Dance with the Devil

A Memoir of Murder and Loss

By: David Bagby

Narrated by: Allan Edwards

Immortalized in the spellbinding documentary Dear Zachary, this angry, raw, and brutally honest true crime memoir of murder and loss chronicles a system's failure to prevent the death of a child.

In November 2001, the body of a young doctor named Andrew Bagby was discovered in Keystone State Park outside Latrobe, Pennsylvania, five bullet wounds in his face, chest, buttocks, and the back of the head. For parents Dave and Kate, the pain was unbearable? But Andrew's murder was only the first in a string of tragic events.

The chief suspect for Andrew's murder was his ex-girlfriend Shirley Turner? Whom was also a doctor. Obsessive and unstable, Shirley Turner lied to the police and fled to her family home in Newfoundland before she could be arrested. While fending off extradition efforts by U.S. law enforcement, she announced she was pregnant with Andrew's son, Zachary. The Bagbys hoping to gain custody of Zachary moved to Newfoundland and began a long, drawn-out battle in court and with Canadian social services to protect their grandson from the woman who had almost certainly murdered their son. Then, in August 2003, Shirley Turner killed herself and the one-year-old Zachary by jumping into the Atlantic Ocean.

Dance with the Devil is a eulogy for a dead son, an elegy for lives cut tragically short, and a castigation of a broken system.

©2007 David Bagby (P)2016 ListenUp Production, LLC

If I could give this book more than five stars, I would.

David an Kate Bagby are now two of my favorite people. What those two have been thru has been nothing short of hell on earth. You can feel the pain, the anger An the overwhelming sense of loss in the words of Mr. Bagbys book. I just wanted to reach thru my headphones as I listened to the narrator read this story an not only put my arms around The Bagbys for comfort but to put my hands around Shirley's throat!!! Knowing what she was did to Andrew out of pure selfishness an what she was gonna do to that precious little Zachary that never asked for any of this. Such a sad waste of two beautiful lives!! R.I.P Andrew an Zachary Bagby.

Heartbreaking

The story of Loss gets No Worse than this.....The FAILURE of the two governments involved astounding, tho predictable can REALLY ONLY be fought by those who know this pain. How do we change Mankind without Loss & Pain for those to me seem to be the motivator for all. Bagby's strength and durability is food for the Soul -AND- knowledge for all.

very sad and then thinkable but carefully written

Based on the award winning documentary Dear Zachary, a letter to my son, this book goes more in depth about the truth story about the Bagby- Turner case. This is the story of Andrew Bagby, from Sunnyvale, California. He was a doctor that had moved across country to do his residency. he began a real relationship with a woman that was unreasonably unstable to say the least. After breaking up with her, he found himself dead. Then she absconded to Canada where she found out she was pregnant with Andrew son. Andrew's parents moved to the jurisdiction where the case would take place and their grandson would be born. The twists and turns this story takes will bring you both joy and extreme sadness. the end of the book becomes slightly technical and is about Canadian law. I found myself skipping through that part. The story overall is a tale told by a grieving father and grandfather.

Unbelievably tragic circumstances-Must read!

Having lost a son to murder myself, I felt the pain that this brave couple endured. I particularly related to the rage! Wonderfully written!

Tears that never stopped

I watched the documentary about the murders of Dr. Bagby & his son Zachary years ago. Their story has never left me. My heart has always gone out for David & Kate. I’ve always wanted to read this book but never had the time. I’m so glad that Audible has this book so I can finally listen to it while I drive around for work. David, you did a wonderful job here. This book actually taught me things I didn’t know about the justice system.