The Michigan Murders The Michigan Murders

The Michigan Murders

The True Story of the Ypsilanti Ripper's Reign of Terror

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Publisher Description

Edgar Award Finalist: The true story of a serial killer who terrorized a midwestern town in the era of free love—by the coauthor of The French Connection.

In 1967, during the time of peace, free love, and hitchhiking, nineteen-year-old Mary Terese Fleszar was last seen alive walking home to her apartment in Ypsilanti, Michigan. One month later, her naked body—stabbed over thirty times and missing both feet and a forearm—was discovered, partially buried, on an abandoned farm. A year later, the body of twenty-year-old Joan Schell was found, similarly violated. Southeastern Michigan was terrorized by something it had never experienced before: a serial killer. Over the next two years, five more bodies were uncovered around Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan. All the victims were tortured and mutilated. All were female students.
 
After multiple failed investigations, a chance sighting finally led to a suspect. On the surface, John Norman Collins was an all-American boy—a fraternity member studying elementary education at Eastern Michigan University. But Collins wasn’t all that he seemed. His female friends described him as aggressive and short tempered. And in August 1970, Collins, the “Ypsilanti Ripper,” was arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole.
 
Written by the coauthor of The French Connection, The Michigan Murders delivers a harrowing depiction of the savage murders that tormented a small midwestern town.
 

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2016
April 19
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
360
Pages
PUBLISHER
Open Road Media
SELLER
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
SIZE
3.3
MB

Customer Reviews

tlc55 ,

Interesting

This was interesting to read about this case. I can see how a guilty person could go free and an innocent person could be convicted of a crime they did not commit dependent on the skill of the lawyer they had. It was long and sometimes I did not understand all of the evidence they presented in the trial. But overall it was well written.

32basspro ,

Great Book

I love this book, it was very intense. I am so sad that this evil an horror happened to these young woman. May they rest in peace.

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