HOMETOWN KILLER

Paperback. Springfield, Ohio was an All-American town. A town rocked in 1992 by the discovery of 2 adolescent girls, brutally raped and murdered. Investigators soon learned that 4 local misfits had been accomplices. Yet DNA tests proved that the true culprit was still on the loose. Inexplicably, the 4 men continued to mislead police throughout the years of the investigation, periodically supplying false clues and leads. While a cold-blooded killer remained at large, 31yr. old Belinda Anderson was raped and murdered, and Helen Preston, 38 was raped, and beaten, and left for dead. Not until 1996, when a prostitute managed to survive a terrifying ordeal at the hands of her would-be slayer, were police able to catch the man who'd been stalking Springfield's women and children. He was William K. Sapp, husband, father of 2 young boys and a baby girl of his own. Behind his mask of seeming normalcy lay a murderous rage toward women. Includes 16pp. of photos. 381pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.