DNA Testing Reveals New Answers!
The 1978 murder of actor and American icon Bob Crane remains one of the most high-profile unsolved celebrity murders of all time. Thirty-eight years after his brutal murder in Scottsdale, Arizona, millions around the world still want answers. Find out what new DNA testing tells us.
Can Modern DNA Science Crack Crane’s Cold Case?
The 1978 murder of actor and American icon Bob Crane remains one of the most high-profile unsolved celebrity murders of all time. Thirty-eight years after his brutal murder in Scottsdale, Arizona, millions around the world still want answers. Was John Carpenter the killer? Or did police arrest an innocent man?
For nearly 40 years, police remained convinced of Carpenter’s guilt. Early DNA testing, decades ago, was unable to positively link Carpenter to the crime. The two friends lived on the edge, sharing a dark obsession—videotaping women during their sexual encounters. See exclusive evidence from the crime scene.
About the Book
Hook has exhausted all remaining avenues to unearth answers in this intriguing and haunting cold case to answer once and for all who murdered Bob Crane.
About Author John Hook
A veteran news reporter and television anchor for over 30 years in Arizona, John Hook has won more than a dozen Emmys for his reporting. Named Associated Press Anchor of the Year five times, he has covered every major story from the O.J. Simpson murder case to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton and the 1989 earthquake in San Francisco — as well as every Presidential election since1996. He anchors FOX 10 News at 5 and 9 and hosts the Emmy Award-winning Fox 10 Newsmaker Sunday. A graduate of Arizona State University, he was a 2002 inductee into the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism Hall of Fame. Who Killed Bob Crane? The Final Close-Up is John Hook’s first book.
Why I Wrote “Who Killed Bob Crane?”
At the conclusion of the interview, I could not shake the feeling that the case remaining “unsolved” for nearly 40 years still deeply troubled family, investigators and everyone connected to the case.
For days after that interview, the story consumed me. I’ve witnessed executions, covered murders, and seen some amazing things in my career, yet I found myself thinking about the “Crane Case” non-stop.
At the time of Crane’s murder in 1978, DNA testing didn’t exist. And when lead suspect John Carpenter was finally put on trial in 1994, early DNA testing was inconclusive. Absent that evidence – Carpenter was found not-guilty.
See Exclusive Evidence From the Crime Scene
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
See behind the scenes of the evidence in the Bob Crane murder investigation. We’ll send you a police diagram of the scene, photos of the crime scene, and an excerpt from the book, Who Killed Bob Crane? Read the account of Victoria Berry who discovered Bob Crane’s body, the nature of their relationship and her description of the state the apartment was in when she found Crane.
Get an Eyewitness Account & Crime Scene Diagrams
June 29, 1978: The Murder
The door to Bob Crane’s apartment was unlocked. As actress Victoria Berry slowly turned the handle, she was surprised. Bob always locked his door. For a man so reckless in his personal life, he could, at times, be cautious…
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