Morgue: A Life in Death
"[AN] ENGROSSING LOOK BEHIND THE HEADLINES OF NOTORIOUS HOMICIDES."—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)
In this clear-eyed, gritty, and enthralling narrative, Dr. Vincent Di Maio and veteran crime writer Ron Franscell guide us behind the morgue doors to tell a fascinating life story through the cases that have made Di Maio famous—from the exhumation of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald to the complex issues in the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
Beginning with his street-smart Italian origins in Brooklyn, the book spans forty years of work and more than nine thousand autopsies, and Di Maio’s eventual rise into the pantheon of forensic scientists. One of the country’s most methodical and intuitive criminal pathologists will dissect himself, maintaining a nearly continuous flow of suspenseful stories, revealing anecdotes, and enough macabre insider details to rivet the most fervent crime fans.
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In the Trayvon Martin case, he tells people not to form their opinions based off of their feelings about a case without knowing the details. I’ll never be able to not see a vigilante in George Zimmerman who was told by authorities not to pursue the teenager and to wait for police to arrive.
He never once mentions the possibility that the KKK could be responsible for the bombing of 2 Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee veterans who had served their country in the military. We now know that J. Edgar Hoover was a racists and bigot. Our country has put far too much effort in demonizing black people and not enough effort into making this country a decent place to live.
I stand with others who believe these cases were a part of this country’s racist past and shameful and embarrassing legacy.
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