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Dance with the Devil: A Memoir of Murder and Loss
Dance with the Devil A Memoir of Murder and Loss Author:David Bagby Grieving over the brutal murder of their son Andrew, a mother and father must deal with an even more unbearable crime the murder of an infant grandson.Dave and Kate Bagbys beloved son Andrew, a young doctor, was murdered in November 2001. His body, lying in a blood-soaked gravel grave, covered with a thin layer of frost, was discovered in Keysto... more »ne State Park outside Latrobe, Pennsylvania, by a homeless man searching dumpsters for aluminum cans. The murderer was his ex- girlfriend Shirley Turneralso a doctor.Little did the Bagbys know, however, that the worst was not over. Shirley Turnerknowing charges would be laid against herfled the U.S. to her family home in Newfoundland. While fending off extradition efforts by U.S. law enforcement, Dr. Turner discovered she was pregnant with Andrews son Zachary. The Bagbyshoping to gain custody of Zachary and frustrated beyond endurance as the legal process dragged interminably and unable to make any headway with Canadian social servicesmoved from their home in California and settled in Newfoundland.In September 2003, Shirley Turner murdered 13-month-old Zachary and then killed herself.Dance with the Devil is an angry, raw, and brutally honest memoir of murder and loss, but also is an eye-popping and terrifying indictment of the Canadian judicial and social welfare system that failed the Bagbys in nearly every way.« less