No-Body Homicide Cases: A Practical Guide to Investigating, Prosecuting, and Winning Cases When the Victim Is Missing

A practical guide for police, death investigators, and prosecutors, No-Body Homicide Cases: A Practical Guide to Investigating, Prosecuting, and Winning Cases When the Victim is Missing, Second Edition explores the history of no-body murder cases and the best methods to investigate, solve, and bring them to court. It provides insight gained from investigating, consulting on, and trying scores of no-body cases and includes a chapter on a high-profile case to illustrate the investigative and adjudication process.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 382 pages
Publication date: 13 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

A comprehensive guide for law enforcement, death investigators, and prosecutors, No-Body Homicide Cases: A Practical Guide to Investigating, Prosecuting, and Winning Cases When the Victim is Missing, Second Edition, delves into an extensive examination of both the historical backdrop of no-body murder cases and the most effective approaches to investigate, solve, and successfully bring these cases to court.

How can you establish the guilt of a murderer when the most crucial and primary piece of evidence, the victim's body, is missing? This Second Edition, exclusively devoted to the investigation and prosecution of no-body homicide cases, offers invaluable insights gained from the authors' extensive experience in investigating, consulting on, and trying numerous no-body cases across the United States. It guides readers step-by-step through the initial stages of a homicide investigation, all the way to the trial. The book explores the history of confessions and discloses the investigative techniques police must employ to catch these cunning killers. Chapters delve into the various methods criminals have used to dispose of bodies, shedding light on the psychological profile of the type of defendant who commits such heinous acts and then hides the body.

Since the last edition was published, the number of no-body murder cases investigated has surged, with over 50 percent of all no-body murder cases tried and prosecuted occurring since the year 2000. To illustrate the entire no-body investigative and adjudication process, this edition includes a comprehensive chapter detailing a high-profile case from start to finish. Additionally, Chapter 12 updates the nearly 400 case summaries provided in the previous edition, bringing the current figure to 576 no-body murder trials in U.S. history.

No-Body Homicide Cases, Second Edition, remains an essential resource for law enforcement, death investigators, and prosecutors, providing valuable guidance and expertise in navigating the complexities of no-body murder cases.

Weight: 810g
Dimension: 176 x 253 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032618043
Edition number: 2 ed