| Title | : | Angels of Death |
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| ISBN | : | 0312985231 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780312985233 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 |
| Publication | : | First published September 15, 2003 |
After midnight on November 26, 2001, someone bludgeoned Terry King to death while he slept, and set his Florida home afire. By the time the firefighters extinguished the blaze, King's sons, Alex, 12, and Derek, 13, were at the home of their forty-year-old friend, Ricky Chavis, a convicted child-molester. By the next afternoon, following confessions, both boys were charged as adults in their father's slaying. Chavis was tried separately for the same crime-incredibly by the same attorney who would prosecute Alex and Derek, and argue two contradictory theories.
The Victim: Their own father.
When Alex divulged his sexual relationship with Chavis, the trial took a sensational turn. So did Alex and Derek, who recanted their confession and blamed Chavis to no avail. A jury convicted the boys of second-degree murder, but the judge threw the verdict out. Chavis was acquitted. But the case wasn't over. As more disturbing revelations came to light, as criminal motives became more complex, and as the line between guilt and innocence was crossed, a stunned nation watched in disbelief to learn the ultimate fate of the...Angels of Death.
Angels of Death Reviews
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Lost Credibility
These boys and their adult friend really made a mess with the murder of their father. After lying about admitting to killing their dad, they change their story and say their adult friend did it. Sounds believable, sort of. Messy trial and outcomes that seem less than satisfying. They almost got away with murder. -
A strange and depressing account of two young boys who kill their father, apparently at the behest of a pedophile who has designs on one of the boys.
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Easy to understand, quick read. Very interesting
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As a general read, the subject is a little much, but if you're interested in the facts, then this book is perfect. You follow the lives of Derek and Alex King as they kill their father and go through the judicial system. Even at the end of the book, it's still pretty much up to the reader to put all the endings to the story. Your heart will break for these boys as you find out they never had a decent childhood and probably will never have a decent future either. So sad but it's the times we live in.
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Had lots of twists and turns. However kind of dragged out.
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the boys didn't have much of a chance with parents who weren't capable of parenting even on the most basic level of nurturing their sons.
the father didn't deserve to be murdered and the mother should have given the children up for adoption at birth. now the rest of these boys lives are pretty much over.
sad. -
Two really cute pre-teen brothers plot to kill their father. True story.
