Research Catalog

Title

Wicked takes the witness stand : a tale of murder and twisted deceit in Northern Michigan / Mardi Link.

Author

Link, Mardi.

Publication

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]

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Details

Description

xiv, 424 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"On a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias in the bed of his pickup truck. The 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug dealer was curled up on his side on the truck's bare metal, pressed against the tailgate, clad only in jeans, a checkered shirt, and cowboy boots. Inside the cab of the truck was a fresh package of expensive steaks from a local butcher shop--the first lead in a case that would be quickly lost in a thicket of bungled forensics, shady prosecution, and a psychopathic star witness out for revenge. Award-winning author Mardi Link's third book of Michigan true crime, Wicked Takes the Witness Stand, unravels this mysterious and still unsolved case that sucked state police and local officials into a morass of perjury and cover-up and ultimately led to the separate conviction and imprisonment of five innocent men. This unbelievable story will leave the reader shocked and aching for justice."--

Subjects

• Murder > Michigan > Case studies
• False imprisonment > Michigan > Case studies
• Murder > Investigation > Michigan > Case studies
• Criminal justice, Administration of > Corrupt practices > Michigan > Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-424).

Contents

Map of key locations -- Part 1: Crime: -- Found frozen -- Wild game -- Pretty good beating -- Task force -- Suspect -- Witness? -- In their panic -- Makes no sense at all -- People v Laurie Moore -- Thirsty man -- Pathologist and the pumpkin -- Case for the prosecution -- Case for the defense -- Missing blood test -- Closing arguments -- Jury deliberations -- Verdict -- I believed him -- That was Debbie -- Death threat letter -- Eyewitness account -- Terry Moore, meet Debbie Parmentier -- Others -- Attorney Ray MacNeil -- Sketchy, vague, and iffy -- Irony piled on irony -- Trials: -- Positive -- Welcome to Kinross -- Don Heistand -- That handwriting looks familiar -- You just can't imagine that girl -- Debbie's courtroom debut -- Doug Brinkman -- Driving with Debbie -- Sand Hill Manor -- People vs Terry Moore -- Competency question -- Debbie's past -- Terry's defense -- Here I am -- Expert maneuvering -- Closing arguments -- Jury deliberations -- Debbie has a plan -- Jury deliberations continue -- Another verdict -- Esther Moore -- People vs Douglas Brinkman -- Roger Becker's mistake -- Missing documents -- Moving Debbie again -- Debbie gets a gun -- People v Mark Canter -- Prosecution, the third time around -- Dr Newhouse stumbles -- Earful -- Mark Canter -- Sherry Lynn Payton -- Sherry turns herself in -- Whipped dog -- Another go at Payton -- It's all a lie -- MacNeil and Payton -- Terry Moore's prison sentence -- Mark Canter's defense -- Closing arguments-again -- Heistand and Brinkman sentenced -- Part 3: Unraveling: -- MacNeil gets a phone call -- Stuart Hubbell gets a phone call -- Meet Stu Hubbell -- Ballistics match -- Sherry Payton returns -- Attorney General's investigation -- Idea -- Investigation expanded -- Back to Hayes -- Mark Canter appeals -- Hayes elected -- Laurie Moore appeals -- Hubbell's resolve -- Hubbell marches forward -- Hayes is cleared; Otsego County pays -- Why hasn't Debbie been charged? -- Porter's power -- Mark Canter appeals -- Real defense team -- Canter's retrial hearing begins -- Debbie returns -- Banker's box -- Equal justice for lawyers -- Waiting -- Terry Moore's retrial hearing -- Davis out, and Porter in -- Debbie in the hot seat -- Combined retrial hearings -- Cut and paste -- Debbie goes to jail -- Throwing mud at the Michigan state Police -- Banker's box-again -- Gentleman's agreement -- Fate of Debbie's men -- MacNeil gets a phone call-again -- Waiting-again -- Back to court -- Epilogue -- Postscript -- Cast of characters -- Sources and resources -- Photos follow pages 128 and 360.

Call Number

JFE 16-10031

ISBN

• 9780472071692
• 0472071696
• 9780472051694
• 0472051695

LCCN

2014039496

OCLC

892794658

Author

Link, Mardi.

Title

Wicked takes the witness stand : a tale of murder and twisted deceit in Northern Michigan / Mardi Link.

Publisher

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-424).

Research Call Number

JFE 16-10031