Summary of Charles Bosworth's A Killer Among Us

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 When Mike arrived at the house, he found his wife’s body on the floor between the sink and the island. She was dressed just as he had seen her at work earlier that day. The side of her head was matted with blood, and there was no hope for survival.
#2 The next few minutes were a scene out of a horror movie as neighbors summoned by Mike began CPR on Elizabeth. The paramedics arrived and took over, cutting away Elizabeth’s blouse and bra so they could get to her chest. As they worked, Elizabeth’s blood-red hair was seen for the first time.
#3 The Van Iseghems were a family who had always been protected by their faith and love. They had never experienced crime or hate, and they did not want to start now.
#4 The Van Iseghems were a family of four daughters and two sons. They had grown up in Overland, a suburb on the western edge of the increasing sprawl of St. Louis. They had bought their first home in 1956. But Elizabeth’s arrival stretched the limits of the space there, and they moved in 1964 to a larger, two-story house just a few blocks down the same street.

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• General
• General officer
• True Crime

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 31 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822564435
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Charles Bosworth's A Killer Among Us
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When Mike arrived at the house, he found his wife’s body on the floor between the sink and the island. She was dressed just as he had seen her at work earlier that day. The side of her head was matted with blood, and there was no hope for survival.

#2

The next few minutes were a scene out of a horror movie as neighbors summoned by Mike began CPR on Elizabeth. The paramedics arrived and took over, cutting away Elizabeth’s blouse and bra so they could get to her chest. As they worked, Elizabeth’s blood-red hair was seen for the first time.

#3

The Van Iseghems were a family who had always been protected by their faith and love. They had never experienced crime or hate, and they did not want to start now.

#4

The Van Iseghems were a family of four daughters and two sons. They had grown up in Overland, a suburb on the western edge of the increasing sprawl of St. Louis. They had bought their first home in 1956. But Elizabeth’s arrival stretched the limits of the space there, and they moved in 1964 to a larger, two-story house just a few blocks down the same street.

#5

The Van Iseghem family was very close, and they all loved and protected each other. Elizabeth, the youngest and smallest, was always the center of attention. She was as close to perfect as possible.

#6

Elizabeth, the youngest Van Iseghem sister, was a good student who excelled in poetry and giving speeches. She was also athletic, and played on Incarnate Word’s renowned volleyball team.

#7

The radio broadcast for officers to respond to a woman in trouble at 12 Hidden Meadow Court caught Lieutenant Patrick McCarrick’s attention as he sat in his squad car and talked to Sergeant Mike Powell in an adjacent car. He rushed into the house, and saw a group of people standing around the body of a woman who had been raped.

#8

As the wail of the ambulance's siren began to fade, McCarrick concentrated on the task at hand. He ordered Powell to secure the house to preserve the evidence. He radioed the station for two more cars to control the crowd, and then took it upon himself to shoo the onlookers off the DeCaro lawn.

#9

Rick DeCaro, who was also a gangly, thin boy, became friends with Elizabeth in elementary school. They would ride to school together, and Rick would spend time at the Van Iseghem house. Georgianna began to notice how much Rick enjoyed the company of girls.

#10

The Van Iseghems had a new family wedding and a new delicatessen, but the best-laid plans. . The week that Georgianna and Jim signed a $100,000 loan for the new shop, they learned that Georgianna was pregnant with their seventh child.

#11

In July 1979, Elizabeth was pregnant with Rick DeCaro’s child. The Van Iseghems were shocked, and Margie was enraged. She thought that Elizabeth, who seemed so sheltered, would not become sexually active at sixteen.

#12

The news of the baby changed everything for Rick. He immediately asked Elizabeth to marry him, and she accepted. But Georgianna and Jim decided that Elizabeth was too young for the marriage, so they offered a counter-proposal. Elizabeth would stay home and study with a tutor until the baby was born. Then she would return to high school as a senior and get her diploma.

#13

The wedding was pleasant, and everyone seemed to have accepted the situation. Rick had already bought a house in St. Charles, a suburb to the west of St. Louis. He had completely remodeled it, and soon after the wedding, they moved in.

#14

The police chief, Dave King, was sent to investigate the murder of a young woman in her own home. The scene was terrifying, with neighbors and relatives contaminating the crime scene. King felt fear for the first time in his career.

#15

McCarrick explained to King that the St. Louis Metropolitan Major Case Squad was a resource available to police departments that could provide a crushing response of manpower and expertise in a very short time. It sounded like a great idea to King.

#16

Tom O’Connor was one of the Major Case Squad commanders. He was called out to the scene of the crime, where he began making his initial contacts. He was an expert at interrogation, and he intentionally personalized every single case.

#17

O’Connor arrived at the house around 10 p. m. The first thing he noticed was a purse on the table in the living room, its contents spilled out and scattered across the polished wood. Among the portable clues to a woman’s life was a set of wedding and engagement rings. This suggested that the victim had been killed for money.

#18

O’Connor was sure that the purpose of this crime was only one thing: the kill. The killer had been comfortable in the house after accomplishing his purpose with chilling proficiency. The small amount of blood meant she had died quickly.

#19

The DeCaros were a family that attracted attention and envy. They had three children, and they were thriving. They had just sold their house, and they were moving into the Van Iseghems’ house. Rick became extremely close to each member of the family.

#20

The DeCaros were very happy in their new house on Eagle Ridge in St. Charles. They never liked the house in St. Francis Lane, and they moved out after nine months. They never liked the new house in St. Charles, and they moved out after one year.

#21

The DeCaros were a nice family. They had four kids, and Rick took great pride in his appearance. He had become obsessed with working out, and his favorite movie was Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky.

#22

Pam and Elizabeth were inseparable. They felt as if they had known each other all their lives. They spent long days together and took evening shopping trips. They fed and bathed each other’s kids, and they shared their most intimate secrets with each other.

#23

The Van Iseghems were very happy with the DeCaros, and their blossoming seemed to be just part of the bounty now enjoyed by the family. But Georgianna knew that Rick’s spending habits concerned Elizabeth. She sensed that he always had to have more and better things.

#24

In 1991, Georgianna tried to smooth the troubled waters between her daughter and her husband, but Elizabeth told her that she was trying to give Rick more space. She was mistaken; most men would see that as rejection of their love.

#25

The family was worried by the dramatic weight loss they had seen in Elizabeth. She had dropped twenty pounds at first, and then another twenty until her five-foot-four frame now carried only 102 pounds. She had always wanted to be thinner, and now she was even slimmer than her sisters.

#26

In 1991, Elizabeth began to reveal her concerns about her marriage to her family. She had thought about leaving Rick, but she couldn’t. She wanted to save the marriage, despite everything that had happened.

#27

In 1991, Elizabeth found out that her husband was having an affair. She was devastated, and began to suspect that he was seeing another woman. She went to see Pam Hanley, who suggested that Elizabeth get counseling.

#28

On December 3, Elizabeth told her family that she had found out that her husband was having an affair with his secretary, Cathy Dillon. She was devastated. She had never loved Rick, she said, and he had never loved her.

#29

Christmas was terrible, and New Year’s Eve was worse. Elizabeth was beginning classes to get her G. E. D. while Rick was busily confiscating her checkbook and credit cards and avoiding her physically. They had begun staying out late, going to hockey games or drinking with friends from the station.

#30

On January 24, Georgianna was planning to have a party to celebrate her fifty-sixth birthday and Rick’s thirtieth birthday. But Rick’s mother, Grace DeCaro, urged her to cancel the party. The family was willing to host the party to thank Rick for the things he had done for them, but they were not willing to forgive what had happened.

#31

The next day, Elizabeth went to the hospital to get X-rays of her injuries, which were limited to a badly bruised left leg and hip. She spent an uncomfortable night while a concerned Rick never left her side.

#32

The Van Iseghems began to notice the strange behavior of their son-in-law, Rick. They would find him crying in the garage, saying he would always love Elizabeth. They were suspicious, but did not know what to do.

#33

Rick had been refusing to go to a birthday party on February 7 for Elizabeth’s friend Mary Pohlmann. But he suddenly called Elizabeth that day and volunteered to accompany her. They made love, and the next morning Rick slept late.

#34

Rick’s behavior was becoming more and more bizarre. He was constantly poring over paperwork, and he had instructed Elizabeth to change her habits, because he didn’t want her making his breakfast or packing his lunch. He was emotionally separating himself from her.

#35

The sisters tried to get information on Rick DeCaro’s lover, Cathy Dillon, by having a police officer tail him. But the plan failed, and they had to find another way to get the information they needed.

#36

On February 22, the sisters watched Rick closely at a ninth birthday party for his and Elizabeth’s daughter Rachel. He was quiet and withdrawn, and they thought his eyes looked funny. They were sure he was using cocaine.

#37

On March 4, Melanie went to Rick’s service station to pick up her car after it had been repaired. She noticed that Rick was gone, and so was Cathy Dillon. They were both missing in action, at the same time. Damn that cheating Rick.

#38

When Georgianna delivered the message of love and devotion from Rick to his wife at a meeting that night, Elizabeth was furious. She called him at work and accused him of being with Cathy th