This is the story of Dr. Vincent Di Maio, a forensic pathologist, his career and the cases that stuck with him the most. It begins with the case of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman which electrified the nation when Zimmerman shot Martin, killing him. There were two opposing stories. In one, Martin was just a young teenager out for a walk in his father's neighborhood when Zimmerman chased him down and shot him for no reason. In the other, Martin attacked Zimmerman and in the struggle, the gun went off and Martin was killed. People were adamant in whichever version they believed but Dr. Di Maio testified that the forensic evidence supported Zimmerman's version.
Other cases that stuck with him were an immigrant in Montana who served several years in prison when his wife was found dead. He was convicted of murder but Di Maio proved the death was a suicide. He worked on several cases where women killed babies. Genene Jones was a nurse who killed other people's babies while the other case was a woman who killed her own babies. Di Maio worked on and discusses a second autopsy on Lee Harvey Oswald and the case of the Memphis Three where lurid rumors sent three teenagers to prison for half their lives for the murder of three young boys which they probably didn't commit.
Ron Franscell is a well known true crime and mystery writer and he tells the story of Dr. Di Maio. Di Maio makes a point of discussing how few forensic pathologists there are and how many more are needed. There are around five hundred certified forensic pathologists in the United States and many deaths are probably mistakenly given causes of death that aren't accurate. This book is recommended for true crime readers.
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