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The North Country Murder of Irene Izak

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The North Country Murder of Irene Izak

By: Dave Shampine, Raymond O. Polett - foreword, Paul Ewasko - introduction, Lisa Caputo - introduction
Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
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A road trip becomes a dead end for a schoolteacher in this haunting cold case of murder that became a 50-year fight for justice.

In June of 1968, Irene Izak, a young French teacher from Scranton, Pennsylvania, was pulling an all-nighter on the road toward the promise of a new life in Quebec. The last time she was seen alive was at 2:09 a.m. by a toll collector at Thousand Island Bridge, who claimed Irene was visibly afraid. Less than a half-hour later, Irene was found bludgeoned to death in a ravine bordering DeWolf Point State Park. There were no signs of robbery or sexual assault. For reasons unknown, Irene had been compelled to pull off the interstate and abandon her car, only to be brutally murdered.

Irene's body was discovered by State Trooper Dave Hennigan, who'd stopped her for speeding shortly before - and issued the young woman a warning.

Blending novelistic suspense with true-crime reporting, author Dave Shampine investigates a crime that shook the communities of Northeast Pennsylvania and New York's North Country - a vicious and confounding killing that has remained unsolved but not forgotten.

©2010 Dave Shampine (P)2022 Tantor Americas Crime Murder State & Local True Crime United States Women Pennsylvania

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Fascinating case, which is well told. There’s a digression about the victim’s younger life that is perhaps too long, but it’s also interesting from a historical perspective.

Narration isn’t amazing, but isn’t bad either. Enjoyed this audiobook overall.

Interesting, Short Cold Case Book

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Two supposedly righteous organisations covering for each other.
Sadly we see far too many examples of this.

The fruitless hunt

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I just couldn't get into this story. I persivered as it was short. There was far too much background on the victim and I feel the author had an agenda to point the finger at the troupper when there clearly was no evidence. All in all a non story of a not very exciting murder!

Boring

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A fairly good listen, but the book does feel like its got a lot of padding because the murder has been clearly stonewalled by the police for reinvestigation. Senstive to the life lived by the victim, she deserves to be remembered - its a good tribute.

Messy, but an interesting portrait of a life and murder

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