Death in the Desert: The Ted Binion Homicide Case

by Cathy Scott

Overview

Multi-millionaire Ted Binion, son and heir to the estate of cowboy gangster and gambler Benny Binion who helped mold Las Vegas, was found dead in his million-dollar home on September 17, 1998. Binion’s girlfriend, a one-time exotic dancer, and her lover, Rick Tabish, a contractor from Missoula, Montana, both were convicted of killing Binion by forcing him to swallow a mixture of black tar heroin and the sedative Xanax. Death in the Desert: The Ted Binion Homicide Case takes you inside this incredible case surrounded by drugs, gambling, mobsters, and a $14 million silver stash. It explores whether it was murder, as the prosecution contended, or an accidental overdose, as the defense claimed. The book includes never-before-seen historical photos of the Binion family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781588205322
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	12/20/2000
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1	The Death	1
Chapter 2	Benny "The Cowboy" Binion	17
Chapter 3	His Father's Son	31
Chapter 4	"Fat Herbie" and the Mob	41
Chapter 5	Gaming Control Board	53
Chapter 6	Family Feud	59
Chapter 7	"Sandy the Stripper"	69
Chapter 8	Montana Defendant	83
Chapter 9	Buried Treasure	93
Chapter 10	The Evidence	105
Chapter 11	The Experts	117
Chapter 12	The Trial	141
Chapter 13	The Players	165
Chapter 14	The Jury	179
Chapter 15	Last Will and Testament	197
Chapter 16	Leaks	201
Chapter 17	"Pete the Drug Dealer"	205
Chapter 18	Sandy's Benefactor	211
Chapter 19	"Burking"	221
Chapter 20	A Testament	225
Chapter 21	Appeals	233
Chapter 22	Chronology	241
	Appendix A	249
	Appendix B	251
	Appendix C	259