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True Crime Drug Related Murders

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1Bargle5
Jun 30, 2013, 8:39 am

The book is about the solving of a drug related murder. At least two people, a man and a woman, were killed. The book mainly is about the lead detective or prosecutor getting the main witness to talk about it. The witness, an attractive white woman, was a minor participant in the crime. The difficulty is that she lies. A lot. It takes multiple interviews with her to finally get her to tell the truth about what happened.
A couple of other details:
The witness, years earlier, was raped by 2 soldiers. She refused to press charges against them because they might get the death penalty if convicted.
The investigator took the woman to a restaurant or club to try and get her in a more relaxed state of mind. While there, a local ADA tried to pick her up and had to be warned off by the investigator.
Book probably came out back in the 80s. Warning for content on next detail. I don't know how to do a spoiler cover, or even if you can do that here.



The drugs were hidden in a plastic bag in the female victim's vagina. The witness was made to pull them out after the killings by the shooters.

2Bargle5
Jul 1, 2013, 8:14 pm

Solved by Beverly over at Goodreads. It's "Unveiling Claudia" by Daniel Keyes.

3mitchellmom
Edited: Jul 2, 2013, 12:51 am

touchstone is Unveiling Claudia.