The Prom Night Murders A Devoted American Family, their Troubled Son, and a Ghastly Crime

by Smith, Carlton

• ISBN13: 9780312947248
• ISBN10: 0312947240
• Edition: Original
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-28
• Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime

Summary

Smith recounts the shocking 1989 murders of Indiana pastor Robert L. Pelley, his wife, and her daughters. The pastor's son, Jeff, was suspected but never charged. More than a decade later, investigators finally established Jeff's motive--he was angry at his father for grounding him on prom night. Original.

Author Biography

CARLTON SMITH is the New York Times bestselling author of The Search for the Green River Killer. An award-winning journalist for The Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times during the 1970s and 1980s, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting in 1988, and now works full-time as a true crime author. There are more than two million copies of his books in print. He lives in Reno, Nevada.

Table of Contents

A HORRIFYING FAMILY MURDER

In 1989, a shocking tragedy shattered an otherwise peaceful small Indiana community. Much-admired pastor Robert L. Pelley was found slain in his home. In his basement were the huddled, blood-soaked bodies of his wife and daughters, executed by shotgun at close range. The doors to the house were locked, and there were no signs of forced entry. Meanwhile, the pastor’s son, Jeff, was nowhere to be found…

A TEENAGE SON SHROUDED IN SUSPICION

Police had a hunch that Jeff was responsible for the massacre, but they didn’t have enough evidence to convict. The case went cold…until, more than a decade later, when law officials resolved to finally try to unravel the truth about Jeff and to establish a motive—that he was angry toward his father for grounding him on prom night. Then it would be up to prosecutors to prove that Jeff was responsible for THE PROM NIGHT MURDERS

 

* With 8 pages of startling photos *

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