Markayla Johnson moves with her two children, 4-year-old Miracle and 7-month-old Messiah, to Charlotte, North Carolina to be with her boyfriend, Benjamin Taylor.  Within weeks of arriving from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, her family realizes they haven't seen her like they would normally expect. Reaching out to check on Markayla, the family get text messages from her phone, but there is something wrong. The messages don't sound like Markayla. After going to the apartment and finding nobody home, the family of Markayla Johnson report her and the children missing. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan walks you through the apartment that is now a crime scene and explain what police found when they opened the plastic tub filled with air fresheners......and Markayla Johnson. But where are the children? 









Transcription Highlights

00:00.01 Introduction - Names of deadly drugs
04:59.53 Discussion of Markayla and children move to Charlotte
07:06.46 Discussion of text messages
10:53.00 Joe Talks about finding a body
12:22.00 Discussion of evidence of children
16:59.24 Talk about smell of decomposing bodies
22:06.34 Discussion of methodology of suffocation
25:35.12 Talk about smell of decomposition from trunk
30:17.86 Discussion of triple homicide
34:53.71 Discussion of small bruises around mouth
39:49.39 Discussion secure scene
45:37.10 Benjamin Taylor being held without bond

Markayla Johnson moves with her two children, 4-year-old Miracle and 7-month-old Messiah, to Charlotte, North Carolina to be with her boyfriend, Benjamin Taylor.  Within weeks of arriving from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, her family realizes they haven't seen her like they would normally expect. Reaching out to check on Markayla, the family get text messages from her phone, but there is something wrong. The messages don't sound like Markayla. After going to the apartment and finding nobody home, the family of Markayla Johnson report her and the children missing. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan walks you through the apartment that is now a crime scene and explain what police found when they opened the plastic tub filled with air fresheners......and Markayla Johnson. But where are the children? 
 
 
 
 
Transcription Highlights
00:00.01 Introduction - Names of deadly drugs 04:59.53 Discussion of Markayla and children move to Charlotte 07:06.46 Discussion of text messages 10:53.00 Joe Talks about finding a body 12:22.00 Discussion of evidence of children 16:59.24 Talk about smell of decomposing bodies 22:06.34 Discussion of methodology of suffocation 25:35.12 Talk about smell of decomposition from trunk 30:17.86 Discussion of triple homicide 34:53.71 Discussion of small bruises around mouth 39:49.39 Discussion secure scene 45:37.10 Benjamin Taylor being held without bond

Nancy Grace dives deep into the day’s most shocking crimes and asks the tough questions in her new daily podcast – Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor and used her TV show to find missing people, fugitives on the run and unseen clues. Now, she will use the power of her huge social media following and the immediacy of the internet to deliver daily bombshells!

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Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: DEATH OF INNOCENCE -  MOM STUFFED IN TUB, BABIES IN TRUNK

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