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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Woman home alone stabbed, sex assaulted, left in bathtub of water. Who murdered Socialite Kay Thomasson?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Atlanta socialite Kay Thomasson is brutally stabbed in the neck in her own home. Her murder remains unsolved after nearly a year. With Nancy Grace today putting together the details is Former Assistant District Attorney Darryl Cohen. Medical examiner Dr. Tim Gallagher, Crime Scene Analyst Laura Pettler and Crime Online reporter John Lemley.

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0:00.0

I'm Joseph Scott Morgan.

0:01.7

I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.

0:04.8

The first time I've ever made a death notification on you after that moment

0:08.6

that I was going to try to be as compassionate as I possibly could.

0:12.0

Because when families are rocked by death,

0:14.9

the only thing they really want are answers.

0:18.1

They ask how, where, it was my job as a death investigator to bring those answers.

0:26.7

Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:37.1

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

0:56.7

What happened to Kay Thomason?

1:06.7

What happened to Kay Thomason?

1:13.6

The question still lingers months have passed

1:17.8

and the case remains unsolved, brutally murdered in her own home.

1:25.0

I visited the crime scene and from the outside looking in,

1:29.5

it looks like a postcard, a beautiful two-storyed home with a giant lighting fixture hanging down in the middle.

1:38.6

I perfectly kept front and back yard, beautiful furnishings in the home,

1:45.0

in the back you see a dish for the pet, the family pet,

1:51.9

everything's perfect.

1:54.1

Except for the dead body.

1:55.8

I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us with me in All Star

2:00.7

Panel, Darryl Cohen, former prosecutor now renowned defense attorney in the Atlanta jurisdiction.

2:07.5

Well-known medical examiner for the state of Florida, Dr. Tim Gallagher.

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