Coroner's Mistress and Her Ex's Dead Body: The Murder Trial

Dead bodies and romance.....in Horry County South Carolina, Meagan Jackson is a contractor for the county delivering dead bodies to the morgue of the funeral home. She and her longtime boyfriend Gregory Rice have broken up and they are negotiating custody and support for their four children. Deputy Coroner Christopher Dontell is married to a school teacher and they have two children. The deputy Coroner and the woman bringing dead bodies to the morgue strike up a romance. When Gregory Rice goes missing and turns up dead, suspicion falls on his ex, Meagan and her new boyfriend, the very married Deputy Coroner, Christopher Dontell. Joseph Scott Morgan will explain what happens in the world of death investigation and how people can grow close to their coworkers under extreme circumstances. Joseph Scott Morgan will also take a close look at Meagan Jackson and Chris Dontell - did she think Dontell, because of his occupation, would know better how to get rid of a dead body? Dave Mack will help untangle the web of lies as Joseph Scott Morgan explains why Dontell has changed his plea and what will happen when he testifies against the woman who was carrying his child when her ex-boyfriend is found dead.

Transcribe Highlights

00:00.50 Introduction

03:29.84 South Carolina has rich Coroner history

05:12.67 Elected Coroner in Horry County

10:03.41 Explaining "Livery" service

14:52.41 Deputy Coroner having affair with woman who delivers bodies

20:11.42 An affair the includes death and getting rid of body

24:25.02 Special training, would a deputy coroner have a better idea how to get rid of a body

29:57.62 Questions of a death investigator

35:05.65 Digital evidence puts suspect at the scene of where body is found

41:08.05 Conclusion - Deputy Coroner cuts a deal and will testify for the state

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