First Printing, 2013
True Crime Online: Shocking Stories of Scamming, Stalking, Murder, and Mayhem
Copyright © 2013 by J. A. Hitchcock
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hitchcock, Jayne A.
True crime online : shocking stories of scamming, stalking, murder, and mayhem / by J.A. Hitchcock.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-937290-00-9
1. Computer crimes--Case studies. 2. Cyberstalking--Case studies. 3. Online sexual predators--Case studies. 4. Murder--Case studies. I. Title.
HV6773.H576 2012
364.16'8--dc23
2012038252
Printed and bound in the United States of America
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