Courtroom Truths
Crime & Justice · inspired by real events

The Name Behind the Files

An invented reader follows the public record of the Golden State Killer case, keeping the lives behind the documents in view.

By My Life Story Editorial

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Genre
Crime & Justice
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
15
Fiction status
inspired by real events
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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Courtroom Truths

Chapters

  1. 01The Name Beside the Number
  2. 02One File Is Not the Whole Case
  3. 03The Cases Begin to Join
  4. 04The Work Between Headlines
  5. 05The Possibility Kept in a File
  6. 06A Search Without a Name
  7. 07The Name Enters the Record
  8. 08The Years After the Uniform
  9. 09The Comparison
  10. 10One Number for Six Counties
  11. 11The Cost of More Years
  12. 12Beyond the Murder Count
  13. 13What They Chose to Remember
  14. 14The Sentence at the End of the Line
  15. 15The Names That Remain

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