MURDER OR SUICIDE True Stories from the Extremes of Life

Hardback. The author, the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York for over 20yrs, reveals in vivid detail some of the more mysterious and macabre murders, suicides and accidents that he has been involved with during his long career. There is the tragic case of 3yr old Andrew. Reported as missing by his mother, it was later revealed through a combination of police and forensic work that in fact Andrew had been killed by his mother and her boyfriend's repeated abuse. Stored in a refrigerator for 6 months, Andrew was finally given a "decent burial" in a shallow grave near the gate of a cemetery. The author is able to educate and fascinate with a mixture of amazing insight into the world of medicolegal investigation, and over 70 cases that are stranger than fiction. With Endnotes. 286pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. in Nr. F. dw.