r/ForensicFiles

Rewatched this episode for first time in awhile. First time I saw it was on an America Justice episode titled "Thrill Killers" like 20 years ago.

Don't see it talked about on here but it's dark as fuck. Any random couple out for drinks that night was a potential target which is frightening.

Rundown of what happened:

-BJ and Erica meet Martha and Joshua at a bar as they have drinks

-BJ and Erica have them come back to their hotel room where they pretend Erica's purse was stolen by Martha and Joshua in a twisted game.

-BJ pulls a gun out, makes the couple strip down, and they try to escape

-BJ shoots Joshua multiple times, ends up dismembering, takes bullets out of Joshua's body for a prize, and Erica ends up wearing Josh's ring around her neck the next few days.

-Erica ends up stabbing Martha to death then gets a tattoo the next day of a snake in the exact spot she stabbed Martha.

-BJ at one point was in the hotel tub with just Josh and Martha's heads floating in there having decapitated them.

-Cops end up arresting them for robbing Hooters but during the investigation they find Josh and Martha's ID's which leads them down the rabbit hole.

-Bullets with flesh on them, drain with hair and skin in it, along with the last picture of Joshua and Martha is found in their hotel room.

One of the sickest crimes I've watched on the show and the pictures in the days after the murders of BJ and Erica was some of the sickest shit I've seen.

Thoughts on this crazy ass episode?

How do I look?

The strength of Brooke Sutton never does not give me chills when I see this episode. She was a child who was victimized in the worst way possible and talked on camera with no blackout.

The fact they really leaned on the testimony of a 6 year old without DNA or other evidence is a topic in itself.

The actual killer is a prime example of why capital punishment should be swift and slow. Only a subhuman monster would bypass an adult to violate a child. Let alone anybody.

I just rewatched the Forensic Files episode covering the Rose Larner case and I keep coming back to how light the outcome seemed for Bill Brown

From what I understand he was a close friend of Rose Larner and was ultimately convicted but then received a relatively lenient sentence after cooperating and testifying against the other perpetrator

I get that plea deals and cooperation agreements are part of the system especially in cases where testimony helps secure a conviction against the primary offender but given the brutality of the crime I honestly feel like his involvement does not sit right with how little time he ended up serving

I am curious how others here view it do you think the sentence made sense legally given the cooperation or does it feel like he got off too easily considering what happened?

Season 10 Episode 36 “High ‘N Dry”
Think this dude wins best unibrow on the show. On top of his killer eyebrows, he was described as a “forensic plumbing expert”! Like how did he get into that field?! Is that what he dreamed of being as a child?! 😂 😂