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While Innocents Slept: A Story Of Revenge, Murder, And Sids
Adrian Havill

While Innocents Slept: A Story Of Revenge, Murder, And Sids

A Story of Revenge, Murder, and SIDS

St. Martin's Press (Jan 10, 2001)
9780312262709
| Hardcover w/ Dust-Jacket
250 pages | 163 x 249 mm | English
Dewey 364.15
LC Classification HV6541.U62 .M375 2001
LC Control No. 00047039

Genre

  • Nonfiction

Subject

  • Infanticide
  • Infanticide/ Maryland/ Case Studies
  • Murder
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  • Trials (Infanticide)

Plot

Death seemed to be part of Garrett Wilson's life. Both of his parents had died by the time he was in his early twenties. So friends shrugged when sadly, an infant daughter, and then a son, succumbed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Six years later, after he divorced his wife, Missy, and married another woman, his former spouse became convinced that their child's passing was anything but natural. Was it cold-blooded murder by Garrett, or a quest for revenge by his ex-wife? Missy's own investigation that led to Garrett Wilson's arrest and eventual trial will keep the reader guessing until the final pages. Havill takes us through each stage of this intricate and chilling story all the way to the courtroom, where the jury's stunning verdict is given. Acclaimed author Adrian Havill conducted nineteen in-person interviews with the accused both before and after his trial. He had full access to both the defense and prosecution teams. The result is an unprecedented look at a murder investigation and an edge-of-the-seat real-life medical thriller that stretches from Maryland to Texas and Florida.