Anatomy of Murder

Living requires courage. Do not just bob along on the surface near the shore afraid. Most of us live below our spiritual capacity. Dad and I have been pushed into deep waters and choose to be brave and to swim. Knowing that we are here for a purpose, we choose to show up and try to live at the highest level. This is what I learned from you Morgan and from the wisdom in these crashing waves and I just really think that's a beautiful thought for all of us to live by.

After speaking with Jill she sent me a book that she had written which really was a compilation of her journal entries through much of this ordeal and it was written together with one of Morgan's teachers and there was this passage that she talked about in the years following Morgan's death that they had been in the beach and they used that as their place to heal and recover and there is a piece of it that she wrote directly to Morgan.

She wrote to her daughter, Living requires courage. Do not just bob along on the surface near the shore afraid. Most of us live below our spiritual capacity.

Dad and I have been pushed into deep waters and choose to be brave and to swim. Knowing that we are here for a purpose, we choose to show up and try to live at the highest level.

This is what I learned from you Morgan and from the wisdom in these crashing waves and I just really think that's a beautiful thought for all of us to live by.

I could kill him, you know?

I read it in a book at work, a book on autopsies.

I read it in a book at work, a book on autopsies.

You know, I think about the case of Othello, which is Shakespeare and being that I was an English major, I remember reading lots of Shakespeare. But Othello in particular really fits because it's that case of jealousy and that case he believed his wife Desdemona had been unfaithful and so he murders her.

You know, I think about the case of Othello, which is Shakespeare and being that I was an English major, I remember reading lots of Shakespeare. But Othello in particular really fits because it's that case of jealousy and that case he believed his wife Desdemona had been unfaithful and so he murders her.

It's like if you wrote one of those like Murder 101, like what not to do before you commit a crime.

It's like if you wrote one of those like Murder 101, like what not to do before you commit a crime.

They were able to determine that in the morning she was on her portrait in the book.

One of my favorite movies And I have several, by the way Is Goodfellas And the way Mike describes it He jumps right off the pages of a script

He was 69 years old, so he was not a young, buff, big guy. He was not a tough man, but he was somebody who regularly reported for work at People Ready to look for jobs. So I think he was somebody that a lot of our citizens noticed.

He was 69 years old, so he was not a young, buff, big guy. He was not a tough man, but he was somebody who regularly reported for work at People Ready to look for jobs. So I think he was somebody that a lot of our citizens noticed. I think most people would describe him as a quiet, peaceful man who had a regular routine. But unfortunately, Warren suffered from housing insecurity, and his home was actually the streets of Grand Junction.

A lifelong resident of Grand Junction, Barnes was a fixture in the community who could often be found sitting behind a local bridal shop, engrossed in a paperback, or even assisting local store owners with various tasks.

It's called Solving Cold Cases, Investigation Techniques and Protocols. It really gives you insight into how Joe's mind works, but also how just the mind of cold case investigators work.

And yes, we're giving him the plug here, but you can find his book on Amazon. We'll put a link on the website. But just as you listen to him or count how he works on this case and the ideology that he employs when it comes to his cases, it really is worth the read both for the various accounts and yes, Dana Bartlett and this case is part of it, but also just the insight he has about cold cases in general. This was the prototype.

It's called Solving Cold Cases, Investigation Techniques and Protocols. It really gives you insight into how Joe's mind works, but also how just the mind of cold case investigators work.

And yes, we're giving him the plug here, but you can find his book on Amazon. We'll put a link on the website. But just as you listen to him or count how he works on this case and the ideology that he employs when it comes to his cases, it really is worth the read both for the various accounts and yes, Dana Bartlett and this case is part of it, but also just the insight he has about cold cases in general.

This was the prototype. This was the case that when I got back to Washington, I sat down with our director, Roy Nedrow and my boss, Jerry Hanson. They said, hey, what do you think? You want to try to solve some more cases? And of course, that was a silly question.

Well, Courtney, I could announce it right here on this bonus episode. Anastasia and I are working on a book called pasta and pastrami. What? Yeah. Cookbook pasta and pastrami.

By the way, if I am ever part of that cookbook, all of you don't buy it or at least don't make my recipes. No, really, Courtney. I think it's an interesting question. I think, you know, Anastasia is a very talented storyteller. So I would not be surprised that for her, that's, you know, absolutely going to be in her future. I don't know about me, but the second part of your question that actually may happen. I'm giving all of you the virtual wink wink, and we're just going to leave it at that.

He makes this joke about pasta and pastrami, but who knows? Like that just might happen at some day knowing Scott.

Well, Courtney, I could announce it right here on this bonus episode. Anastasia and I are working on a book called pasta and pastrami. What? Yeah. Cookbook pasta and pastrami. Why those two, those two things don't go together.

I think it's an interesting question. I think, you know, Anastasia is a very talented storyteller. So I would not be surprised that for her, that's, you know, absolutely going to be in her future. I don't know about me, but the second part of your question that actually may happen. I'm giving all of you the virtual wink wink, and we're just going to leave it at that.

He makes this joke about pasta and pastrami, but who knows? Like that just might happen at some day knowing Scott. And if he does, it's going to be really good.

And I'll never forget the book on her desk, the textbook that she said she had to read to understand exactly how best to proceed with this case. And it was Tad's book that he had written.

Now in retirement, he literally wrote the book on investigating cold cases, appropriately calling it Solving Cold Cases and you can find it online.

We leave you in our deaths. Give them meaning. We were young. We have died. Remember us.

And the other thing that he did, he wrote a note and stuffed it into a storage compartment of the gun that said, There are very few problems in the world that cannot be solved by clear and concise communication. The remaining problems can be solved with the proper placement and application of high explosives.

And I googled that phrase and found out it was actually a book on police response times for mass shootings.

Shame and self-preservation in those moments look like a mental survival book gone sideways.

On March 13th, 2011, investigators from Meridian Police sat down with Rob Hall... And so he was placed into custody, charged with the murder of Emmett Corrigan, and then transported to the county jail. A traveling judge offered bail, and his mom paid it, and he ended up getting out of jail like 28 days later.

And so what the theory is, is they had time to kind of plan out a new story of what happened. And that's kind of the story she brought to court.

I was so impressed how Ashley was able to endure, find love once again, and raising her now seven children while advocating for others on how to forgive and find a way forward.

And when I turned it into a book, it was mainly because my grandma was printing off every story that I wrote and sending it to all of her friends.