Bone Deep Bone Deep

Bone Deep

Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case

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    • $13.99

Publisher Description

THE TRUE STORY OF THE CASE THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF NBC’S MARQUEE MINI-SERIES "THE THING ABOUT PAM" STARRING RENEE ZELLWEGER AS PAM HUPP AND JOSH DUHAMEL AS JOEL SCHWARTZ.

The explosive, first-ever insider’s account of the case that’s captivated millions — the murder of Betsy Faria and the wrongful conviction of her husband told by Joel J. Schwartz, the defense attorney who fought for justice on behalf of Russel Faria, and
New York Times bestselling author Charles Bosworth Jr.


On December 27th, 2011, Russell Faria returned to his Troy, Missouri, home after his weekly game night with friends to an unthinkable, grisly scene: His wife, Betsy, lay dead, a knife still lodged in her neck. She’d been stabbed fifty-five times.
 
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 readers 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. Written with Russ Faria’s cooperation, and filled with chilling new revelations and previously undisclosed evidence, this is the story of what can happen when police, prosecutor, judge, and jury all fail in their duty to protect the innocent—and let a killer get away with murder.

“Fans of Dateline will be interested in this work, which will likely only grow in popularity when the miniseries The Thing About Pam, starring Renée Zellweger, premieres in March 2022.” —Library Journal

“Filled with chilling new revelations and previously undisclosed evidence, this is the story of what can happen when police, prosecutor, judge, and jury all fail in their duty to protect the innocent—and let a killer get away with murder.  This book is an explosive, insider’s account of a case that continues to fascinate the public. We highly recommend it.” Mystery Tribune

“An engaging true-crime book that exposes failures in the American criminal justice system while putting a human face on those involved and is recommended to those that enjoy well-researched books.” Mystery and Suspense

“If you are interested in justice, in criminal profiling, in trial procedures, the dynamics between the judge, the defense, and the prosecution, this book is for you.” Defrosting Cold Cases

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2022
February 22
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Citadel Press
SELLER
Kensington Publishing Corp.
SIZE
2.1
MB

Customer Reviews

Uma Too ,

This was a well written book.

I have a real problem when cheaters and people who lie do prosper. Pam’s lies were a mark against her right from the beginning. The authors did a good job pointing the “untruths” out, but didn’t focus on them so much it disturbed the story. I felt as if I was watching it unfold before me. That is the sign of a good book.

bff brenda ,

Amazing work and story

This was a book I could hardly put down. The r
Writing was amazing. The crime work by the defense leaves me in awe. But most of all the prosecuting attorney and the Judge in this case is a real crime along with shabby police work. My late by husband
Was a police chief I am sure he was rolling in his grave the whole time I read this book.

Cat TD ,

Fascinating

This quite possibly is the best true crime book I have ever read! It was fascinating to read attorney Schwartz’s thoughts about the outrageous actions in this matter and the clarification of many things discussed in the series “The Thing About Pam”.

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