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Missing, Presumed Dead
Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia | Mark Tedeschi
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It was the double murder case that gripped Australia, and former Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi QC is finally able to share all the shocking details. Dorothy Davis and Kerry Whelan were both happy, healthy, affluent, middle-class women from conservative, loving families. Such women are hardly ever among the ranks of the missing. They were not hitchhikers, or associates of drug dealers, or unhappy with their family relationships, or suffering from mental health issues. Dorothy Davis and Kerry Whelan came from different parts of Sydney, mixed in quite different circles, and led completely different lives. They had never met each other, and if they had, they would have had little in common. In fact, Dorothy Davis and Kerry Whelan had one thing in common – they both knew Bruce Allan Burrell. The disappearance without trace of these two women caused massive police investigations and resulted in sensational trials that gripped the nation of Australia. This book explores the intricacies of those investigations and delves into the twisted, tortuous processes of the legal proceedings, while exploring the dark recesses of the mind of Bruce Burrell.
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ClairesReads
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Mehso-so

The case itself is interesting in that its circumstances are relatively unique, and the unravelling of the investigation in a mworld much less saturated in technology and surveillance than the present was compelling. As many other reviews have pointed out, the author relies heavily on transcripts from the trials. As a result, a lot of the book circles back on ideas and phrases repeatedly. This structure limited my engagement at times.

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keepingupwiththepenguins
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Mehso-so

A decent chunk of this one is made up of extracts from Tedeschi‘s addresses to the jury, and this was what I found most interesting (other parts relied a little too heavily on speculation for my taste). It was fascinating to see how prosecutors speak and present complex evidence to laypeople, and why they make the choices they do in how they argue a case. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/missing-presumed-dead-mark-tedeschi/