Scream At The Sky by Carlton Stowers
Author Carlton Stowers relates the story of Faryion Wardrip, who murdered a total of five women in a seventeen month time span. Unfortunately, at the time, only the murder of Tina Kimbrew was linked to Wardrip as he confessed to police in Galeveston, Texas; where supposedly he had gone to kill himself for what he had done to Kimbrew.
Fast forward fourteen years, when D.A. Investigator John Little enters the scene. And to make a long story short, he uses his savvy investigator skills to obtain a coffee cup recently used by Wardrip and take it to the forensics lab for DNA testing. The outcome, of course, confirms what Little already suspects: Wardrip is responsible for the murders of Terry Sims and Toni Gibbs.
The remainder of the story, especially how Wardrip is convicted of the murder of Ellen Blau (where no DNA evidence was left at the scene), is one you have to read for yourself. There is no real intensity, no major drama; yet the story is still one that keeps your attention and is interesting to read.
My only disappointment with this book was that there was no background information provided on Wardrip than refute by Wardrip’s brother, Bryce, as to Wardrip’s claims of poverty, ridicule, and an alcoholic, abusive father. Other than that, readers are told nothing of Wardrip’s past.
Overall, Scream At The Sky is an intersting book that I would recommend to lovers of the true crime genre.
