Texas bull rider Ouncie Mitchell was shot and killed outside a Utah apartment complex.
Mitchell, whose real name is Demetrius Omar Lateef Allen, was in town to compete at an event at the state fair. After the competition Mitchell and a female friend when to a downtown bar, where they argued.
The friend, LaShawn Denise Bagley, left the bar, leaving Mitchell to find his own way back. Mitchell gets a ride, calling and texting Bagley during the trip to let her know he is on his way to get his things.
Once he and the driver arrived, shots were fired through a window and the glass door of the apartment, hitting Mitchell once in the torso. Bagley was arrested for murder and felony discharge of a firearm.
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Trusted neighbor turned spying creep! This man pulls a weapon on cops.
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