Precious Blood by Sam Adams
The story of the murders of Blister Cook and his four-year-old son T.J. as depicted in Precious Blood are sad, but I didn’t find that the story surrounding their deaths was actually book worthy.
As for Blister Cook, the lifestyle he lived was sure to eventually catch up with him; on the other hand, there was no reason for his preschool son to die. T.J. was killed simply because he could, and would have, identified the killer.
There is no real “who done it” to this case, as it was pretty much known by the whole community who did it within just hours of the murders. And it took very little effort on behalf of law enforcement to extract a confession from Jerome Boggs’ (the killer) young wife who, as can be expected, was out to save her own skin.
In my opinion, the most interesting aspect was reading how April Boggs enjoyed the “benefits” of her husband’s crime then tried to claim Battered Wife’s Syndrome at her own trial.
Once again here is a woman who abused (no pun intended) a well-known affliction only when it benefited her.
Simply disgusting!
This is a quick read true crime. Worth reading when you’ve caught up on all the other really good books out there.
