| International Standard Book Number |
9781639369232 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1639369236 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Cain, Aine, author.
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| Title Statement |
Shadow of the bridge : the Delphi murders and the dark side of the American heartland / Aine Cain and Kevin Greenlee.
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| Edition Statement |
First Pegasus Books edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Pegasus Crime, an imprint of Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2025.
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| Physical Description |
xix, 412 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
A note from the authors -- Introduction / by Doug Carter -- The crime : "It'll be okay" -- The investigation : "I will want to kick you in the fucking nuts" -- The suspect : "That's the bridge guy" -- The wait : "Just don't talk anymore" -- The trial : "We've had this discussion a thousand times" -- Appendix.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"On February 13, 2017, two teenage friends went for a walk in the woods just outside the small city of Delphi, Indiana. They should have been safe--but Liberty German and Abigail Williams never made it home. The next day, searchers found their bodies in a clearing. The two girls had been brutally murdered. Incredibly, in the final moments of her life, Liberty somehow managed to capture a video of the man who would soon murder her and her friend. This blurry recording showed a man lumbering toward the girls and then gruffly commanding them to go "down the hill." A fascinated public obsessed over those clues. Speculation about the killer's identity ran rampant on social media. Meanwhile, a sprawling law enforcement investigation led to some of the darkest corners of the heartland. Still, the case remained unsolved for years. Everything changed in October 2022 when authorities announced the arrest of Delphi resident Richard Allen. But as the case began to make its way through the justice system, many began to question whether the small community had what it took to prosecute the case. They also wondered whether or not the police had even arrested the right man. Investigators, officials, prosecutors, and the defense attorneys found themselves stuck in an unprecedented firestorm of online controversy and subterfuge, with so-called Internet sleuths hyping up conspiracy theories and trading leaks"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Shadow of the Bridge is a gripping, deeply researched true crime account of the 2017 Delphi Murders, in which two teenage girls, Liberty German and Abigail Williams, were brutally killed in Indiana. Through firsthand reporting and collaboration with the victims' families, investigative journalists AÌine Cain and Kevin Greenlee explore the chilling details of the crime, the turbulent investigation, and the community's struggle for justice amid conspiracy theories and Internet speculation. The book provides a definitive chronicle of a haunting case that captivated and divided the American heartland.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Williams, Abigail, 2003-2017.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
German, Liberty, 2002-2017.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Investigation Indiana Delphi.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
True crime stories.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Greenlee, Kevin, author.
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