Pastry chef-mom-veteran bludgeoned to death, killer 'EXCITED!'

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Air Force Veteran and mother, Mary Barrett is found beaten and stabbed in the basement of her home. A suspect, "emotional and excited," walks into the Plymouth Borough Police Department to report he killed Barrett. The autopsy determined Mary's cause of death to be from blunt force trauma, and the manner of death was a homicide. Who killed Mary Barrett? Joining Nancy Grace today:Angela Sperazza - (Lead Prosecutor), Chief, Major Crimes Division, Luzerne County District Attorneys OfficeDr. Debbie Joffe Ellis - Licensed Psychologist and Mental Health Counselor, Adjunct Professor: Columbia University, Author: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (2nd Edition) debbiejoffeellis.comKaren L. Smith - Forensic Expert, Lecturer at the University of Florida, Host of Shattered Souls Podcast, @KarensForensicDr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner, State of Florida www.pathcaremed.comJason Campo - Chief, Family Violence Unit, Cameron County District Attorney’s Office, Cameron County Texas, Presenter at Crimes Against Women’s Conference Bob Kalinowski (KAL-IN-OW-SKI) Reporter, The Citizens’ Voice in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA bobkal.com Instagram: @bob_kal Twitter: @cvbobkal

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0:00.0	How does a beautiful and brilliant young mom end up
0:13.0	bludgeoned dead, dragged in the basement for final hours,
0:19.0	languishing there for days on and before anybody figures out,
0:24.0	mommy's missing. Mommy's not just missing.
0:27.4	Mommy is dead. I wish you could see this woman. She's just beautiful, so full of life.
0:42.6	Why did this woman end up dead, bludgeoned, dying in the basement, left there for days on
0:50.4	and take a listen to this.
0:52.4	If you listen to Mary Susan Barrett's friends, they'll tell you about a woman who can turn
0:56.6	her hand at almost anything. Barrett, born in Louisville, Kentucky, but raised in Indiana.
1:02.6	Barrett has an associate degree in pastry chef and a master's degree in business administration.
1:08.6	She's also a mom. Barrett rounds out her resume with service in the US Air Force, including
1:14.0	three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to her Facebook profile, Mary
1:19.6	Mary's Daniel Barrett in May. The couple buys an historical colonial home which Mary
1:25.2	Barrett has been restoring during the COVID crisis. Outside the home, Barrett works as a
1:30.0	secretary for her hometown community, Plymouth, Burrow.
1:33.6	Wow, that's a lot to take, you're hearing from our friends at crimealine.com. Let me understand
1:37.6	this. A pastry chef and MBA, a veteran like on HGTV. She restores homes, works as a
1:44.6	secretary for the community, and to top it all off, she's a mom. It almost sounds too good
1:51.6	to be true. Joining me in all-star panel to break it down and put it back together again.
1:56.6	First of all, Bob Kalinowski, a reporter with the Citizens' Voice in Wilkesbury, Luzurin
2:02.6	County, there in Pennsylvania. And you can find him at Bob underscore Keir, and he's
2:07.6	the chief of family violence unit, Cameron County District Attorney's Office in Texas.
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