Kill for Thrill by Michael Sheetz

Kill for Thrill by Michael Sheetz

This is the horrifying tale of the random crime spree that shocked residents of southwestern Pennsylvania in 1979.

During the winter of 1979, southwestern Pennsylvania was rocked by a series of sensational murders, sparking a thirty-year criminal justice saga. A week of brutal, seemingly random killings culminated in the provocation and fatal shooting of Patrolman Leonard Miller, an officer new to the town of Apollo's police force and only twenty one years old. Little more than a year later, two men were convicted of the rash of homicides and sentenced to death-- yet both are alive today. Incorporating details of the central characters' personal lives as well as the state's court system, criminologist Michael W. Sheetz here relays the awful story of the so-called ""kill for thrill"" crime spree with the drama of a novelist and the insight of an officer of the law.

Michael Sheetz is a criminal investigator who has worked in the criminal court system for over twenty years. He also adds a distinct and unbiased viewpoint to the issue as a Professor of Criminal Justice. Sheetz grew up in the Pittsburgh suburbs where this narrative takes place, and he began his law enforcement career in the same town where Patrolman Leonard Miller gave his life. Sheetz is also co-author of Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non-Experts (Wiley and Sons, Inc.). He has worked with many of the characters featured in this book.