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    Fingerprints: Four Unusual Historical Cases
    Without a Body: Forensic Investigations When There's Not a Lot Left
    Unwanted Wives
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    Old Cases Series

    By J. Gunnar Grey

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    About this series

    Criminals have known for a long time that it’s not enough to move a victim’s body; the evidence is still there and can still be used in court against them. Only the absolute erasure of the victim from the face of the earth helps a killer escape justice, and so for as long as there have been killers, they’ve been searching for the perfect method of corpse disposal.

    But that’s not easy. Getting rid of a body is a monumental undertaking, and even without a body, forensic evidence always remains, sometimes in the most esoteric and strange forms, waiting to bring a killer to justice.

    Without a Body presents nine fascinating cases, spanning from the 1890s to the 21st century. How does an investigator capture a killer when the body’s not around for investigating? What clues can be gathered in the body’s absence? And how can a jury convict without that single most important piece of evidence?

    Here’s how.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDingbat Publishing
    Release dateDec 19, 2011
    Fingerprints: Four Unusual Historical Cases
    Without a Body: Forensic Investigations When There's Not a Lot Left
    Unwanted Wives

    Titles in the series (3)

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      Unwanted Wives
      Unwanted Wives

      Unwanted Wives

      J. Gunnar Grey
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      Carlyle Harris and Robert Buchanan had several things in common. Both worked in the medical field, with Harris a medical student and Buchanan a practicing physician. Both lived in New York City in the early 1890s. And both had wives they didn't want. 5,000 words ***** Helen Potts met Carlyle Harris in the summer of 1889 at a cotillion held at the Coleman House, Ocean Grove, NJ. She was eighteen, and at twenty-one, he'd completed his first year as a medical student at Columbia University in Manhattan. She was a beautiful, dark-haired young lady with a svelte figure and soulful expression; he looked rather like a lightweight Teddy Roosevelt with slicked-back hair parted down the middle, pince nez, a mustache, and wide tie. They spent time together in the company of friends, appropriate for that Victorian era, and when they parted in the autumn, Harris returning to Columbia and Helen moving with her mother into a New York City flat, Mrs. Cynthia Potts had no notion of ever meeting the young man again. But he came calling in New York and his increasingly marked attentions to Helen were not received kindly by her mother. Helen was too young to consider matrimony, Mrs. Potts insisted when her daughter mentioned an engagement. Instead, Mrs. Potts tried to put some distance between the two and among other restrictions, she required they only see each other in company, never alone. On February 7, 1890, Harris invited Helen to visit the New York Stock Exchange with him, telling Mrs. Potts that McCready Harris, his younger brother, would be coming along, too. Her conditions fulfilled, Mrs. Potts agreed. But Harris lied.

      Carlyle Harris and Robert Buchanan had several things in common. Both worked in the medical field, with Harris a medical student and Buchanan a practicing physician. Both lived in New York City in the early 1890s. And both had wives they didn't want. 5,000 words ***** Helen Potts met Carlyle Harris in the summer of 1889 at a cotillion held at the Coleman House, Ocean Grove, NJ. She was eighteen, and at twenty-one, he'd completed his first year as a medical student at Columbia University in Manhattan. She was a beautiful, dark-haired young lady with a svelte figure and soulful expression; he looked rather like a lightweight Teddy Roosevelt with slicked-back hair parted down the middle, pince nez, a mustache, and wide tie. They spent time together in the company of friends, appropriate for that Victorian era, and when they parted in the autumn, Harris returning to Columbia and Helen moving with her mother into a New York City flat, Mrs. Cynthia Potts had no notion of ever meeting the young man again. But he came calling in New York and his increasingly marked attentions to Helen were not received kindly by her mother. Helen was too young to consider matrimony, Mrs. Potts insisted when her daughter mentioned an engagement. Instead, Mrs. Potts tried to put some distance between the two and among other restrictions, she required they only see each other in company, never alone. On February 7, 1890, Harris invited Helen to visit the New York Stock Exchange with him, telling Mrs. Potts that McCready Harris, his younger brother, would be coming along, too. Her conditions fulfilled, Mrs. Potts agreed. But Harris lied.

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      Fingerprints: Four Unusual Historical Cases
      Fingerprints: Four Unusual Historical Cases

      Fingerprints: Four Unusual Historical Cases

      J. Gunnar Grey
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      A True Crime Shortie of 6,000 words... about the length of a long magazine article Yeah, they’ve mostly been superceded by DNA lately. But back in the day, there was nothing like a good clear fingerprint to get a law enforcement officer’s blood moving. Here are four true crime fingerprint cases pulled from history. 1. The first crimes solved through fingerprints... includes Francesca Rojas (1892), Harry Jackson (1902), and the Mask Murders (1905). Yeah, three in one. 2. The Question Mark Burglar... an unbelievable case from 1920. 3. When the victim’s fingerprints count the most... the Urschel kidnapping case from 1933. 4. Beyond bizarre... the strange case of cop-killer George Ross (1951). Old Cases: where forensics meet history

      A True Crime Shortie of 6,000 words... about the length of a long magazine article Yeah, they’ve mostly been superceded by DNA lately. But back in the day, there was nothing like a good clear fingerprint to get a law enforcement officer’s blood moving. Here are four true crime fingerprint cases pulled from history. 1. The first crimes solved through fingerprints... includes Francesca Rojas (1892), Harry Jackson (1902), and the Mask Murders (1905). Yeah, three in one. 2. The Question Mark Burglar... an unbelievable case from 1920. 3. When the victim’s fingerprints count the most... the Urschel kidnapping case from 1933. 4. Beyond bizarre... the strange case of cop-killer George Ross (1951). Old Cases: where forensics meet history

    • Without a Body: Forensic Investigations When There's Not a Lot Left
      Without a Body: Forensic Investigations When There's Not a Lot Left

      Without a Body: Forensic Investigations When There's Not a Lot Left

      J. Gunnar Grey
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      Criminals have known for a long time that it’s not enough to move a victim’s body; the evidence is still there and can still be used in court against them. Only the absolute erasure of the victim from the face of the earth helps a killer escape justice, and so for as long as there have been killers, they’ve been searching for the perfect method of corpse disposal. But that’s not easy. Getting rid of a body is a monumental undertaking, and even without a body, forensic evidence always remains, sometimes in the most esoteric and strange forms, waiting to bring a killer to justice. Without a Body presents nine fascinating cases, spanning from the 1890s to the 21st century. How does an investigator capture a killer when the body’s not around for investigating? What clues can be gathered in the body’s absence? And how can a jury convict without that single most important piece of evidence? Here’s how.

      Criminals have known for a long time that it’s not enough to move a victim’s body; the evidence is still there and can still be used in court against them. Only the absolute erasure of the victim from the face of the earth helps a killer escape justice, and so for as long as there have been killers, they’ve been searching for the perfect method of corpse disposal. But that’s not easy. Getting rid of a body is a monumental undertaking, and even without a body, forensic evidence always remains, sometimes in the most esoteric and strange forms, waiting to bring a killer to justice. Without a Body presents nine fascinating cases, spanning from the 1890s to the 21st century. How does an investigator capture a killer when the body’s not around for investigating? What clues can be gathered in the body’s absence? And how can a jury convict without that single most important piece of evidence? Here’s how.

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