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Bone Deep

Untangling the Betsy Faria Case

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Bone Deep

By: Charles Bosworth, Joel Schwartz
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Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russel Faria returned to his Troy, Missouri, home to find his wife, Betsy, dead, a knife still lodged in her neck. She had been stabbed 55 times in a brutal murder that would set off a chain of events leading to one man's wrongful conviction and imprisonment, another man's death, the revelation of a diabolical scheme, and an astounding miscarriage of justice left unresolved for another 10 years.

First responders concluded that Betsy was dead for hours when Russ discovered her. No blood was found implicating Russ, and surveillance video, receipts, and friends' testimony all supported his alibi. Yet incredibly, police and the prosecuting attorney ignored the evidence. In their minds, Russ was guilty. But prominent defense attorney Joel J. Schwartz quickly recognized the real killer.

The motive was clear. Days before her murder, the terminally ill Betsy replaced her husband with her friend, Pamela Hupp, as her life insurance beneficiary. Still, despite the prosecution's flimsy case and Hupp's transparent lies, Russ was convicted - leaving Hupp free to kill again. Bone Deep takes listeners through the perfect storm of miscalculations and missteps that led to an innocent man's conviction-and recounts Schwartz's successful battle to have that conviction overturned.

©2022 Charles Bosworth Jr. (P)2022 Tantor
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Compelling True Story • Detailed Legal Insights • Perfect Narration • Riveting Courtroom Drama • Emotional Impact
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Couldn't stop listening to this, it's hard to believe what happened to Betsy. Be so careful who you let into your life and your home. What a horrible nightmare.

Amazing true story

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Well written. I enjoy true crime... I recommend this book.

You won't be disappointed.

Great

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Even if you have seen the Dateline series this book is really interesting. Very good research and performance, I enjoyed every minute of it, even knowing the outcome! Go for it if you are a True Crime fan.

Great Listen

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Loved this book! It was narrated very well and answered so many questions. Definitely worth the hours of listening!

Great book!

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The story was well told, except the ONLY FICTITIOUS NAME "DARLENE FULLER" was used. Why not use the REAL NAME of the mistress that Russ did have an affair with? And he was definitely very involved in the affair and it was way more than friends and yes we did go camping at their timeshare and we were definitely more than friends there as well as the many days he picked me up for lunch and sometimes we just didn't go back to work that day and went and made love in the park, in the car, at the pool, at the movies and sometimes got a hotel room. He definitely was painted as a saint in this book and he definitely was not a saint!

Russ wasn't a saint

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This was a great book with some crazy twists. I was shocked several times. I definitely recommend this.

Psychopath

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I couldn't believe that jurors didn't have better discernment. But if you like following murder trials, this one is for you.

Courtroom Frustration

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This is a wild story that is told so well you will be hooked! I couldn’t put it down!

Wow what a story!!!

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if you like true crime and true court then you'll love it. just get it

GREAT

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I don't think I've heard of a more terrifying "ordinary" person than Pam Hupp. The book conveys the sense of bewilderment and chaos she spread to the lives of those she wanted to use and how people we view as friends or as safe acquaintances might so easily strip of us everything by preying on our vulnerabilities. Good lesson on how the biases of law enforcement can enable people like Hupp.

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