Checklist for Murder

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Label

Checklist for Murder

Creator

• Flacco, Anthony

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• Family violence -- California -- Case studies
• Homicide -- California -- Case studies
• Electronic books
• Peernock, Robert John

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

As seen on Investigation Discovery: the story of killer husband and father Robert Peernock from the New York Times-bestselling author of Impossible Odds. Robert Peernock appeared to have the ideal life. Working as a pyrotechnics engineer and computer expert and coming home to his wife and daughter, Peernock projected the American dream. Even when he and his wife separated, it seemed amicable, just a small bump for the well-to-do family. But there was madness in his house: in private, Peernock was violent, subtly manipulative, and bordering on psychotic. But the horrifying details of his home life would only come to light after Peernock finally lost all control. Peernock had come home, brutally beat both his wife and daughter, force fed them alcohol, and deliberately sent them to their death behind the wheel, staging it to look like a drunk driving accident. He didn't foresee that his daughter would survive, and even with years of abuse, her attempted murder, and horrendous injuries, he never anticipated that she would speak so powerfully against him. Throughout his trial, Peernock claimed a massive government conspiracy against him. He hired and fired lawyers multiple times, deadlocking juries and spinning a web of lies. New York Times bestselling author Anthony Flacco chronicles the sensational trial and all the terror that preceded it, looking deep into the mind of a deranged killer whose American dream was a waking nightmare for those trapped within it

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

364.1523

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult