Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: A Horrifying Discovery in the Woods - The Death of Cairo Jordan
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Show Notes
On April 16th, 2022 a mushroom hunter calls 911 to tell them he’s found an abandoned suitcase in the middle of the woods. Inside the suitcase is the body of a young boy. The boy is later identified as 5-year-old Cairo Ammar Jordan from Atlanta, Georgia. He was never reported missing.
In this episode of Body Bags, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and Jackie Howard discuss the state of Cairo’s body when it was found, his cause of death, how police process a crime scene like this, what it’s like to discover a body, and much more.
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Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro
1:57 - Background and overview of the case
3:10 - How did they get Cairo into the suitcase?
7:25 - The state of Cairo’s body when found
10:45 - Discovering bodies
14:55 - How do police begin processing a scene like this?
18:15 - Joe describes the tests done on evidence found
21:30 - The inside of the suitcase
27:30 - Pulling fingerprints and finding the crime scene as the perpetrator left it
31:35 - Cairo’s cause of death
35:45 - How does an electrolyte imbalance kill you?
38:10 - Viral gastroenteritis
43:10 - Wrap up
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