28-year-old mom of one body found dismembered in car trunk. Did freaky neighbor stalk and kill?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 20 November 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The body of a 28-year-old mother is found in two suitcases in the trunk of a BMW. Ultimately a neighbor is arrested. Suspect Jeremiah Johnston kills and dismembers beautiful aspiring model Sara Zghoul. He then uses her cellphone and poses as her to throw police off, according to authorities. Joining Nancy Grace today to discuss the case:Judge Ashley Willcott- Judge, Trial Attorney, Anchor at Court TV James Shelnutt - 27-years Atlanta Metro-area Major Case Detective, Retired Swat OfficerDr. Tim Gallagher- Medical Examiner for State of FloridaDr. Lyz DeBoer- Licensed Psychologist, NY and PA, Corrections Psychology Intervention & Founder of Visionistas By Design Dave Mack- CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter

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0:00.0	I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new Cold Case Podcast, Zone 7.
0:04.1	We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized
0:09.1	experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on
0:13.6	to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.
0:18.0	We are going to solve these cases on air together.
0:22.4	Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app, the Apple Podcast app, or wherever you listen to
0:28.3	your favorite podcast.
0:36.3	Decapitated remains of the young mom stuffed in suitcases. It sounds like a horrible movie,
0:45.9	or some thriller or a work of fiction. But in fact, it is a horror story dreamed up in the mind
0:58.5	of a killer. What happened to 28-year-old Sarah Zagul?
1:11.5	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
1:18.4	A horrible and shocking, but with crap that's going on everywhere, it seems like it's just not too
1:24.0	surprising. Mike McHugh was at home in a lowa last night when deputies converged on his neighborhood.
1:29.5	Cops say they got a tip about a murder leading them to southwest Sirola and Hargis Street.
1:35.3	That's where they found this BMW and a woman's body in the trunk.
1:40.0	The victim is 28-year-old Sarah Zagul from a lowa. Neighbors can hardly believe it.
1:46.0	Because you're always seeing this kind of thing happening elsewhere, you'll wonder if anything
1:49.6	like this is ever going to affect your life. And then something like this happens and you start
1:57.2	wondering even more, you know. Sarah Zagul's Facebook page says she was a model actress and she went
2:03.2	to PSU. Now neighbors want to know how and why her life ended here.
2:08.6	Our friends at KPTV Fox 12, that was Jamie Wilson. What happened to a gorgeous 28-year-old girl,
2:17.3	Sarah Zagul? I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. Thank you for being with us.
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