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Losing Jon

Audiobook
Nonfiction: Politics & Current Events; Social Science
Unabridged   8.5 hour(s)
Publication date: 04/28/2020


A PopSugar Best True Crime Book of 2020

Losing Jon

A Teen's Tragic Death, a Police Cover-Up, a Community's Fight for Justice

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Audio CD ISBN:9781696600712
Digital Download ISBN:9781696600705

Summary

David Parrish was in disbelief when he learned that nineteen-year-old Jon Bowie's body had been found hanged from a backstop at the local high school's baseball field and the death declared a suicide. However, when David learned how Jon's body was found, he felt compelled to find the facts behind this incomprehensible tragedy.

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A Chilling True Story of Injustice

David Parrish was in disbelief when he learned that nineteen-year-old Jon Bowie's body had been found hanged from a backstop at the local high school's baseball field and the death declared a suicide. David had known Jon and his twin brother since they were boys. He had coached them on the baseball field and welcomed them into his home for sleepovers with his own sons. However, when David learned how Jon's body was found, he felt compelled to find the facts behind this incomprehensible tragedy.

Soon, David would learn of a brutal incident at a local motel where Jon and his brother had been severely beaten by police officers, the charges filed against those officers, and the months of harassment and intimidation Jon and his brother endured. Few in the utopian community of Columbia, Maryland, believed Jon could commit such a final act. Like many others, David wondered how a fateful night of teens blowing off steam could lead to such a tragic end. As law enforcement failed to find answers and seemed intent on preventing the truth from surfacing, David uncovered a system of cover-ups that could only lead to one conclusion—Jon's death was an act of murder.

Reviews/Praise

“The twists and turns read like a page-turning thriller, but Losing Jon is all fact. This is true crime at the highest of levels. Scary, heartbreaking and completely insightful. See why the best stories are sometimes the real stories.” —Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Escape Artist

Author Bio

David Parrish is a technical writer, former recreational-league baseball coach, and longtime resident of Columbia, Maryland, where he and his wife raised their two sons and still reside. David grew up near Durham, North Carolina, and graduated with a BA in English at the University of North Carolina.