About the Book \;
\nFrom John Douglas--the legendary FBI crimi nal profiler\, #1 New York Times bestselling author\, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter--comes \;a \;chilling journey inside t he mind and crimes \;of \;Larry Gene Bell\, one \;of \;the most dangerous serial \;killers \;Douglas confronted\, and the de sperate effort to identify and catch him. On May 31\, 1985\, two days befo re her high school graduation\, Shari Smith was abducted from the driveway \;of \;her family home in South Carolina. Based on the crime scen e and the abductor's repeated and taunting \;calls \;to the family \, law enforcement quickly realized they were dealing with \;a \;s ophisticated and highly dangerous criminal. \;A \;letter arrived t he next day entitled "Last Will &\; Testament\," in which Shari\, knowi ng she was to be murdered\, wrote bravely and achingly \;of \;her love for her parents\, siblings\, and boyfriend\, saying that while they w ould miss her\, she knew they would persevere through their faith. The abd uction rocked her quiet town\, triggering \;a \;massive manhunt an d bringing in the FBI\, which enlisted profiler John Douglas. \;A \;few days later\, \;a \;phone \;call \;told the family wh ere they could find Shari's body. Then nine-year-old Debra May Helmick was kidnapped from her yard\, confirming the harsh realization that Smith's m urder was no random act. \;A \;serial \;killer \;was evolv ing\, and the only way to stop him would be to use the study \;of \;criminal behavior to anticipate his next move before he could kill again . Douglas devised \;a \;risky and emotionally fraught strategy to use Shari's lookalike older sister Dawn as bait to draw out the unknown su bject. Dawn and her parents courageously agreed. One \;of \;the mo st \;haunting \;investigations \;of \;Douglas's \;stor ied \;career\, this case details how the eerily accurate profile he cr eated--alongside his carefully crafted and stage-managed manipulation \;of \;the \;killer's \;psychology--combined with dedicated po lice work and cutting-edge forensic science to end \;a \;reign&nbs p\;of \;criminal terror. As Shari's family took incredible personal ri sks to lure her \;killer \;from the shadows\, Douglas and the FBI pushed criminal profiling to its limits\, culminating in one \;of \;his most dramatic and effective confrontations with \;a \;sadist ic and remorseless \;killer.
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