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139

Recent research indicates that between 20 and 35 percent of

men who kill their pregnant partners had no previous history of violence:

Nicolaidis, C., and others. ‘‘Could We Have Known? A Qualitative

Analysis of Data from Women Who Survived an Attempted Homicide

by an Intimate Partner.’’
Journal of General Internal Medicine
, 2003,

18
, 788–794.

175

In a book published by seven of the jurors after the trial, they

said they based their second-degree verdict in the killing of Conner on a

lack of evidence of premeditation and malice:
Beratlis, G., and others.

We, the Jury: Deciding the Scott Peterson Case
. Beverly Hills, Calif.:

Phoenix Books, 2006.

288

a ‘‘national disgrace’’:
Hansen, ‘‘Body of Evidence.’’
ABA

Journal
, June 1995,
81
, 60–67.

288

less than a third of the country has properly trained staff and

procedures in place to adequately assess suspicious deaths:
Hansen,

‘‘Body of Evidence,’’ p. 63.

Q
About the Authors

Marilee Strong
is an award-winning journalist who specializes in

the coverage of psychological and social issues. She is the author of

A Bright Red Scream
(Viking, 1998) on the aftereffects of childhood

abuse and trauma. She has also written widely for newspapers and

magazines on such topics as child kidnappings, women in prison,

gang violence, hate groups, and psychological treatment for sex

offenders. A graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of

Journalism, she was the recipient of a Pulitzer Fellowship to cover

the civil war in Mozambique. She lives in Oakland, California.

Mark Powelson
is an editor and researcher who was editor of San

Francisco’s award-winning city magazine and vice president of the

PBS affiliate KQED.

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Q
Index

A

B

ABC, 242

Babiak, Paul, 35, 314

Abrams, Dan, 296

Babies ‘‘R’’ Us, 182

Accidental falls, 129

Bachelor, The
(television series), 258

Adams, Chancellor, 146

Baden, Michael, 288

Adams, Cherica, 146–148

Bakley, Bonny Lee, 12

Adirondack Mountains, 49, 109

Barber, Justin, 116–120

Air America, 93

Baruch College, 23

Alabama, 7

Beaman, Marianne, 73–75, 78, 82

Albert Einstein School of Medicine

Beautiful Mind, A
(film), 269

(New York), 99, 100

Bechler, Eric, 24

Alcatraz Island (San Francisco Bay), 185

Bechler, Pegye, 24

Allen, Debby, 152, 158

Beckton, Kelly, 201

Almasri, Mike, 264

Behrens, Wayne, 239

Amber alerts, 296

Bel Air, California, 70, 71

Amber tapes (Amber Frey), 35

Benedict, Harriet, 58, 59

Ambition, 60, 61

Benzodiazepine, 121

An American Tragedy
(Dreiser), 21, 47,

Beratlis, Greg, 284

50, 60, 63

Bergeler, Hattie ‘‘Fern,’’ 22

Anderson, Cheryl, 232, 234, 245

Berkeley, California, 182, 187, 217, 273

Angel Island (San Francisco Bay), 185

Berkeley Marina (Berkeley, California),

Antisocial personality, 229

180, 182, 187, 272

Antifreeze, 121

Berman, Susan, 100, 101

Anxiety, incapacity for, 45

Best, William, 84

Arizona State University, 203–206, 212

Bethea, Elizabeth, 123

Armes, Jay J., 88, 89

Bierenbaum, Robert, 26, 301–305

Arroyo Grande, California, 238, 241

Big Moose Lake, New York, 49, 52, 54,

Aruba, 85

56

Asperger’s syndrome, 102–103

Bird, Anne, 45, 187, 194, 197, 198, 202,

Atlanta, Georgia, 6

204, 214, 216–218, 253, 259, 260,

@murder.com
(March), 98

271, 272, 275

Augusta, Georgia, 110

Bird Island (San Francisco Bay), 185,

Aversive traits, clusters of, 313

186

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Black, Morris, 101–104

Cardoza, Michael, 280

Blake, Robert, 12, 147, 148, 286

Carmel, California, 219, 254

Blinder, Martin, 40, 41, 47

Carolina Panthers, 146

Bloodlust, 30–31

Carruth, Rae, 146–148

Boczkowski, Elaine, 291–293

Caudill, Gentry, 146

Boczkowski, Mary Ann, 292, 293

Caudillo, Susan, 204, 307.
See also

Boczkowski, Tim, 291

Peterson, Susan (sister of Scott

Body, absence of, 84–107

Peterson)

Bolts, Steve, 241

CBS, 120, 157

Borok, Lisa, 181

Central Coast Crating, 206, 247

Boston Globe
, 48, 152

Central Valley, California, 180

Boston, Massachusetts, 151–153

Chapman, Don, 193, 194, 215

Bottom-up information, 110

Cheng, Diana, 28

Brando, Marlon, 88–89

Chessman, Caryl, 77

Brandon, Craig, 64

‘‘Chester the Molester,’’ 234

Brawner, William, 80

Chiang Mai, Thailand, 89

Brazil, 119

Chicago, Illinois, 25, 85, 86, 88; Police

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Department, 87

(Boston, Massachusetts), 156

Child rearing, demands of, 138

Brocchini, Al, 221, 227, 231, 275–277,

CIA, 26, 93

280

Circumstantial evidence, 5, 11, 44, 57,

Brooks Island (San Francisco Bay), 180,

64, 69–83, 242, 305

184, 185, 187

Clark, Marcia, 280

Brown, Grace, 49–59, 63

Cleckley, Hervey, 33, 39, 45, 310–312,

Brown University, 153, 154

314

Bugliosi, Vincent, 46

Cleveland, Jeffrey, 199

Bulldog journalism, 58

Clift, Montgomery, 63

Bundy, Ted, 32, 224

Clinton, Roger, 279

Coard, Michael, 149

C

Colman, Ronald, 77

California, 1, 24, 70, 121

Columbia University College of

California District Court of Appeal, 81

Physicians and Surgeons, 302

California Highway Patrol, 273

Come Away with Me
(Jones), 275

California Office of Emergency Services,

Communication, studied, 39

239

Compulsive lying, 4, 5

California Polytechnic State University,

Condit, Gary, 279

San Luis Obispo, 177, 209, 213, 219,

Confession, 89–90

225, 226, 228, 233, 235–237, 240,

Connecticut, 105–106, 120; State

241, 247

Police, 96

California Rescue Dog Association, 239

Conscience, 275

California State University system, 181

Cook County, Illinois, 28, 86

Callousness, 25, 26, 62, 80

Corbin, Barton, 6–8, 105, 110–114,

Calvin, Crystal, 233

290, 291

Canada, 29, 76, 77, 144, 168

Corbin case, 7, 8

Cancun, Mexico, 171

Corbin, Jennifer, 112–114

Candland, Jill, 130, 132, 133

Cortland, New York, 51, 53, 55–58

Capano, Thomas, 26, 41, 42

Couch, Chip, 203

Index

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Couch, Chris, 203

District of Columbia, 28

County coroners, 288

DNA, 80, 87, 106, 165, 273, 303

Crafts, Helle, 92–98

‘‘Domestic discount,’’ 104

Crafts, Kristina, 93

Domestic homicide, 3, 5, 19, 29, 104;

Crafts, Richard, 92–98, 285, 302; trial

classic, 19

of, 97–98

Domesticity, 47–48

Craig, Danny, 113

Downey High School (Modesto,

Craigslist, 187

California), 208–209

Crawford, Aundria, 225–230

Dream Team (Simpson case), 280, 283

Crier, Catherine, 296

Dreiser, Theodore, 21, 47, 50, 61–63,

Crime category, identifying new, 9

138, 158; and Carlyle Harris case,

Crime scene, 237, 289; absence of, 85;

61–62; and Chester Gillette, 59–60;

organized, 19; staged, 19

and Reverend Richeson case, 62

Crime, social learning theory of,

Durham, North Carolina, 128

140–141

Durst, Kathleen, 99–104

Criminal profilers, 21

Durst, Robert, 99–104

Cuesta College, 205, 225, 226

Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 127–128

E

Cyanide, 123–126

Earth Day, 297

D

eBay, 118, 263

Dahmer, Jeffrey, 32, 36

Eddington, Leonard, 300–301

Dark Triad, 19, 30–48, 62, 313; cluster

Eddington, Vickie, 300–301

of traits in, 37–38; and

Edmonton, Alberta, 158, 159, 164

Machiavellianism, 40–41; and

Edmonton Sun
, 162

narcissism, 39–40; and pregnancy,

Edward Kakas and Son’s Fine Furs

137; and psychopathy, 38, 39

(Boston, Massachusetts), 153, 154

Davis, Richard Allen, 239, 240

Einhorn, Ira, 26, 297–300

Davis, Tim, 232

El Cerrito, California, 187

De la Motte, Melvin, 243

Emotion, lack of, 32

de Palma, Brian, 43

Empathy, lack of, 44, 45, 64

Death investigation system, reforming,

England, twelfth-century, 289

288–294

English common law, 84

Deceit, 171

Entitlement, sense of, 29, 61

Del Rio Country Club, 32

Eraser killer, 9; and ability to alter crime

Delaware, 26

scenes, 289; demographics of, 19;

Delaware Supreme Court, 42

difference from other domestic

DeLong, Candice, 39

killers, 19; goal of, 18, 20; and

Denmark, 94

manipulation, 18; and missing

Detroit, Michigan, 76

persons loophole, 294–296; motive

Dianovsky, Peggy, 25

being, 10–11; psychological traits of,

Dianovsky, Robert, 25

18; and suicide, 29

DiBiase, Thomas, 294, 295, 306, 308

Escalon, California, 208

‘‘Disappeared,’’ 21, 22

Esquire
magazine, 46

Dismemberment, 44

Europe, 27

Disneyland, 259, 260

Evidence, total tapestry of, 135

Disneyland Hotel, 257

Extreme Edge (knife brand), 167

Dispassionate actions, 31

Eyewitness testimony, 11

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F

Frey, Ayiana, 258, 259, 263

Faderade, 239

Functionality, high, 35

Fagan, Mary Louise, 43

G

Fahey, Anne Marie, 26, 41, 42

Gain, William ‘‘Kent,’’ 209–211

Falconer, Justin, 284–286

Galveston Bay, 99, 101

Familicide, 169

Galveston, Texas, 103

Family annihilation, 29, 169, 170

Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), 238,

Fantasy, 171

239

Farmer, Joanne, 199, 201, 252

Garza, Renee, 218, 250, 256

Fatherhood, responsibilities of, 45, 47,

Geberth, Vernon, 315

138, 139, 177

George, Charles (alias for Chester

FBI, 39, 90, 170, 171, 223, 233, 235, 242,

Gillette), 52

296, 299; Behavioral Science Unit, 9;

Georgia, 28, 110, 115, 290, 291

Ten Most Wanted fugitive list,

Georgia Supreme Court, 114

171

Geragos, Mark, 79, 277–283, 285

Fear, lack of emotion of, 18, 45

Germany, 128

Femicide, 315

G.I. Bill, 194

Field & Stream
magazine, 86

Gillette, Chester, 49–57, 59, 65, 109; and

Figueroa, LaToyia, 148–150, 296

responsibility of fatherhood, 138;

Fillmore, California, 214

similarities of, to Scott Peterson, 50

Finger Lakes (New York), 54

Gillette trial, 63, 64

Fire Island, New York, 298

Girts, Diane, 121–125, 127

Flagstaff, Arizona, 87, 90

Girts, Robert, 121–128

Flanagan, Walter, 95

Golden Gate (San Francisco Bay), 181

Flores, Paul, 229, 232, 234–238,

Golf, 213

241–245

Good Boys and Dead Girls
(Gordon), 60

Flores, Rueben, 235

Good Morning America
, 39

Florida, 22, 120, 307; Everglades, 23

Google, 118

Forced disappearances, 21

Gordon, Mary, 60, 61

Fordham Law School, 85

GPS locator, 213, 273

Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 46

Grace, Nancy, 149, 296

Fort Myers Beach, 22

Grady, Anne, 194.
See also
Bird, Anne

48 Hours
, 120

Graham, Barbara, 77

Fourth Amendment, 300, 306

Grahm, Carl (alias for Chester Gillette),

Fox, James Alan, 48

52

Fox, Matthew, 119

Grant, Stephen, 26

Fox Network, 284

Grant, Tara, 26

France, 27

Grantski, Ron, 207, 208, 215, 218, 248,

Francis, Chris, 118

266

Franc¸ois (Peterson fictional friend), 31

Greene, Gary, 181

Franke, Janina, 170

Greensborough, North Carolina, 292

Fresno, California, 257

Gregory (Lisa Tu husband), 23