Zachary Turner Dance With The Devil

Zachary Turner's death was avoidable. Through David Bagby's novel “Dance with the devil”, we learn about the horrific ordeal David and his wife Kathleen (Kate) experience not only after their son named Andrew was murdered by his girlfriend Shirley Turner but also the news that Shirley was pregnant with Andrew's son. Together the audience embark on a journey with Kate and David to seek justice for both Andrew and their grandson Zachary.

“Everything was perfect”. Andrew was a successful Doctor at Latrobe in Pennsylvania and he was surrounded by his family and friends who loved him dearly.
However, in 1999 things changed. He met a lady named Shirley Turner and began a relationship with her. Despite Andrew's family and friends being suspicious

Instead he was kept in the unpredictable care of Shirley. She was strict with the allowances of time David and Kate could spend with him and made sure that they were under supervision when visiting him because she believed that David and Kate would “say something to Zachary”. Essentially Kate and David were treated as though they were the 'criminals'. As Zachary grew older, it became evident that he was unattached from his mother. David states that “right from the time he could choose, he always chose Kate”. He then explains how Shirley told them “He's (Zachary) too happy Kathleen” and “He loves you more than me. Why don't you take him?”. These observations fueled Shirley's insecurity led her to manipulate things into thinking that Zachary's relationship with his grandparents was having a negative impact on her and Zachary's relationship. David Bagby describes how “Shirley began to call on a regular basis”. This was to express her concerns regarding Kate and David's influence on Zachary. The close bonds they were making with Zachary was pushing Shirley towards breaking point. On the 18th of August 2003, it was announced that Shirley and Zachary were missing. Later that day they were both found dead. David retells how “Shirley took a prescription of Ativan ... mixed it into Zachary's formula and then took some herself...She then walked to the edge of a pier with Zachary strapped to her stomach with a sweater and jumped into the Atlantic Ocean”. I cannot even begin to imagine and understand the emotions of grief, anger and revenge David and Kate would have felt after Zachary's death. All that they had was taken away from them. Their future family line of Bagby's had ended. David states that he “trusted the Government to do it's job”. And they failed. The Court system failed. The Child protection services failed. Nobody with authority was there to protect Zachary. His death was avoidable. If the government had