First read of 2026 and I am continuing in the Bloodlands collection. Although these are true crime non fiction stories, this one was the most disturbing in my opinion. I have three daughters, and this was about sex offenders and rapes and murders of little girls in New York and Los Angeles.
These all took place around the start of World War 2 and prohibition. The first case is about a little girl who was found in a burlap sack. She was raped and murder by an Italian barber who had been arrested before for being weird and touching little girls. When he was suspected at first, he immediately confessed. The little girl was part of the American Nazi Bund and her troop mates sis the Nazi slaute at her funeral.
The newspapers caused mass frenzy with sex crave killers. It was the type of news that takes everyones mind off what else is happening in the world. Another case was in Los Angeles where a degenerate lured three little girls into a ravine and rape all three of them and strangled them. He was at first denying and when the search parties were looking for the little girls, he took part to throw off suspension.
Reading that hit close to home, because in 2020, there was a little girl that went missing. She was found days later in the woods and the guy that took her was her neighbor and he helped look for her. My best friend was a 911 operator and she is the one that got the call about the girl being missing.
The last case that was mentioned in the book was about a little girl who lived in a tenement. Her mom sent her to play and to come back for lunch. She was found in the cellar and the way the author mentions that the killer forced his way while raping her was just the final nail in the coffin. I was very traumatized.
I ended up giving this a 3 star because it made me feel disgust and it made me terrified for my kids.
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