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Death Sentence: The True Story of Velma Barfield's Life, Crimes, and Punishment

by Jerry Bledsoe · 1998

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Everybody knew Velma Barfield as the perfect wife and a loving grandmother. But there was something about her that nobody knewVelma had a secret life, and a sick urge to kill.

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adult
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long · 432 pages

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