True Crime Stories: 12 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases

This collection presents twelve true crime cases that unfold across a century and in several different countries. Each account follows the investigators, from local detectives to international teams, as they work through baffling evidence and the motives of people who committed terrible acts. Several stories focus on crimes against the most vulnerable, including the elderly and the young. One case in Indiana involves a twelve-year-old girl who is tortured and killed by peers her own age. Another follows a killer who preyed on older women in Australia. The book also looks at two fathers whose failures to protect their children had fatal results. Readers who enjoy true crime will find a range of motives and outcomes, and a reminder that the truth is often more complicated than it first appears.