CRIME: The Doctor's Dilemma | TIME
The defense calls Dr. Finch.
R. (for Raymond) Bernard Finch, M.D., 42, rose from his seat in the jammed Los Angeles Superior Court room and made his way to the stand. His strong surgeon’s hands were steady, his greying, close-cropped hair neatly brushed, his handsome face marked with confidence and a seeming eagerness to tell his story. With that eager telling last week began the climax of a remarkable murder trial, concerning, as most do, lust and money, but also involving such elements as wife swapping and credit ratings, such characters as a self-styled lady killer, a brash mistress and a hysterical maid, such props as a “do-it-yourself murder kit” and a gift Cadillac—and centering around Finch’s wife Barbara, found dead last summer with a bullet in her back and three skull fractures.
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