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True Crime Stories Volume 2: 12 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases

Twelve true crime cases from around the world make up this collection, moving from family killings and individual murders to deaths that were passed off as suicide. Some stories end with a verdict and others remain open. A girl who vanished while playing in the snow more than four decades ago, a transgender woman whose death raised questions about how local officers treated her that night, and a family killed in a mountain home in the French Alps are among the cases. The authors examine each victim, the scene, and the investigation that followed. They also look at wrongful convictions and the reasons they happen. Some chapters span decades or continents, so the reader travels widely and sometimes far into the past.

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