Met Her on the Mountain [NC LIVE HomeGrown Ebook Collection via Biblioboard] : A Forty-Year Quest to Solve the Appalachian Cold-Case Murder of Nancy Morgan

In June of 1970, the body of 24-year-old Nancy Morgan was found inside a government-owned car in Madison County, North Carolina. It had been four days since anyone had heard from the bubbly, hard-working brunette who had moved to the Appalachian community less than a year prior as an organizer for Volunteers in Service to America. At the time of her death, her tenure in the Tar Heel State was just weeks from ending, her intentions set on New York and nursing school and a new life that she would never see. The initial investigation was thwarted by inept police work, jurisdictional confusion, and the influence of local corruption. Fourteen years would pass before an arrest in the case would be made, but even then, a pall would be cast over the veracity of the evidence. Met Her on the Mountain is the culmination of former Los Angeles Times staff writer Mark Pinsky's efforts to solve the 40-year-old mystery once and for all. An exhaustive piece of investigative journalism, Pinsky's work, now with a new postscript, dissects this modern Southern Gothic tale and takes readers on a journey to convince them that the truth of Morgan's murder is within reach. Madison County In The Blue Ridge Mountains Of North Carolina Is A Place Of Ear-popping Drives And Breathtaking Views. It Is Also Where Federal Antipoverty Worker Nancy Dean Morgan Was Found Naked, Hogtied, And Strangled In The Backseat Of Her Car In June 1970. An Inept Investigation Involving Local, State, And Federal Law-enforcement Agencies Failed To Find A Clear Explanation Of The Motive Or Events Of Her Murder. The Case Was Left Unsolved. Years Later, After Most Of The Material Evidence Had Been Lost Or Mishandled, One Of Nancy's Fellow Vista Workers--the Last Person Known To Have Seen Her Alive--became The Prime Suspect, Based On The Testimony Of One Of The Town's Most Notorious Resident Criminals. Did He Kill Nancy, Or Was He Another Victim Of The Corrupt Local Political Machine And Its Adherence To Mountain Justice? Met Her On The Mountain: A Forty-year Quest To Solve The Appalachian Cold-case Murder Of Nancy Morgan Is A Tangled Tale Of Rural Noir. Author Mark Pinsky Was Profoundly Struck By Nancy's Story As A College Student In North Carolina In 1970. Here, Pinsky Presents The Evolution Of His Investigation And Also Delves Into The Brutal History Of Madison County, The Site Of A Civil War Massacre That Earned It The Sobriquet Bloody Madison. Met Her On The Mountain Is A Stirring Mix Of True Crime, North Carolina Political History, And One Man's Devotion To Finding The Truth. -- Amazon.com. Prologue -- The Murder -- The Trial -- Reinvestigation -- Epilogue. Mark I. Pinsky. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "In June of 1970, the body of 24-year-old Nancy Morgan was found inside a government-owned car in Madison County, North Carolina. It had been four days since anyone had heard from the bubbly, hard-working brunette who had moved to the Appalachian community less than a year prior as an organizer for Volunteers in Service to America. At the time of her death, her tenure in the Tar Heel State was just weeks from ending, her intentions set on New York and nursing school and a new life that she would never see. The initial investigation was thwarted by inept police work, jurisdictional confusion, and the influence of local corruption. Fourteen years would pass before an arrest in the case would be made, but even then, a pall would be cast over the veracity of the evidence. Met Her on the Mountain is the culmination of former Los Angeles Times staff writer Mark Pinsky's efforts to solve the 40-year-old mystery once and for all. An exhaustive piece of investigative journalism, Pinsky's work, now with a new postscript, dissects this modern Southern Gothic tale and takes readers on a journey to convince them that the truth of Morgan's murder is within reach"--Page 4 of cover