Delve into a world of cold cases, serial killers and false
confessions pulled straight from the archives of the San Diego
Police Department. From a rash of attacks in Balboa Park to
the slayings of two police officers that remain unsolved to this
day, detectives have investigated several vexing and violent cases
over the years. In 1931, the murder of ten-year-old Virginia
Brooks was initially linked to serial slayer Gordon Stewart
Northcott, later hanged for his crimes, while the mysterious
death of young Dalbert Aposhian languished for seventy-two
years before modern forensics closed it. Join author Steve
Willard as he pulls back the curtain on San Diego’s dark side.
The son of a police chief and the grandson of a fire chief, Steve
Willard has resided in San Diego since 1977. After joining the
San Diego Police Department in 1985, he worked patrol, crime
prevention, investigations, traffic and administration. A charter
member of the San Diego Police Museum since 1997, he now
serves as the organization’s vice-president. He is the author of
four books, a lecturer and a contributing columnist to several
law enforcement publications.
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