Abandoned prayers : an incredible true story... / Gregg Olsen.
By: Olsen, Gregg.
Publisher: New York, New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, c2003Description: 399 p.ISBN: 0312982011.Subject(s): Murderers -- Ohio -- Biography | Amish -- Ohio -- Biography | Murder -- Nebraska -- Thayer County -- Case studies | Murder -- Texas -- Austin -- Case studies | True crime stories | Homicide -- Nebraska -- Case studiesDDC classification: Fic O19 2003 Summary: On Christmas Eve in 1985, a hunter found a young boy's body along an icy corn field in Nebraska. The residents of Chester, Nebraska buried him as "Little Boy Blue," unclaimed and unidentified until a phone call from Ohio two years later led authorities to Eli Stutzman, the boy's father. Eli Stutzman, the son of an Amish bishop, was by all appearances a dedicated farmer and family man in the country's strictest religious sect. But behind his quiet facade was a man involved with pornography, sadomasochism, and drugs. After the suspicious death of his pregnant wife, Stutzman took his preschool-age son, Danny, and hit the road on a sexual odyssey ending with his conviction for murder. But the mystery of Eli Stutzman and the fate of his son didn't end on the barren Nebraska plains. It was just beginning... Gregg Olsen's Abandoned Prayers is an incredible true story of murder and Amish secrets.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Christmas Eve in 1985, a hunter found a young boy's body along an icy corn field in Nebraska. The residents of Chester, Nebraska buried him as "Little Boy Blue," unclaimed and unidentified until a phone call from Ohio two years later led authorities to Eli Stutzman, the boy's father. Eli Stutzman, the son of an Amish bishop, was by all appearances a dedicated farmer and family man in the country's strictest religious sect. But behind his quiet facade was a man involved with pornography, sadomasochism, and drugs. After the suspicious death of his pregnant wife, Stutzman took his preschool-age son, Danny, and hit the road on a sexual odyssey ending with his conviction for murder. But the mystery of Eli Stutzman and the fate of his son didn't end on the barren Nebraska plains. It was just beginning... Gregg Olsen's Abandoned Prayers is an incredible true story of murder and Amish secrets.
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