School Teacher Strangled in bed; Daughter, 11 downed in family tub.

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Allison Abitz, 43, was found strangled to death in her home. Her 11-year-old daughter, Jozee, was also found, drowned in the bathtub. A short time later, two other relatives are also found murdered and the hunt is one for a killer. A motorcycle is found behind the home of victims Daniel Stephan, and his wife Pamela. The bike belongs to JT McLean, Abitz's long-time boyfriend. The long haul trucker was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in South Dakota, hundreds of miles from the scene of the crimes. Joining Nancy Grace Today:Wendy Patrick - California prosecutor, author “Red Flags” www.wendypatrickphd.com 'Today with Dr. Wendy' on KCBQ in San Diego, Twitter: @WendyPatrickPHDDr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA www.angelaarnoldmd.com, Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial HospitalJoe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Featured on "The Piketon Massacre: Return to Pike County" on iHeartRadioAngenette Levy - Emmy-nominated Reporter & Anchor, Twitter: @Angenette5

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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,
0:55.9	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:05.8	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
1:07.6	A double murder, including the death of an 11-year-old little girl.
1:27.2	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
1:28.9	How did it all start? Take a listen to our friends at ABC 17.
1:39.6	Late Sunday night, Boone County Sheriff's Office responded to the victim's home on Lavender Drive,
1:45.1	South of Columbia, after getting a call from a concerned family member.
1:49.2	Their WDs found 43-year-old Alison Abits and her daughter, Josie, dead in their home.
1:54.5	This school year would have been Alison's six-year with Fulton Public Schools.
1:58.4	A co-worker from Alison's previous job at Tipton Elementary said students in both districts
2:03.6	will need support from the losses. Think the first action is um,
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