- Murder on the High Seas (book)
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Murder on the High Seas – The True Story of the Joe Cool's Tragic Final Voyage[1] is a true crime book written by Carol Soret Cope, bestselling author of In the Fast Lane: A True Story of Murder in Miami and Stranger Danger: How to Keep Your Child Safe. The book explores the investigation into the mysterious murders aboard the Joe Cool.[2]
On routine patrol off the coast of Cuba, a United States Coast Guard cutter spotted a “ghost ship” – a luxury forty-seven-foot sportfisher drifting on the tide, abandoned and out of fuel, its interior ransacked and its deck speckled with blood.[3] [4]
The next morning, a helicopter crew plucked two men from a life raft nearby. Kirby Archer and Guillermo Zarabozo told rescuers they had chartered the Joe Cool from a one-way trip from Miami to the Bahamas. They went on to tell an incredible story – pirates had ambushed the boat, killing its crew: captain Jake Branam; his wife, Kelly; crew member and Jake Branam’s half brother, Scott Michael Gamble; and Samuel Kairy. Only Archer and Zarabozo had survived.[5]
But as the FBI investigated, Archer and Zarabozo’s story began to fall apart.[6] A far more bizarre tale unfolded in a Miami federal courtroom as prosecutors make the case that the captain and crew had indeed been hijacked and murdered – not by pirates, but by their own charter passengers…[7]
References
- ^ "Murder on the High Seas: The True Story of the Joe Cool's Tragic Final Voyage". Google Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=p7DNrCQ4kKQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Murder+on+the+High+Seas%22&hl=en&ei=CredTvrqM8m0sQKjqs3uCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Carol Cope | 04.18.11". Miami and Miami Beach. March 1, 2011. http://www.miamiandmiamibeach.com/2011/carol-cope-04-18-11/. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ Campbell, Andrea (May 19, 2008). ""Joe Cool" Murder at Sea Update". Women in Crime Ink. http://womenincrimeink.blogspot.com/2008/05/joe-cool-murder-at-sea-update.html. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ "Tale of Murder Deepens High Seas Mystery". CBS/AP. February 11, 2009. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/27/national/main3304227.shtml. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ "Book delves into story of Joe Cool murders". Daily Business Review. April 12, 2011. http://dailybusinessreview.typepad.com/insidetrack/2011/04/book-delves-into-story-of-joe-cool-murders.html. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ "Murder on the High Seas - The Strange, Sad Tale of Joe Cool". FBI. http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2009/february/joecool_022609. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ "Joe Cool Survivors Charged with Murder - U.S. Attorney Details Evidence to Implicate Two Men". Local 10, WPLG. http://www.local10.com/news/14309785/detail.html. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
Publishing information
Published by the Penguin Group
ISBN: 978-0-425-23977-3
External links
Categories:- Non-fiction crime books
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