Killer con 'cooks heart' of gorgeous neighbor, serves with skillet potatoes

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A hang-up 911 call leads police to find the bodies of two people and a third person injured. Lawrence Anderson has been arrested for the deaths of those two and the assault. It's now known that the victims were the convicted felon's family members. During his arrest, he confesses to another killing. Police find out that a neighbor was the first victim. Anderson broke into Andrea Lynn Blankenship's home, killed her, and cut out her heart. Anderson cooked the heart with potatoes, then tried to force-feed it to his family. Joining Nancy Grace today:Haylee Blankenship - Andrea's DaughterTim Cain - Blankenship Family Attorney, Wilson, Cain & AcquavivaDr. Shari Schwartz - Forensic Psychologist, Mitigation Expert, Trial Consultant Jeff Cortese - Former FBI Special AgentDr. Priya Banerjee, M.D. [BANNER-JEE] - Board Certified Forensic Pathologist, Anchor Forensic Pathology Consulting, Assistant Medical Examiner, State of Rhode IslandLevi Page - Crime Online Investigative Reporter, Host, "Crime and Scandal" True Crime Podcast, YouTube.com/LeviPageTV

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0:00.0	MUSIC
0:06.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:08.0	MUSIC
0:13.0	Cannibalism.
0:15.0	When many people think of cannibalism, they think of some group of people far away on another
0:24.0	continent that may still practice cannibalism. You may see it on a ride at Disney.
0:33.0	But the reality is that cannibal killers are part of American history going all the way
0:42.0	back to the grey man, one of the most notorious cannibal killers right here in the US.
0:49.0	Sadly, it's not just about movies and books and rides at Disney or somewhere else.
0:56.0	It's real. And there are real victims and real victims' families still reeling and
1:04.0	shock. And that leads me to Suspect Lawrence Anderson.
1:11.0	Modern day cannibal killer.
1:15.0	MUSIC
1:21.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
1:22.0	MUSIC
1:28.0	Chick-a-shade police getting a 911 hang-up call from someone in this home of Minnesota Avenue
1:34.0	after eight last night.
1:35.0	When they got there, they tried to make contact with the people inside the home.
1:40.0	And when they approached the front door, they heard someone calling for help.
1:44.0	Brook Arbiterin with OSBI says authorities forced their way inside the home and found
1:49.0	four people with stab wounds.
1:51.0	67-year-old Leon Pie and his four-year-old granddaughter found dead.
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