Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders by Michael Benson


Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders
Title : Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders
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Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 265
Publication : Published December 2, 2018

In 1971, there began in Rochester, N.Y., a series of hideous murders, cases that offered the starkest of contrast between good and evil: perfectly innocent victims, perfectly evil predators. The three victims were little girls, each named with the same first and last initial. Each, the legend said, had been dumped in a town that also began with that letter. The victims had all been last seen in an urban setting and their lifeless bodies were found raped and carelessly dumped along a rural roadside, strangled by ligature. Local girls with alliterative names were on high alert and told to be vigilant. The little ones didn’t quite get it, but they sensed it, something in their mother’s tighter grip on their little hand, or the way mom never relaxed when they were out of doors. The older ones looked at maps and guessed where their own lifeless bodies would be discovered in a ditch. No one wondered why the initials were important, what it all meant. They understood one thing: it was terrifying.

Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders Reviews

  • Beth Eepoo

    a great read

    I grew up in Rochester, NY and remember the case well as I was their age. We all lived in fear. I had to read this after all these years and am glad I did. I am also amazed at how many famous killers came from Rochester at one time.. Well written!

  • Vicki

    I was left with more questions at the end. You’d think with all the advances in DNA, they could solve this. Very sad story.

  • Ronnie Cramer

    Starts off okay, but soon we're reading about crimes that may or not be related, then later we're reading about the research that went into this project. By the end there are plenty of questions left unanswered and the book never really feels complete.

  • Christine Cazeneuve

    In depth investigation

    Any one who lived in Rochester during that time remembers these murders. We had just relocated from Brooklyn and was questioning that Rochester was supposed to be a safer place. Great deep dive into this tragedy that will probably never be solved.

  • Pat

    Interesting as I live and grew up in Rochester. Remember these murders and how frightened the city was.

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