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Catrine och tystnaden - pusselbitarna som försvann är en unik och oväntad djupdykning i da Costa-fallet eller"Styckmordet", som fallet kallas i folkmun. Da Costa-fallet är ett av Sveriges mest omdebatterade mordfall, som det har skrivits flera böcker och tusentals artiklar om. Det har också gjorts flera teveprogram och radioprogram om da Costa-fallet.Denna bok innehåller nya fakta, nya analyser och nya personporträtt, samtidigt som författaren bygger vidare på analytiska diskussioner som påbörjades i Kim Larssons bok Styckmordet/epilogen och Per Lindebergs bok Döden är en man. Catrine och tystnaden har en dynamisk och kommunikativ relation till dessa två böcker och även övrig da Costa-litteratur.I denna bok utvecklas bland annat analyserna av da Costas vistelse på Hotell Gustav Vasa, folklivet på Eugeniavägen, de båda fyndplatserna, personen Catrine da Costa, människorna runt henne och missbrukarkretsarna i Stockholm. Denna bok innehåller också ett detaljerat förhör med "Vincent", ett förhör som presenteras för allmänheten för första gången. Detta och mycket mer finns att läsa i Catrine och tystnaden - pusselbitarna som försvann. Även den läsare som har studerat da Costa-fallet i flera år, kommer att få en helt ny syn på da Costa-fallet efter att ha läst Catrine och tystnaden - pusselbitarna som försvann. Detta är en bok som ingen utom författaren trodde var möjlig att skriva. Alla utomstående bedömare har trott att allt som går att säga om da Costa-fallet har sagts för flera år sedan men så är det inte.Med denna bok vill författaren skingra den paradoxala tystnad som omger ett av nutidens mest omskrivna mordfall. Allt är ännu inte sagt om da Costa-fallet.

Many years ago I befriended a family who became the subject of one of Western Australia's most enduring and perplexing missing persons mysteries.Ask any investigator, be they a detective or journalist who has looked into this case, and all will tell you their questions have been met with a curious silence regarding those involved. It is like you are standing on the edge of a cliff throwing rocks into a deep dark chasm - you hear the stones bounce off the walls but you don't hear them hit the bottom. You call out but no one answers. You peer over the edge but see only darkness.Sometimes the only way you are going to get the full story is to jump off that cliff. This writer can relay what is down there but he won't, because from where you stand you will only misunderstand him and perhaps even call him a liar.What I do ask is that you now jump with me. It's the only way you might come to make sense of what I'm about to tell you.

Rory Conde didn't begin his serial killing career until later in life. He was an unusual killer in that he would dress his victims up to preserve their dignity. In one instance, Conde dressed his victim, loaded him into his car and drove him to an upmarket area off the Tamiami Trail in Florida. There, he threw the body out, leaving it to be found in the open close to the road. Something he would repeat five more times as his killing spree gathered pace. He made no attempt to hide the bodies, yet appeared to hold the sense of propriety to ensure his victims' decency.His next victim followed very shortly after. On October 8th, 1994 he picked up prostitute Elisa Martinez. When her body was also found, dressed and strangled, once more just off the Tamiami Trail, police began to wonder whether they had a copycat killer on their hands, or a serial killer. Within another six weeks they were further perplexed when the strangled body of the next prostitute was found in a similar place. This time, however, the killer had gone further.What possessed Rory Conde to commit these horrible crimes and how was he caught?

Dorothea Puente became infamous in the 1980s for being the "Death House Landlady". She ran a boarding home in Sacramento, California and proceeded to steal the Social Security checks of her elderly and mentally disabled tenants. Those tenants who proved to be too troublesome would be given increased dosages of sleeping pills until they died. She would chop up the bodies and bury them in her backyard.

The Stadium Steps is actually two tales. It¿s the story of a probation officer, the son of a slain police officer, raised by his mother and a parish priest who becomes a surrogate father to the boy. But Father Iggy is more than a paternal figure in the life of Michael O¿Shea. The priest becomes his boxing coach and, at an early age, may have sowed the seeds for the traumatic brain injury which leads to O¿Sheäs placement in a medical facility for patients with brain trauma. O¿Shea soon finds that all is not as it appears in the Pacific Dunes Rehabilitative Hospital, and like the carpenter who can¿t bring herself to hire someone else to repair a broken piece of furniture, O¿Shea takes matters into his own hands. At the end of the day, The Stadium Steps is a morality tale, so at its conclusion, like these characters, you ask the same question: ¿What would you do if you were Michael Ignatius O¿Shea?¿¿

A man of God . . . driven by the devilTo his parishioners, minister Matt Baker seemed a pious and good man. To his wife, Kari, he was a devoted husband and caring father. Always sunny and vivacious, Kari never questioned their frequent relocations from one small Texas Baptist church to another. Even when tragedy struck, Kari remained strong?until one day, inexplicably, she took her own life.To friends and family, Kari's suicide made no sense?and they struggled with questions they couldn't answer. Why couldn't Matt hold a job with any one church? Why did he cut off all contact with Kari's devastated parents soon after her death? And who was the blond companion he began appearing with just days after the funeral? But it would take a team of investigators and dogged determination to bring Matt Baker's dark secrets to light?revealing a shocking history of lies, infidelity, cruelty, and sexual obsession that may have led a serial predator cloaked in God's word to commit murder.

Bruce Cleland was smitten when he first saw Rebecca Salcedo. The sexy Latina cook was mixing up spices at the local swap meet and he couldn't believe his eyes. She was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen...But in him, she only saw dollar signs. The two would marry and Bruce would shower his high-maintenance bride with extravagant gifts and vacations, even including a breast augmentation. Salcedo, on the other hand, would cheat on her dutiful husband with men...and women...Salcedo soon grew tired of Bruce's devotion and wanted out...but not without some compensation. Forging his signature as well as tallying up his assets, she figured she could get over one million dollars upon his death...but could she get away with murder?

When the nude photo of a teenage runaway shows up on a website, the girl's father turns to Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks for help. But these aren't unusual circumstances, for the runaway is the daughter of a man who's determined to destroy the dedicated Yorkshire policeman's career and good name.Still, it's a case that Banks?a father himself?dares not ignore as he follows its trail into teeming London. But when a series of gruesome murders follows soon after, Banks finds himself pulled into the past and private world of his most powerful enemy, Chief Constable Jimmy Riddle.Peter Robinson is at the height of his storytelling skills in this twisting novel of suspense that proves you can never escape their pasts?especially when there are sordid secrets waiting to be revealed.

Title: Report of the trial of Samuel M. Andrews: indicted for the murder of Cornelius Holmes, before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, December 11, 1868: including the rulings of the court upon many questions of law and a full statement of authorities upon the subject of transitory insanity.Author: Samuel M AndrewsPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04372600CollectionID: CTRG03-B490PublicationDate: 18690101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 287 p., [2] leaves of plates: maps; 24 cm

Charles Manson was the illegitimate child of a teenage prostitute; in 1969, on his orders, eight people were hacked to death in an orgy of violence. Ted Bundy had the power to charm women. With his arm in a fake sling, he used to ask them to help him get his sailboat down off his car, but first they had to go to his house... Joanna Dennehy stabbed her lover Kevin Lee in the heart, dressed him in a black sequin dress, and dumped him in a ditch. To celebrate, she played Britney Spears' 'Oops!... I Did It Again' down her phone and then helped torch Lee's Ford Mondeo. Serial killers are the ultimate outlaws. They step outside not just the law but all human norms. They are fascinating because they are almost impossible to understand. It's comforting to know that all the serial killers featured here are now either dead or behind bars. Nevertheless, this book is not for people of a nervous disposition.

Including never-before-seen photos and handwritten letters from Bundy, Dark Tide’s message is as gut-wrenching as it is clear, asking the question: how well do we know those we trust most?

Don Weber brings his fifty-plus years of experience in writing and the criminal law to the reader. This book is a must-read for true-crime enthusiasts, Ripperologists, and anyone interested in increasing their knowledge of crime and criminal trials. The bestselling author gives the reader the details of forensic science and the criminal law in simple, easily understood language.The author has tried hundreds of criminal jury cases, both as a prosecutor and a defense lawyer. He details the real-life use of DNA science, psychological profiling, bite-mark comparison, gunshot analysis, and many other aspects of forensic evidence. The book also explains most aspects of criminal law and procedure, such as the little understood Felony Murder Rule and the valuable but often overlooked use of the Grand Jury and the prior consistent statement rule.Along the way, real trials, and historic trials that never happened, are detailed. From the badly botched murder of the Czar and his family to the forensic evidence that saved Wyatt Earp from the gallows, historic crimes are described and autopsied. The fictional trial of Robert Kennedy for the murder of Marilyn Monroe and the trial and execution of Jack the Ripper are based on actual facts taken from the historic evidence.Readers who want to sharpen their skills concerning crime and evidence and increase their understanding of criminal trials must have this riveting and informative book in their library.Were Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday saved from the gallows by forensic evidence?Would Robert Kennedy have taken the witness stand in his trial for the murder of Marilyn Monroe?The trial and hanging of Aaron Kosminski for the Jack the Ripper murders.

In this gripping work of true crime, a criminal lawyer takes readers inside the notorious Lori Vallow case and the devastating "doomsday murders."

The true story of a Texas cop and wife-killer-and the unbelievable perversions of justice that almost set him free.On July 6th, 2002, schoolteacher Virginia "Viki" Lozano, mother of an eleven-month-old and wife of a Denton, Texas, police officer, died from a gunshot wound the day after her sixteenth wedding anniversary. Her husband, Bobby, claimed that she must have been cleaning his gun and it went off. In bed. In the middle of the night. While she was lying down. Despite his being a known lothario and serial adulterer, authorities still wondered: Could Bobby Lozano, one of their own, really have committed such a crime? In a startling twist, Viki's mother not only stood by her son-in-law, but continued to share a home with him, even after he was indicted for the murder of her own daughter. Even more shocking, the indictment was vacated when the DA, in a sworn affidavit, said that the medical examiner had changed his mind and ruled the death a suicide. Case closed. For six long years the case languished in limbo...until one reporter discovered that the DA's affidavit was full of lies, and her exposé blew the lid off the case. The fight to avenge Viki's brutal murder was just beginning.

Hero, Husband, Father . . . Monster?In Creekstone, Texas, a small, quiet suburb of Houston, football was king . . . and David Temple was a prince. A former high school and college gridiron star-turned-coach, he had a fairy-tale marriage to bright, vivacious Belinda Lucas, a teacher at the local high school who was so warm and popular her colleagues called her "The Sunshine Girl."The fairy tale ended savagely on January 11, 1999, when Belinda's lifeless body was discovered in a closet. Her skull had been shattered by a shotgun blast at close range. She was eight months pregnant.There was no damning evidence directly linking the brutal murder to husband David, who stood by emotionless and dry-eyed as police searched the crime scene. But a dogged eight-year investigation would expose a shocking history of cruelty and domination, infidelity and rage?ultimately resulting in an epic courtroom battle for the ages?as the scandalous truth was revealed about love betrayed and innocent lives . . . shattered.

The true story of a teenage killer and the silence of a small New England town. For twenty years Daniel Paquette's murder in New Hampshire went unsolved. It remained a secret between two high school friends until Eric Windhurst's arrest in 2005. What was revealed was a crime born of adolescent passion between Eric and Daniel's stepdaughter, Melanie- redefining the meaning of loyalty, justice, and revenge.

The day before Halloween 2004 was the last day on Earth for respected, well-liked college professor Fred Jablin. That morning, a neighbor discovered his body lying in a pool of blood in the driveway of Jablin's Virginia home. Police immediately turned their attentions to the victim's ex-wife, Piper, a petite, pretty Texas lawyer who had lost a bitter custody battle and would do anything to get her kids back. But Piper was in Houston, one thousand miles away, at the time of the slaying and couldn't possibly have been the killer . . . could she?So began an investigation into one of the most bizarre cases Virginia and Texas law enforcement agencies had ever encountered: a twisted conspiracy of lies, rage, paranoia, manipulation, and savage murder that would ensnare an entire family?including two lethally close look-alike sisters?and reveal the shocking depravities possible when a dangerously disordered mind slips into madness.