Lori Paige, a student at Griffin Middle School in Tallahassee, Florida is one of Margaret Summers' favorite students. The paraprofessional says the 12-year-old is attentive and smart but Lori goes missing. Now nearly two years later, Lori's body has been found, and her father charged.

Lori Paige and her father had a routine. He worked nights and Lori stayed in their home with trusted adults nearby if she needed help. The day Lori went missing, her father went to work, but when he came home, he reported Lori missing.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

• Margie Summers - Paraprofessional at Griffin Middle School (close with Lori Paige at school, organized search for Lori); Facebook: Margaret Adams Summers
• Kathleen Murphy - North Carolina, Family Attorney, TriangleDivorceLawyers.com
• Dr. Bethany Marshall – Psychoanalyst (Beverly Hills); Twitter: @DrBethanyLive/ Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall; Appearing in the new show, “Paris in Love” on Peacock
• Sheryl McCollum – Forensics Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder; Host of Podcast: “Zone 7;” X: @149Zone7ps
• ​Nicole Partin – CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter; X: @nicolepartin
• Meghan Krein - Director of Communications and PR at Child Help

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Victor Contreras Sr. talked to his son, Victor Contreras Jr., and told him his younger brother, Jaime, was "acting crazy again". After not be able to reach his father for a few days, Victor Contreras Jr., went to the house to check on his 74-year-old father and says he smelled a foul odor coming from an open window. What happened next is the stuff of nightmares. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss what happened inside the house, what the evidence says, and the story being told by Jaime Contreras, the only suspect in the murder of his father.

Transcribe Highlights

00:00.62 Introduction

01:20.85 Alien life form took over Dad

03:01.55 Discussion of the bowel

07:07.69 Special scissors in the morgue

10:18.70 Defining unattended death

14:59.66 Body is severely traumatized, flies show up

19:27.46 Any gash, slit, stab wound, etc...increase rate of decomp

24:56.30 Prior attack 30:25.80 Blood spatter, breaking down the terms

35:06.04 Explaining arterial spray

40:07.16 Does he really believe what he claims?

45:24.68 Mental illness

50:17.96 Chain of command on site

52:14.69 Conclusion

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