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Ted and Ann: The Mystery of a Missing Child and Her Neighbor Ted Bundy by Rebecca Morris (September 2011)
Posted on December 27, 2011 | 1 CommentCould eight-year-old Ann Marie Burr who disappeared from her Tacoma home in 1961 have been Ted Bundy's first victim? -
Shattered Innocence: The Abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard – The Untold Story by Robert Scott (August 2011)
Posted on August 31, 2011 | 1 CommentJaycee Lee Dugard went missing in June 1991. In 2009, she was discovered to be living in California with her two children...and her abductors! -
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard (July 2011)
Posted on August 15, 2011 | 1 CommentWhat is life like for a young girl who spend 18 years as a sex offender's captive? How do you survive? Why don't you try to escape? Jaycee Lee Dugard has the answers. -
Taken In the Night by Gregg Olsen (eBook)
Posted on July 29, 2011 | No CommentsA great true crime short story that'll leave you wanting to know, "Who killed 10-year-old Charles Mattson?" -
The Killer Book of Infamous Murders by Tom Philbin and Michael Philbin (March 2011)
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsBrothers Tom and Michael Philbin explore some of America's most infamous murders. But don't think there just rehashing what you already know, because they offer plenty of new tidbits of information. Plus a lot of "extras" that'll test your knowledge of true crime. -
We Have Your Husband: One Woman’s Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico by Jayne Garcia Valseca with Mark Ebner (May 2011)
Posted on May 25, 2011 | No CommentsWhen Mexican radicals kidnapped Eduardo Garcia Valseca in beautiful San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, they didn't know they were unleasing the furor of a loving wife who was no stranger to fighting for survival. -
Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America by Les Standiford with Detective Sergeant Joe Matthews (March 2011)
Posted on March 21, 2011 | 1 CommentAdam Walsh disappeared in 1981. Ottis Toole confessed in 1983. This book exposes why it took police 25 years to officially solve the case. -
My Stolen Son: The Nick Markowitz Story by Susan Markowitz with Jenna Glatzer (September 2010)
Posted on October 27, 2010 | 2 CommentsBen Markowitz owed drug money to Jesse James Hollywood. When it was time to pay up, Ben wasn't around. But his 15-year-old half brother, Nick, was and he would pay Ben's debts with his life -
My Name Is Katherine by Joe Treen and Maria Eftimiades (May 1993)
Posted on June 21, 2010 | No CommentsWritten within months of the recovery of Katie Beers, this book is nothing but a rewrite of the information published in newspapers and police records -
Rivers of Blood by Robert Scott (December 2009)
Posted on December 28, 2009 | No CommentsLisa Marie Kimmell was a young, carefree yet ambitious eighteen-year-old when she set out from Denver, Colorado for Cody, Wyoming on her own