No-Body Homicide Cases : A Practical Guide to Investigating, Prosecuting, and Winning Cases When the Victim Is Missing (Paperback)

The Early Investigative Phase. Introduction. Searching for the Victim. Cell Phones. Social Media. Interviews. Search Warrants. Electronic Trail. Pressure Suspect. Motive. Think Creatively. Missing Children. Proving the Victim Is Dead. Eliminating Other Suspects. The Later Investigative Phase. Using the Media. Remember the Anniversaries. If You Have a Suspect. Jailhouse Informants: A Cautionary Tale. Cold Case. Trial. Pretrial Preparation. Voir Dire. Hearsay. Puzzle Argument. Rope vs. Chain Analogy. SODDI. Why Arguing the Victim Is Not Dead Is a Defendant’s Worst Enemy. No-Body Murder Case Statistics. Personality of a Murderer. Future. Indices. Keyword Index. State Index. Appendix A. Appendix B.