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the events: Gene and Sue Bauman, Lisahn Golden, Gail Sharkey, Alice, Samantha, Bruce Reynolds, Joey Fina, Bubba, and Jeannie Jenkins. For these people, I have also changed certain identifying characteristics. The personalities, events, actions, and conversations portrayed in this book have been constructed using court documents, including trial transcripts, extensive interviews, letters, personal papers, research, and press accounts. Quoted testimony has been taken verbatim from trial and pre-trial transcripts and other sworn statements.

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Copyright © 2005 by Kathryn Casey

Front cover house photo by Greg Hursley; back cover mug shots courtesy of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ISBN: 0-06-056764-3

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