Mother's Day
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The true story of Theresa Knorr, the twisted child abuser who murdered her daughters—with the help of her sons—told by a former New York Times reporter.
In June 1985, Theresa Cross Knorr dumped her daughter Sheila's body in California's desolate High Sierra. She had beaten Sheila unconscious in their Sacramento apartment days earlier, then locked her in a closet to die. But this wasn't the first horrific crime she'd committed against her own children.
The previous summer, Knorr had shot Sheila's sister Suesan, then ordered her son to dig the bullet out of the girl's back with a knife to hide the evidence. The infection that resulted led to delirium—at which point Knorr and her two sons drove Suesan into the mountains, doused her with gasoline, and set her on fire.
It would be almost a decade before her youngest daughter, Terry Knorr Graves, revealed her mother's history of unfathomable violence. At first, she was met with disbelief by law enforcement and even her own therapist. But eventually, the truth about her monstrous abuse emerged—and here, an award-winning journalist details the jealousy, rage, and domineering behavior that escalated into homicide and shattered a family.
A former reporter for the New York Times and Los AngelesTimes and the author of true-crime classics including Angel of Darkness, about serial killer Randy Kroft, and Blood Cold, about Robert Blake and Bonny Lee Bakley, Dennis McDougal reveals the shocking depths of depravity behind a case that made headlines across the nation.
ASIN : B010P21IAI
Publisher : Open Road Media
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : July 1, 2015
Language : English
File size : 4.4 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 353 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1504023139
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #94,663 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #15 in Forensics Biographies & Memoirs #49 in Regional U.S. Biographies #127 in Biographies & Memoirs of Criminals
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Customers find this true crime book engaging and well-written, with no typos or grammatical errors, and appreciate its detailed and factual content. The story receives mixed reactions - while customers find it a fascinating look into a tragic story, some find it horrific. The book's pacing is criticized for being slow and difficult to follow, and customers describe it as heartbreaking and enduringly disturbing.
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