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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

High-Brow Olympian guns down star female Equestrienne...Do Bitter 911 calls reveal motive?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

It's a real case of he said/she said. Olympic Equestrian athlete Michael Barione is charged with attempted murder after he shoots his tenant. Lauren Kanarek tells police before the shooting she is being harrassed. Barione says he's having on going problems with her. Joining Nancy Grace to put together the story is Judge Ashley Wilcott, Forensics Expert Joe Scott Morgan, Psychoanalyst Dr. Bethany Marshall, Former NYPD John Cardillo, Dressage expert Deanna Corby, and Attorney Stephen Corby.

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0:00.0

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and over 12,000 healthful products. Founded by organic pioneer and farmer David Stelser,

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0:21.3

chemicals. Go to azurestandard.com. Membership is always free and it's so easy to get started.

0:29.5

Thank you, azurestandard, for being our partner. I'm Joseph Scott Morgan. I was the youngest

0:35.2

medical legal death investigator in the country. The first time I've ever made a death notification

0:39.7

on you after that moment that I was going to try to be as compassionate as I possibly could,

0:44.9

because when families are rocked by death, the only thing they really want are answers. They ask

0:52.1

how, where it was my job as a death investigator to bring those answers. Listen to Body Bags with

1:00.9

Joseph Scott Morgan, wherever you get your podcasts.

1:10.1

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

1:12.2

The Washington Township Police Officer screams over the radio after responding to a call at Hawthorne

1:25.0

Farm, an equestrian property and home in Long Valley, New Jersey.

1:32.8

The wounded victim, 38-year-old Lauren Canarek, bleeding and nearly unconscious.

1:37.6

The alleged shooter, Fivopathy and Canarek's landlord. A criminal complaint states Canarek and

1:42.4

Barassone had an ongoing landlord tenant dispute leading up to the shooting. Quote,

1:47.2

Michael Barassone shot me. He shot me twice. She told police when they arrived at the scene.

1:52.3

They discovered Canarek's fiance and Barassone on the ground wrestling for the gun.

1:56.8

According to the complaint when police took Barassone into custody at the scene, he reportedly stated

2:09.3

multiple times. I had a good life. You know, it's very rare. You hear fatal shootings amongst

2:17.3

Olympians. Now, every once in a while, you hear about doping or drugging.

2:24.5

And it tanks the entire arena. But when you hear of cold, blooded shootouts

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