Footprints in the Snow

In 1896, in Digby, Nova Scotia, someone brutally murdered Annie Kempton, a young woman. Suspicion quickly focussed on Peter Wheeler, who claimed to have been the first to find the body. Local opinion, amplified by newspaper headlines, moved more quickly than legal processes to pin the guilt on Peter. But a Halifax reporter covering the murder and the ensuing trial began to have doubts. Some of the forensic evidence did not seem to line up with witness statements and evidence like lines of footprints in heavy snow.

Did Peter Wheeler really do it? Or was he found 'guilty by convenience'?

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Footprints in the Snow

In 1896, in Digby, Nova Scotia, someone brutally murdered Annie Kempton, a young woman. Suspicion quickly focussed on Peter Wheeler, who claimed to have been the first to find the body. Local opinion, amplified by newspaper headlines, moved more quickly than legal processes to pin the guilt on Peter. But a Halifax reporter covering the murder and the ensuing trial began to have doubts. Some of the forensic evidence did not seem to line up with witness statements and evidence like lines of footprints in heavy snow.

Did Peter Wheeler really do it? Or was he found 'guilty by convenience'?

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Footprints in the Snow

Footprints in the Snow

by Laura Churchill Duke
Footprints in the Snow

Footprints in the Snow

by Laura Churchill Duke

Overview

In 1896, in Digby, Nova Scotia, someone brutally murdered Annie Kempton, a young woman. Suspicion quickly focussed on Peter Wheeler, who claimed to have been the first to find the body. Local opinion, amplified by newspaper headlines, moved more quickly than legal processes to pin the guilt on Peter. But a Halifax reporter covering the murder and the ensuing trial began to have doubts. Some of the forensic evidence did not seem to line up with witness statements and evidence like lines of footprints in heavy snow.

Did Peter Wheeler really do it? Or was he found 'guilty by convenience'?

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781998149506
Publisher: Moose House Publications
Publication date: 09/27/2024
Pages: 282
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Laura Churchill Duke is the author of the award-winning novel Two Crows Sorrow, and Rooted in Deception. When she is not writing novels, you can find Laura teaching communication in the School of Kinesiology at Acadia University, working as a free-lance journalist for newspapers in Atlantic Canada, or presenting community news on CBC Radio's Information Morning. She is also co-owns the home organization business, Your Last Resort. Laura lives in Kentville, Nova Scotia with her husband and two sons. Find her at LauraChurchillDuke.ca.
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