In April of 2019, police are investigating the death of a man named Phillip Pointer, who’s believed to have died of natural causes. When searching his property to confirm this, they stumble across a bucket, inside which they find a severed human foot. Little did they know that this foot would contain answers to a case police had been investigating for three years.

In this episode of Body Bags, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and Jackie Howard discuss the difficulties of tracking body parts found in different locations, identifying a body, phenotyping, and more.



Show Notes:

0:00 - Intro

1:25 - Background and overview of the case

2:48 - What the police found at the scene

5:00 - What do investigators do to determine if there are any more remains on the property?

8:50 - Figuring out who the foot belongs to

10:50 - Is there a database that tracks body parts and when they are found?

12:55 - Connecting the dots

17:00 - What was the purpose behind the crime?

18:25 - Cause of death and how it was determined

22:45 - Identifying the body parts

26:50 - Identifying tattoos

29:20 - Different types of identification

32:38 - Phenotyping

35:50 - Identifying the victim

In April of 2019, police are investigating the death of a man named Phillip Pointer, who’s believed to have died of natural causes. When searching his property to confirm this, they stumble across a bucket, inside which they find a severed human foot. Little did they know that this foot would contain answers to a case police had been investigating for three years.
In this episode of Body Bags, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and Jackie Howard discuss the difficulties of tracking body parts found in different locations, identifying a body, phenotyping, and more.
 
Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Background and overview of the case
2:48 - What the police found at the scene
5:00 - What do investigators do to determine if there are any more remains on the property?
8:50 - Figuring out who the foot belongs to
10:50 - Is there a database that tracks body parts and when they are found?
12:55 - Connecting the dots
17:00 - What was the purpose behind the crime?
18:25 - Cause of death and how it was determined
22:45 - Identifying the body parts
26:50 - Identifying tattoos
29:20 - Different types of identification
32:38 - Phenotyping
35:50 - Identifying the victim

Join Joseph Scott Morgan every week as he explores a world that not many have had a chance to visit, the realm of death. Jo Scott will lead listeners on a journey through the blood soaked death scenes of America and then into the autopsy room to fully understand the science behind each case. Jo Scott is one America’s leading experts on applied forensics and is regularly featured on ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’, ‘The Piketon Massacre’, Court TV and more.

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Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

Join Joseph Scott Morgan every week as he explores a world that not many have had a chance to visit, the realm of death. Jo Scott will lead listeners on a journey through the blood soaked death scenes of America and then into the autopsy room to fully understand the science behind each case. Jo Scott is one America’s leading experts on applied forensics and is regularly featured on ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’, ‘The Piketon Massacre’, Court TV and more.

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