Little, crazy children : a true crime tragedy
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023].
Physical Desc
xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Published
New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes discussion questions (pages 319-320).
Description
"In September of 1990, in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, sixteen-year-old Lisa Pruett was on her way to a midnight tryst with her boyfriend when she was viciously stabbed to death only thirty feet from the boy's home. The murder cast a palpable gloom over the upscale community and sparked accusations, theories, and rumors among Lisa's friends and peers. Together they wove a damning narrative that circled back to a likely suspect: "weird" high school outcast Kevin Young. Without a shred of evidence the teen was arrested, charged, and tried for the crime. His eventual acquittal didn't diminish the anger and outrage among those who believed that Kevin got away with murder. With a fresh perspective and painstaking research culled from police files, court records, transcripts, uncollected evidence, and new interviews, James Renner reconstructs the events leading up to and following that heartbreaking night. What emerges is a portrait of a community seething with dark undercurrents--its single-minded authorities, protective status-conscious parents, and the deeply peer-pressured teen within Lisa's circle. Who had the capacity for such unchecked violence? What monsters still lurk in the dark? After more than thirty years, questions like these continue to fester among the community of Shaker Heights, Ohio, still deeply scarred by wounds that remain hidden, unspoken, and unhealed"--Dust jacket flap.
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LC Subjects
Biographies.
Case studies.
Criminal investigation -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Case studies.
Murder -- Investigation.
Murder -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Case studies.
Murder -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights.
Murder victims -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Case studies.
Pruett, Lisa.
Trials (Murder) -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Case studies.
True crime stories.
Young, Kevin, -- 1972?-2017.
Case studies.
Criminal investigation -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Case studies.
Murder -- Investigation.
Murder -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Case studies.
Murder -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights.
Murder victims -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Case studies.
Pruett, Lisa.
Trials (Murder) -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights -- Case studies.
True crime stories.
Young, Kevin, -- 1972?-2017.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Renner, J. (2023). Little, crazy children: a true crime tragedy . Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Renner, James, 1978-. 2023. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy. Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Renner, James, 1978-. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Renner, James. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., 2023.
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