Carolina Crimes
Case Files of a Forensic Photographer
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2006.
Format: Book
Description: 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
In this intense insider's study of murder in South Carolina, Lt. Rita Y. Shuler leads us through the dark twists and turns of twelve homicide cases that gripped the state during her career as a forensic photographer with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). Shuler's fascination with the criminal mind began with her exposure as a young girl to a 1953 double-homicide that shocked South Carolina. When she came face to face with the original case records twenty-four years later on her first day of work as a forensic photographer she was immediately hooked on a profession that took her deep into the investigation of hundreds of cases. Shuler's firsthand experience with forensic evidence of crime scenes and the court system gives her a unique perspective on murder and its horrifying effects on public and private lives. By combining analysis of court transcripts and official statements and confessions from murderers with her own personal interactions with the key players in some of these tragic dramas, Shuler allows the reader to see into the criminal minds of notorious killers like Pee Wee Gaskins, Rudolph Tyner, Ronald Rusty"? Woomer and Larry Gene Bell. Shuler's study is a must for everyone fascinated by the criminal mind and by the most famous murder cases in South Carolina's recent past."
Contents:
Prologue -- South Carolina law enforcement division -- Forensic photography -- South Carolina death penalty -- My first month -- Resentencing trial of Rudolph Tyner -- Resentencing trial of Ronald "Rusty" Woomer -- The composite -- He said, he said -- The barbell -- Signature written in blood -- The body print -- Signatures left behind -- The business card -- The rocking chair -- 28 days of terror.
Subjects:
South Carolina. Law Enforcement Division.
Murder -- South Carolina -- Case studies.
Crime -- South Carolina.
Criminals -- South Carolina.
Legal photography -- South Carolina.
South Carolina. Law Enforcement Division.
Murder -- South Carolina -- Case studies.
Crime -- South Carolina.
Criminals -- South Carolina.
Legal photography -- South Carolina.
ISBN:
1596291664
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LH TRUE CRIME Shu | Main (Downtown) | Local History Nonfiction | Available for in-library use |
SOCIAL SCI Crime Investigation Shu | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-189).