CARELESS WHISPERS The Lake Waco Murders

Hardback. The true story of a triple murder and the determined lawman who would not give up. Patrol Sergeant Truman Simons had seen a little bit of everything in his 17yrs as a police officer, but the tragic scene at the lake that hot summer evening affected him more deeply than anything else in his entire career. All 3 teenagers had been brutally and repeatedly stabbed; the 2 girls had been sexually violated and left totally naked. Before the bodies were removed from the scene, Simons knelt beside each of the victims and vowed that their murders would not go unsolved. This is the story of a bizarre and complicated crime - a murder for hire gone awry - and of the dedicated lawman who finally put all the pieces of the puzzle together, risking both his career and his family's security. It is also a study of complex human relationships, including the paradoxical bond that developed between the lawman and his chief suspect. The savage triple murder of Jill Montgomery, Kenneth Franks, and Raylene Rice on July 13, 1982 stunned the citizens of conservative, outwardly tranquil Waco, Texas. Yet after only 8 weeks, the police department had given up and marked the case "Suspended." When Truman Simons requested permission to continue the investigation on his own, his efforts met with indifference and even outright hostility from the rest of the force. Simons knew his personal involvement with the case bordered on obsession, but he didn't care. He had made a promise and he fully intended to keep it. The author spent 2yrs researching all aspects of the Lake Waco Murder case to write a factual account of the murders, the people involved, the investigation, and the trials. Ilus. + Map eps, and Afterword. 418pp. lge 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With signs of possible water damage to lower edges of pages, o/w Nr. Vg. in Vg. dw. A fairly heavy book which will require additional postage.