Trace Evidence

The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer

By: Bruce Henderson

Narrated by: David Colacci

For 10 years, the California Interstate 5 highway was haunted by a dangerous serial killer. Incredibly skilled at staying ahead of the investigators as the bodies started to pile up, there wasn't enough evidence to charge the culprit with murder even once he'd been identified. Instead, they had to build a first-degree murder case in a few months while the killer was locked up on an assault conviction.

Key to this was a cast of four: Vito Bertocchini, the burly ex-street cop who took the killing of a beautiful young woman personally; Kay Maulsby, the rookie homicide detective who helped unmask the killer; Ray Biondi, who fought severe budget cuts that threatened to derail the investigation; and criminalist Faye Springer, who attempted to tie the suspect to his victims through subtle but persuasive microscopic evidence.

Drawing on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with these investigators, as well as other important figures such as the killer's reclusive wife, number-one New York Times best-selling author Bruce Henderson builds a fascinating portrait of this unrepentant murderer.

©1998, 2013 Bruce Henderson (P)2020 Tantor

Great read

Exact and precise from start to finish! Sad that it took so long to perfect forensic technology. 89% of murders would have been solved after the first.

Very interesting.

I would have liked more information on the trace evidence aspect, but the book gave more than most. What baffles me is how prosecutors sit on cases unless they are going to win, which results in more crime happening. However, you here people being convicted without physical evidence in other places. Still baffles me how serial killers have zero remorse but worried about their families after they are caught. They don't even pretend to lie, just ignore the victims.

Sawlid

This book is sawlid, what a sawlid book omg I can’t believe it, this is crazy.

Good Listen

Good book to listen to. The narrator was great. Story was well written and easy to follow. A good amount of detail, but not too much.

Good story

Good story, continuous flow; book's title is like 1% of the story, but 99% of the solution