This book is based on police reports, court documents, autopsy reports, and interviews with detectives, family members, and other sources.

The names of certain individuals in this book have been changed to protect their privacy, and the author has reconstructed dialogue to the best of her recollection.

Copyright © 2017 by Christine Pelisek

First Counterpoint hardcover edition: June 2017

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ISBN: 978-1-61902-773-2

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