Joseph Scott Morgan gives a master class on Crime Scene Body Examination and Assessment. Professor Morgan offers insight from being on the scene and what is truly important and what needs to be done to insure justice prevails for the person who can no longer speak for themselves. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack also discuss the shocking truth of what happened at the scene of two of the most high profile crimes of the last 50 years; Trayvon Martin and Jodi Arias victim, Travis Alexander.

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00:00.84 Introduction - Crime Scene

03:10.57 There is only one first time

05:39.41 Every site, every time

09:57.20 Different levels of comfort

15:07.57 First thing, make sure person is dead

19:37.93 Cold from a dead body

25:08.37 Suicide victim wasn't dead

30:31.89 Homicide detectives moving up

35:23.28 Everyone is watching

40:06.88 Want to transport body as if it were still at the scene

45:15.73 Trayvon Martin Autopsy report

50:07.39 Body needs to be examined at scene

52:15.60 Conclusion

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Human remains were found scattered on a Georgia Hunting club property in November 2022. The remains were found in a three mile area covering two counties, and investigators reached out to the public for help. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case that was investigated by multiple agency's including the GBI and the FBI and how they came to identify the scattered remains as those of Mindi Mebane Kassotis, the wife of Nicholas Kassotis a former member of the Navy's Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG). Kassotis is on trial right now for several charges including murder and removal of body parts from the scene of death or dismemberment.

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00:00.00 Introduction

03:33.49 No sympathy for those who should know better

04:59.21 Body Parts found in hunting club

09:30.53 Jeffrey MacDonald Article 32 Hearing

15:11.73 Sketch Image of victim was amazing

20:10.93 DNA is great if you have a sample in the system

24:58.72 Genetic genealogy

30:52.17 Tissue on skeleton

35:27.14 Dismemberment

39:22.78 May never know how she was killed

41:12.21 Conclusion

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Clinton and Cristen Brink have recently moved to Arkansas with their daughters and decide to go for a hike in Devils Den State Park.

Without warning, the family is ambushed on a hiking trail by a man with a knife. 43-year-old Clinton fights with the man as 41-year-old Cristen runs with their daughters, 9-year-old Arianna and 7-year-old Christina, until they are a safe distance away from where the attack is taking place.

Cristen tells the girls to run towards where they parked their car and get help. Cristen then returns to help her husband. The girls do as they are told, and some hikers in the park find them and take them to the entrance to the park to tell a ranger what happened.

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss this shocking case and break down the forensic evidence that is used to identify the suspect, Andrew McGann, and what evidence directly ties him to the crime.

Transcript Highlights

00:01.22 Introduction

00:33.99 Haircuts with Pa-Paw

05:05.82 Multiple agency's involved

06:09.21 Two girls trying to find help

10:36.34 Mom gets girls to safety

14:54.34 Suspect gets out of park

18:58.82 Understanding the crime scene

24:00.80 Knife is painful way to die

29:12.39 Tracking suspect

34:14.21 Blood didn't match victims

39:26.36 Injuries on hand of suspect

44:27.28 Suspect Andrew McGann

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