Family, Friends and Neighbors: Stories of Murder and Betrayal

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Americans are almost four times more likely to be killed by someone they knew than by a stranger. How well do you know those around you Thirty-four stories of financial, romantic, and intimate betrayals!

Intimacy and trust go hand-in-hand, but what happens when that trust is misplaced What happens when insurance payouts become too enticing Or when desperation and poverty become too much Or when resentment over a childhood trauma overwhelms Family, Friends and Neighbors: Stories of Murder and Betrayal looks at the chilling stories of brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, companions and confidants motivated by money, social status, and revenge and those who mistakenly trusted them, including

The accused Victorian-era serial poisoner Mary Ann Cotton and the mysterious deaths of her husbands and children

Ax-wielding Lizzie Borden whose father and stepmother conveniently died, leaving her their inheritance

Preacher Marvin Gay, Sr. and his son, Marvin Gaye, Jr., and his son's possible death wish

Single mother Casey Anthony and her hollow claims that her child had been kidnapped by the babysitter

Bank vice president and embezzler Steven Francis Sueppel whose money woes had fatal consequences

Brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez whose parents were shot at close range and their remains pulverized

Heather Mack

her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer a trust fund, and a mothers body in a suitcase

Brothers Michael and Robert Bever, who finally snapped after years of physical and verbal abuse by their parents

And the stories of dozens more brazen and ruthless murderers.

Murdering to escape a marriage, dire desperation turned lethal, a violent veer away from reality, and other less comprehensible motivations fill the pages of Family, Friends and Neighbors. Youll read the stories, investigates the facts, learn the motives behind the killers who murder the people nearest and dearest to them.