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The true identity of the psychotic ZODIAC killer has been known by
the Mandamus Seven (group of retired law enforcement officers,
federal agents, a minister, and a District Attorney) since March
15, 1971. This true story is now being told for the very first
time. Official corruption and political intervention forced the
investigation into a top-secret, covert status, giving the insane
ZODIAC killer immunity and a license to kill. Of the over 2,500
suspects cleared by the local authorities and the Department of
Justice, this man is the only suspect who had the uncontrollable
and powerful motive adultery Mind and body ravaged by years of
severe alcoholism, his blood-lusting revenge turned him into the
most shocking and vicious killer in our 20th century. Through his
tauntings of the police, his codes, ciphers, and letters, he was on
a mission to redeem his shattered ego, to prove that he is better,
smarter, and more clever than all the judges and police put
together. With lordly arrogance and jealousy, and with the
assistance of the police, he continued his killing spree until he
claimed a total of 37 victims. Lips sealed by secret oaths and
federal obstructions of justice, the investigation was further
impeded by personal associations with the suspect and his
tenacious, intrepid wife, placing family members in imminent
danger. The evidence is overwhelming and given the totality of the
facts, it is the author 's opinion that there is no jury in the
world that would not find the suspect guilty of being the criminal
genius, ZODIAC. Author 's Bio: Lyndon E. Lafferty is an passionate
outdoorsman who hiked to the top of Mt. Lassen three times and once
to the top of Mt. Fujiyama, Japan during the Korean War. He also
made two attempts each to climb Mt. Shasta and Mt. Whitney. Lyndon
holds a U.S. patent and two patents pending. He loves to write and
is currently working on two more novels. Lyndon has an excellent
record with the California Highway Patrol with many commendations
devoting 27 years to law enforcement. He is best known for crushing
the hood and top of a patrol car as he and fellow officers used it
as a platform to rescue 38 injured and trapped passengers on a
commercial bus in November 1976. Inheriting the Zodiac
investigation has been both a blessing and a curse. Bound by oaths
of secrecy to a highly respected homicide detective, his lips were
sealed until the death of the detective in 1977.
BASED ON A TRUE STORY A brilliant police officer and a brilliant
killer are at odds as the bodies pile up in Vanderburgh, and Posey
County in Indiana, and also in Kentucky's HendersonCounty. You can
get in the minds of both men and feel the frustration as they play
cat and mouse throughout the Christmas season of 1954 and into
April of 1955. Watch the killer as he is caught, tried, sentenced
to die, and escapes from an escape proof jail. He runs to
California and the FBI gets involvedand joins the chase. It's a
chase to be remembered. Endorsements"I have truly enjoyed reading
this book Being from Evansville Indianaand presently living and
working in Posey County Indiana, I am familiarwith the locations,
victims, and their families that were involved in thistragic story.
I highly recommend this book It is accurate in its details, and
interesting in its content. "Chief Deputy Sheriff Mike Alexander,
Posey County, Indiana"Research has clearly been done on this work.
It is a very interesting read, and will hold your attention
throughout. I am certain you will appreciate the unique
presentation as did I." Larry A. Dever, Sheriff, Cochise County
Arizona"This book is a great read I really enjoyed it Ithought it
read like a movie script, and should bemade into a movie." Judge
David Morales, Cochise County, Arizona.
This work provides readers with an authoritative resource for
understanding the true extent and nature of gun violence in
America, examining the veracity of claims and counterclaims about
mass shootings, gun laws, and public attitudes about gun control.
This work is part of a series that uses evidence-based
documentation to examine the veracity of claims and beliefs about
high-profile issues in American culture and politics. Each book in
the Contemporary Debates series is intended to puncture rather than
perpetuate myths that diminish our understanding of important
policies and positions; to provide needed context for misleading
statements and claims; and to confirm the factual accuracy of other
assertions. This particular volume examines beliefs, claims, and
myths about gun violence, gun laws, and gun rights in the United
States. Issues covered in the book include trends in firearm
violence, mass shootings, the impact of gun ownership on rates and
types of crime, regulations and Supreme Court decisions regarding
gun control and the Second Amendment, and the activities and
influence of organizations ranging from the National Rifle
Association to Everytown for Gun Safety. All of these topics are
examined in individualized entries, with objective responses
grounded in up-to-date evidence. Easy-to-navigate Q&A format
Quantifiable data from respected sources as the foundation for
examining every issue Extensive Further Reading sections for each
entry providing readers with leads to conduct further research
Examinations of claims made by individuals and groups of all
political backgrounds and ideologies
Paul Alexander had it all. He was a war hero in Israel, a man with
a $100 million dollar fortune with operations in Brasil, the US and
Monte Carlo. He collected $1 million a year from the CIA. All of
that money was not enough! He helped to smuggle over $9 billion
worth of cocaine into the USA and Australia. He almost became a
billionaire before he was 35. His greed destroyed him.
The Federal Trade Commission's yearly report for 2007 stated that
over 30 million people in the United States were victimized by some
type of fraudulent crime. Over 9 million people saw their personal
identities stolen and used by a fraud perpetrator. Millions of
others---including businesses---saw their financial accounts
compromised by a fraud perpetrator. Strictly speaking, fraud is big
business. Are you one of its customers?
Everyone is vulnerable to some type of fraudulent crime, but you
can take the steps necessary to avoid becoming a victim. Based on
actual events, cases, and investigations, "Stealing You Blind,"
describes numerous fraudulent criminal activities taking place
today in the United States and throughout the rest of the world,
and offers you important tips and advice on how to reduce your
susceptibility to such crimes.
Drawing upon years of experience as a fraud detective, K.A.
Farner reveals some key components of many fraud schemes. The
crimes discussed include: Identity theft Internet loan scams Credit
card theft Internet auction scams Check fraud And much more
Remember: knowledge is power Arm yourself with the facts and
minimize your chances of falling for one of these crimes with
"Stealing You Blind."
AUTHOR BIO
Detective K.A. Farner is a retired Atlanta Police Department fraud
detective and a former member of the United States Secret Service
Organized Fraud Task Force. He has participated in joint
investigations with the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs,
Federal Bureau of Investigations, United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, United States Postal Inspections, and the
United States Secret Service.
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"Rigor mortis had set in by the time police arrived," Special
Prosecutor Tony Clayton told the jury, watching their eyes as they
viewed the photograph of the bloodied arm of Geralyn Barr DeSoto.
Geralyn's clenched fist, frozen in death away from her body, held
her secret. "Geralyn was trying to tell us something. She was
telling us how hard she fought. She was telling us who her killer
is. 'Right here, ' she said. 'Right here I have the killer. Just
open my hand. Just open my hand, and you'll know who did it to
me.'" Two months later: "Charlotte Murray Pace fought from one room
of that apartment to the other," Prosecutor John Sinquefield told
jurors as they blinked tears away. "She clawed, she hit, she
fought. As her young, strong heart pumped its last blood out of the
holes he cut out of her, she fought. And in the fight, he took her
life, her body. But he could not take her honor. She preserved her
honor by the way she lived and the way she died. That fight is not
over, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. Charlotte Murray Pace has
brought her fight to you." These crimes are vividly depicted in
this first comprehensive book about Derrick Todd Lee. I've Been
Watching You-The South Louisiana Serial Killer dramatically tells
the story of Lee's life and follows the timeline of his reign of
terror over South Louisiana. Readers will become intimately
acquainted with the seven victims who have been linked to Lee by
DNA, along with the frustrated investigators who could not catch
this diabolical killer. This recounting also details the murders of
ten other women who were not connected by DNA, but whom these
authors believe should be included on the list of Lee's victims due
to strong circumstantial evidence. There are many unanswered
questions regarding these series of killings. How did Lee find his
victims, and why did he choose them? Why didn't the Multi-Agency
Homicide Task Force believe he was the killer when his name was
brought repeatedly to its attention? What evil possessed him to
rape and murder so many women? All of these questions are answered
as I've Been Watching You journeys for more than a decade through
the small towns and swamps of South Louisiana to create a graphic
accounting of Lee's vicious rapes and homicides. I've Been Watching
You vividly paints the portrait of this monster and the beautiful
women who died as a result of his twisted compulsion to kill.
After barely making it through Rutgers Law School, George Baxter
practiced law from his 1975 Oldsmobile, bouncing from court to
court taking per diem work from any lawyer who would give it to
him. Then he met Bill Snyder who desperately needed a lawyer
because he'd been infected with AIDS from a transfusion he received
during heart surgery. Racing against time and poorly financed,
George began a six-year legal battle against the
billion-dollar-a-year blood industry that infected his client- as
well as 29,000 other people - with AIDS. EVERY LAST DROP is written
in the first person as the plaintiff's lawyer in the landmark trial
Snyder v. American Association of Blood Banks. The trial exposed
how the United States blood industry disseminated false
information, hyjacked the FDA, and conspired to delay AIDS testing
to save money, which resulted in the most devastating public health
disaster in U.S. history. George's personal struggle surfaces
throughout this narrative, alongside the stories of patients who
suffered from AIDS but fought to stay alive for their exhausting
trials. The case fueled a congressional investigation into
dangerous blood industry practices and Federal Food And Drug
Administration conflicts of interest that allowed this to happen.
EVERY LAST DROP has a David and Goliath paradigm that centers on
the universal themes of persistence, friendship, and the importance
of trust over money, especially in the wake of a disaster. Dr.
Donald P. Francis, formerly with the Centers for Disease Control
AIDS Task Force and Dr. Marcus Conant, two of the country's leading
Public health and AIDS experts, have written the introductions.
A riveting, decades-in-the-writing memoir from the determined young
prosecutor who, in two of America's most celebrated trials, managed
to convict famed mob boss John Gotti-and subsequently took down the
Mafia altogether. John Gotti was without a doubt the flashiest and
most feared Mafioso in American history. He became the boss of the
Gambino Crime Family in spectacular fashion-with the brazen and
very public murder of Paul Castellano in front of Sparks Steakhouse
in midtown Manhattan in 1985. Not one to stay below law
enforcement's radar, Gotti instead became the first celebrity crime
boss. His penchant for eye-catching apparel earned him the nickname
"The Dapper Don;" his ability to beat criminal charges led to
another: "The Teflon Don." This is the captivating story of Gotti's
meteoric rise to power and his equally dramatic downfall. Every
step of the way, Gotti's legal adversary-John Gleeson, an Assistant
US Attorney in Brooklyn-was watching. When Gotti finally faced two
federal racketeering prosecutions, Gleeson prosecuted both. As the
junior lawyer in the first case-a bitter seven-month battle that
ended in Gotti's acquittal-Gleeson found himself in Gotti's
crosshairs, falsely accused of serious crimes by a defense witness
Gotti intimidated into committing perjury. Five years later,
Gleeson was in charge of the second racketeering investigation and
trial. Armed with the FBI's secret recordings of Gotti's
conversations with his underboss and consigliere in the apartment
above Gotti's Little Italy hangout, Gleeson indicted all three. He
"flipped" underboss Sammy the Bull Gravano, killer of nineteen men,
who became history's highest-ranking mob turncoat-resulting in
Gotti's murder conviction. Gleeson ended not just Gotti's reign,
but eventually that of the entire mob. An epic, page-turning
courtroom drama, The Gotti Wars is a brilliantly told crime story
that illuminates a time in our nation's history when lawyers and
mobsters dominated the news, but it's also the story of a tenacious
young man, in the glare of the media spotlight, who mastered the
art of becoming a great attorney.
Jamaican dons see themselves as leaders, protectors, and nearly
God-like figures. They see themselves as bigger than even the Prime
Minister; with the resources they have, they are not afraid of
anyone. In "The Making of a Jamaican Don," author Clifton Cameron
tells the story of these Jamaican dons-their history, and the role
they play in the governing of the Caribbean country.
This story is told through the eyes of Spanner and Trinity, two
youths from rural Jamaica who leave their homes in Kitson Town and
travel to Kingston for a better life. But here, their lives change
in ways they could not have imagined. They find themselves
embroiled in politics and the world of donship, eventually spending
time in Jamaica's notorious General Penitentiary Prison.
A true account of tragedy and death, "The Making of a Jamaican
Don" highlights the links between dons, guns, drugs, police,
politicians, public officials, and corruption.
_____________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA
ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION _____________ 'John le Carre
demystified the intelligence services; Higgins has demystified
intelligence gathering itself' - Financial Times 'Uplifting . . .
Riveting . . . What will fire people through these pages, gripped,
is the focused, and extraordinary investigations that Bellingcat
runs . . . Each runs as if the concluding chapter of a Holmesian
whodunit' - Telegraph 'We Are Bellingcat is Higgins's gripping
account of how he reinvented reporting for the internet age . . . A
manifesto for optimism in a dark age' - Luke Harding, Observer
_____________ How did a collective of self-taught internet sleuths
end up solving some of the biggest crimes of our time? Bellingcat,
the home-grown investigative unit, is redefining the way we think
about news, politics and the digital future. Here, their founder -
a high-school dropout on a kitchen laptop - tells the story of how
they created a whole new category of information-gathering,
galvanising citizen journalists across the globe to expose war
crimes and pick apart disinformation, using just their computers.
From the downing of Malaysia Flight 17 over the Ukraine to the
sourcing of weapons in the Syrian Civil War and the identification
of the Salisbury poisoners, We Are Bellingcat digs deep into some
of Bellingcat's most successful investigations. It explores the
most cutting-edge tools for analysing data, from virtual-reality
software that can build photorealistic 3D models of a crime scene,
to apps that can identify exactly what time of day a photograph was
taken. In our age of uncertain truths, Bellingcat is what the world
needs right now - an intelligence agency by the people, for the
people.
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