1954 Perry Mason

The Case of the Runaway Corpse

Client Myrna Davenport
Victim Ed Davenport
Prosecution Hamilton Burger
Investigator Paul Drake / Lt. Arthur Tragg

Case Narrative & Plot Summary

A husband supposedly poisoned with arsenic has his body mysteriously stolen from the fresh grave before the official coroner autopsy can take place.

Courtroom Cross-Examination & Forensic Trick

Mason conducts exhumation legal procedures and toxicology evaluations to uncover medical embezzlement.