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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Film crew finds dead body; And Dad/husband charged with HOMICIDE in "assisted suicide" of ill wife.

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

A film crew stumbles over a decomposing body. Nancy Grace details events leading up to the discovery of remains of a father of six missing for five months. Who killed Lanard Curtaindoll? Also today, a loving husband is charged in the assisted suicide death of his terminally ill wife. Was it really murder? Our panel of experts include Forensics Specialist Joseph Scott Morgan, Clinical Psychologist Dr. Ryan Fuller, Defense Attorney Paula Notari, Medical Examiner Dr. Tim Gallagher and Investigative Reporter Dave Mack.

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0:00.0

The

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Crime

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Stories

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With Nancy Grace

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Over the past four weeks, the family went out searching fields and vacant homes in both

0:14.3

Pontiac and Detroit.

0:16.2

Those efforts have turned up nothing.

0:18.5

Police tell the family they found Kurt and Gauss SUV from that night.

0:22.7

But there's been no activity on the cell phone or credit card.

0:26.7

Leading me to believe it's more to it than what people are talking about.

0:32.8

And they're not talking.

0:33.8

I'm Nancy Grace.

0:34.8

This is Crime Stories.

0:35.8

Thank you for being with us.

0:37.3

Take a listen to our friend, Jermott, Terry at NBC4.

0:40.0

And investigators need tips because with each passing day, it gets harder to believe a father

0:44.8

would deliberately desert his family like this.

0:48.2

No, they're not knowing it's the worst part ever.

0:51.0

Now the family insisting that this is completely out of character for Kurt and Gauss.

0:55.4

Now they do plan to do another search effort at vacant homes and buildings throughout

1:00.4

Detroit and in Pontiac.

1:02.7

Right now police are only saying that this is a missing persons case, but the family suspects

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