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Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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When Elizabeth Andes was found bound, stabbed, and strangled in her Ohio apartment in 1978, police and prosecutors decided within hours it was an open-and-shut case.
Within days, Bob Young, a 23-year-old football player who’d found his college sweetheart’s lifeless body on their bedroom floor, was charged with her murder. To this day, police and prosecutors still say they had the right guy--even though two juries, one criminal and one civil, disagreed, and Young walked away a free man.
Beth’s case went cold. Nearly four decades later, two Cincinnati reporters re-examined the murder and discovered that law enforcement ignored leads that might have uncovered who really killed Beth Andes.
It wasn’t that there weren’t other people to look at. There were plenty. But no one bothered…until now.
When Elizabeth Andes was found bound, stabbed, and strangled in her Ohio apartment in 1978, police and prosecutors decided within hours it was an open-and-shut case.
Within days, Bob Young, a 23-year-old football player who’d found his college sweetheart’s lifeless body on their bedroom floor, was charged with her murder. To this day, police and prosecutors still say they had the right guy--even though two juries, one criminal and one civil, disagreed, and Young walked away a free man.
Beth’s case went cold. Nearly four decades later, two Cincinnati reporters re-examined the murder and discovered that law enforcement ignored leads that might have uncovered who really killed Beth Andes.
It wasn’t that there weren’t other people to look at. There were plenty. But no one bothered…until now.
Excerpt
Chapter 1: The crime
Twenty-three-year-old Elizabeth Andes is found dead in her Oxford, Ohio apartment, just days after her December 1978 graduation.
Chapter 2: The couple
Police investigating the city’s first murder in a quarter-century quickly zero in on Beth’s boyfriend, Robert Young.
Chapter 3: The investigation
After 15 hours of questioning, Bob Young finally tells police what they want to know—that he killed Elizabeth Andes.
Chapter 4: If not Bob, who? – Part one
Original detectives continue to insist that Bob Young was the only person worth examining in Beth Andes’ murder.
Chapter 5: If not Bob, who? – Part two
Beth’s family members and friends point to other people she knew who maybe warrant further questioning.
Chapter 6: The strangers
Beth’s friends have long wondered if her murder was linked to others that remain unsolved from the same period.
Chapter 7: The evidence
It’s one thing when the suspect is convicted, but what happens when he isn’t?
Chapter 8: The aftermath
After decades of stagnation, finally, some action as Beth’s family begins to question Bob’s guilt.
Chapter 9: The update
People with information about Beth Andes and the events surrounding her slaying continue to come forward.
Key Players
Find out more about each person and their relationship to the case.
From the Reporters: Why we pursued this story
The investigation of the aftermath of an innocent verdict.
Twenty-three-year-old Elizabeth Andes is found dead in her Oxford, Ohio apartment, just days after her December 1978 graduation.
Chapter 2: The couple
Police investigating the city’s first murder in a quarter-century quickly zero in on Beth’s boyfriend, Robert Young.
Chapter 3: The investigation
After 15 hours of questioning, Bob Young finally tells police what they want to know—that he killed Elizabeth Andes.
Chapter 4: If not Bob, who? – Part one
Original detectives continue to insist that Bob Young was the only person worth examining in Beth Andes’ murder.
Chapter 5: If not Bob, who? – Part two
Beth’s family members and friends point to other people she knew who maybe warrant further questioning.
Chapter 6: The strangers
Beth’s friends have long wondered if her murder was linked to others that remain unsolved from the same period.
Chapter 7: The evidence
It’s one thing when the suspect is convicted, but what happens when he isn’t?
Chapter 8: The aftermath
After decades of stagnation, finally, some action as Beth’s family begins to question Bob’s guilt.
Chapter 9: The update
People with information about Beth Andes and the events surrounding her slaying continue to come forward.
Key Players
Find out more about each person and their relationship to the case.
From the Reporters: Why we pursued this story
The investigation of the aftermath of an innocent verdict.
Product Details
- Publisher: Diversion Books (September 18, 2018)
- Length: 256 pages
- ISBN13: 9781635764543
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