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Long before the Craigslist Killer was Harvey Louis Carignan, the Want-Ad Killer
After committing his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipulate, rape, and bludgeon women to death, using want ads to lure his young female victims. And time after time, justice was thwarted by a killer whose twisted legal genius was matched only by his sick savagery.
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About the Author
Ann Rule has drawn on her experience as a former policewoman to become one of America's top true-crime writers. The author of over 1,000 articles and numerous books, she has lectured widely to law-enforcement schools and agencies. She has also serves as a consultant to the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VI-CAP), which is used to track and apprehend violent criminals. Her bestselling books, Lust Killer, The Want-Ad Killer, The I-5 Killer, and Small Sacrifices, are available in Signet editions.
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- PublisherSignet
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0451142039
- ISBN 13 9780451142030
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- LanguageEnglish
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THE WANT-AD KILLER
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Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Paperback. Sentenced to die, he lived to rape and kill again.and again.and again. After his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan was sentenced in Anchorage, Alaska, to be hanged. But a legal loophole freed this monstrously strong and driven man to continue to manipulate, rape and bludgeon women to death.in Washington State, where want ads lured young girls like lovely Kathy Sue Miller.in Minnesota, where young women on the highways became his prey.while justice was thwarted time after time by a killer whose twisted legal genius matched his sick savagery. Here, complete with the testimony of women who suffered his unspeakable sexual abuses and barely escaped with their lives, and of the police who at last put him behind bars, is one of the most shattering and thought-provoking crime stories of the time. 223pp mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers. Seller Inventory # 14507
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