Murder in Battle Creek: The Mysterious Death of Daisy Zick

Murder in Battle Creek: The Mysterious Death of Daisy Zick

by Arcadia Publishing
Murder in Battle Creek: The Mysterious Death of Daisy Zick

Murder in Battle Creek: The Mysterious Death of Daisy Zick

by Arcadia Publishing

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Overview

Investigate the mysteries surrounding the horrifying murder of Battle Creek's Daisy Zick. A must-read for fans of true crime and Michigan history enthusiasts.

On a bitterly cold morning in January 1963, Daisy Zick was brutally murdered in her Battle Creek home. No fewer than three witnesses caught a glimpse of the killer, yet today, it remains one of Michigan's most sensational unsolved crimes.

The act of pure savagery rocked not only the community but also the Kellogg Company, where she worked. Here, Blaine Pardoe artfully takes the reader into this true crime thriller. Utilizing long-sealed police files and interviews with the surviving investigators, the true story of the investigation can finally be told.

Who were the key suspects? What evidence does the police still have on this five-decades-old cold case? Just how close did this murder come to being solved? Is the killer still alive? These questions and more are masterfully brought to the forefront for true crime fans and armchair detectives.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626191341
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 06/18/2013
Series: True Crime
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 666,274
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Blaine Pardoe is the author of 10 novels with Penguin as well as paranormal, non-fiction military, true-crime and business-management books. His media resume includes interviews with Bill O'Reilly, The New York Times and radio shows all over Michigan and the country. The Michigan Historical Society gave Blaine the State History Award in 2011. David B. Schock runs Delayed Justice, a website dedicated to solving cold cases. Schock is a former associate professor at Hope College in Holland, MI. There he worked with students in documentary and other media classes where they discovered that telling a story can lead to powerful results.

Table of Contents

Foreword David B. Schock 9

Acknowledgements 15

Introduction 17

1 Daisy's Last Day Alive 23

2 To the Bitter End 34

3 The Mysterious Man on Michigan Avenue 55

4 The Affairs of Daisy Zick 67

5 New Hopes 90

6 The Cold Sets In 101

7 A New Generation of Investigators 113

8 The Prisoner, the Postman and the Ever-Chilling Trail 124

9 Twilight 132

10 The Myths and Theories 142

Epilogue 151

Timeline: January 14, 1963 155

Index 157

About the Author 160

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