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Monte Francis

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The Associated Press Television and Radio Association named Monte Reporter of the Year in 2013 for a region covering 13 western states. Monte has also won four Emmys; the latest in 2015 for his part in NBC Bay Area's coverage of the Napa earthquake.

Monte is a graduate of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and has a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from California State University Fresno.

His first book, By Their Father's Hand: The True Story of the Wesson Family Massacre, was published by HarperCollins in 2007.
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Using Human Scent Dogs to Track Down a Killer

One of the ways the feds were able to track down Joshua Wade after he had already evaded conviction in the murder of Della Brown, was to use human scent dogs.  I had never written about Bloodhounds before writing ICE AND BONE, and what I discovered astonished me.  

The dogs were able to pick up Wade’s scent two whole weeks AFTER he had used the ATM card of one of his victims.  This video, which the

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“So I just think when you do the right thing for the right reasons and you do your very best, you have nothing to be ashamed of. You can only be proud of that. -Keri Brady”
Monte Francis, Ice and Bone: Tracking an Alaskan Serial Killer

“According to the UAA Justice Center, 18 percent of sexual assaults reported to the Anchorage Police Department from 2000 to 2003 were prosecuted, and 11 percent resulted in a conviction. As for the U.S., the National Violence Against Women Survey showed a prosecution rate of 37 percent and a conviction rate of 18 percent. ”
Monte Francis, Ice and Bone: Tracking an Alaskan Serial Killer

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