Killers in the Family: Inside a Real Family of Criminals Bound by Blood

Authors: Snow, Robert L.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: TRU002000, SOC004000, SOC026010
ISBN: 9781101615157, Related ISBNs: 0425266087, 110161515X, 9780425266083, 9781101615157
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Everyone in the neighborhood thought the Reese family was no good, but it would be twenty-six years before they really learned how bad they were…
 
In July 2008, there were a rash of murders in Indianapolis, three of which occurred during robberies committed by Brian Reese. It turned out he learned his life of crime at home: his father, Paul Sr., who served as his lookout man, had been in and out of prison numerous times, and his mother, Barbara—who was Brian’s getaway driver the day of his arrest (right after he shot a police officer)—had once been convicted of embezzlement. The four Reese brothers had been in and out of prison with more than three dozen convictions among them.
 
It was no wonder parents warned their children to stay away from the Reeses. But soon they would learn that the family’s secrets were darker than they ever imagined…
 
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