Pockets Full Awry: The Obrist Murder Case

Pockets Full Awry: The Obrist Murder Case

The moment he emerged from the shadowy darkness into the glow of the dimly lit back porch, the doctor was a dead man. Late on the night of Aug. 1, 1947, Dr. George E. Obrist, Sr., a Portsmouth, Ohio, physician, was shot to death at the back porch steps of his home. The case has never been solved. Author Dick Burdette, who as a boy delivered newspapers to Dr. Obristâ€™s office the summer he was murdered, has revisited this unsolved case. What follows is a three-year investigation of the original investigation. Including a search for confidential police files as well as those of the sheriffâ€™s department, prosecuting attorneyâ€™s office, coronerâ€™s office and fire department. In order to verify and reconstruct events preceeding and following Dr. Obristâ€™s death.

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