{"product_id":"the-baby-doll-serial-killer-b-r-bates-9781960332974","title":"The 'Baby Doll' Serial Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe was unassuming, sweet, and friendly. \"Saved\" in church as a teen, he never caused trouble. In the Navy, they called him Opie. Though he was a big guy, he had a soft, boyish demeanor. \"The boy next door,\" said those who worked with and knew him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut John Eric Armstrong had a dark secret-hidden even from those closest to him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProwling Detroit's well-known pocket of prostitution on historic Michigan Ave, this young husband and father picked up unsuspecting women who thought they were simply meeting a john. He seemed innocent, even driving a Jeep with a front plate reading \"Baby Doll.\" But they soon discovered, he could turn on a dime -- fly into a rage. Sometimes he would leave his victims alive, but sometimes he didn't. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eTHE 'BABY DOLL' SERIAL KILLER\u003c\/strong\u003e: The John Eric Armstrong Homicides, journalist B.R. Bates lays out the gripping story of this chameleon of a serial killer through his crimes - with a compassionate look at the life of each one of his victims - and the heroic efforts of law enforcement to catch him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE 'BABY DOLL' SERIAL KILLER\u003c\/strong\u003e is the first in Bates' series of true crime books based in Detroit called \"Murders in the Motor City.\" Bates gathered a wealth of case documentation, as well as interviews with victim family members, survivors, police and several who knew Armstrong to write her first exciting true crime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B. R. Bates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 196033297X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960332974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scenebooks Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d","brand":"B. R. Bates","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962227544319,"sku":"9781960332974","price":32.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41ad8c03-ed7f-43ae-9a30-a2eb8fecff9c.jpg?v=1750649718","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-baby-doll-serial-killer-b-r-bates-9781960332974","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}