Jack-in-the-Box Murder Mystery Becomes Fugitive Wife Murder Trial

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

Burned remains of a man found inside a foot locker and left in a blueberry field in Michigan were not identified for 13 years. In 2015 the case was called "The Jack-in-the-Box Murder because it was a catchy title. The remains were not identified until the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office received a tip in 2015 that gave them the information they needed to use dental records to identify the deceased as Robert Caraballo. Investigating Caraballo's life at the time of his death took investigators to the home he shared with his wife and stepdaughter. Joseph Scott Morgan will break down the forensics that brought this case to a conclusion and Dave Mack will help tell the story of how the Jack-in-the-Box Murder became The Fugitive Wife Murder Trial.

Transcript Highlights

00:00:44 Introduction of story a burned body in a trunk found in blueberry field

00:02:40 Talk about conspiracy and escaping to other side of the planet

00:05:28 Discussion of victim being alive with hammer stuck in skull

00:08:02 Discussion of injury caused by falling downstairs

00:12:34 Talk about how remains could not be identified

00:15:11 Discussion of evidence in hammer attack

00:19:49 Discussion of hitting head with a hammer

00:23:51Talk about how the skull breaks

00:28:19 Discussion of destroying a body

00:32:37 Discussion of “old school” identifying remains

00:35:15 Talk about the plan to push victim down the stairs, hit him with a bat

00:35:53 Talk about the conspiracy

00:38:01 Discussion of law in Italy for hotel guests

00:39:15 Discussion of cover-up

00:40:06 Beverly McCallum guilty on all charges

00:40:42 Talk about keeping a secret

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