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Blame (Death, Disability, and the Search for Justice for Guy Mitchell)
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Product Details
Author:
Dustin Galer
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
240
Publisher:
ECW Press (July 7, 2026)
Imprint:
ECW Press
Release Date:
July 7, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781770418479
ISBN-10:
1770418474
Weight:
12oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9" x 0.6"
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Eloquence-SimonSchuster_06092026_P10187375_onix30-20260609.xml
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Eloquence
List Price:
$21.95
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65
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48
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Overview
When a man in care dies under terrible conditions, who is responsible?
A gripping true story of death, disability, and systemic failure
On April 29, 2012, Guy Mitchell — a 38-year-old man with development disabilities — died alone and confused in a dark underground tank on the rural property where he lived.
When police arrived, they uncovered a disturbing scene: a house of horror. No running water. No heat. Human waste filled the bathrooms and spread across floors and walls. There was no food. The people responsible for Guy’s care had let his living conditions completely collapse.
Just two days earlier, the agency overseeing the home had approved it.
Blame reconstructs the events leading to Guy Mitchell’s death, unfolding in flashbacks between the coroner’s inquest and the months before everything went tragically wrong. As each layer of his care network is examined — caregivers, agencies, oversight bodies — a complex web of culpability emerges: warning signs missed, responsibilities deflected, and chances to intervene ignored.
Written with the urgency of investigative journalism and the tension of a legal thriller, and in consultation with those closest to Guy, Blame exposes how a system designed to protect society’s most vulnerable instead failed them at every level.
What emerges is a powerful indictment of a broken system, and a reminder that the duty to care for society’s most vulnerable ultimately lies with us all.
A gripping true story of death, disability, and systemic failure
On April 29, 2012, Guy Mitchell — a 38-year-old man with development disabilities — died alone and confused in a dark underground tank on the rural property where he lived.
When police arrived, they uncovered a disturbing scene: a house of horror. No running water. No heat. Human waste filled the bathrooms and spread across floors and walls. There was no food. The people responsible for Guy’s care had let his living conditions completely collapse.
Just two days earlier, the agency overseeing the home had approved it.
Blame reconstructs the events leading to Guy Mitchell’s death, unfolding in flashbacks between the coroner’s inquest and the months before everything went tragically wrong. As each layer of his care network is examined — caregivers, agencies, oversight bodies — a complex web of culpability emerges: warning signs missed, responsibilities deflected, and chances to intervene ignored.
Written with the urgency of investigative journalism and the tension of a legal thriller, and in consultation with those closest to Guy, Blame exposes how a system designed to protect society’s most vulnerable instead failed them at every level.
What emerges is a powerful indictment of a broken system, and a reminder that the duty to care for society’s most vulnerable ultimately lies with us all.
