This is the first book by Rupert Holmes in a series of the McMasters Guide to Homicide. It starts with employers. According to interviews with the author, two other books are in the making. Just like in his lyrics, you need to wait to the ending to get the last plot twist. That is the […]
Archives for 2023
What happened to Tracy West?
Detective Jeff Rhoades with the Mason County Sheriff’s Office said in this article that Tracy West (17) went missing on October 20, 1988. At approx. 4pm, she left her home in Shelton, Washington, on her motorcycle to go to work at a restaurant in Taylor Towne. Work was about ten minutes away from home. She always […]
Sonia Carmen Herok-Stone: update
The trial against Michael Scott Glazebrook started on January 30, 2023 and ended February 7 with a guilty verdict for the 1981 murder of Sonia Carmen Herok-Stone. The jury deliberated for almost six hours. “In 2023, after an eight-day jury trial before the Honorable Pamela L. Butler, the jury convicted Glazebrook of first-degree murder. The […]
Remembering RosaLee Halbrook Byrd
RosaLee Halbrook Byrd (June 25, 1933 – March 9, 2015) of Turtle, Dent County, Missouri, was found dead inside her home. The coroner noted that she died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head causing underlying depressed skull fractures. What type of object was used to cause that trauma, is unknown. According […]
Twelve Twenty-Six Seventy-Five by Tony Reid
On April 25, 2018 the world learned that Joseph James DeAngelo, Jr. was arrested. Having read several books about his crimes, one more disturbing then the other, I sincerely hoped that after sentencing I’d never have to hear that name again. Not only were the crimes haunting to read, I became friends with some victims’ family […]