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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Man and Fiancé Murdered in Their Sleep

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

It's been fifteen years since Judy Conley said good night to her son, then woke up to the news that he'd been murdered in his bed. Curtis Francis was gunned down alongside his fiancé, Jennifer Burgette. No suspect has been named in the case, but there's lots of speculation in this rural Ohio community. The discovery of a well at the home where Francis was last seen, uncovered two weapons. Those weapons were lost when the fire department, working with police to recover the guns, blew out the bottom of the well. Investigative Reporter Jody Barr found a statement in another murder case, where the suspect offered information in exchange for a deal in his case. That information has not come into play in solving the Hopper Road murders. Joining Nancy Grace Today:Judy Conley - Curtis Francis' MotherAngela Montgomery - Cousin of Curtis Francis, justiceforcurtandjenny@yahoo.com, Facebook: "Justice For Curtis Francis and Jennifer Burgette"Troy Slaten - Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, Slaten Lawyers, APC, Twitter @TroySlatenDr. Jorey Krawczyn - Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. - Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide,” bw-institute.comJoe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Featured on "The Piketon Massacre: Return to Pike County" on iHeartRadioJody Barr - Chief Investigator, FOX 46 Charlotte, NC, former investigative reporter FOX 19 Cincinnati, OH, Facebook: "Jody Barr KXAN", Twitter: @JodyBarr

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0:00.0

I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new Cold Case Podcast, Zone 7.

0:04.1

We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized

0:09.1

experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on

0:13.6

to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.

0:18.0

We are going to solve these cases own air together. Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app,

0:25.2

the Apple Podcast app, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.

0:29.8

I'm Joseph Scott Morgan. I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.

0:34.8

The world that I inhabited gave me insight into things that most of the general public

0:39.6

can't even begin to imagine, always having to view the app normal in the context of the normal,

0:45.7

to make them make sense if you will. When all is said and done, I was the voice of the dead.

0:51.5

Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

0:57.2

or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:05.8

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

1:11.6

Why are so many dead bodies piling up in one small town, Pigton?

1:20.0

Today, two people, deeply in love, planning a life together,

1:26.9

go to sleep just before Christmas. They never wake up, shot dead in the night.

1:36.8

Why is there no resolution?

1:40.4

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

1:54.9

Curtis, Francis, and Jennifer Bergett made plans for a future together.

1:58.4

They were engaged in and talked about having children.

2:00.8

That was something friends say Francis was excited about, starting a family of his own.

2:05.3

Francis was also an avid outdoorsman. He loved to hunt and fish, and was close to and

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