Crime & Justice · nonfiction
The Name Inside the Message
A television station receives a floppy disk. The clues on it lead Wichita investigators toward Dennis Rader. For Roger Valadez, wrongly connected to the murders in an earlier broadcast, clearing his name has already become a case of its own.
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- Genre
- Crime & Justice
- Audience
- Adult readers
- Chapters
- 15
- Fiction status
- nonfiction
- Editorial responsibility
- My Life Story Editorial
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Courtroom TruthsChapters
- 01An Arrest, Then a Name
- 02Four Names on Edgemoor
- 03Kathryn Bright and the Survivor
- 04Shirley Vian’s Household
- 05Nancy Fox, Named in Court
- 06Marine Hedge, a Neighbor
- 07Vicki Wegerle and the Limits of Recollection
- 08Dolores Davis, the Tenth Count
- 09The Messages Return
- 10A Name Broadcast, a Man Cleared
- 11What the Disk Disclosed
- 12Corroboration and Custody
- 13Ten Pleas, Ten Findings
- 14Life Terms and an Unfinished Verdict
- 15The Record at the End
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