Chronicles the true story of the disappearance of Evelyn Throsly Mumper, a wealthy widow who married Leonard Ewing Scott, a man she barely knew, and the eventual trial of her husband for her murder

Covering a dazzling array of primary sources, social history, and cultural theory, this provocative work is also a structural masterpiece, challenging readers as it charts new roles for text and notes.

... corpus delicti you might say , there's nothing to go on . There were no vehicles parked here that night , so if he was walking , where to ? If he was meeting someone , who knows ? Maybe his killer . It's all baffling , there's nothing ...

Cork searches for a local woman who goes missing folllowing a car accident.

... corpus delicti " has two components : The " corpus delicti " in homicide con- Death as the result and the criminal agency sists in the establishment by evidence of the of another as the means . " The ... CORPUS DELICTI CORPUS DELICTI 1066.

217 218 The evidence of the commission of a crime . CORPUS DELICTI Sequihod v . Nobleza , 43422 - R , November 9 , 1972 . CORPUS DELICTI Body or substance of the offense . People v . Bantagan , 54 Phil 841 . - The actual commission of ...

... Corpus Delicti , " V , J , 5 , a , ( 2 ) , ( b ) ; " Proof of Guilt , " V , J , 5 , c , ( 1 ) . ( b ) Corpus Delicti . Meaning of Term . - The corpus de- licti , is , the fact that the crime charged has been actually perpetrated . Gold ...

Annotation - Corpus delicti in larceny . a policeman who arrested him that he was prevented by. The earlier cases as to proof of the corpus delicti in larceny are included in the notes to Bines v . State , 68 L.R.A. 33 , which deals with ...