The Mansion Murder Mystery | The Homicide of Dr. Devon Hoover

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Body Bags, hosts Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack unpack the chilling homicide of famed neurosurgeon Dr. Devon Hoover, who was found in his Detroit mansion. They discuss the details of the murder, the physical evidence, the complexities of the gunshot wounds, the forensics, and theorize about the identity of the murderer and their familiarity with the residence.

Time-codes:

00:00 - Introduction.

01:20 - Dr. Devon Hoover.

02:45 - of Dr. Hoover's grand home and his profession.

05:30 - The demanding path to neurosurgery.

07:40 - Skills required for neurosurgery.

08:10 - Dr. Hoover's personality and devotion to work.

10:00 - Introduction to "crawlspace" in relation to the murder.

12:15 - Discovery of Dr. Hoover's body in the attic crawlspace.

13:00 - Peculiarities in the murder scene.

15:30 - Postmortem changes and body positioning.

16:40 - Importance of postmortem interval in the case.

17:15 - Speculation on potential suspects and motives.

18:55 - Dr. Hoover's attic.

20:00 - Forensic analysis of Dr. Hoover's gunshot wounds and the intimate nature of the crime.

23:20 - Evidence suggesting the perpetrator's familiarity with the house.

26:10 - Detailed impact of a close-range gunshot wound.

28:30 - Examination of the array of forensic tests.

30:30 - Observations indicating the murderer might be known to the victim, such as lack of forced entry.

31:05 - Perpetrator's meticulous body cover-up, suggesting a personal connection.

32:55 - Outro.

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0:00.0	Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan
0:20.2	One of my favorite things to do, particularly when I'm back, back home down in New Orleans
0:24.8	from my family down there is if I ever have an opportunity, I love to go visit old homes,
0:30.5	particularly those that are opened during the holiday season, you really get to appreciate
0:35.6	the beauty of them because the homes down there are so very old. And you can tell that people
0:41.6	love them at one point in time or love the idea of them. They dumped a lot of money into them.
0:47.6	Maybe 100, 150, maybe 175 years ago. It comes through, it kind of echoes down through time.
0:55.2	And you can see where people lived a life. And I think that that's quite remarkable.
1:02.4	It really is. It's not like something that was thrown up recently, you know, and has no,
1:08.3	I don't know, I guess word is patina on it, you know. It's a dwelling that people existed in.
1:14.5	But today, I gotta say, there is a homicide that has occurred. In arguably one of the wealthiest
1:24.3	areas in the Metro Detroit city area up there, it involves an old house, a house that was
1:33.4	renowned, a house that was loved, and a house that was known for hospitality. And, you know,
1:41.6	I think truly that's one of the great things that truly makes a home an inviting place.
1:47.8	We're going to talk today about the homicide of Dr. Devon Hoover.
1:53.8	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan. And this is Body Bags.
2:01.9	Dave, I started reading this story about Dr. Hoover up in Detroit. And we hear a lot about
2:10.0	Detroit and how dangerous it is. And for a long time, I feel sorry because Detroit is one
2:16.8	of the grand cities of America. It was for a long time. There was a lot of wealth up there for
2:21.9	a long time. You can still see remnants of that. If you ever visit, visit Detroit. You go out
2:27.7	by the lake and you see some of these mansions that people in Dwelled all those years ago that had
2:33.4	just wealth that many of us cannot even begin to imagine. And I think that that's what we're dealing
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