Fourteen: The Murder of David Stukel (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780595693344)

Chicago Tribune editor Bill O'Connell O'Connell explores one of the most heinous but least publicized crimes in Illinois history: the 1968 abduction, sexual assault, and murder of fourteen-year-old David Stukel by fourteen-year-old bullies Billy Rose Sprinkle and James Perruquet. O'Connell-David Stukel's Little League teammate-recalls the victim's idyllic childhood and takes readers into the minds of the murderers and inside the homes, hearts, and photo albums of the victim's family, whose grief is palpable a generation after the crime. His research includes parole interviews, inmate psychological reports and conversations with the families of the murderers and the family of the victim.

Fourteen is a masterfully crafted, thoroughly insightful account of the years leading up to, and the four decades since, the unconscionable and unprovoked slaying of an innocent ninety-five-pound high school freshman.

Author: Bill O'Connell
ISBN-10: 0595693342
ISBN-13: 9780595693344
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 11/07/2007
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d