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The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town
 
The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town
Author: Ron Franscell

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Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780312948467 - ISBN-10: 0312948468
Publication Date: 3/4/2008
Pages: 320

Book Description:
Casper, Wyoming: 1973. Eleven-year-old Amy Burridge rides with her eighteen-year-old sister, Becky, to the grocery store. When they finish their shopping, Becky's car gets a flat tire. Two men politely offer them a ride home. But they were anything but Good Samaritans. The girls would suffer unspeakable crimes at the hands of these men before being thrown from a bridge into the North Platte River. One miraculously survived. The other did not.

Years later, author and journalist Ron Franscell, who lived in Casper at the time of the crime, and was a friend to Amy and Becky, can't forget Wyoming's most shocking story of abduction, rape, and murder. Neither could Becky, the surviving sister. The two men who violated her and Amy were sentenced to life in prison, but the demons of her past kept haunting Becky until she met her fate years later at the same bridge where she'd lost her sister.

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Karen J. (surfwidow) wrote on 12/11/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Franscell is a wonderful writer. This book far exceeded my expectations. I'll never look at bridges the same way again!


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April Z. (amz-lv-rt) - Las Vegas, NV wrote on 9/2/2009...


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Patricia F. (auntpat) - Afton, NY wrote on 3/19/2009...


A true crime story that sickens the reader but reminds one of the dangers "out there" and how important it is to teach our children NO NO NO ... when it comes to strangers and accepting help. Better to err on the side of caution and take a chance which may end up being the last one you/they will ever have.

Barbara R. (Crop4Fun) wrote on 1/18/2009...


Casper, Wyoming:1973. Eleven-year-old Amy Burridge rides with her eighteen-year-old sister, Becky, to the grocery store. When they finish their shopping, Becky’s car gets a flat tire. Two men politely offer them a ride home. But they were anything but Good Samaritans. The girls would suffer unspeakable crimes at the hands of these men before being thrown from a bridge into the North Platte River. One miraculously survived. The other did not.

Years later, author and journalist Ron Franscell—who lived in Casper at the time of the crime, and was a friend to Amy and Becky—can’t forget Wyoming’s most shocking story of abduction, rape, and murder. Neither could Becky, the surviving sister. The two men who violated her and Amy were sentenced to life in prison, but the demons of her past kept haunting Becky…until she met her fate years later at the same bridge where she’d lost her sister.


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