'Gilbert Goons' Reign of Terror Ends In Murder of Preston Lord, 16

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

They called themselves the "Gilbert Goons", a group of teens that were suspected of assaults at parties and parking lots, as well as armed robberies. Defended by their parents, the teens' reign of violence culminated with the fatal beating of 16-year-old Preston Lord. Preston was at a Halloween Party with friends when one of the "Gilbert Goons" stole a cheap necklace from a friend of Preston Lord. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will tell the story of how a town in Arizona was terrorized by a group of entitled teens who were defended by their entitled parents for years until they almost got away with murder.

Transcript Highlights

00:00:08 Introduction: Group Think

00:03:56 Discussion of group of teens in Gilbert, Arizona

00:07:22 Discussion of Gilbert Goons videotaping the beating

00:11:15 Talk about the assaults attributed to the teens in Gilbert

00:16:09 Discussion of how the beating of Preston Lord continued

00:21:07 Discussion of a bully

00:25:45 Talk about parents joking about the beating

00:30:19 Discussion of severe blunt force trauma

00:33:52 Discussion of shoe imprint on the body of victim

00:38:02 Conclusion: judgement is coming.

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