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Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: Staging a Murder-Suicide -The Familial Murder of Pamela and Helen Hargan

Published: Oct. 4, 2022, 11 a.m.

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Pamela Hargan and her daughter Helen were found dead in their home in McLean, Virginia, the victims of an apparent murder-suicide, in July 2017. Once police investigated further, they realized that the crime scene had been staged and this was a homicide that they were looking at. Eventually, police narrowed it down to one prime suspect - Pamela\\u2019s oldest daughter Megan.\\xa0

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In this episode of Body Bags, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and Jackie Howard discuss how the police realized the crime scene was staged, the significance of where the gun was found, blood spatter patterns, how they came to suspect Pamela\\u2019s oldest daughter Megan, and much more.

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Show Notes:

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0:00 - Intro

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1:32 - Background and overview of the case

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3:35 - How did the police know that the crime scene had been staged?

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7:05 - The significance of the location where the gun was found\\xa0

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10:08 - The forces of gravity and homicide v. suicide investigations

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15:45 - Gunshot residue

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19:30 -\\xa0 Blood spatter pattern

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25:20 - After recreating the crime scene, what did they discover about Pamela\\u2019s death?

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29:55 - What happens when someone is shot in the head?

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34:30 - Pamela\\u2019s oldest daughter, Megan, is charged with the murder

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38:35 - Megan\\u2019s phone call to her boyfriend

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40:00 - After the police realized the crime scene was staged, how did they start investigating the case as a homicide?

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44:25 -\\xa0 Wrapping up and final details of the case

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