Death in the Desert

Multi-millionaire Ted Binion son and heir to the estate of cowboy gangster and gambler Benny Binion who helped mold Las Vegas was found dead in his million-dollar home on September 17 1998. Binions girlfriend a one-time exotic dancer and her lover Rick Tabish a contractor from Missoula Montana both were convicted of killing Binion by forcing him to swallow a mixture of black tar heroin and the sedative Xanax. Death in the Desert: The Ted Binion Homicide Case takes you inside this incredible case surrounded by drugs gambling mobsters and a $14 million silver stash. It explores whether it was murder as the prosecution contended or an accidental overdose as the defense claimed. The book includes never-before-seen historical photos of the Binion family.