Stolen Away: The True Story of California's Most Shocking Kidnap-Murder
- ISBN-10
- 0671017489
- ISBN-13
- 9780671017484
- Series
- Stolen Away
- Category
- Children
- Pages
- 402
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Michael Newton
Description
Drawn from fascinating historical records--including trial transcripts from the century's first insanity defense--this is the gripping account of the gruesome kidnap and murder of a 12-year-old girl in 1927. Following a nationwide manhunt, no one was prepared for the awful truth that a sadistic monster dwelled within an unlikely suspect.
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