Killer Tortures New Mom To Death, Leaves Her Infant Alone To Starve

Destiny Duckett’s cousin couldn’t reach her by phone, so she stopped by her apartment to check on her. The cousin knocks on the door, but Destiny doesn’t answer. The cousin can hear the baby crying and she is worried. She calls police to do a welfare check and when they enter Destiny Duckett’s apartment, her 8-week old son is on the bed, crying, and his 22-year-old mother is on the floor, dead. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will look into the mysterious death of 22-year-old new mother, Destiny Duckett and Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how fingernails play a keep part in solving the murder.

Transcript Highlights

00:00:00 Introduction of case

00:02:20 Discussion of fingernails

00:05:37 Talk about cousin called police, heard baby crying

00:10:56 Discussion of protective order leading to arrest of suspect

00:15:26 Talk about leaving crying baby on the bed, alone, mother dead on floor

00:19:43 Discussion of body being the biggest evidence

00:24:16 Discussion of proving knees were on chest of victim

00:28:26 Talk about fingernail marks on the neck

00:33:55 Discussion of why suspect was already in jail

00:36:33 Conclusion – Convicted, sentencing to come

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