Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Case - Charles Bosworth, Joel Schwartz

Written by Charles Bosworth, Joel Schwartz
Read by Gary Bennett
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Release date: February 22, 2022
Duration: 11:24:22

Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russel Faria returned to his Troy, Missouri, home to find his wife, Betsy, dead, a knife still lodged in her neck. She had been stabbed fifty-five times in a brutal murder that would set off a chain of events leading to one man’s wrongful conviction and imprisonment, another man’s death, the revelation of a diabolical scheme, and an astounding miscarriage of justice left unresolved for another ten years.

First responders concluded that Betsy was dead for hours when Russ discovered her. No blood was found implicating Russ, and surveillance video, receipts, and friends’ testimony all supported his alibi. Yet incredibly, police and the prosecuting attorney ignored the evidence. In their minds, Russ was guilty. But prominent defense attorney Joel J. Schwartz quickly recognized the real killer. The motive was clear. Days before her murder, the terminally ill Betsy replaced her husband with her friend, Pamela Hupp, as her life insurance beneficiary.

Still, despite the prosecution’s flimsy case and Hupp’s transparent lies, Russ was convicted-leaving Hupp free to kill again. Bone Deep takes listeners through the perfect storm of miscalculations and missteps that led to an innocent man’s conviction-and recounts Schwartz’s successful battle to have that conviction overturned.

Gary Bennett’s calming narration provides a note of clarity amid the astounding and infuriating events. VERDICT True-crime fans and those unfamiliar with the case will be captivated by this riveting listening experience.—Library Journal