Bibliograph

Unmaking a murder, the mysterious death of Anna-Jane Cheney, Graham Archer

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Label

Unmaking a murder, the mysterious death of Anna-Jane Cheney, Graham Archer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-524)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unmaking a murder

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Graham Archer

Sub title

the mysterious death of Anna-Jane Cheney

Summary

Anna-Jane Cheney worked at the epicentre of the conservative Adelaide legal community. She was vivacious, popular and talented with an impeccable middle-class upbringing. The man she loved, Henry Vincent Keogh, was a divorced 39-year-old Irish migrant with three children. She died just six weeks before their wedding date. According to the prosecution Keogh had planned the drowning murder of Anna-Jane 18 months in advance. He had taken out five insurance policies amounting to 1.2 million dollars over his fiance's life and forged her signature on them. Journalist Graham Archer became fascinated by the case. It wasn't a matter of Henry Keogh's guilt or innocence, but that a man could be sentenced to life in prison without him having received a fair trial. The story became an odyssey for Graham. Deliberately, he had no contact with Henry Keogh in the 13 years it took to have the case reviewed by the Supreme Court and have his conviction quashed. In the end, dogged determination prevailed, and after 20 years behind bars, Henry Keogh was released

Target audience

adult

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