Beautiful Mom of Three's Body Found Behind Abandoned Barn, Who Killed Joanna Speaks ?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 27 April 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
It’s a Saturday afternoon around 6 p.m. in early April. Ridgefield police department receive a call about a body, discovered on an abandoned property.
Police say not only were there signs that a homicide had occurred but "there are indications the body was moved." The body of Joanna Speaks, a mom of three, is identified. The medical examiner’s office confirms that the cause of Speaks' death was "blunt head and neck injuries."
So far there are no suspects.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Robyn Speaks- Victim’s Sister- https://www.gofundme.com/f/joanna-kyrstin-may-speaks
- Ariel Hamby- Victim’s Stepsister
- Jarrett Ferentino- Homicide Prosecutor in Pennsylvania; Facebook & Instagram: Jarrett Ferentino
- Dr. John Delatorre - Licensed Psychologist and Mediator (specializing in forensic psychology); Psychological Consultant to Project Absentis: a nonprofit organization that searches for missing persons; Twitter, IG, and TikTok - @drjohndelatorre
- Irv Brandt - Senior Inspector, US Marshals Service International Investigations Branch; Chief Inspector, DOJ Office of International Affairs; Author: “SOLO SHOT: CURSE OF THE BLUE STONE AVAILABLE ON AMAZON; Twitter: @JackSoloAuthor
- Dr. Maneesha Pandey - Chief Forensic Pathologist for Forensic Pathologists LLC in Ohio, Board Certified Forensic Pathologist
- Annette Newel - KXL News, Host, "Speaking Freely with Annette Newell," Alpha Media USA (based in Portland, Oregon); Twitter: @AnnetteNewell16
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| 0:00.0 | The Crime Stories with Nancy Grace |
| 0:07.0 | A body of a young woman found outside of a barn. |
| 0:20.0 | Why? Is that the primary, the secondary, the tertiary crime scene? |
| 0:26.0 | Why was she killed? Who is she? Will she forever be a Jane Doe? |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at FoxNation and Series XM111. |
| 0:42.0 | First of all, I want you to take a listen to our friends at KOIN. |
| 0:46.0 | Officials in southwest Washington are working to identify a body founded in abandoned property and rich field on Saturday night. |
| 0:53.0 | Police and fire crews discover the body near South Fifth and Seventy-Afe Place near the Family Dollar Store. |
| 0:59.0 | Clark County and Vancouver officials were also called in to investigate. |
| 1:03.0 | No word yet on a cause of death or identity will update you as we learn more. |
| 1:08.0 | Well, there's so much about that statement from our friends at KOIN. |
| 1:12.0 | We learn a lot, but there's big gaping holes in that. |
| 1:18.0 | We've got an all-star panel to make sense of what we know right now about the body of this woman found in this remote area. |
| 1:25.0 | But first I want to go to Annette Newell, KXL News host speaking freely with Annette Newell. |
| 1:32.0 | Annette, thank you for being with us. When they say they just state that police and fire crews discover a body at South Fifth and Seventy-Afe Place, |
| 1:43.0 | I doubt very seriously that the fire department happened to be just strolling by an abandoned barn. |
| 1:52.0 | So this had to come from a tip of some sort. |
| 1:56.0 | Yeah, there was a tip somebody called in a tip and the local fire department went out there and they discovered a body. |
| 2:04.0 | And since then the medical examiner found out this person died from blunt force trauma to her head and neck. |
| 2:13.0 | I want to talk about the shock of just suddenly discovering a dead body. |
| 2:20.0 | With me is Jared Fierntino, high profile homicide prosecutor, joining us out of Pennsylvania. |
| 2:27.0 | Jared, I've dealt with so many witnesses that come upon a dead body, a body, and it's something they never get over. |
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