Cold Cases: Famous Unsolved Mysteries, Crimes, and Disappearances in America
- ISBN-10
- 0313376921
- ISBN-13
- 9780313376924
- Series
- Cold Cases
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 401
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- Hélèna Katz
Description
This book explicitly chronicles 40 cases of unsolved murders and disappearances over a period of more than 160 years, tracing the evolution of criminal investigation and forensic techniques. * 40 chapters document all the major unsolved murders and disappearances of the 19th and 20th centuries * A complete chronology of unsolved murders and disappearances from 1841 to 2003, illustrating how murder investigations and forensic science have advanced * 31 photographs depict the victims of unsolved murders and disappearances portrayed in this book * Bibliography of books, magazine and newspaper articles, and websites about unsolved murders and disappearances * Includes an appendix detailing milestones in the development of forensic techniques, from a Chinese text from 1248 explaining the differences between death by drowning and by strangulation, to the modern use of DNA
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