Introducing Woman in the Woods

Nick and Mindi Kassotis believed they were being hunted. According to friends and family, Nick's classified military work had put them both in danger, so much so that Mindi rarely left the house. But the couple also shared they were expecting a child. Then, just after Thanksgiving, Mindi died suddenly in the hospital. Soon after, Nick died too. That's what everyone who loved them believed, that is until a woman's dismembered remains turned up in a wooded area. Stories started to unravel and a mysterious new figure emerged. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty separates fact from fiction in a case built upon unimaginable layers of deception. Available now. link.pscrb.fm/f0281/witwfeeddropinhsp-dfaf6 http://link.pscrb.fm/f0281/witwfeeddropinhsp-dfaf6

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• 0:00Kaelyn Moore?

  If you live for stories where the truth is far darker than any fiction, I can't wait for you to check out the brand new true crime series from 48 Hours called Woman in the Woods. Nick and Mindy Kasodis convinced everyone they were being hunted because of Nick's top-secret military work. They lived in total isolation, consumed by paranoia. Then Mindy died suddenly in the hospital, and shortly after, loved ones were told Nick was dead too. That is, until a woman's dismembered remains were discovered in a wooded area and the lies began to unravel. 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty cuts through the unimaginable layers of deception to expose what really happened. Search for Woman in the Woods wherever you listen to podcasts and start listening today.

• 0:48Speaker 01

  The initial call is just not something you expect. I mean, it's something you can't prepare yourself for.

• 0:55Speaker 02

  It was a gruesome discovery off a dirt road in Georgia.

• 0:59Speaker 03

  Investigators are continuing their search for answers after hunters found a woman's body in the woods near Riceboro on December 2.

• 1:07Speaker 02

  But who was this mystery woman in the woods? Did it occur to you that whoever killed this woman did not want her to be found?

• 1:18Speaker 01

  It did.

• 1:20Speaker 02

  Law enforcement asks the public for help, releasing artist sketches of a striking brunette with large eyes.

• 1:28Speaker 04

  I was like, whoa, wait a minute. Like, that looks like Mindy. That looks like Mindy.

• 1:36Speaker 02

  Mindy was Mindy Kasodis, but to Mindy's friends and family, the news she could be the woman in the woods? It just didn't make any sense.

• 1:48Speaker 05

  So I didn't believe it because I had already been told that she had passed in the hospital.

• 1:54Speaker 02

  On top of that, they learn Mindy's husband Nick died a few months later.

• 1:58Speaker 05

  At that point, I did not feel comfortable with what I knew.

• 2:03Speaker 02

  How could Mindy die not once, but twice? And what about Nick? Like, this is so crazy. How could this be happening? I'm Erin Moriarty, and from 48 Hours, this is The Woman in the Woods.

• 2:20Speaker 02

  Mindy Kasodis had once seemed happy. She was an aspiring podcaster. Her husband Nick was former military.

• 2:29Speaker 05

  He was tall and handsome and Navy Jag.

• 2:35Speaker 02

  They said they were expecting a baby, but Mindy and Nick had told her friends and family that because of Nick's job, they were in danger.

• 2:44Speaker 06

  I was getting anonymous emails and text messages threatening to kill me.

• 2:51Speaker 07

  Mindy had always told me that there might be a day where she would have to go dark.

• 2:58Speaker 02

  Did she sound scared?

• 3:00Speaker 07

  She was scared.

• 3:02Speaker 02

  And she had a reason to be fearful.

• 3:07Speaker 04

  I have never wanted to be wrong in like this in my whole entire life. I'm like, there's no way.

• 3:13Speaker 02

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