Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal

Ann Rule examines the deaths of two women killed by the same man: Jenn Corbin, found dead with a bullet wound in December 2004, and Dorothy "Dolly" Hearn, a dental student who died fourteen years earlier. Both deaths were initially ruled suicides. Jenn appeared to have a comfortable life with her two sons, a home in suburban Atlanta, and her husband Dr. Bart Corbin, a successful dentist. However, their marriage was deteriorating, and Jenn sought counseling. When she was discovered dead, detective Marcus Head and her family questioned the suicide conclusion. The investigation revealed a possible connection to Dolly Hearn's death years before—Dolly had dated Bart in dental school. Rule conducted extensive interviews with families, police investigators, prosecutors, and sources across Georgia and Australia to reconstruct these cases. The investigation uncovered evidence of jealous rage, circumstantial and physical evidence, and forensic techniques that ultimately revealed the truth behind these two deaths and the circumstances that motivated them.