In the latest episode of “Body Bags,” forensics expert and medicolegal death investigator Joseph Scott Morgan and CrimeOnline reporter Dave Mack take a deep dive into the case of the disgraced legal scion, Alex Murdaugh, accused of killing his wife and youngest son, while the family is connected with at least three other “violent deaths.” …
Savannah Hardin lied. She ate a candy bar given to her by a classmate. Hardin was not allowed to eat chocolate due to a medical condition, made worse by consuming caffeine. When Joyce Hardin Garrard found out, the Alabama grandmother made the 9-year-old run. Eyewitnesses told police that Garrard made the little girl run for …
Twenty years ago, the discovery of a human skull would reveal one of Georgia’s most gruesome and bizarre crimes. More than 300 decomposing bodies were found discarded on the grounds of the Tri-State Crematory. Located in the mountains of northwest Georgia, the facility serviced funeral homes in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. An investigation revealed the …
Joel Guy Sr., 61, and Lisa Guy, 55, were stabbed to death inside their Knoxville home following Thanksgiving. Prosecutors said Joel Guy, Jr., 28, killed his parents after they informed him they planned to retire and would be cutting him off financially. Guy Jr. stabbed his father at least 42 times and his mother at …
Most men will do just about anything for a girlfriend, but would you murder your own family? Grant Amato did for a woman who was only his girlfriend in his own mind. After losing his job, Grant Amato became obsessed with a Bulgarian Webcam model. Night after night, Amato watched “Silvie” model, dance, and more. …
A meal with Daddy at Chick-fil-A… that’s what 22-month-old Cooper Harris enjoys the June morning that he dies. Father Justin Ross Harris, 41, takes his son to breakfast, and then instead of turning toward the daycare to drop off his son, Harris drives to work, parks his SUV in the lot, and heads inside. The …
On July 1, Bart and Krista Halderson decide to go to their lakeside cottage…at least that’s what their son, Chandler, says. Six days later, the 23-year-old reports his parents as missing. An investigation ensues, and a series of lies are uncovered, lies that start long before Chandler Halderson says he parents went on a trip. …
A body is found. Investigators are called, but who’s going to show up? Will it be a coroner or a medical examiner? Today on Body Bags, former death investigator Joseph Scott Morgan answers the question: What’s the difference?
A chaotic opening night at the Astroworld Festival results in 10 people dead and hundreds more injured, as the crowd of 50,000 people surges toward the stage during Travis Scott’s concert. Victims range in age from nine to 27. The event, which reportedly drew 50,000 people, turned deadly around 9:30 p.m. Friday when the crowd …
Gannon Stauch, 11, was reported missing by his stepmother, Letecia Stauch, in January 2020. Two months later, the boy’s body is found 1,400 miles away from his Colorado home, under a bridge in Pace, Florida. We now know Gannon Stauch was murdered in his bedroom by his stepmother, according to El Paso County police. Letecia …
After weeks of searching for Brian Laundrie, the main suspect in the death of his girlfriend Gabby Petito, a partial skull is found in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in Florida. The remains and skull are confirmed to belong to Laundrie. The medical examiner concluded that Laundrie died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. …
A South Carolina dad drives his five children around the deep south for nine days. Their bodies are in garbage bags in the trunk. Timothy Jones Jr. strangles four of them. The other, a 6-year-old boy named Nahtahn, is forced to exercise until he dies. The dad uses the activity as punishment after he accuses …
