A Huge Problem - Body Builder Murders Ex-Wife Katie Baunach

Katie Baunach is last seen alive on September 29th, 2022, when she tells a friend she is going to her ex-husband's home to pick up some of her belongings. She obtained a restraining order from him the previous month after allegations he had abused one of their children. When police went to investigate the house they detected “signs of a physical struggle” and upon looking further found something much more sinister.

In this episode of Body Bags, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and Jackie Howard discuss how luminol is used to detect blood, the difficulties of burning a body, non-specific homicidal trauma, “roid rage”, and more.  

Show Notes:

0:00 - Intro

1:25 - Background and overview of the case

2:58 - Moving of the car

5:40 - Using luminol to detect blood 

12:13 - Who invented spraying blood with luminol to see it under a black light?

14:30 - The difficulties of burning a body

20:34 - Why did the barrel smell of decay? (check)

22:18 - Moving the body

24:10 - How do you determine the cause of death for a body that had been moved multiple times?

26:50 - Non-specific homicidal trauma

30:02 - Dealing with stress

30:33 - Police find suspicious substances

34:03 - What is “roid rage” and what causes it?

40:45 - Wrap up

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