Savage by Robert Scott
I am a fan of Robert Scott’s true crime work; however, with this case in particular, I was a bit disappointed in his style of writing as it became very tedious and difficult to hold my attention.
Savage profiled the case of Benjamin Pedro Gonzales (AKAs too numerous to mention), who redefines the phrase, “People are animals.”
This cold-blooded, brutal killer focused his obsessions on women but when they failed to return his affections, he savagely killed them in a rage.
Amazingly, he managed to evade arrest for many years.
The psychotic games this alleged “insane defendant” played with the Courts is interesting.
Even the courtroom drama by Gonzales is interesting, yet Scott decided to include it just as it is with the transcript.
After a while, this became extremely boring and I found myself skimming the pages.
Between reading transcripts and the constant insane words of a manipulative killer, one can only take so much.
Scott would been much better to have included what was important in story form.
An interesting book. Recommended.
