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Dassas Cormier returns to Marshall's Bayou in the spring of 1924 to find that his old friend Red Doucet has been murdered. Grace, the only woman Dass has ever loved, is also back in Marshall's Bayou, and she wants him to look for her missing husband. He's surprised when his search leads to another murder. Are the two murders linked? More important, is Grace involved?
It's 1924, and a much-anticipated Thanksgiving with his family is disrupted as Dassas Cormier must travel from Marshall's Bayou to Lake Charles to help his sister and her companion, a renowned author and adventurer whose tall tales don't sit right with Dassas. Colonel Jedidiah Gilmore is the only witness to a bank robbery and murder, but his testimony doesn't match the facts. When trouble follows them back to Marshall's Bayou, Dassas must decide if the Colonel's story is just another fabrication before the murderer claims another victim. And while protecting his family, he must decide how to break the news to his star-struck nephew that the Colonel isn't quite the adventurer he claims to be.
In 1925, Dassas Cormier makes good on a promise and escorts his nephew Frank to New Orleans, but their vacation quickly turns into a search for a killer when Dassas learns a friend, an exotic dancer, has been murdered. As he digs deeper into the dark side of the city, Dassas discovers secrets that involve politicians, bootleggers, federal agents, and underworld thugs—and confronts the shadows that haunt his own heart.
Sarah Baker has been charged with the first-degree murder of her husband, who was a well-known news anchor. The State alleges that Baker intended to divorce her husband and cut him out of her will, and that he was going to sue her for a large portion of the estate. Baker claims she shot him to protect herself when he advanced toward her with a kitchen knife threatening to kill her. The case features the use of expert forensic pathology, criminalistics, DNA testimony, and the defense of self-defense.
When police respond to a 911 call, they find Sarah Baker, the defendant, with knife cuts on her arm—and Kelly Baker, her husband, shot dead on their kitchen floor. Sarah claims she shot her husband when he attacked her with a butcher knife, which was later found in his hand. The police, however, believe Sarah killed her husband in cold blood, inflicted the knife wounds herself, and planted the knife in her husband’s hand after he died. Was this self-defense against a drunk and jealous husband or an heiress’s calculated murder because she was trying to rid herself of an unwanted husband? Filled with forensic, electronic, and physical evidence, this engaging case file presents users with a balanced trial opportunity. New to the Fourth Edition: Recording of 911 call Additional physical exhibits Updated demonstrative exhibits Electronic evidence including texts, web search histories, and a recording from a virtual assistant device Additional facts and details throughout the case Professors and students will benefit from: A closed-world case file that has all necessary information included A wide variety of exhibit types to practice entering into evidence
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