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Book Review of Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children
Suffer the Little Children
Author: Barbara Davis
Genre: Nonfiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 4


FROM THE PUBLISHER

On October 16, 1991, the badly decomposed body of 11-year-old Melissa Moody was found in the woods near Boswell, Oaklahoma. She had been raped and murdered by her uncle, Jesse James Cummings. Only when one of his wives--herself a victim of his abuse--found the strength to turn against him do police get the evidence they need to put him on death row. Includes 12 pages of photos