The Torso Murder: The Untold Story of Evelyn Dick - Softcover

Vallee, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552633403 ISBN 13: 9781552633403

Verlag: Key Porter Books, 2002

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Book by Vallee Brian

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A fresh and fascinating look at the Evelyn Dick murder trial and the intriguing mystery of her disappearance.

The "torso" murder trial of young attractive Evelyn Dick grabbed headlines in 1946 and 1947. Her husband John's head and limbs had been sawed from his body and burned up in her furnace. After she was sentenced to hang, up-and-coming lawyer J.J. Robinette appealed her case, won her a new trial and then an acquittal. But, when police found the decayed remains of Evelyn's newborn baby encased in cement in a suitcase in her attic, the best Robinette could do for her was a manslaughter conviction and eleven years in prison.

Evelyn Dick was released with a new identity in 1958. Since then, rumors, stories and sightings have abounded. Where did she go and what happened to her? Writer producer Brian Vallée, after crisscrossing the country, conducting several dozen interviews and tirelessly researching old newspaper files and thousands of pages of transcripts and police reports, answers many of the questions that surround this mysterious case. The result is a lively, spine-tingling account of the case itself and Evelyn Dick's surprising new life. With much of the material never before published, The Torso Murder is a captivating, chilling true story.

Biografía del autor:

Brian Vallée, the best-selling author of Life with Billy, is a former journalist and award-winning producer-director with CBC's The Fifth Estate. He continues his documentary work as a freelancer with items airing on CBC's Life and Times and The Fifth Estate. He was a researcher and scriptwriter for the made-for-TV documentary The Notorious Mrs. Dick. His other non-fiction books include Life and Death with Billy and Edwin Alonzo Boyd: The Story of the Notorious Boyd Gang. His first novel, Pariah, was published in the U.S. and Canada in 1991.

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• Verlag: Key Porter Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1552633403
• ISBN 13: 9781552633403
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288