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Inside the Lanny Horwitz crime scene

October 10, 2013 / 02:53

This episode discusses a crime scene investigation involving a possible suicide, featuring details about evidence collection and analysis. The guest, a crime scene investigator, shares insights on the complexities of the case.

The investigator describes arriving at the scene, initially informed of a possible suicide. Upon inspection, they noted the absence of forced entry and a clean environment, which raised suspicions about the circumstances surrounding the death.

Key evidence included a firearm found near the victim, Lanny, and indications that he attempted to call for help before dying. The investigator details the gruesome nature of the scene, with multiple gunshots and extensive blood evidence.

Throughout the investigation, the guest emphasizes the challenges faced, including spending seven days at the crime scene to gather all necessary evidence. The case involved only two individuals in the home, Radley and Donna, complicating the narrative.

The episode provides a stark look at the realities of crime scene investigations and the meticulous work required to piece together the events of a tragic incident.

TLDR

A crime scene investigator discusses a complex suicide case involving multiple gunshots and evidence collection.

Episode

2:53
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I respond to crime scenes and I process the scene by documenting um processing um collecting and preserving evidence so
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it's your job to basically arrive at the scene and get everything down photographically and document everything
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at a death scene yes um taking notes sketches pictures video when you were dispatched to the scene what had you
00:00:27
been told I was told that it was a possible suicide and when I arrived here I I knew
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something was not right there was no forced entry into the home I took pictures of every single window every
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door every lock and there was nothing which suggests what to you that it had to have come from inside the home the
00:00:52
place is clean there's nothing outside it looks very neat living room is very very neat
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there's no blood out here no broken glass nothing's turned over doesn't look like there was any type of struggle and
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then you walk into this door and there's just blood everywhere that is one of the
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firearms that was used um it had been moved before I got there the security guard said that it was in his hand when
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he got there in lanny's hand yeah suggesting perhaps a suicide correct at first we didn't know how many times
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he had been shot so there's obviously a lot of blood I know he tried to call for help we see a
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phone cord here that's near his head this is the phone receiver that's on the wall next to the shower the shower is
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right over here to the right so based on this you believe Lanny was trying to call for help I do this is the master
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bedroom I wanted to make sure I got his luggage in here he was going out out of town this morning so um I wanted to make
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sure I got that in there you've been at a lot of crime scenes uh in your career how how does this compare this is
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definitely a more gruesome one that I've seen um I've never seen this many shots
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fired there was bullet fragments everywhere I was at this house for 7 days I've never been in
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a crime scene for that long it it was a lot of work at the end of your CSI investigation what do you know about
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this case we have two M weapons it's isolated in one area of the home there were only two people in that house
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Radley and Donna

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Episode Highlights

  • A Gruesome Discovery
    The investigator arrives at a scene with no forced entry but blood everywhere.
    “There's no blood out here... and then you walk into this door and there's just blood everywhere.”
    @ 01m 09s
    October 10, 2013
  • A Call for Help
    Evidence suggests the victim was trying to call for help before the incident.
    “I know he tried to call for help... based on this you believe Lanny was trying to call for help.”
    @ 01m 50s
    October 10, 2013
  • Extended Investigation
    The investigator spent seven days at the crime scene, a record for their career.
    “I've never been in a crime scene for that long.”
    @ 02m 26s
    October 10, 2013

Episode Quotes

  • There's just blood everywhere.
    Inside the Lanny Horwitz crime scene
  • I've never seen this many shots fired there.
    Inside the Lanny Horwitz crime scene

Key Moments

  • Possible Suicide00:31
  • Call for Help01:50
  • Gruesome Details02:10
  • Extended Stay02:26

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