A murder in Music City
Subtitle: corruption, scandal, and the framing of an innocent man
By: Michael Bishop ; foreword by Richard Walter, forensic psychologists, and consultant to law enforcemenet agencies
Contributors: Walter, Richard (Forensic psychologist), author of foreword
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781633883451
Subjects: Murder; Investigation; Case studies
Description: Nashville 1964. Paula Herring is murdered in her home while her six-year-old brother apparently sleeps through the grisly event. A few months later a judge's son is convicted of the crime. Decades after the slaying Bishop, a private citizen, stumbles upon a secret file related to the case. With the help of forensic experts he uncovers the truth: a circle of powerful citizens were key participants in the crime and the subsequent cover-up.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The babysitter story; title: Saturday night slaying; title: Leaving Texas; title: 1964 investigation; title: Third bullet; title: Criminal trial; title: Jo Herring's letter; title: Part II. The Herring file; title: Forty stories; title: Neighbors; title: Inmate #62250; title: Something's fishy; title: Police archives; title: Six girls; title: Trial of the bloody man; title: Red Ace; title: Lawyers; title: Autopsy report; title: Part III. True detective; title: Girl next door; title: Vandy kids; title: Bridge club; title: True detective; title: Return of Jim Squires; title: Got any veterans?; title: Prescription for murder; title: Sinners; title: Research or reinvestigation?; title: Part IV. House full of hell; title: Sherlock Holmes; title: Controlling the victim; title: American veterans; title: Coach and player; title: Blue sky; title: House full of hell; title: Graveyard dead; title: Sherlock in Atlanta; title: Bad night in Nashville; title: Queen of Metro; title: Class of 1963; title: Final resting place; title: Epilogue. Where are they now?