Bone Deep: Charles Henry Bosworth & Joel Schwartz
This whole story is incredible! How on earth Russ Faria was even arrested for the murder of his wife in the first place was pretty crazy, based on how all of the evidence proved that there was no way he could have been anywhere near her when she was murdered. But the fact that he was also tried and convicted for her murder is even more insane! I hadn’t actually heard about this case at all, so it was a really interesting read for me to learn about it.
The book takes us through the days before the murder, introducing us to Betsy and Russ Faria, describes the brutal murder of Betsy in detail, and then takes us through the details of Russ’ arrest, trial, conviction, and then appeal and subsequent release. It is from start to finish a detailed portrayal of how easily a serious miscarriage of justice can happen, when the detectives in charge of the case and the prosecution team are so intent on getting a conviction that they don’t even look at where the evidence points.
I’m glad that Russ had such an amazing team on his side, people who fought tooth and nail to not only get his conviction overturned, but to find and try Betsy’s real killer: who had been sitting in front of everyone all along.
If you like true crime then this is definitely one for you!
I received a copy of this book in return for an honest review.