Norma L. Brumbaugh

Edges of Truth is a true story that will scare your socks off. Edges of Truth is about making the details fit for a slam dunk murder conviction rather than making the facts speak for themselves. Deb Brammer in collaboration with Steve Bennecke unfolds a chilling account of the events that led to the arrest of Mary Weaver, babysitter of Melissa, an eleven month old infant who loses consciousness 45 minutes into daycare under Mary’s supervision on January 22, 1993.        The baby girl dies. When medical evidence reveals a week old fracture with a bleed inside the baby’s skull and other suspicious internal conditions, Mary, the babysitter comes under suspicion. She immediately becomes the investigative focus and  prime suspect. An immediate diagnosis supposes death by shaken baby syndrome and slamming.         Written from the view point of Mary Weaver, the falsely accused, and Steve Bennecke, her attorney, the plea for justice is silenced by presumptive unproven guilt. Steve is convinced of Mary’s innocence and puts his reputation as an attorney on the line to represent her defense, an on-going saga which lasts for four years.        Faith in God peppers the story line and takes the reader into the greater purposes of the divine.  Anyone who has children, grandchildren or is a caregiver of children, will relate to this drama with a shiver of fear instilled in you because this could happen to anyone, you or someone else. An important story that needed telling as a caution and a warning. The story is well written and believable. A good book for making you think,  Edges of Truth: The Mary Weaver Story