Megan Parra's family investigates her death: A look at the evidence | Forensic Files

I knew something was wrong with this case from the start well I knew she hadn't kill herself Missy and Steve
dakot walked into an unthinkable situation finding their youngest daughter Megan lying on the floor of her
living room with blood pooling around her head the day before Megan had gotten into a car accident and the does were
bringing their grandchildren home that morning I grabbed the oldest boy and when I leaned over to pick him up I saw
the gun kind of tucked against her leg while Steve called 911 Missy a nurse practitioner knelt beside her daughter
and realized she still had a pulse she was breathing just barely though Missy began first aid and Steve called Megan's
husband Dustin the first officer soon arrived on the scene minutes later Dustin perah arrived he comes running in
and he slides and he just catches the end of the blood after he slid he got up he pushed the gun away this would later
be a red flag for Megan's family and investigators but what better thing to slide in right ahead in the blood and
disrupt the crime scene had blood Splat on top of it's very important another red flag the blood spatter 115 photos of
the scene were obtained and studied by Steve and Betsy Megan's sister we were on the computer researching and learning
about ballistics about blood spatter you can see the blood spatter where it should have been on the exit
wound side it's actually on the entrance wound side and there's no spatter on the
exit wound there's always more exit wound blood then entry wound blood Steve was beginning to believe that his
daughter had been rolled over after she was shot that gun on the floor it belonged to Dustin and it was clean too
clean Steve said people all said blood should have been all the way up here completely clean not even on the end of
the barrel no hair no blood the gun I would expect if the barrel of a gun is up against someone's Temple that
there would be blood and hair on that barrel and there is not the state shut you down oh yeah Sheriff shut you down
right corers shut you down right thereby launches a yearslong investigation

How did the young Louisiana mother die? When her family reviews dozens of photos of the scene, they believe they see evidence of a homicide.

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Brief Summary

Megan's death raises questions of foul play as family investigates inconsistencies in the crime scene.

Key points

Tragic Discovery. Megan's family finds her lying on the floor with blood pooling around her head.
Suspicious Evidence. The gun found at the scene belonged to Megan's husband and was clean.

Episode highlights

Suspicious EvidenceThe gun found at the scene belonged to Megan's husband and was clean.“There would be blood and hair on that barrel and there is not.”2:06Jan 7, 2024

Episode quotes

I knew something was wrong with this case from the start.

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