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Tragedy in the North Woods - The Murders of James Hicks - cover

Tragedy in the North Woods - The Murders of James Hicks

Trudy Irene Scee

Publisher: The History Press

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A riveting account of one of Maine’s most notorious serial killers—includes a prison interview between the author and the unrepentant murderer.   Jennie Cyr disappeared in 1977. Jerilyn Towers vanished in 1982. Lynn Willette never came home on a night in 1994. Each woman had a relationship with James Hicks, who in 2000 confessed to murdering them, dismembering their bodies and burying the remains alongside rural roads in Aroostook County. This is their story. Trudy Irene Scee follows Hicks from the North Woods to west Texas, detailing three decades of evasion, investigation and prosecution. She interviews police officers and victims’ families—and meets Hicks at the state prison in Thomaston, where he remains remorseless as he lives out his days behind bars. Thoroughly researched and carefully documented, Tragedy in the North Woods is the definitive history of one of Maine's most ruthless killers.   Includes photos!
Available since: 10/06/2009.
Print length: 131 pages.

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