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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Beautiful 28-yo Shannon Graves’ body parts sealed in plastic bags, stored in freezer while look-a-like allegedly steals identity

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A Youngstown, Ohio, woman who was reported missing in 2017 was discovered dismembered and stored in a freezer six months later. Now, three people are awaiting trial for the murder of Shannan Graves. Nancy Grace explores this disturbing case with experts including South Carolina medical examiner Dr. Michelle Dupre -- author of "Homicide Investigation Field Guide," Atlanta psychologist Dr. Wendy Dickinson -- founder of Grow Counseling, North Carolina family and divorce lawyer John Lemley.

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0:00.0

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0:29.5

Thank you, azurestandard, for being our partner.

0:38.7

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

0:44.8

A missing woman's body was the one being stored in a camel freezer. Police have just confirmed

0:50.8

that it was Shannon Graves. She hadn't been seen for several months. First,

0:55.3

New Zanker standbony is live outside of the Youngstown Police Department right now with more

0:59.6

information. I'm standing tonight just outside of the Youngstown Police Department, a downtown

1:04.4

Youngstown, where in the past hour, the police department has confirmed the identity of the woman

1:10.1

found Saturday in a freezer in camel. Her name is Shannon Graves. She is 28 years old for a while.

1:18.0

She was actually on the Ohio Attorney General's Missing Persons list. The confirmation of the

1:24.0

identity of Shannon Graves was made this afternoon after an autopsy done by the Kyle Hogue County

1:30.8

Corners Office. Shannon Graves, just 28 years old, goes missing for a period of time and then she is

1:38.8

reported missing by her family. So how does a body end up in a freezer? First, I want to find out,

1:49.1

well you know let's just start at the beginning. I'm Nese Grace. This is Crime Stories. I've got

1:53.9

an all-star panel lined up to figure this out. How does a woman go? A young woman in the prime of

2:00.4

her life just 28 years old. Got her whole life in front of her. Got parents, got siblings,

2:08.3

people that love her. How does she end up not just in a freezer? You know why it took so long

2:17.7

to figure out who it was. She was dismembered. What did they just move over the ground

2:24.4

babe? They just move her body over and reach through the ground babe down to the frozen pepperoni

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