Bloodstain The vanishing of Peter Falconio

by Shears, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781760794378
• ISBN10: 1760794376
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-07-04
• Publisher: New Holland Publishers

Summary

Full story of the Falconio murder inquiry. On a cold July night in 2001 a panic-stricken woman dashed out of the desert scrub, bringing to a halt a huge outback roadtrain. The story that Joanne Lees told, of her abduction and boyfriend's apparent murder, has held the world's attention ever since. Award winning journalist, Richard Shears, covered the story from the first days right up until the verdict was handed down at the end of an eight week trial. After 40 years of covering wars, disasters, and crimes for London's Daily Mail, Shears says the Falconio affair is one of the most curious he remembers.

Author Biography

As a career journalist, Richard Shears has covered stories all over the world, from Yellowknife in Canada, to the African continent, the tiny island of Mog Mog in the Pacific and the Antarctic circle. There have been vast oceans and jungles in between. His assignments, one of which has resulted in being awarded a prestigious UK Press award for foreign reporting, have included wars all over the world, among them the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor. Photos he has taken have been used in magazines and exhibitions. The thirty or so books he has published encompass fiction, true crime

Table of Contents

Map 6 Prologue: Bloodstain 9 Chapter 1: Out of the night 18 Chapter 2: Suspects 26 Chapter 3: Looking for clues 33 Chapter 4: Dead man travelling 49 Chapter 5: Dark history 59 Chapter 6: Too many questions 70 Chapter 7: Picking up the pieces 83 Chapter 8: The drug runner 86 Chapter 9: Journey into darkness 98 Chapter 10: The net tightens 111 Chapter 11: Unanswered questions 129 Chapter 12: The arrest 137 Chapter 13: Friends and family 149 Chapter 14: The woman who waits 160 Chapter 15: Drama at the committal 168 Chapter 16: A chat with the accused 183 Chapter 17: The trial 191