A Killer Among Us Quotes

“Ed Dowd”
― Charles Bosworth Jr., A Killer Among Us: A True Story of Murder and Justice

“Walter Scott.”
― Charles Bosworth Jr., A Killer Among Us: A True Story of Murder and Justice

“Tom Dittmeier’s”
― Charles Bosworth Jr., A Killer Among Us: A True Story of Murder and Justice

“The first issue—concern over double jeopardy—was resolved easily. Although some might see federal charges as trying Rick for the same crime for which he had already been acquitted, this new prosecution involved different jurisdictions—federal versus state—and different crimes. They grew out of the same events, of course, but they involved different acts, which violated different laws in different jurisdictions. The case law was clear—all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court: this was not double jeopardy.”
― Charles Bosworth Jr., A Killer Among Us: A True Story of Murder and Justice

“Georgianna was crushed, too, that she was granted none of Elizabeth’s belongings. When she and Mary went to the house to collect the kids’ clothing, they were watched by the police and forbidden to take any mementos. One officer begged Georgianna not to take anything; he didn’t want to arrest her. She managed to sneak away only one item—a small doll in a frilly blue dress and blond yarn curls that sat above the kitchen sink—a doll that had witnessed Elizabeth’s murder. If this doll could only talk, Georgianna thought later as she stared at her silent, solitary treasure. These days also marked the start of what Mary would soon call “our second nightmare.”
― Charles Bosworth Jr., A Killer Among Us: A True Story of Murder and Justice

“was having an affair, but she had been”
― Charles Bosworth Jr., A Killer Among Us: A True Story of Murder and Justice