Man Stalks Estranged Wife, Sends Her "Death Flower" Knowing She Is Allergic

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Lisa and David Hernandez had been separated for a year before he starts stalking her, showing up at her job uninvited and unwelcome. He sends his estranged wife a bouquet of flowers with Lillies, "the Death Flower", knowing she is extremely allergic to them. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how someone can be killed by a blunt force instrument and a sharp-edged instrument at the same time and Dave Mack will fill in the story with the creepy stalking that David Hernandez allegedly did to his wife.

Transcribed Highlights
00:02:00 Introduction of Lisa Hernandez

05:12.52 Discussion of "Death Flower"

08:50.91 Talk about a tool as a weapon
14:17.46 Discussion of skull injury

19:46.20 Discussion of suspect knowing victim allergies

24:28.29 Talk about a "staged" scene
29:19.40 Discussion of allergic reaction
32:32.27 Discussion of blunt force and sharp force
36:26.87 Talk about tossing weapon / tool into lake
41:22.33 Discussion of Searching the bottom of a lake

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0:00.0	In the 90s, New York Detective Louis Scarcella locked up the worst criminals.
0:04.7	Putting bad guys away.
0:06.3	There's no feeling like it.
0:08.0	Then jailhouse lawyers took game led by Derek Hamilton.
0:11.5	Scracella took me to the precinct and alive.
0:14.3	20 men eventually walked free.
0:16.6	Now, in the Burden Podcast, after a decade of silence,
0:20.6	Louis Scarsella finally tells his story, and so does Derek Hamilton.
0:25.0	Listen to the burden on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. lasts.
0:42.0	with Joseph Scott Morgan.
0:57.8	I'd have to say that probably my favorite fruit would have to be strawberries. Love strawberries. I love fresh strawberries and I haven't always loved them but
1:01.0	there's a place that's very near and dear to my heart where I came
1:08.1	to love strawberries and it's a little town called Panchatula Louisiana. Panchatula has just finished up their annual Starberry
1:17.9	Festival and you know Louisiana is renowned for festivals. I mean you've got
1:21.6	everything for Gumbo Festival, the crawfish
1:24.3	Festival and they've been doing it for years and years and I like going to all of
1:28.2	things but for me there's nothing that beats the strawberry festival.
1:34.0	I have seen strawberries there the size of apples and it is a joyous occasion.
1:41.0	They've got strawberry jam, jelly, they've even got strawberry wine. And it is just a fantastic time. You know, you got
1:50.2	Cajun music, people are dancing around. And today I want to talk about a case that unfortunately
2:01.2	originated in one of my favorite places in Louisiana, Panchtula, Louisiana.
2:07.5	But the subject here is not going to be about strawberries.
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