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.

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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.

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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.

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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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