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Title details for Bone Deep by Charles Bosworth - Available

Bone Deep

Untangling the Betsy Faria Case

by Charles Bosworth
Joel Schwartz
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Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russel Faria returned to his Troy, Missouri, home to find his wife, Betsy, dead, a knife still lodged in her neck. She had been stabbed fifty-five times in a brutal murder that would set off a chain of events leading to one man's wrongful conviction and imprisonment, another man's death, the revelation of a diabolical scheme, and an astounding miscarriage of justice left unresolved for another ten years.

First responders concluded that Betsy was dead for hours when Russ discovered her. No blood was found implicating Russ, and surveillance video, receipts, and friends' testimony all supported his alibi. Yet incredibly, police and the prosecuting attorney ignored the evidence. In their minds, Russ was guilty. But prominent defense attorney Joel J. Schwartz quickly recognized the real killer.

The motive was clear. Days before her murder, the terminally ill Betsy replaced her husband with her friend, Pamela Hupp, as her life insurance beneficiary. Still, despite the prosecution's flimsy case and Hupp's transparent lies, Russ was convicted—leaving Hupp free to kill again. Bone Deep takes listeners through the perfect storm of miscalculations and missteps that led to an innocent man's conviction—and recounts Schwartz's successful battle to have that conviction overturned.

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  • Release date

    February 22, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666185072
      • File size: 326622 KB
      • Duration: 11:20:27

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      September 1, 2022

      The stranger-than-fiction case of Pam Hupp, a Missouri woman currently serving a life sentence for two murders, has received tremendous publicity, thanks to the NBC program Dateline and now a miniseries starring Ren�e Zellweger. Using interview and court transcripts, authors Bosworth and Schwartz (the defense attorney in the case) retrace events beginning in 2011 when Russ Farina found his wife Betsy stabbed to death in their home. What follows is a shocking tale of his false conviction, and the unsettling tunnel vision and ineptitude of the case's police detectives, judges, and prosecutors. The actual culprit, Pam Hupp, was never seriously considered a suspect, and crucial evidence against her was not allowed in the trial. Following his conviction, Farina served three years in prison before the case was retried and Hupp was arrested. By this time, the case reached new heights of perplexity when there was yet another murder. Gary Bennett's calming narration provides a note of clarity amid the astounding and infuriating events. VERDICT True-crime fans and those unfamiliar with the case will be captivated by this riveting listening experience.--Phillip Oliver

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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