The Last Murder: The Investigation, Prosecution, and Execution of Ted Bundy
• Describes how sociopathic defendants manipulate the criminal justice system and disrupt criminal prosecutions• Examines issues related to interagency cooperation in the prosecution of peripatetic serial killers• Demonstrates the importance of forensic science to both the investigation and the prosecution of serial murderers• Shows how attention to minutiae can make the difference in solving cases and how seemingly insignificant errors can impede a prosecution• Major figures in the investigation and prosecution vetted the descriptions of events in which they were involved• Extensive newspaper clippings, the prosecution trial brief, the FDLE case file, and portions of the actual trial transcript served as sources of reference for the book• Illustrated with photographs of evidence, crime scene diagrams, and charts demonstrating the relationship of various items of evidence