Caught in the Act: A Courageous Family's Fight to Save Their Daughter from a Serial Killer

Authors: McDonough, Jeannie & Lonardo, Paul
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: BIO024000, TRU002000, TRU002010
ISBN: 9781101189207, Related ISBNs: 0425235432, 1101189207, 9780425235430, 9781101189207
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: We walked in on a surreal scene. There are few words, if any, to accurately describe the abject horror...

What Jeannie and Kevin McDonough saw was a wanted, multi-state serial killer about to take his next victim-their own daughter. What happened next was a thrilling true-crime story of a fight for justice and the harrowing struggle with the unexpected nightmare of "survivor guilt".
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