CRACKING CASES The Science of Solving Crimes

Hardback. Do police officers make craftier killers? Can police officers thoroughly investigate a fellow member of their force? Can a suspect be found guilty of murder without authorities ever finding a body? And what happens in a case when police detectives miss crucial evidence? The author take the reader through the entire investigative process of 5 murder cases. Dr. Lee gained widespread public recognition through his testimony in the televised O.J. Simpson trial and has dedicated his life to establishing the truth at crime scenes no matter where the trail of evidence leads him, and no matter which side these scientific findings eventually assist. These engaging cases include the infamous O.J. Simpson case, in which the author's analysis of the blood evidence at the crime scene revealed that the Los Angeles Police Department had missed several blood drops on Nicole Simpson's back, a footprint belonging to a second possible assailant, and the physical improbability of Simpson's climbing a fence to return to his home. Also included are the "Woodchipper murder," in which an airline pilot killed his wife and then ground up her body to dispose of the remains; the Mathison murder in which a veteran Hawaiian police sergeant claimed he accidentally ran over his wife after she fled the family van during a dispute; the Ed Sherman murder, in which a college English professor tried to disguise the time of wife's death by turning up the air-conditioning unit in their house and then claiming that he was away from the home sailing on the day the crime allegedly took place; and police sergeant MacArthur, who shot and killed his wife, but then tried to make it appear that she had accidentally killed herself. In each case, Dr. Lee presents an easily understood, detailed scientific explanation of how he investigated the murders, analysed the evidence, and used forensic techniques that played a critical role in finally bringing the criminals to justice. Illus., Epilogue, Notes, Bibliog. and Index. 316pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in Nr. F. dw.