It was the double murder case that gripped Australia, and former Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi KC is finally able to share all the astonishing details.
Shortlisted for the 2023 Danger Awards
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. But Dorothy and Kerry did have one thing in common – they both knew Bruce Allan Burrell.
The disappearance of these two women without trace led to massive police investigations and resulted in sensational trials that gripped the nation. This book explores the intricacies of those investigations and delves into the twisted, tortuous processes of legal proceedings, while exploring the dark recesses of the mind of Bruce Burrell.
'Gripping writing, from an expert on the inside of some of the state's worst murders and disappearances.' Peter FitzSimons
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Note
- Dedication
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Life of Bruce
- Chapter 2: Quick Fixes
- Chapter 3: Dorothy Davis Disappears
- Chapter 4: Kerry Whelan
- Chapter 5: Preparations for an Abduction
- Chapter 6: Kerry Disappears
- Chapter 7: Ransom
- Chapter 8: Action at Bungonia
- Chapter 9: Police Swoop on Hillydale
- Chapter 10: Fatal Mistake
- Chapter 11: Sifting Through the Papers
- Chapter 12: Trial Abandoned
- Chapter 13: Trial Resurrected
- Chapter 14: Crown Case
- Chapter 15: Pajero, Ransom Note, Dot-Point Notes and Street Directory
- Chapter 16: Phonecall from Goulburn
- Chapter 17: Burrellâs Financial Straits, His Credibility and a Final Analysis
- Chapter 18: Defence Case
- Chapter 19: Allegations Against Bernie and Trevor Whelan
- Chapter 20: Alibis
- Chapter 21: False Sighting Witnesses
- Chapter 22: Defence Witnesses, Jury Disagreement and a Retrial
- Chapter 23: Dorothy Davis Trial
- Chapter 24: Appeals
- Chapter 25: Enduring Mysteries
- Chapter 26: Reflections
- Epilogue
- Photographs
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Endnotes
- Copyright