Description
Book SynopsisIn 1973 the small, southwest Nebraska railroad town of McCook became the unlikely scene of a grisly murder. More than forty years later, author James W. Hewitt returns to the scene and unearths new details about what happened.
In Cold Storage takes readers through the evidence and draws new conclusions about what really happened on that fateful September night.
Trade Review'James Hewitt is to be congratulated for this excellent book."—John Stevens Berry,
Lincoln Journal Star"
In Cold Storage is an excellent history of one of the more sensational crimes in Nebraska history." — Steven Guenzel,
Nebraska History"James Hewitt has provided a well-researched and fascinating work."—Peter Longo,
Middle West Review“In the best tradition of Capote’s iconic In Cold Blood, James Hewitt presents a gruesome, bizarre, and tragic tale of sex, murder, and small-town intrigue, told with the objective insight of an accomplished legal historian and the gripping narrative style of a novelist. . . . This is a book you should be prepared to complete in one sitting. It’s that compelling.”—Mark Scherer, author of Rights in the Balance
“The curious, tangled, and often sensational step-by-step recounting will, by necessity, leave the reader wondering how such a crime could have been committed and may have you double-checking to make sure your back door is really locked.”—Jim McKee, historian and writer
“In Cold Storage takes us through lurid personal relations that lead to two murders and vicious mutilations that shocked and frightened all Nebraskans, especially those used to small-town life in the western reaches of the state.”—Donald Pederson, former Nebraska state senator from North Platte
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Place
2. The People
3. The Preliminaries
4. The Perpetration
5. The Powwow
6. The Pursuer
7. The Problems
8. The Postlude
