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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Preface | p. ix |
Timeline: Milestones in Forensics | p. xi |
The Cigar Girl: The Death of Mary Rogers (1841) | p. 1 |
Polar Poisoning: The Death of Charles Francis Hall (1871) | p. 11 |
Bloody Murder: The Death of Abby and Andrew Borden (1892) | p. 25 |
Help Wanted: The Murder of Nora Fuller (1902) | p. 37 |
The Missing Socialite: The Mysterious Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold (1910) | p. 45 |
Killing Spree: The Axeman of New Orleans (1918-1919) | p. 53 |
The Wizard of Whist: The Murder of Joseph Bowne Elwell (1920) | p. 63 |
Married Lovers: The Murders of Edward Wheeler Hall and Eleanor Mills (1922) | p. 75 |
Hollywood Murder: The Case of William Desmond Taylor (1922) | p. 85 |
The Wrong Man: The Murder of Father Hubert Dahme (1924) | p. 99 |
Pull a Crater: The Disappearance of Judge Joseph Force Crater (1930) | p. 107 |
The Mad Trapper: Who Was Albert Johnson? (1931) | p. 117 |
Preying on the Poor: The Cleveland Torso Killer (1934-1938) | p. 131 |
Downed: The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart (1937) | p. 143 |
The Case of the Missing Activist: Lloyd L. Gaines (1939) | p. 157 |
Millionaire Murder: The Case of Sir Harry Oakes (1943) | p. 165 |
Georgette Bauerdorf: The Mysterious Death of an Oil Executive's Daughter (1944) | p. 177 |
The Black Dahlia: The Murder of Elizabeth Short (1946) | p. 183 |
Unknown Child: The Boy in the Box (1957) | p. 193 |
Escape from Alcatraz: Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers (1962) | p. 205 |
Presidential Friend: The Murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer (1964) | p. 217 |
The Millionaire's Daughter: The Murder of Valerie Percy (1966) | p. 225 |
Material Man: The Disappearance of Jim Thompson (1967) | p. 235 |
Cryptic Killer: The Case of the Zodiac Killer (1968-1969) | p. 245 |
The Vanishing Hijacker: The Disappearance of D. B. Cooper (1971) | p. 257 |
Missing Sisters: The Disappearance of Katherine and Sheila Lyon (1975) | p. 271 |
The Union and the Mafia: The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa (1975) | p. 277 |
No Hero: The Murder of Actor Robert Crane (1978) | p. 287 |
The Milk Carton Kid: The Disappearance of Etan Patz (1979) | p. 299 |
The Missing Medic: Kathleen Durst (1982) | p. 309 |
Paper Boy: The Disappearance of Johnny Gosch (1982) | p. 319 |
Fishing for a Killer: The Murder of Matthew Margolies (1984) | p. 327 |
Dog Breeder: The Case of Camilla Lyman (1987) | p. 333 |
Amber Alert: The Murder of Amber Hagerman (1996) | p. 339 |
Child Beauty Queen: The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey (1996) | p. 347 |
Rap Race: The Death of Tupac Amaru Shakur (1996) | p. 357 |
Rap Race Part Two: The Murder of Biggie Smalls (1997) | p. 363 |
Bringing Down a Congressman: The Death of Chandra Levy (2001) | p. 369 |
Murder on the High Seas: The Case of Basketball Player Bison Dele (2002) | p. 379 |
The Collar Bomber: The Death of Brian Wells (2003) | p. 387 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 395 |
Index | p. 397 |
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