In the Arms of Evil - Softcover

Smith, Carlton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312948026 ISBN 13: 9780312948023

Publisher: Saint Martins True Crime, 2010

Synopsis

This true account, which was featured on Unsolved Mysteries, follows Nancy Jean Siegel, a con-artist addicted to gambling, who murdered Jack Watkins, a man 30 years her senior, cashed his Social Security checks and opened new lines of credit under his name for six years until his body was identified. Original.

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From the Back Cover:

SHE GAMBLED AND LOST.

Nancy Jean Siegel of Maryland became addicted to gambling during her first marriage. Sneaking off to Atlantic City—and sinking deeper and deeper into debt—she began stealing identities, conning family members, and leaving two ex-husbands buried in bills. Then she sold cemetery plots door-to-door and met Jack Watkins, a man thirty years her senior. He not only bought a grave site from the attractive younger woman, he leased a car for her, sold his house and gave her the proceeds. But Nancy wanted more...

THEN SHE MADE A KILLING.

Watkins’ body was found in a steamer trunk near the Appalachian Trail. Half-naked and strangled, he remained unidentified for more than six years. Meanwhile, Nancy cashed his Social Security checks and opened new lines of credit under his name. By the time the police tracked her down, she had committed bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and more. New York Times bestselling author Carlton Smith takes you inside the greed, the gambling, and one gruesome murder—to question the very nature of evil...

About the Author:

Carlton Smith wrote the New York Times bestselling The Search for the Green River Killer. An award-winning journalist for The Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times during the 1970s and 1980s, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting in 1988. His books include Mind Games, Cold Blooded, The Prom Night Murders, and Cold as Ice. There are more than two million copies of his books in print.

About this edition

• Publisher: Saint Martins True Crime
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0312948026
• ISBN 13: 9780312948023
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 307