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Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, Welcome the Monday's Morbid Minute, a brand new

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Speaker 1: weekly bonus episode of Mother Nos Death. This is your

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Speaker 1: quick rundown of the week's most fascinating stories involving death, disease, medicine,

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Speaker 1: and injury, making headlines and rippling through the pop culture.

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Speaker 1: We'll tease the cases here, then we'll do a deep

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Speaker 1: dive into the pathology, forensics, and medical mysteries later on

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Speaker 1: in our normal Mother Knows Death episodes, in articles over

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Speaker 1: in the Grossroom, and during our weekly YouTube live bonus

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Speaker 1: episode exclusively for Grossroom members. If it's dark, disturbing, medically bizarre,

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Speaker 1: or just too good not to dissect, you'll hear it

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Speaker 1: first on Monday's Morbid Minute. Okay, let's get started with

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Speaker 1: crime and court cases. Actor director and Emmy Award winner

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Speaker 1: Timothy Bussfield, known for Thirty Something and Feel the Dreams,

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Speaker 1: and the husband of actress Melissa Gilbert, is finally in

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Speaker 1: police custody. Authorities issued and arrest warrant related to sexual

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Speaker 1: contact and child abuse charges tied to alleged incidents that

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Speaker 1: occurred decades ago while Busfield was working in television. After

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Speaker 1: the arrest warrant was issued, his whereabouts were unknown for

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Speaker 1: days until he finally surrendered to law enforcement, was taken

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Speaker 1: into custody, and has since denied all allegations in a

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Speaker 1: video he made online. The case is still currently moving

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Speaker 1: through the criminal court system, with prosecutors seeking to keep

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Speaker 1: him detained as proceedings continue. In Minnesota, a daycare worker

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Speaker 1: with the history of quote attention seeking behavior has been

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Speaker 1: charged with the death of an infant just days before

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Speaker 1: the child's first birthday. Investigators alleged the baby was suffocated

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Speaker 1: by the woman. The day care facility has been closed

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Speaker 1: and the case is moving forward through the court system.

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Speaker 1: In West Virginia, a stepmother has been charged with murder

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Speaker 1: after her so averely malnourished eleven year old stepchild died

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Speaker 1: in her care. Authorities say the autopsy revealed prolonged neglect

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Speaker 1: and starvation. Prosecutors upgraded the charges following medical findings, and

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Speaker 1: the case remains under investigation. In Pennsylvania, an eleven year

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Speaker 1: old boy is being handled in juvenile court after admitting

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Speaker 1: to fatally shooting his adoptive father during a dispute over

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Speaker 1: a Nintendo switch. Investigators say the child accessed a firearm

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Speaker 1: in the home and called nine one one after the shooting,

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Speaker 1: raising renewed concerns about gun access and storage in households

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Speaker 1: with children. Several sexual exploitation cases have also made the

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Speaker 1: news headlines this week. A Tennessee church deacon has been

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Speaker 1: charged after explicit images of his teenage babysitter were discovered

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Speaker 1: on his phone by his wife while she was holding

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Speaker 1: his phone during a dental procedure. In Florida, an o'callaman

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Speaker 1: was arrested after allegedly creating and possessing AI generated Sato

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Speaker 1: masochistic child sexual abuse material. In Michigan, a mother is

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Speaker 1: facing felony child abuse charges after allegedly holding a six

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Speaker 1: year old boy underwater in a swimming pool as retaliation

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Speaker 1: for bullying her son. She was arrested and booked on

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Speaker 1: a charge of aggravated child abuse. A man was arrested

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Speaker 1: on January fifteenth during a joint manhunt that began after

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Speaker 1: a thirty seven year old woman was found dead. Police

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Speaker 1: say her death was suspicious and was being treated as

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Speaker 1: a homicide. When authorities found and detained the man, he

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Speaker 1: was wearing a purple hooded sweatshirt that read I will

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Speaker 1: put you in a trunk and help people look for you,

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Speaker 1: stop playing with me. In medicine and health news, a

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Speaker 1: twenty one year old woman seeking care for persistent eyes

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Speaker 1: learned her symptoms were caused by a parasite affecting her cornea.

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Speaker 1: Doctors identified the infection after her condition worsened and she

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Speaker 1: underwent treatment to preserve her vision. A mother was found

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Speaker 1: not guilty by reason of insanity after her two year

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Speaker 1: old child died with toxic levels of benadryl in his system.

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Speaker 1: Medical experts testified that she was experiencing a severe mental

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Speaker 1: health crisis at the time. She has been committed to

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Speaker 1: a psychiatric facility. A lawsuit was filed against Pernuvo, a

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Speaker 1: company offering elective full body MRI scans, after a man

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Speaker 1: had a scan and was given a clean bill of health,

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Speaker 1: only to suffer a life threatening stroke eight months later.

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Speaker 1: In the suit, he alleges that the company overlooks signs

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Speaker 1: of trouble and scans of his cerebral arteries. Freak accidents

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Speaker 1: and unexpected deaths this week include two best friends vacationing

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Speaker 1: collapsed while they were digging in the beach. First responders

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Speaker 1: worked for hours to recover them, but both were pronounced

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Speaker 1: dead at the scene. Officials continue to warn about the

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Speaker 1: extreme danger of digging large holes in sand. A grocery

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Speaker 1: to examine workplace safety protocols and equipment safeguards at Universal

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Speaker 1: Studios in Florida, a seven year old woman yes seventy

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Speaker 1: year old woman was on a roller coaster died after

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Speaker 1: experiencing a medical emergency while riding the Revenge of the

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Speaker 1: Mummy attraction. The park stated that the ride was operating

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Speaker 1: normally at the time and authorities are reviewing the incident.

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Speaker 1: A Brazilian body builder known as Brazilian Popeye died from

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Speaker 1: complications linked to kidney failure after years of self and

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Speaker 1: in injecting oil mixtures into his muscles. He had previously

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Speaker 1: in pop culture and celebrity news. Model and reality television

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Speaker 1: personality Janis Dickinson shared graphic images of facial injuries she

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Speaker 1: said left her permanently disfigured following a fall during filming.

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Speaker 1: She has filed a lawsuit alleging negligence and long term

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Speaker 1: nerve damage. Stunt performer and actor Johnny Knoxville confirmed his

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Speaker 1: involvement in Jackass five, despite previously disclosing permanent injuries, including

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Speaker 1: brain damage from past stunts. Producers say new safety measures

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Speaker 1: are being discussed, and Gene Hackman's new Mexico home, you know,

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Speaker 1: the one that him and his wife, Betsy Arakawa died in,

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Speaker 1: is on the market for six point two five million dollars.

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Speaker 1: We will have much more to say about this later

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Speaker 1: in the week. In other death news, in washing In State,

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Speaker 1: and man was arrested after allegedly attempting to board a

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Speaker 1: commercial flight with the body of his dead wife. Airline

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Speaker 1: staffs alerted authorities when the woman appeared unresponsive, and investigators

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Speaker 1: are now determining when and how she died. Investigations into

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Speaker 1: prompting renewed concerns about how donated bodies are used. A

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Speaker 1: Pennsylvania editorial warned that donated bodies could be mishandled or

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Speaker 1: displaced without donor consent, calling for stronger regulation. This, of course,

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Speaker 1: high profile cases we have covered on the show and

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Speaker 1: in the Grosser Room this year. Finally, a lawsuit in

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Speaker 1: New York alleges repeated failures by child welfare agencies contributed

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Speaker 1: Brooklyn Bridge, claiming warnings were ignored for years. And that's

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