When a Killer CallsAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 17 February 2022
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From John Douglasâ?"the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1A New York TimesA bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix showA Mindhunterâ?"comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify andA catch him. On May 31, 1985, two days before her high school graduation, Shari Smith was abducted from the driveway of her family home in South Carolina. Based on the crime scene and the abductorâ?Ts repeated and tauntingA calls to the family, law enforcement quickly realized they were dealing with a sophisticated and highly dangerous criminal. A letter arrived the next day entitled â?oLast Will & Testament,â?? in which Shari, knowing she was to be murdered, wrote bravely and achingly of her love for her parents, siblings, and boyfriend, saying that while they would miss her, she knew they would persevere through their faith. The abduction rocked her quiet town, triggering a massive manhunt and bringing in the FBI, which enlisted profiler John Douglas. A few days later, a phone call told the family where they could find Shariâ?Ts body. ThenA nine-year-old Debra May Helmick was kidnapped from her yard, confirming the harsh realization that Smithâ?Ts murder was no random act. A serial killer was evolving, and the only way to stop him would be to use the study of criminal behavior to anticipate hisA next move before he could kill again. Douglas devised a risky and emotionally fraught strategy to use Shariâ?Ts lookalike older sister Dawn as bait to draw out the unknown subject. Dawn and her parents courageously agreed. One of the most haunting investigations of Douglasâ?Ts storied career, this case details how the eerilyA accurateA profile he createdâ?"alongside hisA carefully crafted and stage-managed manipulation of the killerâ?Ts psychologyâ?"combined with dedicated police work and cutting-edge forensic science to end a reign of criminal terror. As Shariâ?Ts family took incredible personal risks 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 effectiveA confrontations with a sadistic and remorseless killer.
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