By Their Father's Hand: The True Story of the Wesson Family Massacre
By (Author) Monte Francis
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Harper
14th August 2007
United States
General
Non Fiction
True crime
True crime: serial killers and murderers
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Crime, mystery and thrillers
364.152
Paperback
304
Width 106mm, Height 171mm, Spine 20mm
156g
Neighbors were unaware of what went on behind the tightly closed doors of a house in Fresno, California-the home of an imposing, 300-pound Marcus Wesson, his wife, children, nieces, and grandchildren. But on March 12, 2004, gunshots were heard inside the Wesson home, and police officers responding to what they believed was a routine domestic disturbance were horrified by the senseless carnage they discovered when they entered. By Their Father's Hand is a chilling true story of incest, abuse, madness, and murder, and one family's terrible and ultimately fatal ordeal at the hands of a powerful, manipulative man-a cultist who envisioned vengeful gods and vampires, and totally controlled those closest to him before their world came to a brutal and bloody halt.
Monte Francis is a journalist and writer who has covered several high-profile murder trials. He has received two Emmy Awards for his television news reports and several awards for his news writing from the Associated Press. This is his first book.