tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post531969217354607432..comments2024-03-28T13:27:46.447-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: A Fictional and a Real Life Mass Murder of a FamilyBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-85030565392850332972018-04-25T19:59:01.358-06:002018-04-25T19:59:01.358-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the recommendation.Kathy D.: Thanks for the recommendation.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-68442907648803044392018-04-18T17:00:52.444-06:002018-04-18T17:00:52.444-06:00True. That book is so good and there's plenty ...True. That book is so good and there's plenty of wit as well as sadness. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-36829207324030412592018-04-16T23:11:18.185-06:002018-04-16T23:11:18.185-06:00Kathy D.: I am going to have to look for American ...Kathy D.: I am going to have to look for American by Day. Almost all of us want to be objective but it is so hard.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-8686450187362098142018-04-16T18:39:06.312-06:002018-04-16T18:39:06.312-06:00Interesting point. I just read the excellent seque...Interesting point. I just read the excellent sequel to Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller, titled American By Day.<br /><br />The protagonist, a police chief from Oslo, raises a difference betiween Norwegian and U.S. crime investigations. She says that an nvestigation should look for evidence in order to find out where to go with it and who the perpetrator is. And it should not focus on one suspect and prove he or she did it, possibly skewing evidence in one way, rather than impartially examining it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-60772423944553651042018-04-13T22:57:12.047-06:002018-04-13T22:57:12.047-06:00Spade and Dagger - Thanks for the comment. I have ...Spade and Dagger - Thanks for the comment. I have outlined some thoughts on the shotgun in my reply to Margot's comment. I agree we have been accustomed to forensic evidence. Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-52442500583477884282018-04-13T22:54:42.041-06:002018-04-13T22:54:42.041-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. I have not been as...Margot: Thanks for the comment. I have not been as troubled by the shotgun. It was an era when people casually bought and sold rifles and shotguns in Canada. What made it seem more likely the gun was owned by Cook's father was that it was left at the scene. A killer bringing a shotgun to the house and leaving it would have left a major piece of evidence that might be able to be traced back to him. If a mysterious killer had taken the shotgun there with the plan of killing the family I expect the killer would have taken the weapon away from the crime scene. To think the shotgun was taken to threaten the family is improbable. There would be too many witnesses left to identify the killer.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-4604004678579395942018-04-13T08:20:56.422-06:002018-04-13T08:20:56.422-06:00Interesting comparisons - thank you.
Here in the U...Interesting comparisons - thank you.<br />Here in the UK, I had not heard of the Cook case before reading your posts. However, the shotgun ownership mystery is a worry. I think in a modern era of forensic evidence, we find the lack of definitive evidence in earlier, less scientific eras difficult to accept.Spade and Daggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447641240079673493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-25169789777509687562018-04-13T05:21:05.607-06:002018-04-13T05:21:05.607-06:00These are fascinating similarities, Bill. And, as ...These are fascinating similarities, Bill. And, as I read your comments about the Cook case, I wondered again whether he was really guilty. The shotgun question in particular makes me wonder...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com