Jessica O Grady: A Brief Summary

A killing is known to be an important factor of a crime. With no dead body there always rises a suspicion whether or not the victim is alive or truly deceased. How can one prove a case of a gruesome murder with no body to prove that the victim is in fact deceased? There are also important factors which leads to a conviction. Many things are jeopardized, especially when there is tainted evidence involved. The following book “Body of Proof Tainted Evidence in the Murder of Jessica O’Grady” by John Ferak, is known as one of Nebraska’s first murder mystery of a conviction with no body found to prove Jessica O’Grady’s murder. Jessica O’Grady was an important individual depicted in this book. Jessica O’Grady was known to many family members …show more content…
To be able to question whether or not Chris was guilty and try to piece all the key evidence together. The twist of the case would be how detective David Kofoed was found guilty on tampering and planting evidence in two other cases, it really opens your mind on whether or not there was evidence planted in this case. I believe Jessica’s case will remain a mystery until her body is discovered or until new evidence comes up about the case, such as a confession. You begin to wonder whether or not Chris had help by either a friend, or even his pregnant girlfriend. You can see how the plot unravels itself and when you start to piece the information together you begin to wonder why would Chris not admit to the crime and say where Jessica was either buried or sunken at the bottom of a lake. You also begin to question the judgement of the criminal justice system as well. Having a detective being charged of planting evidence in other cases was in fact surprising. What if he planted the blood evidence on Chris? I enjoyed reading this book as it opens your mind to a different view. When it comes to investigating and looking for evidence you sometimes have to get the whole picture and wonder how can this happen and try to piece the puzzle back together. I believe John Ferak did an excellent job on turning the case into a book. I highly recommend reading this book because it is basically a mystery. You begin to see all the facts point to one person, but not everything is adding up, such as whether or not the investigator planted evidence, and why the body has still not been found. It also strikes me odd how Chris did not take the plea deal in providing the location of the body for a shorter sentence. You begin to question whether or not he was telling the truth? I also recommend when reading this story to have an open