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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

EXCLUSIVE: Hear it! 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' co-star says he cried after finding out the mom he tried to help, lied about child's fatal illness. She's now charged with murder.

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.2 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Olivia Gant's mother writes to "Dog the Bounty Hunter" co-star Bobby Brown about her terminally ill daughter and her siblings. Brown surprises the family with a memorable Christmas. When Olivia Gant dies, her mother blames it on medical issues. But now police charge the mother with murder, saying she faked the girl's illnesses for cash and attention. Joining Nancy Grace to discuss the case:Bobby Brown: Denver Bail Bondsman who appeared on "Dog the Bounty Hunter" & helped the family of Olivia Gant  Sharon Liko: Denver AttorneyJeff Cortese: Former Special Agent FBIDr Bethany Marshall: Psychoanalyst  Karen Smith: Forensic Expert of Bare Bones Consulting  Levi Page: CrimeOnline reporter

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Joseph Scott Morgan.

0:01.7

I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.

0:04.8

The first time I've ever made a death notification on you after that moment

0:08.6

that I was going to try to be as compassionate as I possibly could.

0:12.0

Because when families are rocked by death,

0:14.9

the only thing they really want are answers.

0:18.1

They ask how, where, it was my job as a death investigator to bring those answers.

0:26.7

Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:31.4

Who loves you the most in the world?

0:39.3

Mommy, who would take a bullet for you?

0:42.5

Mommy, who's there taking care of you when you're sick at night,

0:46.5

when you scrape your knees, when you're growing up and you need direction

0:50.6

or a place to come home to?

0:52.7

Mommy.

0:54.2

But that, according to prosecutors, was not the case.

0:57.7

For a little seven-year-old girl, Olivia Gantt.

1:02.1

This little girl seemingly had lived through so many serious, serious health ailments,

1:09.2

surgeries, all sorts of invasive procedures all the while.

1:13.7

Mommy stood by taking care of Olivia.

1:18.4

Or did she?

1:20.4

Now, Olivia is dead.

1:30.4

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

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