Part one of a two part episode covering dismemberment. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack talk about the Black Dahlia case that is back in the headlines again, as well as Ed Gein, and other dismemberment killers we have covered. Imagine opening your garbage can to bring it back up the driveway empty, but it is too heavy, open the door and see a foot! One of the many cases covered in this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan.

Transcribe Highlights

00:01.14 Introduction - Dismemberment

04:20.66 The Black Dahlia case

08:32.33 Margins very neat, cut around midline

14:16.00 Books written by children of "killers"

18:55.24 Defensive Dismemberment

24:49.40 Trying to put distance between suspect and victim

30:15.74 What was the point of the Halderson dismemberment

35:15.67 Victim killed in bedroom

40:07.05 Opening garbage bin and seeing a foot

45:06.71 Schabusiness - Charged with Third Degree sexual abuse

47:43.87 Conclusion part one.....

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May 28, 1983: Badly burned 1977 Honda Civic is found in a field. The body in the driver seat was so charred it was difficult to positively identify. The license plate and other items showed the vehicle belonged to 55-year-old Edward L. Cates - a former Mississippi Assistant Attorney General and Jackson City Commissioner. Cates wife, Dorothy, identified a partly burned shoe found on the left foot of the victim as belonging to Cates. Edward L. Cates was a veteran and received a full military funeral. A month after his funeral Cates was found living under an alias as a Retired Army General, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack investigate the case of the disgraced lawyer who pleaded guilty to reduced charges and is sentenced to 20-years in prison, without identifying the person found in his burning car who was buried in a grave with Ed Cates name on it.....40 years later, Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan is helping our friends at Othram raise the money needed to move forward with the investigation. Click the link below to find out more

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00:00.00 Introduction - Othram, DNA Solves

03:33.40 1977 Honda Civic found fully engulfed, body charred beyond recognition

04:44.50 Weeks after Cates burial, wife gets money orders from Georgia

06:09.30 Body buried, not Cates. Cates faked his death, body not identified

09:58.78 Accelerant used to burn car and body

15:21.34 Person was alive when set on fire

20:12.47 Fractures caused by "post-mortem" handling

25:02.62 Injuries caused by being hit by car

30:15.08 Massive injuries, but skull fractures not mentioned in reports

35:02.88 Cates died in prison

40:05.46 Body did not have teeth

44:09.22 Conclusion

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Kimberly Langwell leaves work just after 5 p.m. on July 9, 1999, and vanishes.

Kimberly has dinner plans with her 15-year-old daughter, Tiffani, and new boyfriend, Ken Weatherford, but fails to show up. Tiffani notifies the police immediately, as it is totally out of character for her mother not to show up.

Police find Kimberly's car in the evening, and she disappears in the parking lot of an Eckerds Pharmacy. Searching the vehicle, investigators find her cell phone, but her purse and keys are missing. Nothing appears to be broken, and there is no sign of blood.

Kimberly Langwell is gone.

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case and what happened after 25 years that led to an arrest in the disappearance and murder of Kimberly Langwell.

Transcript Highlights

00:00.37 Introduction - Forsaken places

03:37.72 Single mother of 15-year-old daughter, vanishes, 1999

06:23.13 Kimberly's car is found in an Eckard Drug Store parking lot

10:43.67 Keys and purse found in car, cell phone missing

15:02.04 Beaumont, Texas, is a busy place

20:18.30 Tip comes from a "trusted informant"

25:10.94 Hollowed out area beneath Rose bedroom

30:12.60 Search warrant has to state what is being sought and where

35:02.20 Synthetic fiber resilient

39:47.80 Conclusion

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