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Dr. Anthony Pignataro was a cosmetic surgeon and a famed medical researcher whose flashy red Lamborghini and flamboyant lifestyle in western New York State suggested a highly successful career. But appearances, as this shocking insider account of Pignataro's tailspin from physician to prisoner proves, can be deceiving. Slow, deliberate murder is not seen for what it truly is: pure evil.
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[2006]
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"Nicknamed 'the Blonde Borgia,' Anna Marie Hahn was a cold-blooded serial killer who preyed on the elderly in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine district in the 1930s. When the State of Ohio strapped its first woman into the electric chair, Hahn gained a place in the annals of crime as the nation's first female serial killer to be executed in the chair. Told here for the first time in riveting detail is Anna Marie's gripping story, an almost unbelievable...
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c2009
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When news broke of three-year-old Caylee Anthony's disappearance from her home in Florida in July 2008, there was a huge outpouring of sympathy across the nation. The search for Caylee made front-page headlines. But there was one huge question mark hanging over the case: the girl's mother. As the investigation continued and suspicions mounted, Casey became the prime suspect. In October, based on new evidence against Casey -- her erratic behavior and...
17) Celebrity cases
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c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Provides accounts of criminal cases involving celebrities, including O.J. Simpson, Martha Stewart, Anna Nicole Smith, and others.
18) Cold cases
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c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Offers a brief overview of several high profile cold cases and describes how detectives work together to find clues and solve crimes years after they were committed.
19) DNA evidence
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c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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A brief overview of how forensic scientists use DNA to solve crimes, and describes real-life cases in which DNA evidence has identified or exonerated criminals.
20) Forensics
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c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Provides an introduction to forensics, and looks at cases in which forensic dentistry, forensic ballistics, computer forensics, facial reconstruction, and fingerprinting were used to solve crimes.