Part Two of "Manner, Cause, Mechanism of Death", the death rulings of John O'Keefe, Virginia Giuffre, Dana Plato, Heidi Planck and others including one where a burglar is sent to prison for murdering someone who wasn't shot, stabbed, strangled, or even touched by the suspect who was robbing the place, and who will possibly spend the rest of his life in prison. The Karen Read Case is also discussed as to the Manner, Cause, and Mechanism of death of John O'Keefe. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack talk about cases when no body is found but evidence found at the scene is "incompatible with life" and how this is used in an investigation.
Joseph Scott Morgan goes deep into death investigation and what really matters, breaking down the four questions of Death Investigation: How? What? When? Why?

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00:02.88 Introduction

00:56.30 Cause and Effect, Mechanism

05:00.66 Suicide Ruling in overdose death of Dana Plato

09:55.12 Needle still in the arm of overdose victims

15:58.79 Manner of death

19:02.38 Coroner decides to rule overdose deaths as homicides

23:59.02 Elderly Man Dies from heart attack meeting robber in Kitchen - Robber sent to prison

28:03.94 Heidi Planck missing, evidence found is incompatible with life

34:15.80 John O'Keefe Manner of death

39:05.80 Brain expands with no place inside skull to go

41:56.73 Conclusion

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The judge in the Bryan Kohberger trial is still searching for the person or persons who leaked info to Dateline that was used in NBC’s 2-hour special on the Idaho Student Murders, “The Terrible Night on King Road” revealing new details and never before seen video that may be key evidence in the state’s case. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack talk about the latest news in the case and JSM breaks down some issues with how forensic evidence was moved from the scene, how the entire crime scene was treated in the days following the murders, as well as what the coroner did or did not do that could create problems at trial. No matter what happens in court or in the media, there are still four young adults who were murdered, and they must be remembered. They deserve justice.

Remember the Victims:

Ethan Chapin, 20

Xana Kernodle, 20

Kaylee Goncalves, 21

Madison Mogen, 21

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00:13.15 Introduction - Part 2 - Kohberger Case

01:46.38 Judge is displeased with the leak in the case
05:04.66 Risk at trial, slipshod manner the way the trial claimed

09:40.54 Implies some kind of trace element left behind on
14:00.17 Evidence: a mattress was driven down the road in the back of a truck
19:54.71 Kohberger lawyer previously represented mother of victim, Xana Kernodle
24:04.54 Judge is completely aware
29:01.53 Does the defense have a suspect other than Kohberger?
33:43.00 Timeline is going to be very important
39:14.10 Not all testimony will be available to public, some will not be streamed
43:47.94 Whoever did this quadruple murder is/was a monster
44:11.81 Conclusion

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Joseph Scott Morgan spends hours talking about crime scenes and forensics in the media and in the classroom. Today he explains everything from a "Natural Death" to "Russian Roulette". The key is to determine "How the Cause Came About".
Natural Deaths: Death as a result of a normal biological process. Accidental Deaths: Death that results from misadventure without assignment of blame to another by the certifier of death. Undetermined Deaths: The causative factors surrounding the death cannot be established. Homicidal Deaths: A death that is at the hand of another. Suicidal Deaths: Death at one's own hand

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00:02.88 Introduction

00:56.30 More than just a "death investigator"

05:00.66 Teaching Forensics while covering crime

10:05.12 Cases thrown out due "dry labbing"

15:00.79 Determinations of how someone died

20:02.38 Manner of Death explained

24:59.02 Medical Legal ruling of Manner of death in Russian Roulette

30:03.94 The term "Cause of Death"

35:04.21 Death at ones own hand

Conclusion of Lesson One

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Birmingham, Alabama, has experienced a killing spree unlike any seen before. In a Body Bags episode April 16, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack covered the alleged Mass Killer / Serial Killer / Hitman, Damian McDaniel, who had been charged with 14 murders in 14 months. McDaniel has now been charged with 4 more homicides bringing the total to 18 in14 months. In this update episode, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the timeline of events, the difference between a "Mass Shooting" and a "Serial Killer" as well as the accusation that McDaniel was also a hired "hitman". Joe also explains what has to happen with each crime scene, even if the scene includes double-digit victims.

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00:00.53 Introduction

02:33.65 Damian McDaniel charged with 4 more homicides

05:03.41 McDaniel is suspected of Serial killings as well as Mass killing

10:17.73 McDaniel is also accused of being a Hired "Hitman"

15:00.71 Additional charges for McDaniel - and possible partner in crime

20:36.12 Question about weapon or weapons used

25:25.57 Going down the list victims and locations

30:19.08 Second Mass shooting - McDaniel a suspect in shooting

35:07.54 Investigators are drowning in data

37:14.04 Conclusion

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In November 1987 cops in Humbolt County, California, received a package in the mail. The package was mailed from San Francisco and contained partial skeletal remains. A typed letter was included in the package with directions to more skeletal remains. More skeletal remains were recovered but what was found was still an incomplete set of remains. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss a case that includes a missing teacher, a husband on a business trip, and bones found in multiple locations in Northern California - and how the incredible work of Othram helped identify the partial set of human remains nearly 40 years after they first arrived at the Sheriff's office

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00:03.47 Introduction

01:12.55 Influence of teachers at an early age

04:56.32 1987-husband comes home from business trip, wife is gone

09:39.08 Some mailed skeletal remains to police

14:39.11 Partial skeletal remains

19:51.97 Map to more remains included with remains

24:00.63 Typed letter still has "evidence"

29:27.66 Note and remains mailed from San Francisco

34:48.40 Othram brought in to identify the skeletal remains

39:14.34 Victim lived in an isolated area

43:29.15 Othram has to crowd fund to be able to work on a case

Conclusion

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All Three were doing drugs and having sex with one another. Jamie Carrol goes to get more drugs, when he comes back, Jeffrey Mundt and Joey Banis, kill Carrol and take his money and drugs. Mundt and Banis then dig a hole in the basement of the Mansion and bury the body of Jamie Carroll. The couple gets away with murder.....until seven months later, police respond to a 911 call about domestic abuse. Jeffrey Mundt says his boyfriend, Joey Banis is going to kill him. When cops arrive on scene they take Joey Banis into custody and leave Jeffrey Mundt at the house. As police take Banis to jail, he begins telling them a story of drug, sex, and a body buried in the basement. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the murder of one man, and the lies of the two that tried to blame each other for a murder they almost got away with.....almost.

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00:14.75 Introduction - Holding on to the past

01:47.61 Case involves a bit of digging

03:57.84 Completely nude man, running in a hotel hallway, jump out a window

05:14.22 Brain in the hot tub. Had to use skimmer net

09:54.57 Cops aren't sure where they are supposed to go

15:03.97 Too much money, too much time on their hands

20:17.42 When do police realize the story they are being told might seem strange, but it is real

25:32.77 Older homes with basement hard pack

30:00.25 Killers best plan to put body into rubber tub is to use a sledge hammer to break up the body

35:18.84 Joey and Jeffrey were a couple

40:36.57 Body produces decomp fluid

45:40.59 Post mortem x-ray of a body

50:12.66 One man murdered for his drugs and money

51:11.40 Conclusion

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15-year-old Karen Stitt was stabbed to death 100 yards from the bus stop where she was headed to catch a bus to take her back home. She suffered nearly 60 stab wounds, 18 to the heart, and there is blood evidence all over the crime scene. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case that has so much evidence it is shocking how it went cold, and only got colder as the years went by. The murder happened in 1982 and it took until the last few months to get a conviction. Is justice delayed, justice denied?

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00:00.65 Introduction

02:08.90 Grisly murder, blood saturated crime scene

04:59.07 Close to 380 episodes of Body Bags

09:42.63 Event occurred 100 yards away from bus stop

14:56.13 Killing took place behind a wall

20:03.83 Making castings of shoe imprints

25:28.74 Volume of blood can change color of clothing, more than 59 stab wounds

30:04.66 18 wounds to the heart

34:57.38 Boyfriend was suspect, but never charged, he didn't do it
39:29.99 DNA - Genetic Genealogy leads to suspect

41:01.64 Gary Ramirez pleads "no contest" sentenced to life with possible parole after 25 years

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A one-year-old boy, Kahleb Collins,, is discovered to be "Missing" when he isn't found in the wreckage of a car crash that kills his father, Steven Collins, 40, and older sister, Ryleigh Collins, 2, and lands his mother, Pam Bailey, 23, in the hospital in critical condition. Investigators looking for Khaleb don't find him in the wreckage but learn his grandfather, John Elton Bailey, has custody of the baby. When Bailey is interviewed he tells investigators he hasn't seen Kahleb since September. It is now December 17 and an Amber Alert is issued for Kahleb Collins. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case from what happened in the car wreck to a burn pile found on the Collins family property where human remains have been discovered.

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00:00.07 Introduction, burn piles

04:55.58 Fatal family car wreck leads to missing baby

10:16.20 Grandfather has custody of baby, but lives with the family

15:33.76 Was driver trying to commit suicide?

20:10.03 Difference between looking for decaying body of baby and adult

25:05.93 Human remains found in burn pile

30:37.56 Children not as resilient as adults when subjected to elements

35:03.84 The child has not been identified

40:02.17 Father is alleged to have abused one-year-old

42:25.42 Conclusion

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