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Contents Author’s Notes and Acknowledgments............................... ix Prologue ................................................................................ 1 1. They Was Just Pranks........................................................ 11 2. The Broomstick Murders ................................................... 25 3. A Prisoner of the State ....................................................... 39 4. Freed to Kill Again.............................................................. 55 5. Parole .................................................................................. 69 6. An Absence of Beauty ........................................................ 79 7. Going to College ................................................................. 92 8. Every Woman’s Nightmare .............................................. 107 9. The Cut............................................................................. 125 10. The Car Wash ................................................................... 141 11. Cowboy ............................................................................. 161 12. The Convenience Store .................................................... 178 13. The Boys ........................................................................... 194 14. “Don’t Hurt Junior” ......................................................... 216 15. Searching for a Monster ................................................... 230 16. Heartbreaking Stupidity................................................... 244 17. “As Nice As I Could Be” ................................................... 261 18. Guns and Condoms .......................................................... 279 19. The Northrup Trial ........................................................... 298 20. The Reed Trial .................................................................. 315 Epilogue ............................................................................ 331 Notes on Sources .............................................................. 351 Index ................................................................................. 355 ...

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