Bone Deep

Untangling the Betsy Faria Case

De: Charles Bosworth, Joel Schwartz

Narrado por: Gary Bennett

Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russel Faria returned to his Troy, Missouri, home to find his wife, Betsy, dead, a knife still lodged in her neck. She had been stabbed 55 times in a brutal murder that would set off a chain of events leading to one man's wrongful conviction and imprisonment, another man's death, the revelation of a diabolical scheme, and an astounding miscarriage of justice left unresolved for another 10 years.

First responders concluded that Betsy was dead for hours when Russ discovered her. No blood was found implicating Russ, and surveillance video, receipts, and friends' testimony all supported his alibi. Yet incredibly, police and the prosecuting attorney ignored the evidence. In their minds, Russ was guilty. But prominent defense attorney Joel J. Schwartz quickly recognized the real killer.

The motive was clear. Days before her murder, the terminally ill Betsy replaced her husband with her friend, Pamela Hupp, as her life insurance beneficiary. Still, despite the prosecution's flimsy case and Hupp's transparent lies, Russ was convicted - leaving Hupp free to kill again. Bone Deep takes listeners through the perfect storm of miscalculations and missteps that led to an innocent man's conviction-and recounts Schwartz's successful battle to have that conviction overturned.

©2022 Charles Bosworth Jr. (P)2022 Tantor

Amazing true story

Couldn't stop listening to this, it's hard to believe what happened to Betsy. Be so careful who you let into your life and your home. What a horrible nightmare.

Great

Well written. I enjoy true crime... I recommend this book.

You won't be disappointed.

Great Listen

Even if you have seen the Dateline series this book is really interesting. Very good research and performance, I enjoyed every minute of it, even knowing the outcome! Go for it if you are a True Crime fan.

Great book!

Loved this book! It was narrated very well and answered so many questions. Definitely worth the hours of listening!

Russ wasn't a saint

The story was well told, except the ONLY FICTITIOUS NAME "DARLENE FULLER" was used. Why not use the REAL NAME of the mistress that Russ did have an affair with? And he was definitely very involved in the affair and it was way more than friends and yes we did go camping at their timeshare and we were definitely more than friends there as well as the many days he picked me up for lunch and sometimes we just didn't go back to work that day and went and made love in the park, in the car, at the pool, at the movies and sometimes got a hotel room. He definitely was painted as a saint in this book and he definitely was not a saint!

Psychopath

This was a great book with some crazy twists. I was shocked several times. I definitely recommend this.

Excellent True Crime Read

The first true crime book I ever read was written by Charles Bosworth, Jr. Now I am a fan of the genre. Initially I was impressed by the obvious research, clear writing, and the focus on the jury trial in that case. I was not disappointed with Bone Deep. Again the research and writing are thorough and there is plenty of courtroom action. I hadn’t known about the Betsy Faria murder. I was fascinated by some of the information and infuriated at other times. I highly recommend this book.

Gary Bennet did a great job narrating this audiobook.

Great follow up to podcast

I listen to the podcasts then listen to this audio book, glad I did since it does have a great ending!

Good Read

Well done.
Top notch narration.
Unbelievable miscarriage of justice.
Highly recommend this book for those who enjoy true crime.

Unbelievable story

So hard to believe this really happened! Fascinating true story. At times, a bit boring as the narrator had a very monotone voice. not overall, good book.