The Karri Willoughby they thought they knew so well had never really existed. The real Karri now sits on a bunk in a sweltering dorm, remembering how her life used to be, surrounded by hundreds of women who won’t be so easily conned.
Perhaps Karri will remember her parents, who rest, side by side, in Ider’s Fuller Cemetery, their graves marked by a granite monument engraved with two Western saddles flanking the name SHAW. Or maybe she’ll think of her children, growing up without grandparents or a mother, because her own coldhearted greed led her to murder the stepfather who loved her.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks for the assistance and cooperation of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and Investigator Wade Hill; the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office, DA Mike O’Dell, and DDA Bob Johnston; Circuit Clerk Pam Simpson and her staff; and Circuit Judge Randall Cole. These people have been supportive and helpful for years, and I appreciate their trust more than I can say.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sheila Johnson is the author of Blood Lust, Blood Highway, Blood Ambush, and Blood Betrayal and the coauthor (with Gary C. King) of Dead of Night. Her experience as a newspaper crime reporter created a natural transition into writing true-crime books about some of the cases she covered, as well as the killers and victims she came to know. Her close working relationship with law enforcement has given her inside access to statements, case files, and testimony that she uses to create a clear overall picture of murderers and their victims, defense attorneys and prosecutors, and the dedicated investigators who work tirelessly to bring killers to justice. She lives outside Birmingham, Alabama.
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Copyright © 2015 by Sheila Johnson
All photos courtesy of DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department
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ISBN: 978-1-6018-3298-6
ISBN-10: 1-60183-298-2
First Kensington Electronic Edition: July 2015
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