THE DEATH OF INNOCENTS
A Bantam Book/October 1997

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Copyright © 1997 by Richard Firstman and Jamie Talan.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA:
Firstman, Richard.
The death of innocents / Richard Firstman and Jamie Talan.
p.    cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-80698-7
1. Filicide—United States—Case studies. 2. Van Der Sluys, Stephen. 3. Hoyt, Waneta, 1946– 4. Munchausen syndrome by proxy—United States—Case studies. 5. Sudden infant death syndrome.
6. Murder—United States—Investigation—Case studies.
I. Talan, Jamie. II. Title.
HV6542.F57 1997
364.15′23′09747—dc21      97-3209

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