Thomas A Dibiase (Tad)

No-Body Homicide Cases

A Practical Guide to Investigating, Prosecuting, and Winning Cases When the Victim Is Missing

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Produktbeschreibung

How do you prove someone is guilty of murder if there is no body? This practical guide for police and prosecutors provides an expansive look at both the history of no-body murder cases and the best methods to solve them and present the case in court. The author takes readers step by step through the first days of the homicide investigation thoug

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780367779191
• ISBN-10: 0367779196
• Artikelnr.: 61209984

Autorenporträt

Thomas A. (Tad) DiBiase received a B.A. in politics from Wake Forest University in 1987 and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1991. He is the nation's leading expert on no-body homicide cases and has a website that tracks and discusses these cases at www.nobodymurdercases.com. He consults with police and prosecutors throughout the country on no-body murder cases and has formally consulted on more than two dozen no-body murder cases. He has appeared on television numerous times and has been quoted widely in newspapers throughout the country.

Inhaltsangabe

The Early Investigative Phase. Introduction. Searching for the Victim. Cell
Phones. Social Media. Interviews. Search Warrants. Electronic Trail.
Pressure Suspect. Motive. Think Creatively. Missing Children. Proving the
Victim Is Dead. Eliminating Other Suspects. The Later Investigative Phase.
Using the Media. Remember the Anniversaries. If You Have a Suspect.
Jailhouse Informants: A Cautionary Tale. Cold Case. Trial. Pretrial
Preparation. Voir Dire. Hearsay. Puzzle Argument. Rope vs. Chain Analogy.
SODDI. Why Arguing the Victim Is Not Dead Is a Defendant's Worst Enemy.
No-Body Murder Case Statistics. Personality of a Murderer. Future. Indices.
Keyword Index. State Index. Appendix A. Appendix B.