Simple, Safe & Secret: The 1981 Murder of Joan L. Webster

It was a brisk April morning in 1990 when a woman on her usual morning walk stopped cold in her tracks. Her puppy had dug up something strange and disturbing: a human skull. Forensic examination showed that it was the remains of Joan Webster, the 25-year-old Harvard graduate whose disappearance had rattled the community and stumped investigators for the past nine years. The prosecutors had a suspect, Leonard Paradiso, who happened to be on trial for the murder of another local woman who bore a striking resemblance to Joan. Assistant District Attorney Tim Burke was determined to prove Paradiso guilty of both murders. However, between the lack of evidence and ever-changing stories, the manner of Joan Webster's death remains a mystery to this day. Hope is not lost as Joan's sister-in-law, Eve Carson, continues to fight for justice. Simple, Safe & Secret divulges the dangerous details and dysfunctional system which has denied and obstructed justice in Joan Webster's murder case. The messy truth of the botched investigation and failed prosecution may be darker than the story of Joan's murder.

• | Author: Eve Carson
• | Publisher: Genius Book Publishing
• | Publication Date: May 13, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 305 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1947521853
• | ISBN-13: 9781947521858