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On Christmas Eve 2002, Laci Peterson, a young wife and mother-to-be, disappeared from her home in Modesto, California...Praying for a happy ending, friends and family stood by Laci's grieving husband Scott. Four months later, Laci's decomposed body was found in the murky waters of San Francisco Bay. The body of her child had washed ashore about a mile away, after a possible "coffin birth". It was a sad closure to an exhaustive search, and a grim end to a marriage that by all account had appeared to be perfect. But the authorities already had a prime suspect...Scott Peterson's behavior had cast a mysterious shadow over the death of his pregnant wife - his alibi on the day of the disappearance was questionable; he admitted to an affair with another woman; and when he was finally charged with capital murder, he had altered his appearance. But it was only after a stunning criminal trial - packed with even more shocking revelations - that a jury convicted Scott Peterson of murder and sentenced him to death. With black and white photographs. -
Two wives, two violent murders and a fight for justice...the story of one of the more bizarre murder investigations in Australia’s history. Two wives die in suspicious co-incidence or, as husband Thomas Keir describes it, ‘bad luck’? Three years after Thomas Keir alleged his first wife Jean deserted him and her young son for another man, his second wife Rosalina, Jean’s cousin, lay scorched and strangled on her bed. Arriving on the scene, Detective Peter Seymour realised he was dealing with the world’s unluckiest husband or a serial wife killer.While Keir was remarkably found ‘not guilty’ of Rosalina’s murder - despite a clear cut case - her death unlocked the mystery of Jean’s disappearance. A subsequent police investigation lead to the discovery of seven small fragments of Jean’s bones - fingers, knuckles and toes - buried deep under the same house in which Rosalina died. Keir’s ‘grieving husband’ act was suddenly in question. The investigation revealed Thomas Keir was a man so jealous he hated even his own baby son touching his wife, Jean. A man so possessive he threatened he would cut her up and feed her to the dogs if she ever left him. A man who thought he could commit the perfect crime and publicly taunted the police through the media. This is Detective Peter Seymour's relentless pursuit of justice and his own family sacrifices, through the drama of the police investigation into Jean’s death, and the three trials, convictions, and appeals that would take fifteen years to reach their final conclusion. Photograph illustrations. -
The scene awaiting the policemen entering the charming suburban house at 313 Carl Drive was one they would never forget. Three children and their mother had been hacked to death in their beds, the sheets and walls soaked in blood. A butcher knife and an axe lay nearby. There appeared to be no physical evidence and the detective at first suspected a bungled robbery. But as the clues were sifted and family members and friends were questioned, an appalling possibility presented itself: Could David Hendricks, grief-stricken father, away on a business trip, have methodically killed his family before he left? And why would a successful business man and devoted member of a fundamentalist religious group want his entire family eliminated? The prosecution painted a much darker picture of David Hendricks...Convicted by his first jury, awarded a new trial, a second jury concluded that Hendricks had not been proven guilty - beyond a reasonable doubt. Illustrated with black and white photos.
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October, 2011: At first it looked like a swag, said the grader driver who found the body just off the road outside the outback town of Katherine. Police identify the dead man as Ray Nicefero, who'd recently appeared in court for aggravated assault and breaching a domestic violence order. Three days later, three young local suspects were arrested: Christopher Malyschko; Darren 'Spider' Halfpenny; and 19-year-old indigenous Zak Grieve. A month later, Bronwyn Buttery, Ray's former partner and Christopher's mother, is arrested. But when the accused face court in the rough justice system of the Northern Territory, it soon becomes apparent there are few certain, provable facts to be had. Depending on who was talking, a loving friend could be an abusive monster; a battered wife a conniving temptress. And a joke between mates about the best way to dispose of a body becomes a conspiracy to murder. The outcome of the case is no less murky, thanks to the NT's mandatory sentencing laws, which, the judge said, 'brings about injustice'. This is the story of murder in an outback town and the extraordinary aftermath; and it raises important questions such as how an indigenous man who was not present at a murder can be sentenced to jail for twenty years. -
What makes a seemingly ordinary man kill his suburban neighbours, one by one? How can he come back to his house and family and act normally after battering to death a series of elderly and often frail women..and why? This is the case of John Glover, the Sydney Granny Killer: a graphic and chilling insight into the mind of a serial killer. It traces the evolution of a person capable of such violence, how the murders were incorporated into daily life - and how close family were deceived so totally and for so long. There are hitherto unknown details of his life from relatives in the United Kingdom, a construction of the police hunt for the killer; methods, techniques and the slow overlapping of forensic material with a mass of evidence, facts and details gathered from the public. Illustrated with black and white photographs. -
A cast of drug smugglers, serial killers, forensic boffins, ruthless gang leaders, dedicated detectives and ordinary citizens. Sixteen gripping accounts: in this volume: Tracking the Fox: Penetrating the world's leading marijuana smuggling ring. Zero Hour For The Zodiac: A strange twist of fate gave police a crucial lead. Terror At The Door: The ruthless gang had spread terror throughout southern England...they had to be caught before someone was killed. In The Footsteps Of Sherlock Holmes: Alphonse Lutringer had accidentally killed his wife and in a panic, burned her body parts in the basement. But how accidental had her death really been? Solved - The Mystery of Piltdown Man: It was the greatest scientific hoax of modern times - but who was behind it? Free To Kill: Two lives converged on a collision course...leading to a vicious crime and the death of a young girl. A Trap For Mr Untouchable: He was Europe's top drug trafficker and for five years he laughed in the faces of the police and Customs. The Murder Of Justice: The Florida cop and the 19 year-old street kid should never have met - but one night their paths crossed briefly with disastrous results. The Case Of The Missing Keys: With just one piece of vital evidence, the Manchester police could catch the killer - but the clue had vanished... Manhunt On The Heroin Road: The nickel-and-dime drug bust and routine investigation that led an investigator into the shadowy world of a sinister Chinese cartel. The Boy Who Never Came Home: The abduction of Jacob Wetterling took place over 30 years ago. Despite a massive search and investigation, no trace of him has ever been found. Hunted Like An Animal: The young American pushed his way though the dense Peruvian jungle, hunted by the men who had just killed his friend. A Cop's Life: Frankie McDonald was the black sheep of the family. No-one expected he would follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather to become a New York City cop. If I Can't Have You, Nobody Will: Brian Anderson had stalked Laura Kucera for months - and now she was at his mercy. Who Wanted Aaron Dead? When Detective Jim Muchaud investigated the slaying of a teenager in his bedroom, clues led him to a shocking discovery. Terrorised By A Stalker: It could be your daughter, friend or workmate subjected to unwanted attention. Caution - she may be in danger...Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. -
The author took the unusual step of writing this book of case histories with the comments of children and young people who came before him in his capacity as a Childrens' Court magistrate. Some of the stories are horrifying and given without any 'glossing over' of the horror; some of the offences were committed by children, many against children but it is clear that everything possible was done to help the child become a member of the community again. These are stories of rape, drug addiction, perversion. incest, corruption, prostitution - and of children who deliberately committed offences to get to Court to settle their own problems. These children will haunt the reader - all innocent victims of parents, their environment, ignorance or predatory monsters. The title page contains a warning to parents... -
This is the shocking secret history of twentieth-century orphanages - which for decades hid violence, abuse, and deaths within their walls. For much of the twentieth century, a series of terrible events - abuse, both physical and psychological, and even deaths - took places inside orphanages. The survivors have been trying to tell their astonishing stories for a long time, but disbelief, secrecy, and trauma have kept them from breaking through. For ten years, Christine Kenneally has been on a quest to uncover the harrowing truth. Centering her story on St. Joseph’s, a Catholic orphanage in Vermont, Kenneally has written a stunning account of a series of crimes and abuses. But her work is not confined to one place. Following clues that take her into the darkened corners of several institutions across the globe, she finds a trail of terrifying stories and a courageous group of survivors who are seeking justice. Ghosts of the Orphanage is an incredible true crime story and a reckoning with a past that has stayed buried for too long, with tragic consequences. -
The Embrace: Aphrodite Jones
$20.00On November 25, 1996, in their home in the lakeside community of Eustis, Florida, Rick and Ruth Wendorf were savagely beaten to death with a tire iron. The Wendorfs' new Ford Explorer was stolen, but this was no routine robbery gone bad. This was a crime carried out by one Roderick Ferrell, a sixteen-year-old self-avowed Antichrist. His human sacrifice was a testament to the unique and sinister bond of four brainwashed teens. Heather Wendorf was a straight "A" student, a petite blonde with wide-set brown eyes. Yet she had been heard to wish her parents "off the face of the planet." Heather never dreamed that when she joined her friends for a joyride one fall evening, her wish had already come true. Including exclusive interviews with every living character involved in the case.
