Death in the Desert
Death in the Desert cover | |
| Author | Cathy Scott |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | True crime, biography |
| Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Publication date | 2012 (first edition published 2000) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 322 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1588205322 (2nd edition, paperback) |
Death in the Desert: The Ted Binion Homicide Case is a 2000 biographical and crime account by the American journalist and crime author Cathy Scott, with a second edition in 2012. The book, which was the first of four released about the case, details the homicide investigation and ensuing trial and re-trial of Ted Binion’s live-in girlfriend Sandy Murphy and her lover Rick Tabish in connection with Binion's death.