Talented and beloved musician, Scott Sessions, is found brutally murdered in an ambush attack, his throat slashed to near decapitation. Shortly afterward, his lover, who lured him to the moment of his death, Heather Frank, is also found dead with gunshot wounds to her chest. Investigators find Heather Frank wrapped in the same burnt plastic as they found Scott Sessions. The suspect? Heather Frank’s boyfriend, Kevin Eastman.

In this episode of Body Bags, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and Jackie Howard discuss the horrific murders of Scott Sessions and Heather Frank. They delve into the mechanics of murder by an edged weapon to the throat, the pathology of an enraged killer, rendering a body by fire, and the connective evidence found at both crime scenes.

Show Notes:

1:00 - Introducing the deaths of Scott Sessions and Heather Frank

3:39 - The connection between Scott Sessions, Heather Frank, and Kevin Eastman

4:55 - The visibility of a toxic, abusive relationship on a body

6:54 - Anatomy of bruises and how professionals grade them in abuse cases

13:08 - What happened to Scott Sessions

14:54 - The mechanics of slitting a throat with an edged weapon

17:05 - Volume of blood within the body, types and locations of injuries that cause blood loss, and the forensic importance of a victim’s blood that has pooled outside of the body 

22:14 - The horrific injuries Scott Sessions sustained 

27:30 -  Pathology of a killer who is full of anger and rage

29:18 - The death of Heather Frank

31:59-  Why did Heather have to die?

34:36 - The failed attempt to render down Scott’s body by fire and the common evidence found on both victims

39:07 - Looking for connectivity/tieback in forensics: evidence found at both crime scenes

41:57 - The discovery of Scott Sessions and Heather Frank’s bodies

43:57 - The conviction of Kevin Eastman