Summary of Charles Bosworth & Joel Schwartz's Bone Deep

By IRB Media

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#1 On December 27, 2011, Russ Faria went to game night at Mike Corbin’s house with his friends. He was going to pick up his wife, Betsy, who was getting a ride home from Pam Hupp. She had some news to share with him at home.

#2 Russ’s red 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser hadn’t been running well, so he left it in the garage and took the blue 1999 Ford Explorer. He drove east out of the small Waterbrooke Estates Subdivision and onto rural Highway H. He made a quick turn south onto Missouri Highway 61.

#3 As he ran to his wife, Russ screamed, Betsy! Betsy! She was lying on her right side, with the front of her body twisted downward until her left shoulder almost touched the floor. She was covered in blood. He knew that she had threatened to kill herself before. He thought she must have finally done it.

#4 On the night of the murder, Russ was on the phone with the dispatcher when a deputy arrived at his house and took him to the patrol car. He was sobbing and couldn’t believe what he had seen. He told the deputy about Betsy’s cancer, her bouts of depression, and their activities that day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669381013

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On December 27, 2011, Russ Faria went to game night at Mike Corbin’s house with his friends. He was going to pick up his wife, Betsy, who was getting a ride home from Pam Hupp. She had some news to share with him at home.

#2

Russ’s red 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser hadn’t been running well, so he left it in the garage and took the blue 1999 Ford Explorer. He drove east out of the small Waterbrooke Estates Subdivision and onto rural Highway H. He made a quick turn south onto Missouri Highway 61.

#3

As he ran to his wife, Russ screamed, Betsy! Betsy! She was lying on her right side, with the front of her body twisted downward until her left shoulder almost touched the floor. She was covered in blood. He knew that she had threatened to kill herself before. He thought she must have finally done it.

#4

On the night of the murder, Russ was on the phone with the dispatcher when a deputy arrived at his house and took him to the patrol car. He was sobbing and couldn’t believe what he had seen. He told the deputy about Betsy’s cancer, her bouts of depression, and their activities that day.

#5

When sheriff’s detectives Mike Merkel and Patrick Harney arrived at the house, they asked Russ to go with them to the sheriff’s office to make a formal statement. While he was there, they took a quick look through the house, and asked him to leave it with them as a crime scene.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

During an interview with Russ Faria, he repeatedly said No, no, no, no, no and Why. He then began to cry and pray.

#2

After interviewing the Farias, Merkel explained that the police always read people their rights before interviewing them. Russ asked if he was being arrested, and Merkel said he was not. He explained that the couple had been married for 11 years, but had had frequent and loud arguments in the past.

#3

In late 2009, Betsy was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in 2010. The cancer was considered in remission by early 2011, but it returned in late 2011 and spread to her liver. She had three to five years to live.

#4

When interviewing Russ, police found it strange that he had not touched or embraced his wife, Betsy, after finding her body. He said he didn’t know what to do, and wanted someone to come help him.

#5

After two minutes, Russ stood up and began to pace around the room, moaning and pounding his fist against the table. He asked God why he had taken away his wife. He wanted his family back, and he wanted his baby back.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

When questioned about the last person to see Betsy alive, Russ said he didn’t know anything about Pam, her friend. He said that Pam had come to their house a week or two ago to discuss forming a nonprofit organization to collect money for people with health issues.

#2

At 5:30 a. m. , Floyd asked Russ to write and sign a statement of his activities the night before. On an official form for the sheriff’s office, Russ printed a twenty-three-line, succinct, and sparse account of Betsy’s trip to chemotherapy, his hours at game night, and his discovery of her body.

Insights from Chapter 4

#1

When police interviewed Russ, they asked him if he was willing to take a polygraph test to prove he was innocent. Russ agreed without hesitation. He was an honest person.

#2

When detectives talked to Betsy’s mom, she said that she thought Russ was a good person. However, he was not picking up on it yet. The tone of the detectives’ questions was beginning to change