Boy, 11, Tortured To Death By Parents Who Stage Murder Scene To Look Like Suicide
Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Brigham Young Merrell calls 911 and says he found his son hanging from coaxial cable and he is unresponsive. Merrell tells 911 he is doing CPR on the boy, but when first responders arrive, Merrell is not performing CPR, he is kneeling next to his son. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack explain what was taking place in the home where an 11-year-old boy was murdered, and his death staged as a suicide by the alleged killer, his father.
Host Joseph Scott Morgan
Co-Host Dave Mack
Transcribe Highlights
00:00.35 Introduction - Life of 11-year-old
03:22.97 Utah - Child Torture charge
04:54.45 Dad tells 911 he is doing CPR on child
10:03.70 Treating child is different than adult
15:01.05 Dad changed clothes while son being treated by EMTs
19:50.02 Dad found son hanging by coaxial cable
25:08.41 Is anyone manipulating the scene?
31:49.08 Items discarded, surfaces painted
35:16.34 Years long abuse of the children
40:04.12 Mother said they switched to beating with pans to avoid leaving marks
46:02.31 Conclusion
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.7 | Body Facts with Joseph Scott Moore. |
| 0:09.9 | Think back to when you were 11 years old. |
| 0:14.6 | The whole world is in front of you. |
| 0:17.5 | And you don't really know it at the time, but the world that you have is |
| 0:22.3 | generally pretty cool, right? You know, you're thinking about going out, riding your bike, |
| 0:26.0 | hanging out with your buddies. For me, it used to be able to, it used to be going into the front yard |
| 0:31.4 | with one of my best friends. We were either throwing the football, throwing grounders to each |
| 0:35.3 | other, or shooting baskets. |
| 0:38.4 | All right. |
| 0:38.6 | And then we get on our bike and we would ride and we'd explore and we'd just hang out. |
| 0:42.5 | I never went inside the house. |
| 0:44.4 | And, you know, for me, that's the way life is supposed to be for a kid. |
| 0:52.6 | Unfortunately, in the world in which we live now, there is a thread of evil that runs through |
| 1:01.0 | it. |
| 1:02.0 | And yeah, if I sound rather downcast and ominous in my voice, understand, I'm about to tell you |
| 1:10.4 | why. Because I'm going to tell you why. |
| 1:11.0 | Because I'm going to tell you about a case today that is so incredibly dark |
| 1:16.7 | that it will absolutely chill you to the bone. |
| 1:22.6 | It's a case that never should have happened. |
| 1:26.4 | And unfortunately, unfortunately unfortunately the recipient of the |
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