On the morning of September 26 1974 the body of Fern Cowen Rodgers was discovered on the floor of her home in Searcy Arkansas. The sixty-eight-year-old socialite was murdered sometime in the night by two bullets fired into her head.<br><br><br><br>This is the story of that crime and the subsequent investigation and trials. It's a tragic tale that would eventually play out—in bits and pieces—in magazines and newspapers throughout the United States.<br><BE><br><br>Authors Deana Nall and Mike Allen provide a fresh look at the decades-old murder—based on court records police documents and personal interviews—showing exactly what happened in a crime that captured the attention of an entire state and beyond.