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Book Review of Love Me to Death

Love Me to Death
Love Me to Death
Author: Steve Jackson
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling Author of MONSTER

The chilling true story of William "Wild Bill Cody" Neal- The vicious Denver Lady-Killer


"Welcome to My Mortuary!"

Those were the words of William Lee "Cody" Neal, 43, to Angela Fite on July 5, 1998, after luring the pretty 28-year-old to the Denver, Colorado townhouse he'd turned into a den of torture and slaughter. With twisted pleasure, he showed her two dead female bodies on the floor and a third, live one-naked, gagged and bound, and spread-eagled on a mattress.

"AnyBody Stupid Enough To Believe Me Deserves to Get Screwed!"

Neal, who called himself "Wild Bill Cody," was seductive and skillful at separating love-struck women from their money, and ultimately, their lives. 43-year-old divorcee Rebecca Haloberton let Neal move into her townhouse and "loaned" him $70,000. On June 30, 1998, he raped her by crushing her skull with an az and wrapping her in plastic. On Friday, July 3, he brought another girlfriend, Candace Walters, 48, to the townhouse, clubbing her to death and desecrating the body. On Sunday, yet another acquaintance, Suzanna Scott, 21, watched helplessly as Angela Fite was murdered by Neal, who then sodomized and raped his bound captive.


"Here's What Happens When you Mess With Me!"

Apprehended by police, Neal, who proclaimed himself better than Ted Bundy, insisted on representing himself at the trial. Though the evidence against him was overwhelming, it was the testimony of Suzanne, who had survived Neal's unspeakable torture, that finally put his monster on Colorado's death row.

INCLUDES 16 PAGES OF SHOCKING PHOTOS