Books Details
Author : Jack Olsen Pages : 352 pages Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Language : ISBN-10 : 0312241984 ISBN-13 : 9780312241988
Books Descriptions
Prize-winning journalist Jack Olsen, armed with unprecedented access to
one of the most infamous serial killers in American history, provides a
fascinating glimpse into the mind of a murderer in the killer's own words .
. .In February 1990, Oregon State Police arrested John Sosnovke and
Laverne Pavlinac for the vicious rape and murder of Taunja Bennet, a
troubled 23-year-old barfly who had suffered mild retardation since
birth. Pavlinac had come forth and confessed, implicating her boyfriend
and producing physical evidence that linked them to the crime. Authorities
closed the case.There was just one problem. They had the wrong
people.And the real killer wasn't about to let anyone take credit for his
kill. Keith Hunter Jesperson was a long haul truck driver and the murderer
of eight women, including Taunja Bennet. As the case wound through police
precincts and courts--ending in life sentences for both Sosnovke and
Pavlinac--Jesperson began a twisted one man campaign to win their
