Final Analysis

AnengrossingexaminationofoneofAmerica'smostnotoriousandbewilderingcrimes–thegruesomemurderofFelixPolkbyhiswife，Susan，inOctober2002.WiththesameexclusiveaccessandpenetratinginvestigationthatmadeADeadlyGamea#1bestseller，CatherineCrierarrivesatthesceneofanotherstunningAmericancrime.Fordecades，SusanPolk，motherofthree，playeddevotedwifetoFelix，herformertherapistandaman25yearshersenior.ThetormentandallegedabusethathappenedbehindcloseddoorsmadeheadlinesinOctober2002whenSusanwasarrestedforfatallystabbingFelixintheirOakland，CA，compound.EarlyaccusationsandallegationsinthecaseofCAvs.SusanPolk:•SusanPolkwasmentally，verballyandphysicallyabusedbyFelix.•SusanPolkspokeofkillingFelixonnumerousoccasions，detailingpossiblemethods.•FelixPolkcarefullyguardedhisownhistorywithmentalillness–hisyear–longstayinamentalhospitalandhisdiagnosiswithschizophreniainthe1950s.•FelixPolkmayhaveusedhypnosis，andperhapsevenLSD，onhispatients–andevenonhisownsons.•SusanPolkstabbedherhusband27times，puttheknifebackinthekitchendrawerandwenttobed，leavinghersontofindhisfather'sdeadbodyintheirhome.Withthreesonspittedagainsteachother–onefor，twoagainsttheirmother;withthebizarreOctober2005murderofthewifeofSusan'sattorney;andwiththebulkoftheevidencestilltocome，thePolkcasewilltakeitsplaceasoneofmostconfoundingtruecrimecasesofrecentyears.