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Morgan Baggott
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Woody Overton
Thank you. Hello, everybody, and welcome to this episode of Real Life Real Crown the podcast. As always, I'm your host, Woody Overton. Today continuing hashtag just for Bradley. And I guess this could be part six after we dropped the Was it part six or part five? Morgan.
Austin O'Banion
It's six.
Woody Overton
Part six.
Austin O'Banion
But five happened.
Woody Overton
Yep. And so five happens. So this is part six. Now, y'. All. I know y' all love and cherish Morgan, right? And. And Morgan is our own special great monster. But you got to keep Morgan from the podcast side. I think Morgan thinks I'm rude to her sometimes, but I'm not because Morgan has so much going on inside her head. And I warned you ahead of time, Morgan. Yeah. By the way, Ms. Morgan baggage in the house or whatever on the screen if you're watching it. But I warned Morgan ahead time. I said, you know you took up this fight, you've doing this all these years and you built up this following on. On Tik Tok and. And all that stuff. But this is going to be different. And as we tell Bradley's story, the. That reaches outside of your TikTok universe, right? And then we. People are going to start being pissed off and people are going to start wanting to be involved. And some people get involved for the right reasons. Some people get involved for the wrong reasons. And I was right ever since Upper one, episode one, it grows and it grows and. And I told them, Oregon after episode one, I said watch and see episode two a week later. That's another reason. I space them out, y'. All Give people time to talk about it and catch up on it, etc. Then episode three, right? Start in the pot again, more comes out. Episode four and then back to back episode five, well, you know what? The pipes just about overflowing. So you would think I spent all day on the phone today with different people on this case and most of them don't want to be. Are we going to remain anonymous? And some of them will go on the record at some point and that's fine. The. But it's a. It's a shit show, right, Morgan? It's war.
Austin O'Banion
It is. It's. It's gotten more crazy every time I think and this has been for a long time. Every time I think it can't get more insane, it gets twice as more insane.
Woody Overton
Well, and we're only getting started. That's a. The what I was trying to warn you about before we got started. I actually told Morgan last week, y', all because I could feel it weighing on. I said if you want to quit, you can quit. And I said absolutely. Stop it right now. And she said absolutely not. I just need to clear my head and stuff like that. And I get that. And in. But you know, if it wasn't for you, this wouldn't be happening. We know that Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office hasn't done dick. And the. You know, we also know that Bradley didn't deserve to be murdered. Right? And this whole story should have been investigated, should have been handled differently. But that's hindsight is 20 20. The. The focus now is to bring all this together. And it's so much more than tick tock, y'. All and the, the calls and the messages and you know, I got the tip line number 313rrc tip. But just many people called me on my personal cell phone and course messages and everything else. And I know you're getting a ton. Because Morgan will hit me up and be like, oh, I got this. I'm like, not even. Don't even respond a lot of times, because I'm just putting it there till the next time we talk or what have you. Because this is all night long. 2 o' clock in the morning, 3 o' clock in the morning, during the daytime right now, probably. Oh, I need to turn my ringer off right now, probably the. It's about to happen again. And I just got done talking to two more ladies out. Morgan, look you there. Okay, I see. I just got done talking to two more ladies, like, minutes before this broadcast and this earlier today, I talked to two separate people before that. And that's not even a quarter of who I have to contact. Right? So. But it's going. Y' all sharing and doing the hashtag justice for Bradley is what's going to solve this case. Because all these people aren't wrong. All right? I'm not saying all of them are telling the truth or all of them have correct information, but I'm telling you, somebody does, and we're going to find out what that is. Morgan?
Austin O'Banion
Yeah. Can you hear me?
Woody Overton
Yeah.
Austin O'Banion
Okay. I'm ready when you are.
Woody Overton
Okay. So what we're going to do, y', all. And I didn't know because I hadn't really planned it out. I know what we ended last time was talking about Austin o' Banion and the information that she gave, allegedly, to Detective Vance. And he told you in the office, or you find out, whatever that. That she was there when Bradley was murdered and they disposed of his body and what have you. And she disclosed this. Evidently, Detective Vance told you that she passed a polygraph on it. And there's another person who was incarcerated with her said she told her basically the same story, except for who picked whom up, some small details. And I understand that part, but then she's found dead naked. Tell me what. Let's do the. We're gonna get an Austin abandoned story today. And. And that is not to take away from. From Bradley, because I totally think they're related 1,000%. But, Morgan, I'm just gonna let you talk, and then I'll say what I have to say. But I do want you if you have knowledge, because what you have not. Have not pre. Discussed this. If you have knowledge from whatever sources now, y', all. Unless Morgan wasn't there. I wasn't there. They were simply repeating what was told to us by other people. All right? And we'll even play A little audio clip of something that somebody else sent in today to Morgan. But the. During. You can tell all the different versions that you have, Morgan, that you've heard and. Etc. But during that, I want to know specifically. Specifically the. The condition of her body. All right, because y'. All. And we're going to tell you the. The law enforcement authorities supposedly said she didn't have a scratch on her. And I have a lot to say about that. And I have some things that I know that I can disprove that have been the rumors and speculation. But we'll get into that after you go on it. But more than I. I'm talking about everything from clothing to if she had any marks on her body. So you take the floor. What happened? What have you been told? You say names. Don't want to say names. Whatever. I'm a shut up. Which is rare for me. What have you been told about Austin getting out of jail and what happens?
Austin O'Banion
So, you know, just to rewind from my mind, you know, we ended last episode with. With Vernon Parish Sheriff's office David Vance specifically telling me over the phone there was not a single scratch on Austin Ovanion's body. So I know that. I know that. That Austin's dead at this point of that phone call. And I knew in my gut that what was being told to me just. It just didn't sit right. It just wasn't the truth. And I wondered, like, do they. Do I actually have in bold black letters, stupid written across my forehead? And is anybody else gonna know what I know? Or. My world was spinning like I was spiraling and I didn't know. I didn't know what was next. But days go by, and in her.
Woody Overton
Arrangement, this is all. This is all after Bance tells you at some point we have the person that confessed. Blah, blah, blah. Bradley was wearing this wristband and all this. Etc. And this is after that. You called him and said, austin o' Banion's dead. Except your cousin came in and told you in your home while you were cooking dinner, Austin o' Banion is dead. You put it together. You call David. You call David Vance. And he said, I'm doing this for listeners. He said unequivocally, yeah, she's there, but she didn't have a scratch on her.
Austin O'Banion
Exactly. This is. This is that phone call. So I missed. I missed days of work. I know that Austin obi. That I didn't even know this woman who I had never laid eyes on in my life was dead. And I'm being lied to that it was an accidental overdose after just telling a story like that. And those days following that phone call with David Vance and confirming that it was Austin o' Banion and that she was dead and that he called it an unfortunate coincidence and an apparent overdose and that her story died with her. I'm just. I'm not. I'm not. Well, I'm not doing good. And I missed days of work, and I. I felt extremely compelled to go to her. Her funeral, her. Her wake. And it just an urgency, like, I knew I had to be there. And I don't. I didn't know how. I didn't know if her family knew who I was. I didn't know if her family knew her story. I didn't know if they knew anything about Bradley. I just knew. I just felt like I had to be there. And I go. And I pulled up. I just. I'm sitting out by myself. I did a lot of things. I pulled up into the driveway. Church. And I thought to myself, christian Living Church was a huge, huge church. And I said, my goodness, it's such a big church. You know, why are they having it there? Well, I found out the second I put my blinker on, there were vehicles parked. It's a long driveway all the way to 171. And there were hundreds. There were. And. And this is not exaggerating, and maybe there was more. When I walked into that church, 300 people inside of that church there for Austin O' Banion and her family. And what do I see as I walk through the sanctuary? I'm crying. I'm losing it. It took me forever to walk in there. And I called my sister and I said, you know, I know I do things alone, but I can't stop crying. And I don't know what I'm gonna do. Like, I just fell apart. And she said, you're gonna have to leave or go in there like that. And that's what I did. And I walked through the sanctuary, and I looked towards where the casket was, and it was a closed casket. Immediately. Why? You know, Austin was beautiful, so. She was such a beautiful girl. Light. I've seen so many pictures. Light just beamed from her eyes. Why, if there wasn't a scratch on her body, I thought it right then and there, why would her casket be closed? What's going on? And I had very brief moments with certain members from her family at that funeral. I was informed by one of them, armed up by them. And they know exactly who you are, and it means the world to us. That you are here and you know, I just go on. We don't have contact after that. A lot of time went by. I was trying to be respectful, give them their time. This is not the kind of thing that you push, but I was dying for information and dying to know what they knew. Some of the things that I was hearing, awful rumors I heard, just beat and banged up, unclothed, face down in the trailer park. One thing that I kept hearing was that Austin's tongue was cut out.
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Austin O'Banion
And with all the rumors that was true. Some of her family members have recently told me that they did receive a phone call from someone who trans body and that is what this person.
Woody Overton
That her tongue was taken out. Now I'm gonna go ahead and address that while it's rolling and certainly I can't prove it one way or another, but I've talked to several individuals that said that Absolutely was not true. And so. But I'll address the rest of. But I can't. I don't know if they're right or wrong. But we're going to get into autopsy reports and all that in a minute. So keep going.
Austin O'Banion
1. One person is a Vernon Parish there. And just for the record, there is no way possible, period, on this earth that I can be connected back to this person who told me this. And like we're saying right now, we don't know if it's true or not or why this person told me this, but that there was foreign objects in every orifice of Boston. I don't know what if there's truth in that.
Woody Overton
Okay, the. Let me tell you this. There's always going to be. Not always. 90% of time there's a grain of truth to all the speculation, the rumors, but a lot of it's gonna be bullshit. And. But the. Whoever worked the scene knows what really happened. And then I'll tell you as a listener, if you're out there and you. You saw directly what happened, let's say you saw Austin's tongue was actually cut out. You can remain anonymous. Call me. But you know, I talked to different people and I'm not gonna name sources, including law enforcement, etc. But that, that, that part wasn't true. Being unclothed, that part is true. The. We'll get into the rest of it. I'm not saying that. That her tongue wasn't. I'm not saying that they didn't do it later on in a nefarious way or whatever. I'm just saying as of what I know, other than what you said is what other people have told me, which is the tongue part. Look, I was a homicide attack for a long time. Motherfucker had his tongue cut out. We knew we had problems and there's no getting around that. And you're not going to hide a tongue being cut out with a closed casket. When they do an autopsy, they start at the top of your head, they peel off your face. They start by popping the top of your skull off and taking your brain out. And they go down every organ down your body all the way through, okay? To cut you open, take out everything away. It. Etc. If her tongue was missing, it would. Should have been on the first autopsy. If the first autopsy was dirty, and I'm not saying it was, and they went to the second autopsy, which I do believe that happened, then certainly the second person, the. The second pathologist would have noted her tongue is cut out. I also Heard that her tattoos were cut off. I don't have anything to prove that that I also have heard that her tattoos were not cut off. But the you know back to I.
Austin O'Banion
Have information that her autopsy and this is coming from her family. Her autopsy was not conducted in Beaumont. It wasn't signed by any one period in Beaumont. They actually waited seven months to receive any kind of and and they actually had to go and get it from a local doctor seven months after her.
Woody Overton
Tell me what you've heard from the family. Let's just skip to the meat of the bones and we know we got all kinds of what I call walls wild ass speculations but again there's. There's some truth in there somewhere. The if not all of it, I don't know. I wasn't there. But the you the family members remaining off the record and I've been reached out to them by them and and I'm gonna do my stuff face to face. But you tell me what what you've been told and y' all again, this is from Morgan, the mouth of Morgan Baggott. Just like what she told us about Detective Vance and what have you. The Do I think Morgan is lying on the No, I don't think she's lying on any of it. And I know I've been reached out to you by the same family members. So go ahead Morgan.
Austin O'Banion
One, one important we very briefly rewind for just a second. Before. Before Austin's death one thing occurred that I have to tell that's so important. Austin o'. Banion. I'll just say it and I'll get.
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Austin O'Banion
To obtain evidence that she said she inside of her home.
Woody Overton
And hey, stop. Stop for a second. Can you get close to your microphone or something? I know when it cuts out the video will pick it up later on but I couldn't hear you said Austin o' Banion and it cut out.
Austin O'Banion
Was brought before her death. And the she arrives at her house with two detectives, one narcotics agent, one detective as told to me by some of her family members. She comes out with a cardboard box and gives it to them and they leave. And later that night some of her family spoke with Austin in jail and they said, you know what, what did you purchase today? And she kept saying oh, it was just. It was just my shirt. I just needed my shirt. And they said they're not. What are you talking about? They're not going to let you have that or wear that in jail. What are you talking about? He said it was just my shirt. I just had to come get my shirt. He kept saying that over and over again. And let me.
Woody Overton
Let me repeat it in case it doesn't catch up. She's saying that you're saying on the night that she went to jail, her family members tell. Told you, I just lost. When you moved it, I can't see your camera. The family members told you, and I'd heard this, too, that the law enforcement brings her to the residence and she leaves. She leaves with the box. Right. Cardboard box. And then she goes to jail. Correct.
Austin O'Banion
She goes back to jail. They leave with a cardboard box in Austin to a detective and a narcotics agent and Bird and her talk later that night. And he's saying, you know what? They're. He's telling her family, I just. I just had to get my shirt. It was just my shirt. And they said, but they're not gonna let you wear that, you know, and jail. What do you mean? What are you talking about? And she just kept saying, and I just had to get my shirt. That's all. It's just my shirt.
Woody Overton
And this is told to you by the family members. Did they say who the cops were?
Austin O'Banion
They did. They said that it was Ben Burwell and David that brought Austin to her home.
Woody Overton
To evidence Detective David Vance.
Austin O'Banion
Yes.
Woody Overton
And Ben Burwell.
Austin O'Banion
Yes.
Woody Overton
Okay. And let me tell you what I heard, and I haven't told you this yet. I don't have any way of proving it yet, but then she went to jail. She. She was on probation or whatever. She's on what we call paper, and she went in for a violation. And when you go in for those, y', all. Normally they're going to hold you for like, up to 30 days before you see a judge. And then when you go see the judge, the judge is going to revoke your. Or, you know, maybe make. Give you 30 or 60 days in jail or revoke you and swing you to prison. Right. But one thing that does not happen is you do not get a bond because you're on hold already for effing up them letting you out on bond to begin with. I heard that she was out within five days.
Austin O'Banion
I don't know if that's true.
Woody Overton
Well, I'm certainly going to look into that. If y' all have information on. Let me know. Let me tell you this. You don't get out in five days. And also, detectives don't bring. Detectives don't bring you to your home in the middle of the night to get a cardboard box that has a shirt in it when you're Already in jail. That's even if you weren't in jail, even if she was still on the street, they don't bring you in to get a cardboard box with your shirt in it, dude. Speculation. Speculation on my part is if. If I'm dealing with someone in a case and they got some serious juice on another issue and they're in for, you know, but 99% the people are in for is narcotics related stuff, but nothing serious. Not an armed robbery, a murder or whatever. They're in one, whatever, and they want to get out of jail and they have information and they give it and it leads to a homicide arrest, then I'm gonna help them out any way that I can. I'm not saying this is what happened in Austin's case, but if I'd have been working all this case and she had information, I damn sure would have. I would have made that. She would have got taken care of. Because what. What's more important, the bigger fish. You want a homicide to be sold rather than just another, you know, person shooting heroin or. Or, you know, whatever. You failed your drug test and you're on probation. Whatever it may be pure speculation wasn't there, but it makes common sense.
Austin O'Banion
There's that, you know, potential evidence that I. I feel like I would bet a lot of things that that's not still in the possession of the sheriff's office. You know, maybe they'll surprise me and surprise us all and whatever they went and got, we don't.
Woody Overton
We don't even know what it is. We have no way of knowing what it is. And all they got to say now is we took her to get her shirt and would be screwed. The. The, you know, nobody likes a dirty cop. And I'm not throwing shades on these, dude, because I don't know what they got, but it, you know, come on, man, if you take it, or whether she was in jail already or on the way to jail or whatever to get a shirt and a cardboard box. Who carries a shirt and a cardboard box? And. But that's what she told her family. But you know what? If I was flipping state's evidence, I wouldn't want my family to know either, because that puts them in danger. Not because I'm a bird and I just want to lie to them all the time, but I wouldn't want anybody to know. But later on, Morgan Baggage is told by Detective Vance, according to Morgan, that this person has sang like a canary and passed a polygraph. What do you. What does it. What does that lead up to? I mean, I'm a mathematician, but I'm not an idiot either. Let's go back to the family. What. What else this family told you.
Austin O'Banion
So.
Woody Overton
And talk about the autopsies and why there was a need for a second autopsy, etc. Okay.
Austin O'Banion
From. From the scene was immediately transported to.
Woody Overton
Beaumont on the scene of her.
Austin O'Banion
Where she was dead, where she was found. She was immediately. And when her family asked, well, they said. They asked the sheriff, well, who ID her? And he said, we did. They said, we did. We thought it was best. We went ahead and sent her off to Beaumont and. But. But the papers that they have was signed by a local doctor.
Woody Overton
Well, it would have to be. It had to be signed by a local coroner. State of Louisiana. The coroner didn't used to have to be a medical doctor. It was an elected position. But they changed that law. And if someone in the election that runs for it is a medical doctor and other person is not, they win it automatically. So it could be either way. But before a body can be taken out of one parish and shipped to anywhere, it's got to be signed that it's dead by whoever it is in the coroner's office. So I get that part, but our body's gone. I'll tell you what I heard, and I don't know if it's true or not, certainly that she was nude or. I also heard that she was needed. I heard that from another person she had panties on, just panties on. Another person. I heard she just had a bra on. I also heard that she had a boot imprint in her chest. And I also heard that her head was smashed in, that she was severely beaten. So I was just going to throw that out there before you keep going on with what you're going on.
Austin O'Banion
Yeah.
Woody Overton
But I also heard that law enforcement told numerous people and still they standing by the statement that she didn't have a scratch on her. So I'd be really interested in hearing what the family has to say about that.
Austin O'Banion
There's one person who the family entrusted to view Austin before she was made presentable for her family to see her. There was one person, one individual, someone who they helped raise, who they considered their own blood. And they said that he's a very smart man. And he, you know, he's just. He's very observant. And these are some of the things that he told them. Some of her tattoos are unrecognizable, maybe as if he had been drugged.
Woody Overton
Okay.
Austin O'Banion
You know.
Woody Overton
Part that would fit in. That would fit in with people telling Me that they were cut off. If you. If you're drugged and their skin rashed, I could get that. See, I told you there's always a little bit of truth in these. In these speculations. But go ahead.
Austin O'Banion
Part of her ear. One of her ears, part of the top of her ear was missing. And. And I don't have exact details on that. You know, as you can imagine, it's probably not the easiest thing in the world for some of her family members to say these things, but then they see.
Woody Overton
I mean, he sent in to ID the body of the young lady Stone, however long, is probably his entire life, and he sees. I mean, it's. First of all, I was thinking about that today. The. I think about. I'm kind of somewhat desensitized to seeing dead bodies and stuff, you know, and then like, when my dad died a couple months ago and I took him out and everything. But the regular people aren't, you know, and I think about people in prior cases I had to have go in and do that kind of thing, and that's kind of with them for life, especially this is your loved one. And if you see them in a damaged state. I'm talking about cases I have where they got bullet holes in the head and stuff like that or whatever it may be. But the. You go in and piece of the ear is missing the body. I don't know how much of the body they would have shown. I don't know where her tattoos were, but the tattoos appeared to be scraped or she scraped up or whatever that's got to be. That's not something that you make up. Do you have. You give us no benefit in making this up? There's no benefit.
Sponsor
Certainly no benefit.
Woody Overton
I don't know. Hold on one second. I don't know what that is. I guess somebody's calling my wife's computer. Give it a second. All right, say that there's no. That person doesn't want to go back and tell her parents at, you know, they asked him to go do this because it would be too tough on them. You want to come back out and say all the shit that you saw. Right ear missing, tats look like they're dragged. And what else?
Austin O'Banion
Trauma to the top front of her head. As I was speaking with one of her family members. That's. That's something that they actually did right here is, you know, just right here. And said one. One described it as like a soft spot, and one described it as trauma bruises, you know, like a larger bruise like towards the side of her head but above her eyebrow, above her eye and just other cuts and scrapes and bruises all over her from head to toe.
Woody Overton
This is told to you by direct.
Austin O'Banion
Family, immediate family members, people you know, just people who love Dawson more than anybody else on this earth. And the crazy thing is when I told them what David Vance told me, but there wasn't a scratch on her body, that's when they proceeded to tell me they were told the same exact thing, that there wasn't a scratch on her body, it was nothing but an overdose. And thank God they knew better than to just trust them. Take their word for it. Why would you send Also my question is through all this, why would you send a body from Louisiana from Vernon Parish to Beaumont?
Woody Overton
Why? I could answer that for you. The right now they have a place called Parish Forensics. It's in Lafayette or Broussard and they do it for all the autopsies for like 40 something parishes. Most parishes do not have the ability to do autopsies. The, the crime lab, not the crime lab in Baton Rouge city, they have the ability to do autopsies. New Orleans or Jefferson Parish have the ability to do autopsies a lot. The surrounding parishes will ship their bodies there. Anybody that's suspect to the local. The there's where the pathologists are. That's where they. I mean they do sometimes 8, 9, 10 a day autopsies. A lot of them will be overdose, but some of them are murderous. Last one I went into and that they were used to be a sponsor of my parish forensics did the last one I went in, the cops shot this guy like 17 times and but it doesn't matter. Before they were there you would ship the body to whatever would be closest and I can only say that would be closest because I don't think Calcasue has one. And I also know that when Courtney Coco, whose cold case we solved on real life, real crime, 18 years old, the OR I solved her body was done by the pathologists in Winnie, Texas. And that's the only reason I would say that that they would do that is after they signed off whoever the coroner be that might have been the closest place. I don't know. But you're right. I mean I'm speculating on that as that to be in the reason but from my my point there, otherwise there is no reason it should put a bat in reach. Okay, how far is Beaumont is what an an hour from Lake Charles? Less than an hour. And how far is that from you or where she was found? Where she. She was in two or three hours. Where. Where was she found that in Anacocca.
Austin O'Banion
Two or three.
Woody Overton
Okay. All right. Well, I don't know. That's speculation. But these. So they ship her to there. They see all the injuries. One of them does the hand on the head, the other one calls a trauma, what have you. You know, obviously they're told. They were told in that. I don't know if we said this before on another episode. Weren't they told by the sheriff themselves, Sam Kraft?
Austin O'Banion
Yes.
Woody Overton
That. That she didn't have any. No injuries.
Austin O'Banion
Yeah. It was told to me that he even made this crazy comment about. I don't know, Woody.
Woody Overton
Well, you go ahead and say you're gonna say about the mafia or about the ms, about the Mexican mafia cartels.
Austin O'Banion
They're complaining that there was. That it was just nothing but an overdose and the cartel didn't have nothing to do with it. And they as they're telling me this, as the family's telling me this, they're like had nobody said nothing about no cartel or anything like that. Like, why. Why would he just feel the need to throw that information in there? They were really confused and flabbergasted by that.
Woody Overton
Yeah. And I don't doubt that the family's telling the truth. And the agora again, Morgan and I weren't there. This is coming from, you know them.
Austin O'Banion
But so wonderful and honest people.
Woody Overton
I don't doubt it. I heard our families are super upstanding citizens and everything else. The talk to a lot of nobody's ever told anything bad about her family. The Let me play something real quick, Morgan. And this is. This is going to give you all an idea of the breath of scope and we're going to get right back into it. The idea. I tell you what, let's go back to all types of stuff and the family stuff. And I'll play this at the end because we're going to have to do more than one episode on Austin, obviously. So the her body gets shipped to Beaumont. All right? And for y' all that lifers are listening. That's just across Texas line maybe 30 minutes. So this first major city you come to or the biggest city you come to when you drive in west on one Interstate 10 from the state of Louisiana. And so they sent to Beaumont and autopsy is done. Why does the family have a second. Why do they request a second autopsy? Top pick the consumer reports pen Sandoacer, Jevalo Cargalo Asmo con Maverick. Not all meals are created equal. For instance, breakfast has the spicy egg McMuffin for a limited time and lunch doesn't McDonald's breakfast comes first.
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Austin O'Banion
I'm not, I'm not super positive about that part or if they did or.
Woody Overton
You don't know if they did because I've got like five different people who said there are two different autopsies tonight. And then again, I'm gonna talk to them in person one day. Hopefully they'll talk to me. And I'm not trying to throw any. The, the y' all lifers that know me know I don't ever try to disrespect or do anything to glorify these violent crimes because you don't have to. And I believe in the victims and otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here doing this right now. And now Austin of anion is all in the middle of where is Bradley? Right. And for obvious reasons because that's where the investigation led. So you don't know. You don't know personally. The family didn't tell you personally if they had a second autopsy conducted?
Austin O'Banion
No, I don't. That we went. I do. I do know that there are two separate reports, but I do know why or where.
Woody Overton
All right, you tell me what you know about all that.
Austin O'Banion
Okay, I. I know that I saw two different reports that came from two different places.
Woody Overton
One one being Beaumont, the other one.
Austin O'Banion
Being where probably Vernon Parish. And. And one one specifically was signed by a local doctor here.
Woody Overton
Alright. So it may not have been two autopsies. It may have been she was autopsied in Beaumont and they sent the findings and the local guy signs off on whatever.
Austin O'Banion
One thing specifically that her family kept mentioning was that Austin had psoriasis. And she had it, you know, either psorias or psoriasis or eczema all of her whole life. And it was continuous, you know, it never just completely clear up. And they, they talked about the fact that they never mentioned anything about Austin's skin condition. That was nowhere on either one of the reports. And, and for whatever reason that was very important to them and it bugged them because that's, that's one. I think that's one of the reasons why they felt like it was inaccurate.
Woody Overton
Like, you know, I hate to come back against them on that, but I can tell you the autopsy is determined to cause the death. And your. Those that wouldn't have caused her death, they may have seen it. They may have made a note and never even made the report. I've seen a thousand of them. They literally will say that this organ weighs X amount. It's standard per human bodies. They might notice that she has eczema. They might have said it on a tape or something, but it didn't contribute to her death. An autopsy is a search by medical professional that's trained in death to determine the cause of death. If you can't determine it, to eliminate other factors to, to such a reasonable degree that you come down to like it's asphyxiation, but the neck bone wasn't broken because everything else is eliminated. The body's too decomposed. So I understand that bothers them. I mean, it would bother me too as a father, but he used to say, I'm saying Vance and him on the other side to be like, oh, that's stupid. Haha, laughing man. But I, I get it. The family's concerns should be addressed. The. What else did the family tell you about the difference in the reports or why they thought there was two reports? Anything else that they told you besides what's glaringly obvious is she had trauma and she had noticeable trauma.
Austin O'Banion
They just told me that, you know, they don't understand why she was sent to Beaumont yet they have nothing from Beaumont with Beaumont signature. There's nothing there.
Woody Overton
But you saw two reports, was it.
Austin O'Banion
I saw, I didn't, I didn't read them. It was kind of a chaotic time. They're very nervous, very nervous. I just know that I physically got to see like the front two pages of two different reports that they say they got from two different places. And I. You, you're saying something that, that's making me wonder because each one of them were only a couple, you know, a few pages long. Like if they're. If they're weighing every organ and going in such depth as that these reports that I saw should have been a whole lot.
Woody Overton
I've never seen one that was two pages long. Okay. Unless it really overdose. And what they do on that is nowadays they do it on the scene. And when I started working dead bodies, yeah, everybody. You had to go out on all the deaths. And if it ended up being natural causes, like one little girl I have was nine months pregnant and looked like a homicide. It turned up just be an embolism hit her heart. And, and, but see, that's what the doc that doctor is there for also had cases that look like they were natural. They ended up being homicides. And that's what that process is there for. But the. Since the opiates or the downers like heroin. So first was oxy's, right. And then nobody could afford to buy and they used to go doctor shopping etc and they'd come back and everybody was ODing on them because they were taking too much. And what it does, it relaxes you and it's. It's time extended. So it makes you feel so good. But you think you get higher and you take more and ultimately you relax so much that you forget to breathe. Well, then they shut down the big pharma side, the Oxycyte. So heroin now is the big problem, right. And fentanyl. And it got to the point where you can actually the whoever responds to the scene, the coroner, whoever the system coroner it is, they could take a big syringe and stick it into the bladder through the skin on this, on the scene. And we used to have to wait on autopsies or go to the autopsies and they can stick it all the way through, take it out and put that sample on a board right there and it'll tell you this. You know, it's full of this. And now Paris forensics has to. Has just. And it wouldn't have been on this case, but they have a machine now that can tell on the scene the qualitative and the quantitative amount. Back then, it just used to be able to tell you they had all this in their system. Then you had to send to the autopsy. The autopsy would draw the blood. Like in Quinny Coco's case. The body was so decomposed, the only place they could get a viable blood sample was from the tissues that remained in her Spleen. But they take that blood and they send it off and they tell you how much of something that you had in your system, that is the amount that would have killed you. Okay. So now if they. I'm not saying they did this but on Austin's case, if they took her in, let's say they tested and say, okay, she's got XYZ in her system. We need to send in. Send her in, have it done and send it off. And if the sample comes back and says she had a thousand mil, however much heroin or fentanyl it takes to kill you in your system, that would have been another. Another probable deal. But the thing being is we don't know in the. Not a two pager. I can tell you that unless it. The two pages.
Austin O'Banion
The two major comments I have on it all is number one period. They told me and they told us in a Banyan's family there wasn't a scratch on her body.
Woody Overton
Right.
Austin O'Banion
And I.
Woody Overton
Right.
Austin O'Banion
And number two, she didn't overdose herself. She did. She didn't kill herself. It wasn't accidental. She did not do that to herself. Not after telling a story like she told. And. And nobody until the day I do die will ever convince me otherwise.
Woody Overton
Right?
Austin O'Banion
Me facts in my face. You don't tell a story like that and then accidentally overdose after being a 20 year drug addict. And my father that himself at the funeral he said, do you think I believe my daughter an addict of 20 years overdose? Not for a second.
Woody Overton
Wow, that's powerful. And the. Well, what I was saying about autopsies and all that. I'm not discrediting what you're saying. I'm just saying a plausible alternative. Right? But that. I mean that you're right and I want to talk about that real quick. And then we're going to end today's episode with this. And I want y' all to think on it in the Austin Banion. I didn't know who she was. I'd never seen a picture of her. Now I know pretty much everything about the young lady. Right? But the. As these episodes drop. Because as they drop more people talk and holy. The. Go ahead, go ahead.
Austin O'Banion
It's about it. What a former. A former deputy of VPSO told me about Austin. He said him and Austin helped each other out a lot. And he said every single thing that Austin o' Banion ever told me always turned out to be the absolute truth.
Woody Overton
I've heard the same thing. And then just because you're a doper doesn't mean you're a liar. Okay. The. And that's a matter of fact I had a lot of great. What I caught and said I shouldn't say that. But great dopers. They were my best confidential informants because they told the truth. And I was able to verify the truth. But back to it. Austin o'. Banion. Y'. All. Come on, man. The she is found. And I won't know until I see the autopsy reports or the actual police report or whatever. The she is found, I hear with just panties on. I hear we've just a ball one that I hear nothing on one. But the one thing I definitely heard is she had trauma. And I've heard it from a lot of sources. You heard it from the horse's mouth being her family. Right. And the. But you also heard. And I heard it. And I'm gonna play this for you this next thing for y'. All. And we're in today's episode only because I want y' all to keep thinking about it. And let me say this too. This has everything to do with Bradley. I took on Bradley's case. I didn't take on Austin Abandon's case. But if you know And. And but her being in it. The. If you can't. I don't. I don't believe you're gonna solve one without solving the other one in this one. And so here we are talking about Austin abandoned. But y' all continue to hashtag justice for Bradley, and a lot of you already are doing hashtag justice Bradley and hashtag justice for ao. Do it however you want to, but continue to do it. It's working. And look, if y' all had. If Morgan had any inkling. She thinks I'm. I know I'm not saying this in ugly way, but you think I'm not. That I'm just ignoring you and I'm not working and I'm not doing things, you know, I do a tick tock. I'm on the tractor like that. You have no idea the. That I'm doing on this. The. But the thing being is I can't tell Morgan a quarter of the. That I get because I have to remain somewhat objective. Right? But Austin Abandon. I'm gonna tell you what everything I got said trauma, trauma, trauma. And I know I got information from people who were actually supposedly is. It's their property. It's their. And where she was. Okay. And they heard the commotion and the knock on the door. I'm not going to go in all of it. But the. Well, you know what? We'll go into it on the next episode because I'm still waiting on actually some more phone calls today. But the also banning the fact that you were told. You're telling me you were told by Detective Vance she had no trauma. The dad. You're telling me the dad said she. He's told by the sheriff and whomever else. No trauma. The family member went in and saw her. She's missing a piece of her ear. Looks like her head has a soft spot. To me that means caved in. But they, they did the indication. Cats look like they're drugged or whatever. She definitely had trauma. According to these people. Correct. According to the people I talked to, she had trauma. According to the people you talk to, including family members. These aren't people are trying to get famous. I'm not giving their names. I'm not paying them any money. And, and, but y', all, I'm gonna play this and next week I want you to tune in and listen because we're going to go deeper into Austin, the Banyan and then more on Bradley. And I've from. If you listen to last episode, you put one, one and one together and get two as to why Austin would be dead. And, and also why if it's true that she got out of jail within five days on a probation violation. You already in for violating. They're going to swing you for something. That's what we call it in law enforcement. But the. With the. I'm going out on the limb and, and, and stand with the fact that she definitely had injuries. But I really want to see the autopsy reports because the injuries are going to be donated. I not donate. Document it. They will have it on the autopsy report. They have a picture of the body. They will show you. They will circle and write in areas of where. Where damages are, measurements of the damages, pictures of the damages, everything. I don't care if it's a little.
Sponsor
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Woody Overton
They're measuring that and they're taking pictures of it. They're going to put a ruler there for measurements. All this is documented. Autopsies happen for a reason. Okay.
Austin O'Banion
How far does the corruption go?
Woody Overton
Well, they. If, if there's corruption, we certainly planned on finding it out. How about that? And, and I can tell you this. There's some, some idiocy going on. You know what, say this. I've been reached out from everyone from probably someone who's really the devil in disguise, all the way up to retired law enforcement. And you don't know about this, Morgan, I'm talking about Person I knew from when I was in law enforcement and retired and decorated out the ass and everything else over there about this case. Oh, it's coming and we're coming for you. Now this is, this is one here is going to be more in the middle because I'm about to play this for you and listen to this girl's statement. Okay? And then we're going to end the episode and. But being in the middle, meaning that she wasn't there, she didn't see it directly, but she's getting this from another party who got it from another party. When you hear it, you'll understand. And I'm going to play it now. It's about four minutes, y'. All.
Funeral Home Employee
On August 2, 2023, early afternoon, 2:30 or 3:00 clock or so, I was at Jean's Funeral Home doing the makeup of a family friend. I was there doing her hair and makeup for her funeral and was sitting in the embalming room with an employee and we were just making small talk. The whole embalming process interests me a lot. So I was asking what everything was and trying to make him not feel weird because I was there because I was not uncomfortable at all. I have had the honor to do hair and makeup for a lot of close family friends in the past, so I just wanted to make him feel more comfortable because I wasn't used to doing that kind of stuff. And I honestly really am interested in the whole process. So I was asking him a bunch of different questions like what was, like the, the worst case you've ever been on or what? You know, just anything that stuck out in his past doing, you know, funeral work. So, you know, just to kind of take the, the load off of having a body in front of us that was obviously very near and dear to my heart. So we were sitting there just talking and he said probably one of the worst things he had heard about, but not that he had personally had. Like he wasn't involved with the case. Like he didn't go and pick up the body or anything, but was the death of Austin o'. Banion. And I said, wait, that name sounds so familiar. And he said, I don't personally know her, but I think she's from the Sandy Hill area or Pickering or somewhere around in there. And I said, I'm sure if I saw her, I'm sure I would know who she was. So I looked her up on Facebook and then recognized her immediately. And I said, yes, I've seen her a lot. I don't know her personally. And he said, yeah, she just apparently passed away from an overdose. And I said, when? And he said, just recently. I don't remember exactly what date Austin passed away on, but he said that it had. He. She had apparently OD'd. And I said, well, do you know what happened? And he said, I really don't. I know she was involved in drugs, but I thought that she had gotten clean, and I kind of had known that previous information. But he said, apparently she didn't have any clothes on. And I was like, what? And he said, that's what stuck out. Stuck out to me was that when she was found, she had no clothes on. And apparently what he was told was that she was in a trailer park or something and had been banging on this old man's door. And he thought it was like wild cats or, you know, something out on the porch fighting due to the amount of noise and probably crying or screaming for help. But apparently she was so bad off on whatever she was, she had bashed her face and head in on an electric pole. And I was obviously very shocked. I could not believe that. And that's from somebody that I recognize, but that's stuff that you think only happens in movies, and you don't really think that it's going to happen in Vernon Parish, but. So apparently she was absolutely unrecognizable. And. And like I said, I don't remember what day that she passed away, but that story that I heard from him absolutely does not fall in line with what the local government is saying, that there was not a scratch on her body. Unless they're trying to say that as a loophole, like maybe there wasn't a scratch on her body, but her face and head are a different story. So, yeah, again, that was August 2, 2023.
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Real Life Real Crime | #JusticeForBradley Episode 6 Summary
Release Date: July 19, 2025
In Episode 6 of Real Life Real Crime, hosted by Woody Overton of Real Life Real Crime Productions, the focus intensifies on the chilling case surrounding Bradley and the mysterious death of Austin O'Banion. This episode delves deep into inconsistencies in official reports, firsthand accounts from family members, and potential corruption within law enforcement agencies.
The podcast continues the exploration of the #JusticeForBradley movement, unraveling the tangled web of events leading to Bradley's untimely demise. Central to this investigation is the enigmatic figure Austin O'Banion, whose death appears intricately linked to Bradley's case.
Woody Overton opens the discussion by highlighting conflicting information surrounding Austin’s death. Official statements from Detective Vance claim that Austin had "no scratches on her body" (01:06), suggesting an accidental overdose. However, distressing accounts from Austin's family paint a starkly different picture.
Austin O'Banion: "She didn't overdose herself. She did not do that to herself... she did not do that after telling a story like she told," (56:33) emphasizes the family's conviction that Austin's death was anything but accidental.
The family recounts observing severe trauma on Austin's body, including missing pieces of her ear and visible bruises, which starkly contradict Detective Vance’s assertions. Austin's father expressed disbelief in the official narrative:
Austin’s Father: "Do you think I believe my daughter, an addict of 20 years, overdosed? Not for a second," (56:53) underscores the family's mistrust in the investigation's integrity.
Woody speculates on possible corruption within the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office, questioning the rapid release of Austin from jail and the handling of her death. He challenges the plausibility of Austin being released within five days after a probation violation, a claim that raises red flags regarding law enforcement practices.
Woody Overton: "Speculation on my part is if I'm dealing with someone in a case and they got some serious juice on another issue... they have information and they give it and it leads to a homicide arrest," (31:35) suggests potential ulterior motives behind Austin's treatment by authorities.
The podcast discusses the possibility of multiple autopsies and delayed reporting, with family members noting the absence of Austin’s known skin conditions like psoriasis in official documents. Woody delves into the procedural norms of autopsies, questioning why certain physical ailments were omitted if they were present.
Woody Overton: "An autopsy is a search by medical professional that's trained in death to determine the cause of death... If you can't determine it, to eliminate other factors," (51:03) explains the thoroughness typically involved in autopsy processes, casting doubt on the brevity of Austin's reports.
Further complicating the narrative, a testimonial from a funeral home employee reveals shocking details about Austin's state when found:
Funeral Home Employee: "She had no clothes on... she had bashed her face and head in on an electric pole... absolutely unrecognizable," (64:04) contradicts the official stance of no visible trauma.
This account suggests that Austin suffered severe physical harm before her death, a fact not acknowledged in official reports.
Conflicting Reports: Official statements deny visible trauma, while family members and eyewitnesses report severe physical injuries.
Potential Misconduct: Rapid release from jail and inconsistent handling of Austin’s death raise suspicions of possible misconduct within law enforcement.
Lack of Transparency: The absence of Austin's known medical conditions in autopsy reports calls into question the thoroughness and honesty of the investigation.
Community Impact: These inconsistencies have fueled public mistrust and intensified the #JusticeForBradley movement, highlighting the need for accountability and thorough investigation.
Episode 6 of Real Life Real Crime | #JusticeForBradley exposes significant gaps between official narratives and personal testimonies regarding Austin O'Banion's death. Woody Overton emphasizes the importance of community involvement and continued advocacy to uncover the truth behind these unsettling discrepancies. The episode leaves listeners contemplating the depth of corruption and the urgent need for justice, setting the stage for further revelations in upcoming episodes.
Woody Overton: "We don't even know what it is... but we're going to get into autopsy reports and all that in a minute," (24:20) signals the ongoing quest for truth and the podcast’s commitment to shining a light on unresolved aspects of the case.
The episode concludes with a promise of deeper exploration into Austin's case and its connections to Bradley's demise in future installments. Listeners are encouraged to stay engaged with the #JusticeForBradley movement and remain vigilant in seeking justice.
Notable Quotes:
Austin O'Banion: "She didn't overdose herself. She did not do that to herself... she did not do that after telling a story like she told." (56:33)
Austin’s Father: "Do you think I believe my daughter, an addict of 20 years, overdosed? Not for a second." (56:53)
Woody Overton: "An autopsy is a search by medical professional that's trained in death to determine the cause of death..." (51:03)
Funeral Home Employee: "She had no clothes on... she had bashed her face and head in on an electric pole... absolutely unrecognizable." (64:04)
Woody Overton: "We don't even know what it is... but we're going to get into autopsy reports and all that in a minute." (24:20)
This episode underscores the complexities and challenges in pursuing justice within the murky waters of potential police corruption and misleading official reports. Real Life Real Crime continues to provide a platform for unheard voices and overlooked truths, fostering a deeper understanding of the cases that demand our attention.