SHOCKER! Unsolved 1997 Rape/Murder SOLVED! Who Killed Margaret Anselmo

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Margaret Anselmo, 45, a floral designer, mother of two, left her apartment on the morning of January 3rd, 1997, to cash a check. A delivery driver found her body, face down in a snowy alley later that day. She had been raped and beaten to death. Police believed she was the victim of an apparent random act of violence. Her cause of death was due to blunt force trauma to the head. Her killer, not identified. Until now. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look at the life and brutal death of Margaret Anselmo as her very cold case from 1997 heats up, thaws out, and a suspect is identified. To find out how you can help Othram Labs continue the quest to solve the unsolvable, thaw out the coldest of cold cases, go to www.dnasolves.com

Transcribe Highlights
00:00.00 Introduction telling stories of the dead

03:01.22 January 3, 1997 Margaret Anselmo going to cash a check

08:26.31 Drag marks in the alley

14:08.92 Did Margaret have a regular route she took?

19:53.22 STR looking into the "known suspects"

24:20.14 Othram labs looks like a "starship"

29:14.34 Suicide is rarely mentioned in press

33:44.91 One piece of puzzle helps connect

34:11.62 Police say "if suspect was alive, he would be charged"

39:08.10 Donating to Othram

41:00.92 Conclusion

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.7	Quality Facts with Joseph Scott Moore.
0:09.4	I'm here to categorically tell you that, no, I have never talked to the dead.
0:19.8	All those years I've spent with the dead, all these years I've spent with
0:23.4	the dead, trying to tell their stories. I've never actually spoken with the dead. As a matter of
0:31.7	fact, if I ever do say that, make sure you send the people with the butterfly nets to take me away because it ain't real.
0:40.4	But I will submit to you that the dead can speak to us.
0:45.8	They can speak to us in a way that is actually a bit more scientifically based. They tell their stories through all that's left behind,
0:59.2	all that remains, if you will. Today, I'm going to tell you the tale of a lady who lost her
1:10.0	life at the hands of a monster.
1:13.9	And that monster left behind a message, a message in code.
1:18.6	As a matter of fact, a message in his DNA.
1:23.3	Because, unfortunately, he's no longer around to be held accountable for his brutality.
1:33.2	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan, and this is Bodybags.
1:50.6	They say, Dave, that our sins will find us out.
1:53.8	I've heard that ever since I was a little bitty boy.
1:56.2	My grandmother used to actually say that to me.
1:57.6	Nothing is hidden.
1:58.3	Well, nothing.
1:59.4	That's right.
2:00.5	All shall be revealed. And I can't sit here and definitively say that Othram Labs in Woodlands, Texas, is an instrument in the hand of the Almighty.
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