Fatal Embrace: Unraveling the Crime Against Dorothy Dusold

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Dorothy Dusold's life comes to a chilling end, her body marred by manual strangulation and the telltale signs of anoxic encephalopathy—a gruesome testament to oxygen deprivation and ensuing cardiac arrest. True crime experts Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack join forces to dissect this unsettling narrative, where familial love crumbles into fatal brutality. Diving deep into the psychosocial underpinnings, forensic evidence, and medical realities of the case, they guide us from the eerie echoes of the 911 call to the contentious forensic findings that sway the court. Through their exhaustive analysis, they illuminate not only Dorothy's agonizing final moments but also the grim medical trajectories that culminated in her tragic demise. This episode serves as a poignant and intellectually rigorous examination of the shadowy corners where family ties fray into lethal violence.

Time-coded Highlights:

00:00:20—Joseph Scott Morgan introduces the unique case of a daughter allegedly squeezing her mother to death.

00:02:40—Joe Scott and Dave Mack discuss the physical strength required to squeeze someone to death.

00:03:20 — The 911 call made by Cassandra Dusold is discussed.

00:04:20—Morgan lauds the invaluable role of first responders in high-stakes situations.

00:06:20 — The concept of deception in the case is introduced.

00:07:04 — Joe Scott Morgan explains what a 'code' means in a hospital setting, specifically a 'code blue' which indicates cardiac arrest.

00:08:31— The crucial steps in emergency cardiac care are outlined.

00:14:09 — Dave Mack opens up a dialogue on the unusual circumstances surrounding Dorothy Dusold's death.

00:16:40—Dave highlights inconsistencies in Cassandra's story, creating doubt about her credibility.

00:18:40, the possibility of Dorothy having bilateral black eyes and ear bleeding is explored.

00:27:49 — A medical breakdown of how the victim's throat was constricted is presented.

00:30:00, Joe Scott delves into various methods of manual strangulation, questioning the story told by Cassandra.

00:31:40 — The episode wraps up with the conviction of the perpetrator, Cassandra Dussault, for manslaughter.

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0:00.0	Bodybags with Joseph Scott Morgan. When you're in a relationship with someone, and I mean like a deep abiding relationship where you've known each other for a long time,
0:27.5	and there's something about a kiss that conveys a warmth and intimacy, certainly. But you know what's even better than that a hug as a matter
0:35.7	fact my wife though she does like to kiss don't get me wrong she loves a good hug
0:41.1	she loves that assurance I think we all do. My grandkids love it. I long to give them.
0:46.4	I pride myself on being a hug specialist. There's nothing like it. But I was reading the other day in all of the research that I do and something really caught my eye about a case that's finally come to a conclusion. And the headline is what got me. It did involve a parent and a child, but within
1:06.8	this headline the term squeezed to death like a python caught my eye. Curiosity got the best of me. I had to read on and
1:16.5	this case is something that I think is kind of an insight into maybe a familial
1:22.2	environment into a world that you would not otherwise see,
1:25.8	but unfortunately as the world is nowadays, people's family life plays out in the news and it certainly has in this case.
1:33.3	Today we're going to talk about a homicide where the daughter actually admitted that she
1:40.2	squeezed her mother to death like a python.
1:43.8	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan and this is body bags.
1:51.6	Dave, I'm not soliciting you for a hug.
1:54.0	Considering where this topic is going, I'm kind of relieved.
1:57.0	It puts a whole new light.
1:58.0	My wife always, these cases that I cover on television and stuff that, that of course that we do on body bags.
2:04.0	Kim will come to me every now and then she'll say, I can't get that out of my brain.
2:08.0	Because I run everything past her.
2:10.0	You know, we're a team on everything that we do and you know you run these cases by
2:14.0	and so anytime something happens like this it really sticks with you and you
2:19.9	begin to think about that connotation don't you? You have this warm family
2:24.2	environment and I've heard people say well we're not huggers in this family or I'm
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