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Darker than Night: The True Story of a Brutal Double Homicide--and an 18-Year-Long Quest for Justice
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Darker than Night: The True Story of a Brutal Double Homicide--and an 18-Year-Long Quest for Justice
Author: Tom Henderson

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Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780312936761 - ISBN-10: 0312936761
Publication Date: 10/3/2006
Pages: 384

Book Description:
ON A COLD, SNOWY NIGHT IN 1985, TWO MEN BEGGED FOR THEIR LIVES.

In 1985, two 27-year-old friends left their suburban Detroit homes for a hunting trip in rural Michigan. When they did not return, their families and police suspected foul play. For 18 years, no one could prove a thing. Then, a relentless investigator got a witness to talk, and a horrifying story emerged.

FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, THEIR KILLERS WENT FREE.

In 2003, this bizarre case hit the glare of the criminal justice system, as prosecutors charged two brothers, Raymond and Donald Duvall, with murder. With no bodies ever found, the case hinged on the testimony of one terrified witness who saw a bloody scene unfold-and who was still nearly too frightened to talk.

THEN A WITNESS TOLD HER CHILLING STORY

Now, the truth behind an 18-year-old mystery is revealed against the backdrop of an unusual, electrifyingly dramatic trial. Raymond and Donald Duvall bragged to friends that they killed their victims, chopped up their bodies and fed them to pigs. A Michigan jury soon had evidence of this brutally methodical execution-evidence that would lead a shocked courtroom through the heart of evil and beyond a shadow of a doubt.

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Kathi & Chris M. wrote on 5/7/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is a good account of a double murder that went unsolved for 18 years because there were no bodies, no proof, just folklore that took on a life of it's own. What happened? Two young friends went on a hunting weekend that resulted in a crime so brutal that the ‘accidental' witnesses were too frightened and intimidated to come forward. Until one policeman who took on the cold case â€" wouldn't let it go until he had answers for the family.

Dixie B. (ontedge) wrote on 12/1/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Very riveting true crime! Took a bit to get into it, but once there, it's
a book you don't want to put down! The more you read, the more you wonder how this could happen - but it did...

Tom Henderson is an excellent writer. An excellent read!

Patricia C. (le-loup-garou) wrote on 12/5/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Astonishing reflection of how a small society could be so afraid of these murdering men that they would close they're eyes to the atrocities behind these murders. Shocking.


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Tressa L. (Momma2ABC) wrote on 6/15/2009...


A very interesting account of a true double murder. For those of us who live in the area, it's exciting and appalling at the same time to recognize names and places in a book. There were some redundancies, but overall, it was very well written and it kept you on the edge of your seat, even knowing the outcome before reading it.

DONNA H. wrote on 4/4/2007...


Very interesting book.

Susan D. wrote on 3/29/2007...


True crime.

Kathy L. wrote on 2/10/2007...


Very good book, it just saddens and enrages me that these men got away with this brutal crime for so many years!

Gloria B. wrote on 11/21/2006...


This book is about people we don't want to think live close to us. A couple hunters take off for a week-end of fun and never return.

Dee Dee E. (Tweedledee) wrote on 11/10/2006...


A great true crime story of a brutal double homicide.


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