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    Murder That Wasn't: The Case of George Gwaze
    Murder That Wasn't: The Case of George Gwaze
    Murder That Wasn't: The Case of George Gwaze
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    Murder That Wasn't: The Case of George Gwaze

    By Felicity Goodyear-Smith

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    This book tells the story of the case of Zimbabwean-born New Zealand resident George Gwaze, twice charged and twice acquitted of the rape and murder of his 10-year-old adopted niece, Charlene Makaza. When Charlene was found unconscious one morning, gasping for breath, with a high fever and lying in a pool of diarrhea, her family rushed her to the Christchurch 24-hour clinic. She was treated for overwhelming sepsis and transferred to the hospital, but sadly her life could not be saved. During the course of Charlene's short illness the diagnosis shifts from infection to sexual assault and homicide, and her grieving family finds themselves publicly engulfed in a criminal investigation. What unfolds next is a surreal set of events so improbable that they seem fictitious. Murder That Wasn't meticulously explores the facts surrounding this case based on scientific, medical, and court records and individual interviews to tell this family's extraordinary story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOtago University Press
    Release dateAug 30, 2016
    ISBN9781927322772
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