Hometown Killer

by Carol J. Rothgeb

Book Overview

The startling true story of William K. Sapp, a seemingly normal family man who shattered the peace of an idyllic Midwestern town.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786016531
• ISBN13: 9780786016532
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.4" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Hometown Killer

The author of the book was okay. The book held special interest for me because it happened in my hometown. Both together ranks the book and author as good. If she wrote another book I would give it a try.

A Job Well Done

Although this was the first book written by this author, I feel she did an exceptional job of telling this story. I'm appreciative that someone took the time to tell the stories of those loved ones that were lost to this insane madman. The book has made me understand what really went on in my hometown. Thanks Carol for all your hard work and dedication.

This book is a real page turner!

I highly recommend "Hometown Killer" by Carol J. Rothgeb; a true life multiple murder case that is an excellent example of "truth being stranger than fiction"! A behind the scenes look into the psychological process used by police detectives to try and get to the truth. I was tremendously impressed with their professionalism, intelligence and compassion. Some scenes in the book will leave you in shock, anger and disbelief that a human being could possibly do such things to another human being, seemingly without conscience, and all the while living a parallel life that appeared to be "normal". It is a chilling lesson also about the necessity of being ever vigilant around strangers no matter how charming and harmless they may appear to be on the surface. I applaud the author's focus in being able to sift and sort through a massive amount of documented information to bring it together into a very readable book. Once I got past the preliminary setup of a very large cast of characters, which seemed a little overwhelming (but necessary), I could hardly put this book down! And being in a reading group made for some insightful and interesting discussion as well. A very fine effort and a very fitting public tribute to the key detectives in the case.

Best look into a serial killer's mind and motivation

HOMETOWN KILLER by Carol J. Rothgeb is a true crime story that gives rare insight into the mind and behavior of a serial killer.It is rare for an author to have, as here, over 21 hours of videotape to review to give us the killer's actual words combined with, uniquely, an excellect description of his actions, responses and behavior as he is questioned and shown the victims' clothing, the murder weapons and pics from the crime scenes and hear his chilling comments. Rothgeb tells what we never see; the personal agony of gifted and tenacious Police to find a killer of young girls the ages of their own daughters and other young women randomly selected and to calm the terrors of an entire City. Police work at its best here. A gifted story-teller, Gastgeb gives an eyewitness account of the trial of the man who said: "All the b-----s must die!"

In my hometown.

This is one hell of a book. I read it today and I went straight to the site of where is happened. I live roughly 5 mins. away. This is a great but, true story. I would recommend this book any day out of the year. Great book and starts from the begening.