This true crime book is about the 1988 murder of Lisa Marie Kimmell. The murder made headlines nationwide and is memorable because her Montana license plates read "Lil Miss". Lisa was driving from Denver, CO to Billings, MT through Casper on the night of March 25, 1988. She disappeared and her body was discovered in the North Platte River near Old Government Bridge on April 2, 1988. This was a cold case until 2002, when DNA evidence linked Dale Wayne Eaton to the crime. Eaton was c More...

I remember the Lil Miss case from Unsolved Mysteries, my fave show in the 80's. I always wondered what happened to this girl. This book was really good, except for the ending. The last couple chapters were sooooo booooring!!! The closing arguments, in my opinion, were a waste of paper and time, which could have been spent explaining more about the other missing and/or murdered girls that the author had talked about (some of which may have also been linked to Dale Eaton, who had killed Lil Miss More...

The Murder of Lil Miss by Sheila Kimmel is a much better story. However, this had more information about the trial and subsequent appeals. The spookiest part of the story is being from Riverton and now living in Casper, I've stopped at Waltman Rest Area millions of times. I don't stop there alone anymore.

Unsolved Mysteries always scared me because I thought the bad guys were hiding outside my window. And at least this time, he wasn't too far from that. Amy Bechtel disappeared t More...

A BAD MAN INDEED