Quatrième de couverture :
Her babies were dying one by one, but who would believe a mother would murder her own child?
In June 1986, police and Jersey County, Illinois came to the aid of Paula Sims, who alleged a masked intruder had kidnapped her baby girl. In April 1989, her second newborn daughter suffered an identical fate. As police searched for the whole, horrifying story, Paula Sims would eventually find herself in front of a jury of her peers forced to confront the terrible truth of this unique and disturbing case.
Precious Victims is a tale of twisted sexuality and hate seething below the surface of a seemingly normal family, and an engrossing account of a huge police investigation and nerve-shattering trial.
Written by the lawyer who won the case, and the reporter who covered it from its shocking start to its nail-biting climax, Precious Victims is a dark journey into the heart of a depraved family with a murderous secret.
Présentation de l'éditeur :
In June 1986 the police in Jersey County, Illinois accepted Paula Sims's story of a masked kidnapper who snatched her baby girl Lorelei from her bassinet. Three years later her second newborn daughter suffered an identical fate and this time the police were unable to stop searching until they had discovered the whole, horrifying truth.
This is the full terrifying story of twisted sexuality and hate seething below the surface of a seemingly normal family, and of the massive investigation and nerve shattering trial that made the unthinkable a reality. Written by the lawyer who won the case and the reporter who covered its entirety, the reader is given a unique close-up of the riveting drama that unfolds, painting a dark picture of the depraved family who lived with a murderous secret.
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