Started: 9/23/06
Finished: 9/25/06
Year: 2006
Genre: True Crime
Grade: B
Reason for reading: review for MyShelf.com
Blurb (from back cover): "The Crowes' neighbors in the peaceful middle class community in San Diego's North Country were shocked by the savagery of the crime-a young girl murdered, stabbed repeatedly in her own bed in the dead of night. The lack of any evidence of forced entry led the Escondido police to their inevitable conclusion: someone in the family was responsible for 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe's slaying. The investigation quickly zeroed in on the victim's older brother, Michael, and two teenage friends-three loners who enjoyed inhabiting dark fantasy worlds of quests and violence. Through efficient, by-the-book police work, the boys were broken down and ultimately confessed. The only problem was the detectives had gotten everything wrong...
"Shattered Justice is the riveting and disturbing true account of a horrific tragedy and the terrible crime that followed-a nightmare of four innocent lives shattered, one by a killer's blade, three by obession and twisted law."
Opinion: Not of the best true crime books that I've read but worthy none the less. For a more complete review, check out MyShelf.com next month.
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