They called themselves the "Gilbert Goons", a group of teens that were suspected of assaults at parties and parking lots, as well as armed robberies. Defended by their parents, the teens' reign of violence culminated with the fatal beating of 16-year-old Preston Lord. Preston was at a Halloween Party with friends when one of the "Gilbert Goons" stole a cheap necklace from a friend of Preston Lord. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will tell the story of how a town in Arizona was terrorized by a group of entitled teens who were defended by their entitled parents for years until they almost got away with murder.

Transcript Highlights

00:00:08 Introduction: Group Think

00:03:56 Discussion of group of teens in Gilbert, Arizona

00:07:22 Discussion of Gilbert Goons videotaping the beating

00:11:15 Talk about the assaults attributed to the teens in Gilbert

00:16:09 Discussion of how the beating of Preston Lord continued

00:21:07 Discussion of a bully

00:25:45 Talk about parents joking about the beating

00:30:19 Discussion of severe blunt force trauma

00:33:52 Discussion of shoe imprint on the body of victim

00:38:02 Conclusion: judgement is coming.

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Chrystul Kizer is 17 when she is arrested for the first-degree murder of Randy Volar. The question that will be answered through investigation and the court system is whether or not Chrystul Kizer killed an innocent man, or did she kill a man who was sexually abusing her and other underage girls. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will breakdown the case and take an in-depth look at what story the forensics tell and what information a judge will have to consider in sentencing a teen who saw murder as her only way to live.

Transcript Highlights

00:00:17 Introduction: growing up

00:02:18 Discussion of Chrystul Kizer, 17, abuse victim

00:06:52 Talk about fire debris and dead body

00:09:57 Discussion of heat causing teeth to shatter

00:13:15 Discussion of destruction of a person

00:17:05 Discussion of multiple victims

00:21:47 Talk about laws regarding sexual abuse

00:25:54 Discussion of electronic forensics

00:29:01 Talk about Chrystul Kizer trying to survive

00:33:04 Discussion of damage 2 shots to the head can cause

00:38:11 Discussion of stippling

00:41:43 Talk about victim escaping in BMW

00:44:27 Discussion of plea deal offered

00:45:18 Conclusion – sentence coming in August

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Georgia authorities find three victims tortured and murdered in Clayton County and taken to Fulton County. They were found in an abandoned car along I-85 at an exit ramp in Union City, Georgia on January 13, 2013. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will take you into the investigation that determined the victims were tortured and murdered and Dave Mack will go into the back story on how the case remained cold for 11-years until forensics led investigators to a Middle School Assistant Principal in Alabama and 3 other suspects.

Transcript Highlights

00:00:08 Introduction – Position of authority

00:02:36 Talk about Assistant Principal arrested in cold-case triple murder

00:08:06 Discussion -11 years after 3 dead bodies found in a car, a break in the case

00:11:54 Discussion - victims found in Atlanta from Montgomery, Alabama

00:17:02 Talk about suspect was assistant principal at a middle school

00:20:51Discussion of multiple jurisdictions working on a case

00:24:23 Talk about medical examiners

00:27:40 Discussion of multiple suspects

00:30:03 Discussion of asphyxiation

00:31:14 Conclusion, what did the bodies say?

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