SUDDENLY GONE. The Kansas Murders of Serial Killer Richard Grissom

Paperback. They were pretty, innocent, and full of life until the horrible moment they were suddenly gone. The terrifying true story of a serial killer's grisly kidnapping-murders of 3 young women. The mutilated condition of young Terri Maness's naked body held the first clue. One smart Wichita detective suspected the legal secretary's murder might be the first in a string of depraved sexual slayings. He would be right on the mark. Six days later Michelle Katf wass badly beaten and barely escaped with her life. Twenty-year old Joan Butler was not so lucky. She soon disappeared without a trace. But when Richard Grissom, a handsome onetime college student, started driving the dead girl's red Corsica, the police were hot on his trail. By then the twisted thrill killer, now a desperate fugitive, was already looking for fresh victims. Attractive roommates Theresa Brown and Christine Rusch were only too happy to have a handsome guy like Grissom at their Saturday night party. They never suspected that 48 hours later they would be trapped in a horrifying nightmare. For days, Grissom terrorised them, before finally snuffing out their young lives, and sending police on one of the most exhaustive manhunts in Kansas history. Illus. 313pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.