"In Cause of Death: Forensic Files of a Medical Examiner, Dr. Stephen D. Cohle and Tobin T. Buhk explored the everyday world of the Kent County Morgue in West Michigan, complete with the gruesome sights, the caustic smells, and the tingling sounds of autopsies. With Skeletons in the Closet, the authors continue to investigate the fascinating world of forensic science but take a more on-the-road approach, traveling around the Great Lakes State and chronicling some of its more intriguing, hair-raising true-crime cases. Follow Cohle and Buhk as they examine the twisted tales of those who have rolled through the doors at Kent County."--BOOK JACKET. A mother calls 911 because her child, despite a fetal monitor, stopped breathing. She didn't know it, but the fetal monitor her doctor prescribed had a memory chip. Would the monitor's memory chip preserve evidence of a tragic accident or a murder? A young couple's marriage is crumbling, but they decide to take one last family trip. She will never return home. A pool of blood suggests she died from injuries caused by an accidental fall from a boat dock. So how did she wind up face down in the lake? For more than two decades, Dr. Stephen D. Cohle has been solving vexing forensic mysteries as the medical examiner for Kent County, Michigan. As a whole, the cases he considers represent a cross-sec- tion of crime in mid-America, often committed by a macabre cast of characters: "Jekyll and Hyde" alcoholics who turned homicidal; killers who resorted to the most bizarre methods in concealing their crimes; and the rarest species in the zoo of criminology, a two-woman team of serial killers. Based on his work with Dr. Cohle, true-crime writer Tobin T. Buhk recounts twenty-one riveting, real-life stories, each with a unique forensic twist. Offering a glimpse into the strange sights, sounds, and smells of the county morgue, these tales of intrigue, deceptio- n, and murder will fascinate true-crime buffs, fans of CSI, and readers of mystery and detective stories. True crime.