Dancing with Devils

This book is about crimes investigated by the author during his years as a Special Agent with three government law enforcement agencies. He received many awards for cases solved, but is proudest of a monetary award and a personal letter from FBI Director Hoover for, while acting alone, captured two armed fugitives pulling a robbery.

The author was sworn in as a Federal Agent in 1957 at age 23, and continued his investigative career until 2003. He considers the pinnacle of all his cases the rape and murder of a four year old child in 1967. He obtained a confession from a suspect and uncovered her grave with his bare hands. He thinks of this case daily. May Patty R.I.P.

Born and raised in North Carolina, Robert D. Emerson, son of a county sheriff, spent most of his youth around law enforcement. What followed was military service in Korea, college, and recruitment by the government as an Intelligence Agent and later service as an FBI Agent before returning to NC to join the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI).