Headless-Handless-Body Dumped in Upstate New York Identified: Who Killed Clyde Coppage?

A headless, handless, nude body with an "X" carved into his chest is found in rural New York state on March 20, 1970. As the body has no head, no hands, no identification or clothing, the case goes cold quickly and the body is laid to rest as Allegany County John Doe 1970. No "Missing Person" report was filed, ever. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at an almost impossible to solve case, that got cracked wide open 56 years later changing the name from John Doe, to Clyde Coppage, age 35, when he was murdered in 1970. His killer has never been caught and the case remains "Active".            Transcribe Highlights 00:00.05 Introduction - Treasure Island 01:44.63 X marked the spot 04:13.46 Unidentified body 07:06.71 Headless, handless, Nude body, X carved in chest, found on side of road 10:34.01 Smell of human decay difficult to defeat 14:58.98 Cold area 20:21.90 Allegany County John Doe 25:00.38 Missing person report never filed 30:15.24 Body placed in inexpensive casket 35:13.62 Using tissue builder to restore finger prints 38:50.59 Creating timeline 43:21.90 Don't know the nature of injuries 45:00.38 Conclusion  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jimmy Gracey, 20, went missing after a night out with friends in Spain. He was last seen outside a nightclub at 3am and never made it back to his Airbnb. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the facts as they are currently known and try to make sense out of how Gracey's phone ended up in possession of a man under arrest for a crime not related to Gracey's disappearance, and his wallet is found in the water before Jimmy Gracey is found nearby in the same water days later.              Transcribe Highlights 00:00.70 Introduction - wallet/phone 05:14.65 20-year-old student missing in Spain 10:00.29 Creating the timeline 14:45.57 What do Spanish officials claim happened 20:06.92 Specific comments about Gracey on video 25:05.87 Going off the rocks and into the water 30:06.24 Drowning assessment 35:19.83 Police claim person with Gracey's phone is not involved in Gracey's death 38:10.84 Conclusion  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UPDATE: When Pastor William "Bill" Schonemann was found dead in his bed, posed with his hands pinned to the wall as if crucified, there was little information to go on and at the time we covered the story, no arrest had been made. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack update the story with the arrest of 52-year-old Adam Sheafe. Sheafe has admitted to the murder of Pastor Schonemann and demands the state put him to death, but only to prove that he cannot be killed.              Transcribe Highlights 00:00.00 Introduction  01:40.76 Body staged like crucifixion 04:30.52 2 members of church find pastor murdered 10:00.62 Posing of bodies often hidden from press 15:16.25 Adam Sheafe, 51, charged with murder 20:01.94 Evil walking into service 25:05.08 Sheafe had list of 14 pastors to kill 30:16.31 Sheafe charged with multiple crimes 35:03.42 Documenting crucifixion 40:05.94 Conclusion  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In October 1980 Charles Barnes is found stabbed to death in his Tampa, Florida home. Police discover the 39-year-old naked on the floor with a knife lodged in his chest and the scene shows signs of struggle. Detectives find blood soaked bedding and beer cans with fingerprints of an unknown persons. When no suspect is connected to the fingerprints the case goes cold. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go back through the evidence available at the time, and discuss how the old evidence contained everything needed to arrest a suspect more than 45 years after the murder.            Transcript Highlights 00:03.51 Introduction 01:08.12 A towel with DNA 05:10.78 Forensic technology available 1980 10:07.53 Latent prints 15:15.38 Simpson Crime Scene 1994 Dennis Fong 20:30.66 Using X-Ray instead of photo in court 25:06.30 Finger prints didn't hit 30:20.12 2009 Prints came back to Robert Bear 35:23.00 Fingernail clippings from victim 40:00.04 DNA match to suspect 45:12.79 Evidence places Robert Bear at crime scene 47:01.86 Conclusion  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1974, 5-year-old Eric Waldman came home from kindergarten and found his mother bound, gagged and shot in the head. The murder of Barbara Waldman, 31, mother of three, shocked the Oceanside, New York, community. What was more shocking is that the case was not solved for over 50 years and went cold. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the murder of Barbara Waldman, the timeline of her murder, and how the murderer went undetected for 52 years.               Transcribe Highlights 00:00.02 Introduction 04:19.51 Half-Day Kindergarten 10:18.29 5-year-old discovers mom 15:22.10 Execution style murder and rape 19:46.10 Torture  25:01.66 Timeline 30:50.90 50 plus years later, solved 35:06.95 Othram got a hit 41:30.90 ConclusionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The recent Jeffrey Epstein document dump contains an email sent to an Albuquerque, New Mexico, radio talk show from an anonymous individual claiming to be a former employee at Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch. The author claims two young foreign girls died by strangulation during "Rough, Fetish Sex" and their bodies were buried in an area of the Zorro Ranch that is made up of 1244 acres of cattle grazing land leased from the state of New Mexico. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the ranch and what it is going to take to find bodies that may have been buried ten or more years ago.    Transcribe Highlights00:00.09 Introduction  01:45.78 Zorro Ranch  05:47.46 Epstein-Zorro Ranch, 2 Foreign girls died 10:06.37 Annie Farmer was taken to Zorro Ranch 15:36.26 Finding information about the land 20:27.00 Caliche, ground that feels like cement 25:15.06 Zorro Ranch had Fire-House 30:00.50 Putting a team together to search 35:04.18 How young are the girls? 40:35.79 No soft tissue, maybe hair 42:20.62 Conclusion  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three men over the age of 60 found beaten to death in the basement of a house in a quite neighborhood in south Detroit. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack talk about the type of crime scene police described, the suspect caught with a hammer and a bat, the possible forensic evidence, and try to find an explanation for three men who died in the most brutal way possible                Transcribe Highlights00:00.00 Introduction - Detroit 01:54.55 Death by Hammer 06:16.89 Man tells police he was beat with hammer, dead bodies in the house 10:39.91 CID or Homicide Division 15:11.64 History of Hammers in war 20:09.82 Old family neighborhood 25:08.44 Suspect not charged with murders, yet 30:06.23 Types of DNA found on hammer 34:55.48 Generate more energy with a bat 39:39.34 3 people dead for a day  41:20.61 Conclusion  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On December 6, 2007, the fire department in Troup County Georgia was called to a rural county road after two bags were found on fire. Extinguishing the blaze, firefighters find dismembered human remains inside the bags. The body had been cut into 13 pieces, and the head, hands and feet, were all missing. Investigators failed to identify the body at the time, but did not give up. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go over the evidence found in the bags and how it was used, 18-years later, to identify the woman....and open a case that leads to murder, stolen identity, and fraud.           Transcribe Highlights00:00.12 Introduction - Tedious 01:30.39 80 charges, woman accused of killing girlfriend 02:43.51 The things in life that require tedious checking of facts 03:40.38 Nicole Alston, 24, missing, replaced by Angel Thompson 06:04.36 Fire Dept called, two bags on fire, bags contain body parts 10:41.24 Head, hands, and feet are missing 13:41.24 Prevent identification of body, steal identity 19:07.67 Legs will not be mistaken for a dog 24:44.58 Determine if female has had a child 29:45.21 We don't know about murder, we know dismembered and burned 35:01.34 Investigators preserved what they found in 2007 36:18.07 Alston identified after sister entered DNA into public site 40:21.61 Conclusion  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was a hot summer day on July 24, 1996, when 7-year-old Morgan Violi went outside to play with a friend at the Shive Lane apartment complex where she lived with her mom and two sisters in Bowling Green, Kentucky. A man driving an older-model, maroon Chevrolet van pulled up alongside the girls, jumped out and tried to grab the girl Morgan was playing with but was unsuccessful, so, he snatched Morgan, threw her into the van and sped away. The van was stolen out of Dayton, Ohio, and was recovered two days later in Franklin, Tennessee, 30 miles south of Nashville. The van was scrubbed clean.  The search for Morgan lasted until October 26, 1996, when her skeletal remains were found in the woods off I-65 in White House, Tennessee, 30 miles north of Nashville.  A suspect was never located, and the case went cold for nearly 30 years. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the cold case kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Morgan Violi and the forensic evidence that solved her case and led to a confession by the killer.       Transcribe Highlights 00:01.31 Introduction 01:18.66 Prison escapee kills 7-year-old 05:04.06 Watching children  10:19.84 Fiber solves cold case 14:56.99 Robert Froberg, the killer, 61 now 25:01.86 Unlocking door to scientific truth 29:56.86 Examining decomposition 35:21.14 Van found two days after Morgan kidnapped 39:17.35 Conclusion  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Anthony Burke, known as the singer D4vd, writes songs with bloody imagery and titles like, "Romantic Homicide." His career was on the rise. But, as his first-ever "World Tour" began, the body of a missing child from Lake Elsinore, California, was found in the front trunk of Burke's Tesla. The decomposing remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were found in two bags stashed in the vehicle. A Los Angeles grand jury has been looking into the death of Celeste since November, and Burke's parents and brother have been fighting in court to avoid having to testify. In the Habeas Corpus petition, for the first time, David Anthony Burke is named as the target of the investigation into the death of Celeste. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack examine the case, the timeline, and discuss certain items mentioned in the writ, such as a "cadaver bag" containing some of the remains of Celeste.  Transcribe Highlights00:06.14 Introduction D4VD and Celeste Rivas 02:42.81 Part of Celeste remains in a "cadaver bag" 05:06.65 David Anthony Burke - D4VD 10:05.78 Was Burke intimate with Celeste? 14:57.53 Workers smell odor of decomp, call cops 20:06.33 Celeste was 14  24:57.55 Body Bags used in videos? 29:54.58 Color of gloves mentioned 35:07.25 Flies do nothing but eat and make babies 40:10.75 Keeping the bones 43:57.86 Conclusion       David Anthony Burke, known as the singer, D4VD, writes songs with bloody imagery and titles like "Romantic Homicide". His career was on the rise. But as his first ever "World Tour" began, the body of a missing child from Lake Elsinore, California,  was found in the front trunk of Burke's Tesla. The decomposing remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, found in two bags stashed in the Tesla. A Grand Jury has been looking into the death of Celeste since November and Burke's parents and brother have been fighting in court to avoid having to testify before the Grand Jury. In the Habeas Corpus petition, for the first time, David Anthony Burke is named as the Target of the investigation into the death of Celeste. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack examine the case, the timeline, and discuss certain items mentioned in the writ, such as a "cadaver bag" containing some of the remains of Celeste.        Transcribe Highlights00:06.14 Introduction D4VD and Celeste Rivas 02:42.81 Part of Celeste remains in a "cadaver bag" 05:06.65 David Anthony Burke - D4VD 10:05.78 Was Burke intimate with Celeste? 14:57.53 Workers smell odor of decomp, call cops 20:06.33 Celeste was 14  24:57.55 Body Bags used in videos? 29:54.58 Color of gloves mentioned 35:07.25 Flies do nothing but eat and make babies 40:10.75 Keeping the bones 43:57.86 Conclusion      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.