Murder in California: Rage and Revenge Murders: The Topography of Evil: Notorious California Murder Sites

by Marques Vickers

Murder in California: Rage and Revenge Murders profiles some of California's most infamous murder cases. The edition photographically transports you to actual murder sites along with images related to the case and perpetrator(s). The images and accompanying profiles offer a descriptive account and follow-up aftermath providing an important understanding into the far-reaching effects of each crime.

The captured snapshots portray visual testimonies of extinguished lives removed by acts of violence. Crime scenes often revert back into unremarkable landscape or unassuming buildings over the ensuing years and decades. Several have altered little since their moment of infamy. Many are passed daily by pedestrian and vehicular traffic unaware of a location's unique significance.

California has been the site for many notorious homicides. The following are portrayed in this edition:

McDonald's San Ysidro Restaurant Massacre Site
Los Feliz Murder Mansion
Artie and Jim Mitchell: Contemporary Cain and Abel
Playboy playmate Dorothy Stratten's murder
Ewell Family Killings
Laci Peterson's Murder
Lyle and Erik Menendez
The Nicole Brown-Simpson and Ronald Goldman Murders
Marin County Barbeque murders
A convincing performance behind the killing of Bonnie Lee Bakley
Vincent Brothers: The convicting insects on the radiator
A Bondage Murder With An Unconsensual Victim
A Gunfight That Ultimately Becomes A Supreme Court Precedent
Diane Whipple: Defining accountability with vicious pet owners
Slaying of Ennis Cosby on an isolated freeway off ramp
Father Eric Freed's Brutal Slaying: A Lost Coast of fractured souls
The Silent and Senseless Murder of Lindsay Cutshall and Jason Allen
Haing Ngor: From The Killing Fields to Downtown Los Angeles
Huey P. Newton: A tarnished messenger with feet of clay
Johnny Stompanato: Lana Turner's fatal attraction
Barbara Graham: An unsympathetic film portrayal
Marvin Gaye: A visionary dishonored within his household
Ned Doheny and Hugh Plunkett: The Greystone Mansion murder-suicide
Phil Hartman: The shocking murder-suicide by his wife
Phil Spector: The Crumbling legacy of a musical genius
Ramon Novarro: The gruesome torture of a closeted screen idol
Ronni Chasen Shooting: When two divergent worlds collided
Sal Mineo: A career comeback curtailed
The Abrupt departure of Soul Music legend Sam Cooke in his prime
Ryan Jenkins: Jealousy Consumes A Reality Television Contestant
A Convicted Killer Finds Conjugal Affection But Never Release
The Covina Christmas Eve massacre by a Santa impersonator
Mel and Elizabeth Grimes: The consequences behind a one-ton stone
The Helzer Brothers: Children of Thunder slayings
The disintegrating mind and schoolyard entrance massacre by Brenda Spencer
Dr. Victor Ohta: The execution and incendiary of the house on the hill
The vindictive rampage of Elliot Rodger
The Golden Dragon massacre: The gang who didn't shoot straight
Lynwood Jim Drake: A loose wire springs a rampage
Marcus Wesson: Family Abuse cult and tragic murders
Scott Dekraai: Revenge for a punitive divorce settlement
Holzer Family stabbing spree: Spiraling out of control mental illness
The Oikos University Massacre: Piecing together a disjointed puzzle
San Diego State Engineering graduate student's rage
Santana High School: Adolescence angst with a gunfire solution
A Synagogue Shooting By A Self-Deluded Solider
Bob Lee's Early Morning Fatal Stabbing
Ali Abulaban Jealous Rage Against His Wife
Tupac Shakur: A Music Festival Killing Initiating The Beginning of the End
And more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1070188476
• ISBN13: 9781070188478
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"