The Exhumation of Gloria Satterfield

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 Highlights00:02:00 Introduction of Lisa Hernandez  05:12.52 Discussion of "Death Flower"  08:50.91 Talk about a tool as a weapon14:17.46 Discussion of skull injury 19:46.20 Discussion of suspect knowing victim allergies 24:28.29 Talk about a "staged" scene29:19.40 Discussion of allergic reaction 32:32.27 Discussion of blunt force and sharp force 36:26.87 Talk about tossing weapon / tool into lake41:22.33  Discussion of Searching the bottom of a lakeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

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 MorphewSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Highlights00:13.63 Introduction - autopsy of John Wilkes Booth01:45.79 Discuss Forensic expert is a history fan05:09.53 Talk about the Booth acting family08:22.93 Discussion of how Booth wrecked everything12:47.62.Talk about Booth jumping to stage18:45.53 Discussion of expectation22:49.66 Talk about the conspiracy27:50.24.Discussion of Booth broken leg32:01.96 Talk about comparing Lincoln to Kennedy38:40.42 Discussion of Booth not getting help41:08.80 Talk about getting Booth on boat48:59.90.Discussion of putting a door on saw horses as a table50:03.11 Talk about Autopsy in 1800s52:18.34 Discussion of Booth being wrapped in military blanket56:27.97 Conclusion, Lincoln wanted the country to heal  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

Boston Cop John O'Keefe and his girlfriend Karen Read go on a pub crawl before ending their the night at the home of a Boston cop friend of O'Keefe's at 12:45 am. 6 hours later, the body of John O'Keefe is found in the front yard of the house, covered in snow in blizzard conditions. He is wearing two shirts, jeans, socks and one shoe. Near his body on the snow are shards of glass and splotches of blood. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will take an up close look at the injuries and find out what really happened to John O'Keefe. Dave Mack will breakdown the story that has divided Boston and together they will try to answer the question: Who Killed John O'Keefe? .      Transcribed Highlights  00:01.10   Introduction, talk about weather conditions and murder  02:05.22 Discussion of Karen Read case  05:05.56 Talk about Media coverage  09:09.25 Discussion of forensics role in investigation  14:06.82 Talk about background of relationship  16:16.35 Breaking down timeline of events  19:50.94 Discussion of physical injuries    21:07.56 Talk about Blood Alcohol  25:20.82 Talk about leaving bar, going to house party  30:09.48 Talk about Text Messages, getting directions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley vanish on their way to pick up Veronica’s children to go to a birthday party. They were supposed to meet up with Veronica Butler’s ex-mother-in-law at a closed gas station in rural Texas County, Oklahoma. But they never make it. On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how evidence from blood to tire treads will help solve the mystery of the Missing Moms.             Transcript Highlights  00:00:00 Introduction of shared custody  00:03:10 Discussion or relationships and death  00:06:50 Talk about terrain  00:11:03 Discussion of moms reported missing  00:14:08 Talk about how vehicle ended up where it is found  00:18:46 Discussion of evidence found at scene  00:23:21Talk about tire tread identification  00:27:47 Discussion of term “puddle of blood”  00:31:16 Discussion of meeting place  00:34:16 Talk about SWAT Teams showing up in Rural County  00:38:44 Talk about death penalty states  00:40:56 Discussion identifying body  00:42:29 Conclusion   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years she was labeled “Bones 20” the unidentified victim of the Green River Killer. But now, thanks to police work and Othram Labs, the victim has been named as Tammy Liles. She was from Everett, Washington, and vanished in the summer of 1983. She was only 16 years old when she became a victim of serial killer Gary Ridgeway. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will take you behind the headlines and into the lab that helped give a name to a young lady who spent decades being called “bones 20”.           Transcript Highlights   00:0:16 Introduction – The Green River Killer last victim identified  00:02:28 Talk about age reference   00:06:32 Discussion of high-profile murders  00:10:48 Talk about the Green River Killer 16-year-old victim  00:15:56 Discussion of identifying remains  00:20:54 Discussion of the Green River Killer evidence  00:25:58 Talk about starting with incomplete skeleton  00:29:41 Discussion of Genetic Genealogy  00:34:51 Talking about Othram labs  00:37:39 Conclusion; might be the most noble of pursuits   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Destiny Duckett’s cousin couldn’t reach her by phone, so she stopped by her apartment to check on her. The cousin knocks on the door, but Destiny doesn’t answer. The cousin can hear the baby crying and she is worried. She calls police to do a welfare check and when they enter Destiny Duckett’s apartment, her 8-week old son is on the bed, crying, and his 22-year-old mother is on the floor, dead. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will look into the mysterious death of 22-year-old new mother, Destiny Duckett and Joseph Scott Morgan  will explain how fingernails play a keep part in solving the murder.        Transcript Highlights  00:00:00 Introduction of case  00:02:20 Discussion of fingernails   00:05:37 Talk about cousin called police, heard baby crying  00:10:56 Discussion of protective order leading to arrest of suspect   00:15:26 Talk about leaving crying baby on the bed, alone, mother dead on floor  00:19:43 Discussion of body being the biggest evidence  00:24:16 Discussion of proving knees were on chest of victim  00:28:26 Talk about fingernail marks on the neck  00:33:55 Discussion of why suspect was already in jail  00:36:33 Conclusion – Convicted, sentencing to come   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A bag with a burned, dismembered torso is found by a boy out for a horseback ride about a mile from town. The police chief says he was mowing his lawn when he got the call about the headless, armless, legless, burned torso, and from that moment on it was "chaos". On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will tell the story of the dismembered and burned torso and how, after 44-years, he was finally identified with DNA and Othram labs.   Transcript Highlights  00:00:00 Introduction of episode  00:02:13 Talk about identifying Joseph Caliva  00:06:15 Discussion of years beginning in 1979  00:10:40 Talk about dismemberment  00:15:48 Discussion of what was found  00:17:39 Talk about burned remains  00:22:25 Discussion about trying to ID person  00:27:25 Talk about finding portions of the torso  00:31:54 Talk about creating a person out of evidence  00:36:34 Discussion after 44 years, victim identified See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.