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Colleen Stan was a sweet-natured, lively twenty-year-old when she set out to hitchhike from her home in Washington to Southern California. Seven years later she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and chilling crime. Cameron and Janice Hooker had literally made her their slave - and forced her to endure all of Cameron's twisted sexual perversions.
During these seven years the Hookers had two children, entertained their friends at home and held down jobs - while Colleen was held captive in a coffin-like box under their bed.
This is also the story of Christine McGuire, a young, inexperienced deputy district attorney who prosecuted Cameron Hooker for kidnapping and successfully explained why Colleen - who had numerous chances to escape - stayed captive for so many years.
During these seven years the Hookers had two children, entertained their friends at home and held down jobs - while Colleen was held captive in a coffin-like box under their bed.
This is also the story of Christine McGuire, a young, inexperienced deputy district attorney who prosecuted Cameron Hooker for kidnapping and successfully explained why Colleen - who had numerous chances to escape - stayed captive for so many years.
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"A gripping and disturbing story of the secret life of apparently normal people. At once horrific and engrossing" (Vincent Bugliosi, author of Helter Skelter)
"Uncomfortably compelling" (Time Out)
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"Uncomfortably compelling" (Time Out)
The true story of 'the girl in the box'
This is as compelling a slice of sleazy Americana as you’re likely to come across. It’s the true story of how Colleen Stan was picked up by Cameron and Janice Hooker while hitchhiking and made their sex slave, her submission to her captors finally so total that she never tried to escape, even when she was allowed out to work. The story’s similar to although far less gruesome than that of Fred and Rose West – an apparently normal couple whose escalating sexual obsessions led them to commit heinous crimes. But while Fred and Rose were quintessentially English, Cameron and Janice Hooker couldn’t be anything but American. Perfect Victim is their story, a disturbing look at what lies under the surface of small-town America.
This is as compelling a slice of sleazy Americana as you’re likely to come across. It’s the true story of how Colleen Stan was picked up by Cameron and Janice Hooker while hitchhiking and made their sex slave, her submission to her captors finally so total that she never tried to escape, even when she was allowed out to work. The story’s similar to although far less gruesome than that of Fred and Rose West – an apparently normal couple whose escalating sexual obsessions led them to commit heinous crimes. But while Fred and Rose were quintessentially English, Cameron and Janice Hooker couldn’t be anything but American. Perfect Victim is their story, a disturbing look at what lies under the surface of small-town America.
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- PublisherVirgin Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0352325615
- ISBN 13 9780352325617
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