Kill for Thrill
The Crime Spree that Rocked Western Pennsylvania
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Murder, True Crime, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Michael W. Sheetz | ISBN: | 9781614230809 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | February 23, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael W. Sheetz |
| ISBN: | 9781614230809 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | February 23, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
During the winter of 1979, southwestern Pennsylvania
was rocked by a series of sensational murders, sparking
a thirty-year criminal justice saga. A week of brutal,
seemingly random killings culminated in the provocation
and fatal shooting of Patrolman Leonard Miller, an officer
new to the town of Apollo�s police force and only twenty one
years old. Little more than a year later, two men were
convicted of the rash of homicides and sentenced to death�
yet both are alive today. Incorporating details of the central
characters� personal lives as well as the state�s court system,
criminologist Michael W. Sheetz here relays the awful story
of the so-called �kill for thrill� crime spree with the drama
of a novelist and the insight of an officer of the law.
was rocked by a series of sensational murders, sparking
a thirty-year criminal justice saga. A week of brutal,
seemingly random killings culminated in the provocation
and fatal shooting of Patrolman Leonard Miller, an officer
new to the town of Apollo�s police force and only twenty one
years old. Little more than a year later, two men were
convicted of the rash of homicides and sentenced to death�
yet both are alive today. Incorporating details of the central
characters� personal lives as well as the state�s court system,
criminologist Michael W. Sheetz here relays the awful story
of the so-called �kill for thrill� crime spree with the drama
of a novelist and the insight of an officer of the law.
During the winter of 1979, southwestern Pennsylvania
was rocked by a series of sensational murders, sparking
a thirty-year criminal justice saga. A week of brutal,
seemingly random killings culminated in the provocation
and fatal shooting of Patrolman Leonard Miller, an officer
new to the town of Apollo�s police force and only twenty one
years old. Little more than a year later, two men were
convicted of the rash of homicides and sentenced to death�
yet both are alive today. Incorporating details of the central
characters� personal lives as well as the state�s court system,
criminologist Michael W. Sheetz here relays the awful story
of the so-called �kill for thrill� crime spree with the drama
of a novelist and the insight of an officer of the law.
was rocked by a series of sensational murders, sparking
a thirty-year criminal justice saga. A week of brutal,
seemingly random killings culminated in the provocation
and fatal shooting of Patrolman Leonard Miller, an officer
new to the town of Apollo�s police force and only twenty one
years old. Little more than a year later, two men were
convicted of the rash of homicides and sentenced to death�
yet both are alive today. Incorporating details of the central
characters� personal lives as well as the state�s court system,
criminologist Michael W. Sheetz here relays the awful story
of the so-called �kill for thrill� crime spree with the drama
of a novelist and the insight of an officer of the law.
