The Mad Chopper: How the Justice System Let a Mutilator Free, This Time to Kill

Author: Fred Rosen
Publisher: Open Road Media
Category: Biography: General, True Crime Biographies, True Crime Books, Crime & Criminology, Criminal Procedure
Age Group: 15+
Book Format: Paperback

The author of the true crime masterpiece Lobster Boy traces a brutal killer's history across two decades of slipping past the legal system (The Guardian).

When police in Tampa, Florida, arrested Larry Singleton in 1997 for brutally murdering prostitute Roxanne Hayes, they soon realized it wasn't the man's first violent attack. Back in 1978 he had gained notoriety as the Mad Chopper for raping and cutting off the arms of 15-year-old Mary Vincent on a patch of desolate, sun-scorched land 5 miles off the highway near Modesto, California.

When Singleton was let out of prison on supervised parole after serving only 8 years for his crimes, no community in California would accept him. He eventually moved back to his home in Florida, where he killed Hayes nearly 20 years after his original crime. But his first victim, Vincent, had survived, walking nearly a mile to get help after the assault, and testified against him at his trial for murdering Hayes.

About Fred Rosen
Fred Rosen, a former columnist for the Arts & Leisure section of the New York Times, is an award-winning author of true crime and history books, including Gold!, Did They Really Do It?, and Lobster Boy. He can frequently be seen on the Investigation Discovery network's Evil Kin and Evil Twins TV series, where he is a regular on-air commentator.

(BK-9781504023108)

SKU BK-9781504023108
Barcode # 9781504023108
Brand Open Road Media
Artist / Author Fred Rosen
Shipping Weight 0.1900kg
Shipping Width 0.140m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.220m
Assembled Length 21.600m
Assembled Height 1.200m
Assembled Width 14.000m
Type Paperback

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