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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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On the night of November 12, 1998, in San Luis Obispo, California, attractive blonde college studen Rachel Newhouse was walking home alone when suddenly a stranger appeared in front of her. His visage was a skull-face: a grotesque Halloween mask.. Beating her unconscious with his fists, the attacker threw her into his pick-up truck, took her to his secluded canyon cabin and raped her--still wearing the mask. On March 11, 1999, in the same town, a stalker who had been shadowing Aundria Crawford, 20, broke into her apartment, pummeled her into insensibility, and carried her away in his truck to his canyon lair. There she was raped, tortured, and murdered.