A mother and her three young children are found hacked to death in their beds.
The book has also been used in college-level criminal justice courses to explain and illustrate the legal concept of Reasonable doubt..
Readers often comment they must continually remind themselves that this Story is real, that Reasonable Doubt is testament to the fact truth is stranger than fiction.
A New York Times best-seller, this book has now been updated with additional content and photos.
Police paint a darker picture, and prosecutors face the daunting task of convicting him on a case based on completely circumstantial evidence.
But why? A successful businessman and devoted member of a fundamentalist religious group, David Hendricks has the total support of his extended family.
Police believe he methodically murdered his wife and children before he left.
A month later the husband and father, who was away on a business trip when the bodies were found, is accused of the killings.
The apparent weapons, an ax and butcher knife, are found nearby.
A mother and her three young children are found hacked to death in their beds
