Publisher's Synopsis
A COLLECTION OF TRUE CRIMESUSAN GRUNDA love story gone horribly wrong, and the complex web that had to be untangled to get to the truth...On August 4th 1992, paramedics responded to an emergency call to Number Seven Summit Drive, Peru, Indiana. Outside, the caller still had the phone pressed to her ear, presumably still talking to Duke Memorial Hospital Emergency Room's dispatcher. Inside the master bedroom was a lifeless body lying on a couch, seemingly asleep. Upon closer inspection, E.M.T. technician Carolyn Shaffer could tell that the individual was no longer alive. There was a drop of blood on the side of the victim's mouth, and a gunshot wound through his left eye. Close behind her was Susan Grund, the lady of the house. Shaffer decided to check the pulse and the pupils of the deceased, identified as James H. Grund, just to show Susan that she did confirm that her husband was deceased. Susan kept prompting Shaffer to "do something," suggesting that they give her husband "more oxygen and some blood."Minutes later, the house was swarming with policemen, crime scene specialists, the medical examiner as well as a few family members. This quick response by authorities was mainly because the victim was one of their own. James Grund, who was called Jimmy by practically everyone, was a third generation lawyer in the town of Peru. His death came as a shock to many, and law enforcement officers pulled into the driveway to lend a hand, and their own theories as to who could have committed the murder...Little did they know just how tangled the web was...KELLY GISSENDANERKelly Gissendaner, born Kelly Brookshire, became the sixth and last woman executed in Georgia for her role in the murder of her husband, Douglas Gissendaner, by her lover, Greg Owen. The murder was gruesome, Kelly demonstrated a lack of credibility with lies, and the murder was clearly premeditated- three things that helped a jury convict her of her role in the murder. What hurt her the most, though, was that her former lover turned on her and testified against her. Kelly seemingly changed her life in prison, mentoring and preaching to other women. Her legal team appealed the decision due to a lack of proof, her redemption, and her relationship with her children. The mother of three children cried and sang "Amazing Grace" as she received the lethal injection and one hundred people protested her death outside.ANNA MARIE HAHN"Anna was flat broke. But when she saw a person walking down the street she would think that individual had HER money in their pocket. If she had to kill that person to get HER money, then she would take out her poison and say 'let's get this party started.'" - forensic psychologist Paula OrangeAnna Marie Hahn had a gambling habit.She indulged her addiction at the horse races and bookie joints throughout Cincinnati in the 1930s. Anna wasn't very good at picking horses, losing time and again while accruing debt.But it was an addiction had to be fed. She needed a scheme, a way to acquire money to keep her compulsion satisfied. Anna Marie Hahn was a clever woman. While walking through her neighborhood of elderly pensioners, the idea came to her like a bolt of lightning.She would befriend these lonely and pathetic men. Cook them meals, keep them company. Then she would kill them for profit.ALL THESE STORIES AND MORE AWAIT...
