ST. JOSEPH'S CHILDREN A True Story of Terror and Justice.

Hardback. He came to St. Joseph's, Missouri, a quiet city that had not known violence since the days of Jesse James. Once again, he would commit a random, heinous murder, then move on, roaming America and killing for the thrill of it. This is the story of Charles Hatcher who, in his lifetime, murdered at least 16 people, including 3 children. Throughout his 37-yr. career of crime he was able to fool dozens of psychiatrists, who repeatedly failed to identify him as a multiple murderer. Hatcher was the real-life embodiment of Hannibal Lecter - and became the incarnation of pure evil. He not only killed, maimed and ruined the lives of his victims and their families, but was also responsible for a different kind of tragedy - the imprisonment of a man who was mercilessly hounded by the police, the prosecutor and the community for a brutal murder that Hatcher himself had committed. A dramatic and riveting book. Illus. + Chronology. 237pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Nr. F. in Vg+ dw.