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Missouri Woman Convicted of Murdering Third Husband to Speak in Snapped Episode · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: Tosher Morton attributed various motives for the murder of her
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  child's father by her fifth husband, including jealousy, sexual abuse,
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  and intense confrontations. Years later, the woman accused of fabricating
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  a narrative will clarify the truth in an exclusive prison
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  interview featured in Snapped Behind Bars. Taosha Morton's inconsistent accounts
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  regarding the two thousand four disappearance of her former spouse,
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  Mitch Kemp, have been explored in several Oxygen programs, notably
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  the season eight premiere of the flagship series Snapped and
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  the inaugural season of Charmed to Death. Currently serving a
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  life sentence at the Chillico the Correctional Center in Missouri,
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  this five time married mother discusses the reasons behind her
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  conviction for first degree murder, while also addressing the actions
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  of the individual who committed the act. Who is Taosha Morton.
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  Tauosha Morton was a resident of Columbia, Missouri, a town
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  situated approximately one hundred twenty five miles from both Saint
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  Louis and Kansas City. By the age of thirty, she
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  had experienced five marriages, including two unions with Kemp. During
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  her third and fourth marriages, before relocating to Marianna, Florida
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  with her daughter, which is about an hour's drive from
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  the state capital. In two thousand seven, at the age
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  of thirty one, she was employed at a day care
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  center where she met du Wayne Barantine, her future partner,
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  along with his young son. Within a month, Taosha Morton
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  and her four year old daughter moved in with them,
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  as documented in Charmed to Death. As the relationship progressed,
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  Barantine and his family began to suspect Toawosha Morton of
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  being a compulsive liar. Took it upon himself to investigate
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  his live in girlfriend online, uncovering that she was still
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  married to Kemp, who was reported as a missing person
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  from Boone County, Missouri. Barantine accessed Taosher Morton's MySpace account
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  without her knowledge and found that several of Kemp's relatives
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  had reached out inquiring about his whereabouts. Additionally, another former
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  boyfriend of Taosha Morton informed Barantine that Fields had drunkenly
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  admitted to having her fifth husband, Gregory Morton kill Kemp,
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  Who was Mitch Kemp and how did he disappear? Mitch
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  Kemp a carpet installer hailing from Mexico, Missouri, located approximately
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  forty miles northeast of Columbia, was reported by the Columbia
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  Daily Tribune. His parents operated the D and D decor
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  business in Mexico, where Kemp acquired his skills. As noted
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  by his mother, Karrel Owen in an interview with the
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  Missouri Publication, he was capable of anything. His mother remarked
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  he truly was a master of all trades. Kemp and
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  Tausher Morton were married twice and had a daughter, Lexi Kemp,
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  who was born in two thousand and two. The couple
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  ultimately separated in two thousand and three, and shortly after
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  Taosha Morton moved out with Lexi, she met and married
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  Greg Morton, a forty year old resident of Missouri. Boone County.
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  Detective Tim O'Sullivan reported that it had been numerous months
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  since family members last saw the then thirty nine year
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  old Kemp before they filed a missing person report at
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  the end of two thousand and four. Initially, there was
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  no significant concern, as Kemp had several outstanding warrants for
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  theft related offenses, leading some to speculate that he was
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  evading law enforcement, as discussed in the Oxygen series. About
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  six months after he went missing, when he failed to
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  call me on my birthday and did not reach out
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  on Christmas, I realized something was a miss Owen shared
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  with The Tribune. Kemp's mother and stepfather recounted that the
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  last occasion they saw him was when they dropped him
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  off at a rural property on Deer Park Road near
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  the Three Creeks Conservation area in Columbia, where Taosher and
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  Greg Morton resided at the time. How did Tauosha Morton
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  become a suspect? In two thousand and eight, following an
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  investigation into Tauosha Morton's background, her boyfriend Duwayne Barantine from
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  Florida reached out to the authorities in Marianna to express
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  his concerns that Tauosher Morton might be involved in the
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  disappearance of Kemp in two thousand and four. At that
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  time time, thirty two year old Tausha Morton was residing
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  in Alabama with a new partner and her daughter, where
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  detectives located her for questioning. Initially, Tausha Morton denied any
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  knowledge regarding Kemp's disappearance. However, she later confessed during a
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  recorded interrogation, which was later shared by charm to Death,
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  that Gregg killed Mitch. She stated that Lexi was at
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  school when a confrontation occurred between Kemp and Greg Morton,
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  further alleging that Morton had threatened her life should she
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  disclose any information. If he finds out that I told you,
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  he will endanger both my life and my babies, she
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  warned the detectives. Tausha Morton subsequently altered her account multiple times.
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  At one instance, she claimed that Greg Morton had killed
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  Kemp upon discovering her affair with him. Nevertheless, Gregg Morton
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  later informed the authorities that Taosher had accused Kemp of
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  sexually abusing both her and Lexey, a claim that detectives
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  found unconvincing. Ultimately, law enforcement transported Fields Ferrau