Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert

I killed and buried my best friend today ...

When authorities found Raffi Kodikian -- barely alive -- four days after he and his friend David Coughlin became lost in Rattlesnake Canyon, they made a grim and shocking discovery. Kodikian freely admitted that he had stabbed Coughlin twice in the heart. Had there been a darker motive than mercy? And how could anyone, under any circumstances, kill his best friend?

Armed with the journal Kodikian and Coughlin carried into Rattle- snake Canyon, Jason Kersten re-creates in riveting detail those fateful days that led to the killing in an infamously unforgiving wilderness.

Author: Jason Kersten
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 07/27/2004
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.26w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780060959227

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 08/15/2004 pg. 16

About the Author
Kersten, Jason: -

Jason Kersten is a freelance journalist whose articles have appeared in Rolling Stone and Men's Journal, as well as other magazines. He holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and lives in New York City.