Shadow on the Hill: The True Story of a 1925 Kansas Murder (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781593308155)

It was the most brutal murder in the history of Coffey County, Kansas. On May 30, 1925, Florence Knoblock, a farmer's wife and the mother of a young boy, was found slaughtered on her kitchen floor. Several innocent men were taken into custody before the victim's husband, John, was accused of the crime. He would endure two sensational trials before being acquitted. Eighty years later, local historian Diana Staresinic-Deane studied the investigation, which was doomed by destroyed evidence, inexperienced lawmen, disappearing witnesses, and a community more desperate for an arrest than justice. She would also discover a witness who may have seen the murderer that fateful morning.

Author: Diana Staresinic-Deane
ISBN-10: 1593308159
ISBN-13: 9781593308155
Publisher: Aventine Press
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2013
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d