Crime Stories with Nancy Grace Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: The House Is Gone - The Idaho Student Murders
The Idaho house where Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were murdered has been demolished. Both the prosecution and defense were in agreement that the residence should be torn down before Bryan Kohberger's trial.
Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they discuss the impact of the demolition, what might now be missed and who might be helped by the biggest pieced of evidence being destroyed.
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Transcript Highlights
00:01:08 Talk about why the odd shaped home had to come down
00:02:18 Discussion about destroying house before trial
00:03:47 Compare being able to visit the home of Lizzie Borden
00:05:47 Discussion of taking down horrible crime scenes
00:08:33 Comparing evidence like knife to house, would a picture of knife be sufficient
00:09:06 Discussion of both sides in agreement in taking building down
00:11:28 Talk about how to tell if someone could hear noise from top to bottom of house
00:13:36 Discussion of first-person perspective
00:15:48 Discussion of Parkland scene
00:17:42 Talk about taking jury to crime scene
00:19:26 Discussion of house layout – would killer have to be familiar
00:20:39 Talk about moving around rooms in the dark
00:21:53 Discussion about seeing size of rooms and 'ear' witness
00:24:15 Talk about effective documentation
00:26:23 Discussion about where suspect entered home
00:27:07 Discussion about room size
00:29:51 Talk about dynamic distribution of blood, being able to see it in context
00:31:32 Discussion of Jeffrey MacDonald case, jury saw murder scene in house
00:32:4 Talk about without house, no way to know where sound would go
00:33:51 Discussion comparing Gettysburg site to a house
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