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Book Review of Dead and Buried: A Shocking Account of Rape, Torture, and Murder on the California Coast

Dead and Buried: A Shocking Account of Rape, Torture, and Murder on the California Coast
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Helpful Score: 5


This book started out talking about three girls which included a girl named Smart and then her name was dropped.Then mentions a family of three disappearing and then this too is dropped. I am not sure why the author did this, but the rest of the book is well written. I won't repeat what others have written before me but I would like to comment on the head injury. Although the rapist was taken to the hospital and had not only a concussion but brain damage too it seems it wasn't addressed in the hospital. It was mentioned by the defense attorney in the court room but not elaborated on much by the psychiatrist in the court room. This guy was so abused he should have been forced in prison to have psychotherapy. Too many of these type of criminals are set free before there sentence is up.Maybe those poor girls would have been alive today if they hadn't fought back so hard but you never know. This was a good read and worth the time for true crime lovers.