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Innocent Victims: The True Story of the Eastburn Family Murders

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Scott Whisnant
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Ratings
Book
84
Narrator
14
Release Date
October 15, 2019
Duration
12 hours 26 minutes
Summary
On Mother's Day, 1985, the bodies of Kathryn Eastburn and her two young daughters were found in their Fayetteville, North Carolina, home. Katie, an air force captain's wife, had been raped and stabbed to death. Kara and Erin's throats had been slit. Their toddler sister, Jana, was the only survivor of a bloody killing spree that terrified a community still reeling from the conviction, six years prior, of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald for the savage slayings of his pregnant wife and two daughters.



The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department soon focused its investigation on US Army soldier Tim Hennis. Detectives and local prosecutors built their case on circumstantial evidence and a jury convicted Hennis and sentenced him to death. But his defense team refused to give up. Piece by piece, they discredited the state's case, exposing false testimony, concealed evidence, and prosecutorial misconduct. At a second trial, Hennis was found not guilty and released from death row.



But an even more stunning turn of events was yet to come. Twenty-five years after the murders, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation tested a crucial piece of DNA evidence from the crime scene. The shocking results led to an unprecedented third trial to determine Tim Hennis's guilt or innocence.
Reviews
Profile Avatar Toby P. Dec 2019

Good book but terrible imitation of the southern accents by narrator- why don't they just get someone who is FROM the south to narrate. Getting past that though, I enjoyed the book from page one...plenty of twists.

Profile Avatar Stephen R. Apr 2021

I really enjoyed this book! looking forward to update on this case

Profile Avatar Gitane S. Mar 2021

An interesting look into a total miscarriage of justice It would have been improved by less sentimental descriptios of the home lives of the protagonists and more effort to find links to the actual murderer

Profile Avatar Elizabeth F. Feb 2021

Long and painful!

Profile Avatar A Daniel P. Feb 2021

Great book that kept me captivated until the last paragraph! Though provoking as well as entertaining. Narration was great and I didn't mind the accents.

Profile Avatar Jade W. Jan 2021

I just couldn’t get into it, the narrator is boring and the story jumps about a fair bit. Not my cup of tea

Profile Avatar Leel G. Jan 2021

The book was very interesting. Very detailed and informative. But, the narration was horrendous. That southern accent was so bad. It would have been so much better to just read the words.

Innocent Victims: The True Story of the Eastburn Family Murders

Innocent Victims: The True Story of the Eastburn Family Murders

Author: Scott Whisnant
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