Erased : missing women, murdered wives /

Citing cases from the 1906 case of Chester Gillette to the present-day case of Scott Peterson, journalist Strong argues that a growing number of men, the "eraser killers," murder their wives or girlfriends with premeditation and dispose of the body in an attempt to make both the crime and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strong, Marilee
Other Authors: Powelson, Mark
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2008]
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A crime without a name
  • Eraser killing : the history and psychology of a new criminal profile
  • Out of the shadows
  • The dark triad
  • The real American tragedy
  • Getting away with murder
  • The lady-killer
  • Disappearing acts
  • Hiding in plain sight
  • Pregnant and vulnerable : when a child is seen as a threat
  • A psychological autopsy of a classic eraser killing
  • A watery grave
  • Keeping secrets
  • Too good to be true
  • Seeds of a plan
  • A collision course
  • Sex, lies, and audiotape
  • Conclusion: Fixing a broken system.