Backyard Burials

Send us Fan MailI mean, the title really does say it all! This week, Rachael digs into (get it?) people who bury others in their backyard. Get ready for some very gratifying karma in this one, folks. Rachael highlights four separate cases and goes into some statistics on backyard burials, because this is apparently something that is common enough for people to write academic journals on...yikes. Sources:1) https://lawandcrime.com/crime/man-strangled-girlfriend-to-death-then-had-a-fatal-cardiac-event-while-burying-the-body-sheriff/2) https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/joseph-mckinnon-dead-of-heart-attack-while-burying-patricia-dent-after-he-killed-her/3) https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/joseph-mckinnon-dies-burying-patricia-dent-murder4) https://www.hatcherfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Mrs-Patricia-Ruth-Vaughn-Dent?obId=248331995) https://people.com/crime/man-dies-heart-attack-trying-bury-girlfriends-body-after-murdering-her/6) https://www.wlox.com/2022/09/19/st-martin-man-gets-life-killing-woman-found-buried-his-backyard/7) https://www.wxxv25.com/missing-woman-found-backyard-identified/8) https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/body-of-missing-woman-found-buried/9) https://www.tapinto.net/towns/coral-springs/sections/police-and-fire/articles/missing-coral-springs-woman-found-buried-in-mississippi-backyard10) https://www.co.jackson.ms.us/DocumentCenter/View/919/State-of-the-Department-202011) https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2014/04/25/lake-alfred-woman-found-guilty/8174473007/12)https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2014/4/24/jury_deliberating_in#:~:text=Prosecutors%20argue%20Scott%2C%2066%2C%20shot,used%20it%20to%20kill%20him.13) https://www.news9.com/story/5e35ada383eff40362beabfe/wife-who-buried-former-oklahoma-man-in-garden-charged-with-murder14) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2128396/Elderly-woman-murdered-husband-buried-body-backyard-tired-looking-him.html15) https://westorlandonews.com/woman-who-buried-husbands-body-in-backyard-charged-with-murder/16) https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2012/04/11/wife-of-man-buried-in-yard-charged-with-murder/17) https://www.wesh.com/article/police-woman-shot-tied-up-buried-husband/441577218) https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2012/04/11/wife-charged-with-killing-ailing/8057965007/19)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694780/#:~:text=Filicide%20is%20defined%20as%20the,of%20life%20it%20is%20neonaticide.20) https://www.newsweek.com/baby-discovered-buried-backyard-parents-arrested-north-carolina-173566621) https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-north-carolina-baby-dead-murder-cousins-20220831-ucrqn4s2xfg4dllcppe2zjcb6a-story.html22) https://abc11.com/infant-death-erwin-body-found-autopsy/12180924/23) https://www.wspa.com/news/crime/its-heartbreaking-neighbors-shocked-saddened-after-dead-baby-found-buried-at-erwin-nc-home/24) https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/202106/why-would-killer-bury-bodies-in-the-yard-025) Article: Serial Murders Spatial Decisions: Factors that influence Crime location Choice 26) Article- Body Disposal: Spatial & Temporal Characteristics in Korean Homicide Support the show