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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Private Eye Lures Stepmom to Reveal Location of Tot Boy Lucas Hernandez’s Tiny Body

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Emily Glass tells police she awoke from a nap and realized her 5-year-old stepson was missing from their Wichita, Kansas, home, but the 26-year-old woman waited hours before calling 911 for help. Six days later the body of the little boy, was found under a bridge. An autopsy could not determine how Lucas Hernandez died, due to advanced decomposition. The manner and cause of death were listed as “undetermined.” X-rays performed did not find any skeletal trauma. Lucas’ skeletal remains were held together via his clothing. “Debris, twigs, small rocks, and mud/soil” were found on his body, giving him a total weight of 20 pounds. The only deep, soft tissue that remained on the body was in his lower extremities. According to the report, “the hyoid bone and laryngeal cartilages are not identified. Joining Nancy Grace Today:Troy Slaten - Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, Slaten Lawyers, APC, Twitter @TroySlaten Dr. Shari Schwartz, Forensic Psychologist (specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy), www.panthermitigation.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrialDoc,David Marshburn - Private investigator, Director of Investigations for Search for Me Foundation, Former Bounty HunterDr. Kendall Crowns – Deputy Medical Examiner Travis County, Texas (Austin)Kristy Mazurek - Emmy Award-winning Investigative Reporter, President of Successful Strategies PR and Crisis Communications Firm

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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.

1:06.0

A five year old little boy seemingly goes missing, vanishing into thin air,

1:12.0

nothing left behind, but an open door. What happened to Lucas?

1:24.2

Take a listen to this 911 call.

2:24.5

You are hearing a 911 call.

2:28.3

Frank at Caller, the little boy is gone. Where is Lucas? Let's take another listen to that 911 call.

2:36.2

What is your son's name?

2:37.4

Lucas?

2:39.4

And you said he's five years old?

2:42.8

Here's five years old.

2:44.8

He white marks Hispanic or Asian.

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