Is It Still Murder? If Someone Is Killed and the Officials Refuse to Investigate....

• Author: Jones, Annie Butterworth
• Position: Brief article - Book review

Is It Still Murder? By Sherry Ann Lewis, Ph.D.

Just before Christmas in 1964, Olive Lewis, a doting mother and grandmother, was found dead in her Arkansas home, a bullet in the back of her head. Despite the suspicion of friends and acquaintances, Lewis' untimely death was ruled a suicide. The case was immediately closed, but Olive's daughter Sherry wasn't satisfied. She suspected someone else of pulling the trigger: her father and Olive's husband, Cecil, an alcoholic with a tendency toward violence.

Is It Still Murder? is the true-life story of Sherry Lewis' quest for truth in the investigation into her mother's death. She covers nearly three decades of her own struggles to win justice for her mother--and peace for herself.

A licensed clinician and expert on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Lewis' account doesn't read...