Court Tv Presents: Murder In Room 103
The Death Of An American Tuent In Korea–And The Investigators’ Search For The Truth
Harriet Ryan
Exchange student Jamie Penich left her small Pennsylvania hometown to see the world, but her journey ended with a brutal attack in a shabby motel room in Seoul, South Korea, where the raven-haired 21-year-old was found naked and stomped to death. Investigators zeroed in on soldiers, turning out barracks and trolling seedy bars for the GIs who partied with Jamie in the hours leading up to her death. But every lead produced only new mysteries. There were unbreakable alibis, a roommate who claimed she had slept through the crime, and lab tests that hinted at a secret lover. The investigation seemed destined for the cold case file until a high-powered American senator pressed for answers. Soon, a greenhorn detective settled on a shocking new suspect, a pretty blonde exchange student named Kenzi Snider. During an interrogation, the teenager confessed to killing Jamie during a lesbian encounter . . . but it was what happened next that was truly surprising.What really happened in Room 103?
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This true crime book contains significant lesbian/WLW content as a central element of the case. The investigation included a false confession by suspect Kenzi Snider in which she claimed to have killed victim Jamie Penich ‘during a lesbian encounter.’ The FBI created what court documents describe as a ‘lesbian angle’ as a possible motive for the murder. Although Snider was later acquitted and the confession was proven false and coerced, the lesbian narrative played a major role in the investigation, prosecution, and the book’s narrative. Both women were central figures (murder victim and accused suspect), making the WLW content narratively significant despite the false nature of the confession.
Details
| ISBN: 9780061154430 |
| Genre: LGBT Studies/Social Sciences; Lesbian Studies; True Crime |
| Subject(s): Lesbians – Violence Against – Korea; Lesbians/ Korea (South)/ Case Studies; Lesbians/ Violence Against/ Korea/ Case Studies; Murder – Korea; Murder/ Korea/ Case Studies |
| Publication Date: 2006-09-26 |
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| Publisher: HarperCollins |
| Language: English |
| Format: Mass Market Paperback |
| Pages: 304 |
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| Book_ID: 103779 |