The Pacific Northwest is home to the world's most famous serial
killers, as well as more than its share of parents who kill their
children, teenagers who kill their parents, women who marry for
money, naughty teachers, America's first female serial killer, and
even a few who are wrongly imprisoned. New York Times bestselling
author Gregg Olsen ("If Loving You Is Wrong," "Starvation Heights")
and veteran journalist Rebecca Morris ("Ted and Ann - The Mystery
of a Missing Child and Her Neighbor Ted Bundy"), take a new look at
the Northwest's most notorious crimes. Many of them made history.
Two - Ted Bundy's killings and Mary Kay Letourneau's teacher sex
scandal - made Time magazine's list of the top crimes of the 20th
century. Some are lesser known or have taken on new importance,
such as one of the country's first school shootings, in Moses Lake,
Washington. Cases include: Washington Barry Loukaitis - Before
Sandy Hook and Columbine, there was Frontier Middle School in Moses
Lake, Washington. Rosalina Misina Mendoza Dugeno Manthie Edmondson
- She had many last names as she married and killed one husband
after another. Ruth Neslund - Her husband thought captaining a huge
freighter right into the West Seattle Bridge was the worst that
could happen to him. It wasn't. Mary Kay LeTourneau - She said they
were "soul mates." He made a bet with another student that he would
sleep with her. Ted Bundy - There's only one "Ted" and he remains a
part of our lives. Now we've learned more about his. Kenneth
Bianchi - Los Angeles' most terrifying murders were finally solved
1,200 miles north in Bellingham, Washington. With a bonus essay by
Washington native Gregg Olsen on growing up in the shadow of serial
killers Ted Bundy, Gary Ridgway, and Robert Lee Yates, Jr. Oregon
Angela McAnulty - The mother tortured her teenage daughter until it
was too late to save her. Kyron Horman - The boy with the toothy
grin disappeared June 4, 2010. Why hasn't his step-mother been
charged? Jeannace Freeman and Gertrude Jackson - Central Oregon was
as shocked by their lesbian affair as it was by the murder of
Jackson's two children. Christian Longo - He failed in his own
life, so he killed his family and assumed someone else's. With two
bonus essays, one by Rebecca Morris about coming of age in Oregon
as serial killers trolled I-5, and one about Gregg Olsen's "date"
with Oregon's most notorious murderer, Diane Downs. Idaho Shasta
Groene - the brave little girl was the only survivor of a random
murder and kidnapping in Coeur d'Alene. Jeralee Underwood - the
eleven-year-old had the bad luck to meet a ruthless killer as she
performed her favorite task of the day, delivering newspapers to
her Pocatello neighborhood. Robin Row - the only woman on Idaho's
Death Row, she set fires that killed her children soon after buying
life insurance on them. Angie Dodge - Carol Dodge grieved her
daughter's murder for years, until she became convinced the police
had coerced a confession and convicted the wrong man. Now she's
working for Christopher Tapp's release. Lyda Trueblood - America's
first female serial killer liked to bake apple pies. She sprinkled
in a secret ingredient - arsenic. Sarah Johnson - The teenager with
the blonde ponytail shot her parents with a rifle, then hid her
blood-spattered pink bathrobe in the family garbage. With a bonus
essay from Olsen, author of the 2005 Idaho Book of the Year, The
Deep Dark - Disaster and Redemption in America's Richest Silver
Mine.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Notorious USA, 1 |
Release date: |
December 2013 |
First published: |
December 2013 |
Authors: |
Rebecca Morris
• Gregg Olsen
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
172 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4944-1496-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
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LSN: |
1-4944-1496-1 |
Barcode: |
9781494414962 |
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