On March 9, 1878, three men were murdered in isolated Blackwater Canyon in New Mexico.
His studies resulted in this account of the murders in Blackwater Canyon..
His interest in Billy the Kid and the New Mexico\'s Lincoln County War dates to 2003, when publicity crested over a case reopened by the Lincoln County Sheriff\'s Office.
Marshals Service and is no stranger to historical "cold cases." A graduate from George Mason University, he authored four books and numerous articles on various topics.
Turk is the Historian for the U.
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David S.
An investigative approach to this portion of the Billy the Kid saga corrects the record on some old assumptions and creates new avenues of insight and possibility.
The Regulators and their opposition reveal character both good and bad.
Billy the Kid is justly portrayed as a human being wrought by conflicts.
Legend and fact are separated in the case and its participants-both victims and suspects.
Connective events where the paths of the participants intersected, such as the death of John Tunstall, are likewise examined.
The myths and accounts of the three men and their murders are analytically separated. "Buck" Morton, a Virginian fleeing from his past
Frank Baker, a mystery man who hid his real name and shady career; and William McCloskey, an elderly cowboy who unsuccessfully attempted to play the peacemaker.
As part of the reconstruction of the crime, the author widens the scope of his investigation by examining the lives and paths of all three victims: William S.
The murders were reconstructed with the discovery of over thirty bullet cartridges.
In 2006, the author and a team of investigators searched for the remains of the men and related artifacts in the obscure canyon-the first to do so since the murders.
This action, almost assuredly taken in retaliation for the death of the Kid\'s friend, John Henry Tunstall, became the real catalyst in the Lincoln County War.
The suspects were Billy the Kid and a number of his Regulators.
On March 9, 1878, three men were murdered in isolated Blackwater Canyon in New Mexico
