The jigsaw murders : the true story of the Ruxton killings and the birth of modern forensics
Craddock, Jeremy2021
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In September 1935, Dr Buck Ruxton strangled his wife Isabella, whom he suspected of having an affair, in their Lancashire home while their three children slept in their beds. When the nanny, Mary Rogerson, disturbed him in the act, he killed her too. To hide his crimes, he dismembered and chopped up the bodies, removing any distinguishing features, before he disposed of them in a ravine on the Scottish borders. It took the genius of Professors Sydney Smith and John Glaister, and their groundbreaking forensic techniques, to piece together the identities of the bodies. And when the finger of suspicion finally pointed at Ruxton, he acquired the services of the most famous lawyer in the land, Norman Birkett QC, who, against all the odds, had successfully defended the man accused of the Brighton Trunk Murders the previous year. In this book, Jeremy Craddock tells the whole story of these gruesome killings.
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Author:
Craddock, Jeremy, author
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2021.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780750995207 (hbk)
Dewey class:
364.1523094276364.152309364.152
Language:
English
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BRN:
3113686