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.

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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.
Subscribe to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan :
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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

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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: Something Strange Afoot - The Exceptional Case of Kleanthis Konstantinidis

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Brian Walshe sentenced  to life in prison without the possibility of parole. This after a Massachusetts jury finds him guilty of killing and dismembering his wife, the mother of their three children.    Ana Walshe, went missing on Jan. 1, 2023. 

Walshe, 50, initially plead guilty to improperly disposing of her body and lying to police. He had changed his plea on the two charges before jury selection got underway for the trial, while maintaining that he did not kill her.

Prosecutors say the 48-year-old husband dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body in multiple trash cans in the area. Police have recovered blood-stained items from the home, including a hacksaw. Ana's body has never been found. 

 

Joining Nancy Grace Today:
David Studdard - Spalding County, Ga. Assistant District Attorney; Former Police Officer 
Caryn Stark - Psychologist; X: @carnpsych
Tom Ruskin - Private Investigator, President of the CMP Protective and Investigative Group, Inc.; Former New York City Police Detective Investigator; Twitter: @tomruskin 
Julie Lewis - President & CEO, Digital Mountain, Inc.
Dr. Kendall Crowns -  Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), NEW Podcast:"Mayhem in the Morgue;" Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
Bob Ward - Reporter for Boston 25 News; X: Bward3, FB: Bob Ward Boston 25

Brian Walshe sentenced&nbsp; to life in prison without the possibility of parole. This after a Massachusetts jury finds him guilty of killing and dismembering his wife, the mother of their three children.&nbsp; &nbsp; Ana Walshe, went missing on Jan. 1, 2023.&nbsp;
Walshe, 50, initially plead guilty to improperly disposing of her body and lying to police. He had changed his plea on the two charges before jury selection got underway for the trial, while maintaining that he did not kill her.
Prosecutors say the 48-year-old husband dismembered Ana Walshe and discarded her body in multiple trash cans in the area. Police have recovered blood-stained items from the home, including a hacksaw. Ana's body has never been found.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
<ul>
<li>David Studdard - Spalding County, Ga. Assistant District Attorney; Former Police Officer&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="&nbsp;carynstark.com">Caryn Stark </a>- Psychologist; X: @carnpsych</li>
<li><a href="cmp-group.com">Tom Ruskin</a> - Private Investigator, President of the CMP Protective and Investigative Group, Inc.; Former New York City Police Detective Investigator; Twitter: @tomruskin&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="digitalmountain.com&nbsp;">Julie Lewis</a> - President &amp; CEO, Digital Mountain, Inc.</li>
<li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mayhem-in-the-morgue-with-dr-kendall-crowns/id1832515666">Dr. Kendall Crowns</a> -&nbsp; Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), NEW Podcast:"Mayhem in the Morgue;" Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)</li>
<li>Bob Ward - Reporter for Boston 25 News; X: Bward3, FB: Bob Ward Boston 25</li>
</ul>

KILLER HUSBAND BRIAN WALSHE TWISTS IN COURT AS WIFE'S LOVER TAKES THE STAND, JURY BRINGS DOWN THE HAMMER

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Family members of Bryan Kohberger's victims are shocked by the new release of graphic crime scene photos with little warning.

Kaylee Gonsalves' parents say they were made aware of it just hours before. The redacted photos show the bedrooms where the murders took place, clearly showing blood spatter on the walls, blood dripping on the beds, and blood smears on the floor where a battle of life and death took place.

As it turned out, three of the photos showed body parts and the victims, and had to be taken down by the police.

The families of Kaylee, Madison, Xana, and Ethan have filed a lawsuit against WSU, claiming the killings should not and would not have occurred if Washington State University had acted on multiple complaints about Kohberger's inappropriate, predatory, and menacing behavior, the suit seeks unspecified monetary damages and a jury trial for negligence and the wrongful deaths of their loved ones.

The 126-page complaint alleges WSU is at fault for bringing Kohberger to the Pullman-Moscow area, where they accepted him into their criminal justice program and hired him as a teaching assistant.

Within weeks of Kohberger's arrival, WSU knew there were accusations of Kohberger's threatening, stalking, and predatory behavior led to more than a dozen formal complaints being filed about Kohberger.

The families say WSU failed by not taking action and following up on the complaints about Kohberger, ignoring the warning signs that allowed Kohberger's behavior to escalate unchecked.

The families claim, "On November 13, 2022, a foreseeable - and, in fact, predictable - tragedy occurred when Kohberger entered the bedrooms of four undergraduate students and violently stabbed them to death. These deaths should not and would not have occurred if WSU had acted appropriately."

As the lawsuit heads to court, Kohberger's sister gives an exclusive interview discussing how the family is hurting.

Joining Nancy Grace today:
Kristi Goncalves - Mother  
Steve Goncalves - Father 
Eric Faddis - Partner at Varner Faddis Elite Legal, Former Felony Prosecutor and Current Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation Attorney; Instagram: @e_fad @varnerfaddis; TikTok: @varnerfaddis
Dr. Bethany Marshall -  Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," and featured in hit show "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive
Chris McDonough – Director at the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective; Host of YouTube Channel: “The Interview Room”
Howard Blum - Author: "When The Night Comes Falling, A Requiem for The Idaho Student Murders;" Instagram: howard_blum_author, X: howardblum
Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X @JoScottForensic
Susan Hendricks  -  Journalist, Author: “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi", IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks  
Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories’ 

Family members of Bryan Kohberger's victims are shocked by the new release of graphic crime scene photos with little warning.
Kaylee Gonsalves' parents say they were made aware of it just hours before. The redacted photos show the bedrooms where the murders took place, clearly showing blood spatter on the walls, blood dripping on the beds, and blood smears on the floor where a battle of life and death took place.
As it turned out, three of the photos showed body parts and the victims, and had to be taken down by the police.
The families of Kaylee, Madison, Xana, and Ethan have filed a lawsuit against WSU, claiming the killings should not and would not have occurred if Washington State University had acted on multiple complaints about Kohberger's inappropriate, predatory, and menacing behavior, the suit seeks unspecified monetary damages and a jury trial for negligence and the wrongful deaths of their loved ones.
The 126-page complaint alleges WSU is at fault for bringing Kohberger to the Pullman-Moscow area, where they accepted him into their criminal justice program and hired him as a teaching assistant.
Within weeks of Kohberger's arrival, WSU knew there were accusations of Kohberger's threatening, stalking, and predatory behavior led to more than a dozen formal complaints being filed about Kohberger.
The families say WSU failed by not taking action and following up on the complaints about Kohberger, ignoring the warning signs that allowed Kohberger's behavior to escalate unchecked.
The families claim, "On November 13, 2022, a foreseeable - and, in fact, predictable - tragedy occurred when Kohberger entered the bedrooms of four undergraduate students and violently stabbed them to death. These deaths should not and would not have occurred if WSU had acted appropriately."
As the lawsuit heads to court, Kohberger's sister gives an exclusive interview discussing how the family is hurting.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
<ul>
<li>Kristi Goncalves - Mother&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Steve&nbsp;Goncalves - Father&nbsp;</li>
<li>Eric Faddis - Partner at Varner Faddis Elite Legal, Former Felony Prosecutor and Current Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation Attorney; Instagram: @e_fad @varnerfaddis; TikTok: @varnerfaddis</li>
<li><a href="http://www.drbethanymarshall.com">Dr. Bethany Marshall</a> -&nbsp; Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," and featured in hit show "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram &amp; TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive</li>
<li><a href="http://www.coldcasefoundation.org/chrismcdonough">Chris McDonough</a> &ndash; Director at the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective; Host of YouTube Channel: &ldquo;The Interview Room&rdquo;</li>
<li><a href="http://HowardBlum.com">Howard Blum</a> - Author: "When The Night Comes Falling, A Requiem for The Idaho Student Murders;" Instagram: howard_blum_author, X: howardblum</li>
<li><a href="https://www.jsu.edu/criminaljustice/morgan-joseph.html">Joseph Scott Morgan</a> - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X @JoScottForensic</li>
<li>Susan Hendricks&nbsp; -&nbsp; Journalist, Author: &ldquo;Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi", IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories&rsquo; </li>
</ul>

HELL PIX: HORROR PHOTOS INSIDE IDAHO MURDERS AFTER KOHBERGER SLAUGHTERS STUDENTS, PARENTS SUE 

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Rex Heuermann Judge appalled by 175 page motion challenging evidence gathered from 20 search warrants just a few months before trial. A Port Authority police officer shot and killed his sister and critically wounded their mother before killing himself on Thursday. A missing Arizona woman’s boyfriend was arrested last week for stealing and damaging her car — which was reportedly discovered with blood in it.

Rex Heuermann Judge appalled by 175 page motion challenging evidence gathered from 20 search warrants just a few months before trial. A Port Authority police officer shot and killed his sister and critically wounded their mother before killing himself on Thursday. A missing Arizona woman&rsquo;s boyfriend was arrested last week for stealing and damaging her car &mdash; which was reportedly discovered with blood in it.

Judge Sets Rex Heuermann Trial Date Two Years in the Making: "Come Hell or High Water" |  Crime Alert 6AM 01.23.26

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