Las Vegas City Life article: Dream Team Shattered

Book Update,  Mob Report, AmericanMafia.com:
     "I just began reading Death in the Desert: The Ted Binion Homicide Case, Cathy Scott’s version of the now infamous murder. Scott is a talented writer and an award-winning journalist who is very involved in professional journalistic societies. Her book The Killing of Tupac Shakur became a best seller.
     It doesn’t take the reader long to discover Scott’s slant is for Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish, although it’s not presented in an obnoxious way. In the early chapters she bounces around quite a bit, but what I found most enjoyable is that she covers the mob’s alleged participation in the murder well. In addition she provides the reader with great information on Benny Binion’s life, the murder of Herbie Blitzstein, coverage of mob lawyer-turned mayor Oscar Goodman, and some history of Las Vegas and gambling there pre-Siegel."

Another book about the case, "Death in the Desert" by Cathy Scott, is considered to be objective and not favoring either the prosecution or the defense. Nonetheless, Judge Bonaventure did not "coincidentally" appear at the book signing party held for Ms. Scott.

Steve Miller

AmericanMafia.com

"Millionaire Ted Binion, son and heir to the estate of cowboy gangster Benny Binion who helped mold Las Vegas, was found dead in his estate September 17, 1998. Binion's girlfriend, a one-time exotic dancer, and her alleged boyfriend, Rick Tabish, are charged with killing Binion by forcing him to swallow a heroin and Xanax cocktail. Death in the Desert: The Ted Binion Homicide takes you inside this incredible case surrounded by drugs, gambling, mobsters and a $10 million silver stash and explores whether it was murder, as the police contend, or an accidental overdose, as Binion’s girlfriend claims."

-Cathy Scott

  Death in the Desert:

 The Ted Binion Homicide

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Death in the Desert: The Ted Binion Homicide Case, written by Cathy Scott, a freelance investigative journalist, and released by 1stBooks Library in January 2000 chronicles the life of Ted Binion and the events leading up to his untimely demise. From his heroin addiction to his mob ties to his murder, Cathy gives a compelling and in-depth account of the tragedy that was Ted's life, and seeks to resolve whether or not he was murdered, allegedly by his live-in girlfriend and her lover. Offering historical pictures of the legendary Binion family, Death in the Desert is a valuable offering to fans of both Las Vegas history and True Crime.

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