Stand-in for murder
By: produced by Authentic Entertainment, Inc. for TLC ; Discovery Communications
Contributors: Discovery Communications, Inc; Authentic Entertainment; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: Scene of the crime; CJA 460 (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Homicide; Case studies; Criminal investigation; Forensic sciences
Other titles: Standin for murder; Stand in for murder
Description: The case discussed is a 1988 insurance fraud that left an innocent look-alike dead and a beneficiary who disappreared with the $1 million payout. A policeman, a coronor's investigator, a member of the Fraud Division of the California Dept. of Insurance and others lay out the case that ended with the incarceration of business partners as well as their associate, a doctor.
Notes: DVD.