Misfit Jeremiah Rodgers, 21, and racist devil worshipper Jonathan Lawrence, 23, were serving time for petty crimes when they met in a Florida penal system mental hospital. A friendship grew from their shared lust for sadistic brutality, and once released, they teamed up to hunt human prey. In March, 1998, in Pensacola, Florida, while quietly watching TV, Leighton Smitherman was shot in the back by assailants hiding outside his home. Amazingly, he survived, not knowing that he'd been chosen at random by would-be-thrill-killers. Their next target wasn't so lucky. Justin Livingston, 20, died from multiple stab wounds - some more than six inches deep. The horror peaked on 7 May 1999, when Rodgers went on a date with pretty Jennifer Robinson, 18, with Lawrence tagging along. The young woman was drugged and assaulted first by Rodgers, then Lawrence, before Rodgers shot her execution-style. But the worse was yet to come, an unspeakable act of mutilation that followed in the bloody footsteps of one of the most infamous serial killers of our time...
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A Family member...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
My name is Ryan. Leighton Smitherman, one of the victims in the book,is my uncle. Please read this book, I WILL BE CHECKING BACK TO THIS PAGE TO SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
I couldn't believe the depravity of the two killers, Rodgers and Lawrence, or the way, Rosen held me spellbound as he cut back and forth between the killers and soon to be victims.In the end, I really was moved to tears by Rosen's descriptive compassion for the victims, and the way Rodgers and Lawrence seemed fated for death.
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