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Also by Caitlin Rother
*Poisoned Love
My Life, Deleted (By Scott and Joan Bolzan
and Caitlin Rother)
*Dead Reckoning
Where Hope Begins/Deadly Devotion
(By Alysia Sofios with Caitlin Rother)
*Body Parts
Twisted Triangle (By Caitlin Rother with John Hess)
Naked Addiction
*Available from Kensington Publishing Corp.
and Pinnacle Books
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Table of Contents
Highest Praise for Caitlin Rother Also by Caitlin Rother Title Page CAST OF PRIMARY CHARACTERS Dedication Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Epilogue: A FIVE-HOUR CONVERSATION WITH JOHN GARDNER Author’s Note and Acknowledgments Copyright Page Notes
CAST OF PRIMARY CHARACTERS
Investigators:
Sheriff Bill Gore; Lieutenant Dennis Brugos; Sergeant Don Parker; Sergeant Dave Brown; Detectives Mark Palmer, Pat O’Brien and Scott Enyeart; Jan Caldwell; Escondido police lieutenant Bob Benton; Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory examiner Bob Petrachek; California Department of Justice Special Agents Tyler Burtis and Sonja Ramos; FBI Supervisory Special Agent Alex Horan; and forensic anthropologist Madeleine Hinkes
Defense attorneys:
William Halsey, Deputy Public Defenders Michael Popkins and Mel Epley
District Attorney’s Office:
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and Deputy District Attorney Kristen Spieler
John Gardner’s family:
Mother Cathy Osborn, half sisters Shannon and Sarina; father “Dirty John” or “DJ” Gardner; stepfathers Dan and Kevin; aunt Cynthia; grandmother Linda; stepmother Deanna Gardner, half sisters Mona* and Melissa*
Gardner’s ex-girlfriends:
Jennifer “Jenni” Tripp, Patricia Walker*, Donna Hale (mother of his twin sons), and Jariah Baker
Chelsea King’s family:
Brent, Kelly and Tyler King
Amber Dubois’s family:
Mother Carrie McGonigle, mom’s boyfriend Dave Cave, half sister Allison; father Maurice “Moe” Dubois and his partner, Rebecca Smith; and grandmother Sheila Welch
To the memories of Chelsea King, Amber Dubois
and all the other girls and boys who have been lost
to sexual predators. By shedding light on these dark events,
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