The fire department shows up at the home of one of their own and find Melissa Lamesch unconscious on the kitchen floor as her home goes up in flames around her. She is on maternity leave from her job as an EMT and is expecting her baby to be born any day. Melissa Lamesch and her unborn baby die in what authorities believe is asphyxiation from the fire. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will breakdown how trying to burn evidence of a crime, oftentimes creates the evidence needed for conviction.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transcript Highlights 
00:00:08 Introduction of fire set to cover-up a murder 
00:01:18 Talk about fire and smoke 
00:03:10 Discussion of smoke as evidence 
00:05:05 Discussion of woman, 9 months pregnant, dying in a fire 
00:08:35 Talk about how healing takes place after being burned  
00:11:26 Discussion of hair catching fire in bathroom 
00:14:43 Victim is on maternity leave from job as EMT 
00:18:53 Discussion of the mother and her baby 
00:22:53 Discussion of monoxide 
00:28:01 Talk about suffocation 
00:33:33 Discussion of fire splash patterns 
00:36:55 Talk about the family talking to officials after the fire 
00:40:46 Discussion of dealing with the death of pregnant mother 
00:43:10 Conclusion, Matthew Plote convicted for Murder  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.