Morgue
Subtitle: a life in death
By: Dr. Vincent Di Maio and Ron Franscell ; foreword by Dr. Jan Garavaglia Discovery Channel's Dr. G: Medical Examiner
Contributors: Franscell, Ron, 1957- author; Garavaglia, Jan, writer of foreword
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781250067142
Subjects: Homicide investigation; Pathologists; Forensic scientists; Autopsy; Biography
Description: "...Dr. Vincent Di Maio and veteran crime writer Ron Franscell guide us behind the morgue doors to tell a fascinating life story through the cases that have made Di Maio famous--from the exhumation of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald to the complex issues in the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Beginning with his street-smart Italian origins in Brooklyn, the book spans 40 years of work and more than 9,000 autopsies, and Di Maio's eventual rise into the pantheon of forensic scientists."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A death in black and white; title: The "why" incision; title: An empty nursery; title: Bombed beyond recognition; title: Digging up Lee Harvey Oswald; title: Monsters among us; title: Secrets and puzzles; title: Detail, justice, and celebrity; title: The ghosts of West Memphis; title: The curious death of Vincent Van Gogh.