You Gotta Read This One!
Review by Kim Cantrell
New York Times Bestselling Author Carlton Smith has a unique way of writing that flows in an easy to read conversational style, albeit at times repetitive, which is present once again in his 2009 book The Prom Night Murders.
Pastor Robert “Bob” Lee Pelley and his wife Dawn had blended their families just two short years before their murder.
One of Bob’s two children was Robert “Jeffrey” Pelley; a high school senior in 1989 who didn’t see eye to eye with his father on a wide variety of issues; including the punishment for petty theft in which he was forbidden to drive his date to the high school prom, nor participate in any prom night activities.
Sure, this type of punishment may seem like the end of the world to a teen, but was it a disciplinary action stern enough to execution-style killings of his father, stepmother, and two youngest stepsisters?
According to a St. Joseph County, Indiana, jury it was. Or so they said in 2006 – 17 years after the crime!
In The Prom Night Murders, Carlton Smith provides his readers with ALL the facts; and while the jury’s verdict is in, he leaves readers hanging as to his own opinion – essentially inviting them to reach their own conclusion.
I love a book like this! So seldom is true crime a real “whodunnit,” but more of a fanciful version of the facts.
The case of Jeff Pelley as detailed in The Prom Night Murders – a case that spanned almost two decades – will really motivate readers to ponder, “Guilty or not guilty?”
Also visit www.justiceforjeff.org. And after you read it, I’d love to hear your thoughts!
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