Published Works

Dr. Fisher has written one book, several book chapters and numerous peer reviewed articles over the course of his 30 year career.  He is currently writing a true crime book which is expected to be released in the summer of 2012.

UPSIDE DOWN, written by Jerid M. Fisher, James Nobles, with Timothy Wells, is the story of a bright, liberal couple who seemed to have everything going their way—until murder exposed the desperate cries for help that a killer didn't dare voice. This is true crime that reads like a psychological thriller. The biggest shocker isn't whodunit, but that a person who considered himself a “gentleman’s gentleman” would commit such a violent, brutal crime in the first place. Strangulation does not kill instantly, the way a gun fired in anger can. It takes long minutes of hard, applied pressure. So why would Tim claim later that Christine didn't resist? Why did he call the act "loving"?

Overview

To their friends and neighbors, Timothy Wells and Christine Sevilla were the perfect couple.  They met in the church choir, and they had never stopped making sweet music together. He was a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She was a nature photographer and outspoken environmentalist. People marveled at how they always wanted to spend time together. Everyone wished their marriage could be as perfect as Tim and Christine's.

That was before Christine’s body was discovered, rolled up in a green lawn tarp, in the trunk of Tim's car. Her skin was turning blue and purple--because Tim had been driving around for 14 hours, looking for the perfect spot to lay her to rest. The question wasn't who had done it. Tim himself had called 911 at two o'clock in the morning, and when the police found him, he was kneeling in an empty parking lot, crying his heart out. The question was: why. What would make the good professor strangle his wife with his two bare hands?

On the morning of December 1, 2009, the sleepy citizens of Rochester, New York were stunned by the headlines of an inexplicable murder. The case sparked a media frenzy. This was the kind of crime that could tear the heart out of a community. Tim and Christine lived the American Dream. They had a loving marriage, a nice little white house, and an adorable dog. Those that knew the couple took positions at opposite sides of a bitter divide. What had happened to quiet, kind Tim Wells? Had Christine, well-known for being demanding and loud, finally gone too far? Tim received a steady stream of visitors at the jail where he was incarcerated. He told them how sorry he was. With his two Master's Degrees he began to help other prisoners in jail to prepare for their own trials. When his defense lawyer and the forensic psychologist assigned to the case asked this highly unusual murderer if he would help them write his story, he eagerly agreed. He wanted everyone to know how much he still loved Christine.

Dr. Fisher has written about his courtroom work in the co-authored work The Practice of Forensic Neuropsychology: Meeting Challenges in the Courtroom.  The book focuses the awareness of neuropsychologists on the critical areas of forensic practice that should be considered during each phase of a scientific neuropsychological examination/investigation. Written by three prominent neuropsychologists and a seasoned attorney, this important book contains practical information and guidelines for conducting valid and reliable forensic neuropsychological examinations that aid the "trier-of-fact" in both civil and criminal settings. The authors also include vital information to help attorneys evaluate neuropsychological claims put forth by their own or opposing experts.  See on Amazon.

For a full listing of publications written by Dr. Jerid M. Fisher, please refer to his Curriculum Vitae.