In Body Dump, readers are introduced to Kendall Francois, an African American serial killer, who killed at least five of Poughkeepsie, New York’s prostitutes. Aside from the fact that Francois goes against the standard serial killer ethniticity, his modus operandi also included storing the bodies in the attic and crawl space of his home; despite the fact that he lived with his parents and younger sister (all who claimed to not know of the stored corpses).
This was an interesting and quick read into the crimes of a serial killer. The one disappointing aspect, however, was the limited information provided into the background of Francois. While readers are provided information about his adulthood (mostly following high school), details of his family life were little. Of course, this could be attributed to the fact that the Francois family chose to enter into seclusion following the arrest of Kendall.
