Louis Cataldie
The frank and unvarnished memoir of a life spent stalking death in the Deep South. , Baton Rouge is a little town with big-city problems. Rich with Creole history, colorful locals, and a strong sense of community, it's also the home of Napoleonic codes, stubborn cops, and a sometimes-troubled leadership. Baton Rouge-which literally means "Red Stick"-lives up to its bloody namesake. , And after more than ten years as a deputy coroner and then as its chief coroner, Louis Cataldie has seen his fair share of unusual and disturbing cases. They range from the bizarre to the heartbreaking: an LSU professor killed by a barn door; the bones of a young woman found scattered in a churchyard; and as many as three serial killers loose at one time under Cataldie's watch. He has worked the scene of one of the Malvo/ Muhammad Beltway Sniper shootings and had a hand in bringing to justice serial killer Derrick Todd Lee in a controversial investigation that was featured in an ABC Prime Time special with Diane Sawyer and Patricia Cornwell. , ,Coroner's Journal, is an unflinching look at a world that television dramas such as ,CSI, can only begin to show us.
Nonfiction,Crime,True Crime,Mystery,Crime,Autobiography,Memoir,Science,Death,Medical,Biography,Biography Memoir,History
Coroner's Journal: Stalking Death in Louisiana