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Footprints in the Snow - by Laura Churchill Duke (Paperback)
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Highlights
- In 1896, in Digby, Nova Scotia, someone brutally murdered Annie Kempton, a young woman.
- Author(s): Laura Churchill Duke
- 282 Pages
- True Crime, Murder
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About the Book
In 1896, in Digby, Nova Scotia, someone brutally murdered Annie Kempton, a young woman. Suspicion quickly focussed on Peter Wheeler, who claimed to have found the body. But a Halifax reporter covering the murder began to have doubts.
Book Synopsis
In 1896, in Digby, Nova Scotia, someone brutally murdered Annie Kempton, a young woman. Suspicion quickly focussed on Peter Wheeler, who claimed to have been the first to find the body. Local opinion, amplified by newspaper headlines, moved more quickly than legal processes to pin the guilt on Peter. But a Halifax reporter covering the murder and the ensuing trial began to have doubts. Some of the forensic evidence did not seem to line up with witness statements and evidence like lines of footprints in heavy snow.
Did Peter Wheeler really do it? Or was he found 'guilty by convenience'?
Review Quotes
In 1896, the courts and society applied Occam's razor to thin and contradictory evidence, and hanged Peter Wheeler for the murder of Annie Kempton in Bear River, Nova Scotia. In Footsteps in the Snow, Laura Duke stays Occam's hand and probes the evidence once more, seeking signs of justice.
-- Ted Leighton, author of A Ring of Justice and Knowers and Lovers