A MODERN MURDEROUS MEDEA…
In June of l985, while her teenage sons held their half-sister down, Theresa Cross beat her l9-year-old daughter Sheila unconscious and then stuffed her into a 2' X 2' storage locker. After three days, the knocking, kicking, and cries stopped. Theresa and her sons dumped the girl's body in the desolate High Sierras….
The summer before, Theresa had dug a bullet out of her daughter Suesan's chest with a paring knife. When Suesan failed to recover (without benefit of doctors or hospital), Theresa and her two sons drove the delirious girl to the mountains , doused her with gasoline, and set her on fire….
For nearly nine years, Theresa Cross Knorr got away with murder, until her youngest daughter, Terry Knorr Graves, finally found a cop who believed the incredible story of her two murdered sisters.
That story is all here, the shocking life of a woman whose violence, jealousy, rage, and domination led to a brutally heinous crime of ruthless ferocity.
Product Details
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Fawcett (June 27, 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0449149307
- ISBN-13: 978-0449149300
- Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces
Customer Reviews
Chilling….
I read this book years and years ago. It’s still one of my favorite true crime books. I can’t believe the horror the kids had to go through just to live in Teressa’s twisted world and the scars it left on her children into adulthood. Upon reading it, I had nightmares for a while. This is the only book that has had that much of an impact on me, I still find it amazing. The author, I think, does a fantastic job with detailing scenery, dialogue, etc. It’s a wonderful book. Too bad it’s true…
Mother’s Day
What a story! Dennis McDougal is a winner in my book.. You will easily become engrossed in this family and the sinister relationship the children have with their mother. My heart really went out to these children. It is a quick read and one you will not likely forget. I know I never will.
Good writing
Well, Dennis, you’re good! Great book that kept me turning the pages. When the first crime was so early in the book, I couldn’t imagine what the rest of the book was about. Oh my… page after page of crimes that go on for years! Really enjoyed the author’s writing style and the way the story was delivered. Thanks, Dennis! Keep writing!
Very sad story
This crime should have never happened(not that any should) I was so angry while reading this that no one helped these children and that Theresa got away with everything for so long. Will her remaining children ever be ok? My only complaints of the book are there should have been pictures, I wanted to know what everyone looked like.
Nothing Wrong With This Book
I found this book after reading In the Best of Families by the same author, which I enjoyed. I thought this was a great book, too, I don’t know what some of the reviewers were expecting. As far as jumping around, that is not true. The book is chronological and easy to follow.
I read only true crime books and I rank this high because unlike so many true crime books I was interested until the very last page. Too many true crime books spend way too much time on the trial so we often get up to half of the book if not more spent rehashing all the same details we already know, described tediously through each and every witness of the trial. In this book the subject was not even arrested until the last 25 pages so it kept my attention throughout. It is a really good story, too, I highly recommend.
Great book!
This book was very well written. It carried you from Theresa’s childhood to the end without combersome and extraneous details to slow it down. It was much like psychological case history. Amazing how siblings raised together can become so different and have such different experiences. This is true for both Theresa and her siblings as well as her own children.
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