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Susan’s requesting to move trial
testimony of defense witnesses
testimony of prosecution witnesses
verdict
Power of Attorney
Presidio Child Development Center
Price, Sergeant
Protti, Bernadetti
Pyne, Thomas
Rivera, Maria
Roland, Pat
Russo, Dan
Ryan, Dan
Saeger, Karen
San Francisco Chronicle
Schneider, Doug
Schraeder, Jeffrey
Sequeira, Paul
cross-examination and objections
final arguments/rebuttal
jury selection
opening remarks
presenting prosecution’s case
statement to media
at verdict
Simon, Justin
Somesse, Kathy
Sweetingham, Lisa
Taflya, Alex
Thailand vacation
Thompson, Cole
Townsend, David
UCLA
Vaulfer, Ernst
Vitale, Pamela
Warne, Steve
Weiss, Peter
Wesley, Gary
Wicks, Song
Wills, Max
Wilson, Pete
Yosemite, Susan’s suicide attempt at
Zigler, Mark
About the Authors
CATHERINE CRIER is the host of Court TV’s Catherine Crier Live. A distinguished attorney, legal analyst, and the youngest state judge ever to be elected in Texas, Crier has received an Emmy Award for investigative journalism and the DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award. Also the author of the New York Times bestsellers A Deadly Game and The Case Against Lawyers, Crier lives in Westchester County, New York.
COLE THOMPSON is the chief of story development for Catherine Crier Live. He lives in New York with his wife, Marcela.
For police interrogation tapes from the Polk case and interviews with Polk family members, log onto www.criercommunications.com.
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Also by Catherine Crier:
A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the
Scott Peterson Investigation (with Cole Thompson)
The Case Against Lawyers
CREDITS
Jacket design by Richard Ljoenes
Copyright
FINAL ANALYSIS. Copyright © 2007 by Crier Communications Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
PROLOGUE
PART I: A DEATH ON MINER ROAD
Chapter One: UNETHICAL BEGINNINGS
Chapter Two: MORTAL COMBAT
Chapter Three: THE MORNING AFTER
Chapter Four: “SHE’s CRAZY”
Chapter Five: SUSAN’s DENIAL
Chapter Six: A GRISLY SCENE
Chapter Seven: THE DOCTOR’s DISEASE
Chapter Eight: A TRAGIC MIX
Chapter Nine: THE HONEYMOON ENDS
Chapter Ten: THE MIDDLE CHILD
PART II: THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS
Chapter Eleven: THE CHILDREN UNRAVEL
Chapter Twelve: CHASING DOWN LEADS
Chapter Thirteen: DISSECTING THE TRUTH
Chapter Fourteen: HISTORY REPEATS
Chapter Fifteen: INCITING EVENTS
Chapter Sixteen: PIECING IT ALL TOGETHER
Chapter Seventeen: IN HER OWN WORDS
Chapter Eighteen: THE REAL FELIX?
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