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    Vanished: Cold-Blooded Murder in Steeltown
    Vanished: Cold-Blooded Murder in Steeltown
    Vanished: Cold-Blooded Murder in Steeltown
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    Vanished: Cold-Blooded Murder in Steeltown

    By Jon Wells

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    Veteran true crime writer Jon Wells leads us into a real-life crime investigation and the twisted mind of a murderous man

    A man rages in his home on April 4, 1999, breaking furniture and dishes. A woman wants to leave him. “You’re not going anywhere,” he tells her. Later that day, a police officer reports to the house and finds human tissue and organs in a bag left out for garbage. The person of interest in the case is a steelworker named Sam Pirrera, who lives in the house. But who is the victim? Sam’s current estranged wife, Danielle? It is known that they had a stormy relationship; Sam had assaulted her as his coke addiction returned. Forensic detectives find traces of blood in the basement and then the entire corpse, dismembered, the parts hidden behind a false wall and packed in boxes, each of the parts wrapped and doused in gasoline. The victim’s identity is discovered through prints to be a prostitute named Maggie Karer. The dismemberment, “defensive mutilation,” is calculated and deliberate, and the detectives wonder: Are there more victims?

    Following an investigation led by veteran homicide detective Peter Abi Rashed, who had once chased a young Sam Pirrera on the streets of Hamilton’s east end many years before, Vanished takes us behind the scenes of a grisly real-life case and its shocking outcome.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 25, 2013
    ISBN9781443427555
    Vanished: Cold-Blooded Murder in Steeltown
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    Jon Wells

    JON WELLS reports on crime and a variety of other subjects for The Hamilton Spectator, and he has written seven books. He has won four National Newspaper Awards and twenty-three Ontario Newspaper Awards, including Journalist of the Year for his true-crime series "Sniper" on James Kopp. Post-Mortem was shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award for best crime non-fiction. Born in Montreal, Wells has a master's degree in journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa. His true-crime research has taken him into forensic laboratories and shooting ranges, and to India, Ireland, France, San Francisco, New York City and western Canada. He has interviewed a half dozen convicted killers in prison. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.

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      Backstory: I got this book by mistake.I ordered a manga, and got this instead. They refunded my money, told me to keep the book, but still wouldn't give me my manga. I pitched a hissy fit and then read the book, hoping it would be terrible so I could continue throwing a fit.I don't normally read a lot of true crime, but I'm not sure why. I'm a big fan of forensic mysteries, and the more realistic they are the better (I can't stand dramatized portrayals of forensic science). As I read the first few chapters of Vanished, I found myself getting irritated because it wasn't much of a mystery. The killer was caught almost immediately and there was no doubt that he did it. So what was the rest of the book supposed to be about?A lot. I really like that Jon Wells actually told the story in the order that it was discovered. It really was like I was sitting in the passenger seat of the police car, learning at the same pace as the task force. I like true crime because of its obvious realism (and perhaps I have a morbid fascination with real life horrors), but I wish, probably along with everyone else, that I could see the inner thoughts of all of the people. Not just the murderer, but everyone. I trust the physical evidence, but I'm always doubting witness accounts. Sure Danielle said this, but was it true? Why should I trust her? But I can't fault Wells with this, as there's just no way to know.Anyway. It was good.

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