16 Minutes

Was the Death of Baby Matthew an Accident or Murder?

De: Diane Marger Moore

Narrado por: Marissa Boston

From the author of Inconvenience Gone.

In the early morning of March 6, 1993, an intense fire broke out in a tiny nursery. Sixteen minutes later, firefighters had extinguished the blaze, only to reveal a room burned so severely, everything was virtually unrecognizable. Then, they were told to look for a baby. What they discovered looked more like a monster from a horror film; the small skull had been incinerated, and the legs and arms were nothing more than charred stumps. The only identifiable human feature was the baby's genitals, covered in what remained of his diaper. Two people were home at the time the fire broke out: the newborn's parents. The arson squad declared the fire suspicious, and the homeowner's insurance company hired investigators, who determined the fire to indeed be arson. The prosecutor wanted to dismiss the case, but the arson unit had a newly appointed prosecutor who refused to do so. Was it arson? What was the motive? Along with the tenacious and determined Detective Leslie Van Buskirk, Diane Marger Moore persisted for more than two years to find the truth and get justice for baby Matthew Wise.

©2021 Diane Marger Moore (P)2021 WildBlue Press

Engaging and Eye Opening

The detailed description of this true legal case opens the reader’s eyes to the intricacies of the life of an arson prosecutor fighting for justice for the innocent. I appreciated the ups and downs of the research and discovery, the honest recounting and Marger Moore’s refreshingly straight language.

If you enjoy listening to podcasts diving into true crimes, you’ll relish this legal quest from incident to trial. I got hooked on “16 minutes”, and couldn’t stop listening to this audio book.

Good story, but....

Very compelling story, but the author talks about herself way too often, and while doing so shares details that most people would rather not know