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Deadly San Diego, True Crime

Delve into a world of cold cases, serial killers, and false confessions pulled straight from the archives of the San Diego Police Department.


From a rash of attacks in Balboa Park to the slayings of two police officers that remain unsolved to this day, detectives have investigated several vexing and violent cases over the years. In 1931, the murder of ten-year-old Virginia Brooks was initially linked to serial slayer Gordon Stewart Northcott, later hung for his crimes, while the mysterious death of young Dalbert Aposhian languished for seventy-two years before modern forensics closed it.


Join author Steve Willard as he pulls back the curtain on San Diego's dark side.

Steve Willard

The son of a police chief and the grandson of a fire chief, Steve
Willard has resided in San Diego since 1977. After joining the
San Diego Police Department in 1985, he worked patrol, crime
prevention, investigations, traffic and administration. A charter
member of the San Diego Police Museum since 1997, he now
serves as the organization's vice-president. He is the author of
four books, a lecturer and a contributing columnist to several
law enforcement publications.
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