Obsessed female staffer murders glamorous lady senator & orders hit on victim's hubby?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

There's a twist in the murder of Arkansas state senator Linda Collins-Smith. The suspect is facing new charges as details are released of an attempt to hire a hitman to kill the senator's ex-husband. The body of Collins-Smith was found wrapped in a carpet at the end of her driveway. The remains so mangled that she could not be immediately identified. Who killed Linda Collins-Smith? Joining Nancy Grace today:Ashley Willcott - Judge and trial attorney, Anchor on Court TV Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Beverly HillsCloyd Steiger - 36 years Seattle Police Department, 22 years Homicide detective, Author of "Seattle's Forgotten Serial Killer-Gary Gene Grant"Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet"Levi Page - Investigative Reporter CrimeOnline

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0:00.0	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan.
0:01.7	I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.
0:04.8	The first time I've ever made a death notification on you after that moment
0:08.6	that I was going to try to be as compassionate as I possibly could.
0:12.0	Because when families are rocked by death,
0:14.9	the only thing they really want are answers.
0:18.1	They ask how, where, it was my job as a death investigator to bring those answers.
0:26.7	Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.4	How does a gorgeous young state senator end up dead wrapped in a carpet?
0:53.4	I'm Nancy Grace.
1:02.2	I'm Nancy Grace.
1:03.4	This is Crime Stories.
1:04.4	Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Series X 7 111.
1:09.8	Take a listen to our friends at THV 11 Jordan, Howington.
1:13.9	Randolph County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene at around 545 PM and immediately
1:20.2	began securing the crime scene.
1:22.0	The deputy is joined by Arkansas State Police's Criminal Investigation Team, a sea of investigators
1:27.4	spotted coming through the former state senator's property.
1:30.7	Neighbors living around the crime scene chose not to go on camera because they said they're
1:34.4	scared to speak out, but they said this whole ordeal is like a mystery.
1:38.8	Colin Smith's home located right off highway 90 in the Edgewood neighborhood.
1:43.4	A one that people here told us off camera is typically quiet.
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