November 22, 1963: John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot and killed during a presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas. The President is taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital. By law, Dallas County Coroner Dr. Earl Rose had jurisdiction over the case and should have performed the autopsy. However, against Dr. Earl Rose's protestations, the body of President Kennedy was wrapped in a sheet, placed in a casket with a broken handle, and flown over 1,300 miles away to Washington DC, where 2 naval doctors, who had never conducted a forensic autopsy performed the autopsy on John F. Kennedy. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they take a close look at the autopsy that was so bad, 60years later questions are still being asked.

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00:01:21 Discussion about the ripple effect of the assassination of JFK

00:04:31 Discussion of the moments following the shooting of JFK in Dealey Plaza

00:06:02 Talk about how autopsy "Standard Procedures" were not followed

00:06:51 Texas state law and jurisdiction over investigation and autopsy

00:07:58 Board Certified Forensic Pathologist Doctor Earl Rose was chief medical examiner for Dallas, Texas at the time and was at Parkland Memorial Hospital

00:09:22 Discussion JFK body taken from Dallas to Washington DC for autopsy

00:10:59 Talk about Secret Service preparing for President trips.

00:11:36 Discussion of JFK physical condition after being shot.

00:12:52 Talk about injuries to JFK, at least 2 gunshot wounds.

00:13:31 Discussion of tracheotomy that was performed to establish an airway

00:15:04 Discussion of Dr. Earl Rose and how his experience was dismissed

00:16:23 Dr. Earl Rose KNEW he was looking at a Murder Investigation.

00:17:47 Discussion Dallas County had jurisdiction over the body.

00:19:03 Talk about autopsy of JFK should have taken place in Dallas

00:20:08 Talk about previous Presidential assassination, Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley and their autopsies.

00:22:10 Discussion of Dr. Earl Rose did the autopsy for Oswald, Officer Tippit, and Jack Ruby.

00:23:36 Discussion of JFK body being taken to Washington DC

00:25:16 Comparing Bethesda Naval Hospital to Walter Reed Hospital

00:26:04 Discussion about doctors chosen to perform JFK autopsy

00:28:42 Talk about why doctors turned bullet wound into tracheostomy

00:29:55 Presidents body wrapped in sheets. Head wrapped in gauze

00:31:09 Discussion of JFK clothing, tie changed the trajectory of round.

00:32:58 Discussion about clothing worn during the assassination

00:33:44 Talk about "magic bullet" going through JFK and Governor Connally,

00:35:08 Discussion Secret Service agents washed interior of Presidential limo.

00:36:03 Talk about crime scenes - bone fragments found and turned in later

00:37:02 Description of President's head, skull came apart in doctors hands.

00:38:04 Discussion of Assessment00:40:02 Talk about x-rays that were done on body

00:41:58 Description of the Bethesda autopsy suite

00:43:51 Ballistics expert Dr. Pierre Fink, forensic pathologist, came to Bethesda

00:44:53 JFK brain was removed before Dr. Fink arrived

00:46:05 Description of "Brain Loafing".

00:47:22 The autopsy of JFK was not a complete autopsy

00:49:21 Discussion of "family wishes" as it applies to the murder of the president.

00:50:48 Compare autopsy of John F. Kennedy and Robert F Kennedy

00:52:36 Discussion about other pathologists available to do autopsy on JFK

00:55:09 No way to know if other injuries suffered by JFK could have been lethal

00:56:04 Commentary - no excuse for what happened with autopsy of JFK

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Part two of the Celeste Rivas death investigation. Many of the stories leaked to TMZ are false, leading LAPD to officially release some information about the condition of Celeste Rivas body. A court order is now preventing the LA Coroner from releasing details of the Celeste's body when she was found in Tesla registered to David Anthony Burke AKA "D4VD". The investigation has officially been labeled an "Investigation into murder" and autopsy findings will not be released to protect the investigation. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go deeper into what is known about the death of the teen who went missing when she was just 13-years-old.

Transcript Highlights

00:00:01.30 Introduction - Celeste Part Two

00:00:14.71 Identification

00:03:51.48 D4VD Fortnite videos on YouTube

00:05:26.94 D4VD "Romantic Homicide"

00:09:43.30 September 7th - big day for D4VD

00:15:24.69 Using Luminol in search of rental home

00:20:00.36 D4VD close circle of friends living in rented mansion

00:25:02.65 Tracking phones

00:30:05.24 Assistance dismembering body

00:36:07.31 Dismembering a body with non-surgical equipment

00:40:07.54 Environmental conditions impact on decomposition

00:46:09.48 Celeste Body being moved - maybe not panic

00:50:07.35 Conclusion - there will be another update

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A 2023 Tesla Model Y was abandoned in the Hollywood Hills along Bluebird avenue on July 29, 2025. The dented and dirty Tesla has Texas license plates. After several weeks of no movement, a neighbor reports the car abandoned, starting a timeline in the middle of a horrible story that includes Celeste Rivas, reported missing from her parents home on April 5, 2024 when she is just 13, and a 20-year-old singing star on-the-rise, D4VD, on his first world tour promoting his first full-length CD, "Withered". How did the dismembered, decomposing body of Celeste Rivas end up in the frunk of an abandoned Tesla registered to D4VD?

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00:00:02.45 Introduction - Celeste Rivas case

00:01:25.02 Suspect identified, not officially named

00:02:08.82 Due to volume of info, this is part 1

00:03:05.66 Body found in frunk of Tesla

00:04:59.97 Tesla abandoned in the Hollywood Hills

00:10:20.12 Smell of death

00:15:07.96 Movement of wrecker could cause bag to leak

00:20:06.74 Tesla is 2023 Model y - abandoned

00:25:32.97 Victim didn't crawl in bag and seal it

00:30:29.09 Explaining problem with a "wet" body

00:35:35.67 Took 10 days to identify Celeste Rivas

00:40:05.21 Getting prints, other evidence from bag containing remains

00:44:39.22 Celeste reported missing April 5, 2024 - she was 13

00:49:24.02 Conclusion of Part 1

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