Death in the Desert

Death in the Desert
Death in the Desert cover
AuthorCathy Scott
LanguageEnglish
GenreTrue crime, biography
PublisherAuthorHouse
Publication date
2012 (first edition published 2000)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages322 pp
ISBN978-1588205322 (2nd edition, paperback)

Death in the Desert: The Ted Binion Homicide Case is a 2000 biographical and crime account by the American journalist and crime author Cathy Scott, with a second edition in 2012. The book, which was the first of four released about the case,[1] details the homicide investigation and ensuing trial and re-trial of Ted Binion’s live-in girlfriend Sandy Murphy and her lover Rick Tabish in connection with Binion's death.

  1. ^ "New Book: Photo Opportunity". Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 8, 2001. Retrieved November 12, 2012.