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the Dowaliby family's encounter with murder and the law

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An edition of Gone in the night (1993)

Gone in the night

the Dowaliby family's encounter with murder and the law

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On a late summer evening in 1988, seven-year-old Jaclyn Dowaliby put on her favorite nightgown, said good night to her family, and went to bed. The next morning, Jaclyn's bed was empty. Four days later, her lifeless body was found in high weeds a few miles from the Dowaliby home in Midlothian, Illinois, a middle-class suburb of Chicago.

The sensational crime triggered intensive news coverage. With cameras and reporters following their every move, law enforcement authorities were pressed to find, charge, and convict the killer fast. Based on the demeanor of Jaclyn's parents and plausible but incorrect assumptions about the physical evidence, the authorities started and ended their search in the Dowaliby home.

In November, Cynthia and David Dowaliby were charged with their daughter's murder. The prosecution theory was that Cynthia killed Jaclyn and that David disposed of the body. Political maneuvering and media manipulation provided a sturdy foundation for the prosecution case. The Dowalibys' supporters were pared down to a few close friends, their lawyers, and one sympathetic stranger - a top-notch Chicago cop intent on proving their innocence.

The stunning result of a three-week trial in 1990 raised more questions than it answered and only fueled the fire storm of controversy surrounding the case. Enter an intrepid group of Chicago journalists and a blue-chip law firm committed to finding the truth. What they discovered was shocking. Among the journalists were David Protess and Rob Warden, who make Gone in the Night an unforgettable firsthand account of a family's perseverance against the stacked odds of an imperfect legal system.

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Publisher
Delacorte
Language
English
Pages
434

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Gone in the Night
May 1, 1994, Dell
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Cover of: Gone in the night
Gone in the night: the Dowaliby family's encounter with murder and the law
1993, Delacorte
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Edition Notes

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New York, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
345.773/1102523, 347.7311052523
Library of Congress
KF224.D68 P76 1993

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 434 p. :
Number of pages
434

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1723647M
Internet Archive
goneinnightd00prot
ISBN 10
0385306199
LCCN
92027231
OCLC/WorldCat
26722946
Library Thing
2520487
Goodreads
2669501

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