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In September of 1990, in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, sixteen-year-old Lisa Pruett was on her way to a midnight tryst with her boyfriend when she was viciously stabbed to death only thirty feet from the boy's home.

The murder cast a palpable gloom over the upscale community and sparked accusations, theories, and rumors among Lisa's friends and peers. Together they wove a damning narrative that circled back to a likely suspect: "weird" high school outcast Kevin Young. Without a shred of evidence the teen was arrested, charged, and tried for the crime. His eventual acquittal didn't squelch the anger and outrage among those who believed that Kevin got away with murder.

With a fresh perspective and painstaking research, James Renner reconstructs the events leading up to and following that heartbreaking night. What emerges is a portrait of a community seething with dark undercurrents.

Who had the capacity for such unchecked violence? What monsters still lurk in the dark? After more than thirty years, questions like these continue to fester among the community of Shaker Heights, Ohio, still deeply scarred by wounds that remain hidden, unspoken, and unhealed.

©2023 James Renner (P)2023 Tantor Murder Social Sciences True Crime Crime Forensics
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Loved that I listened to this with James narrating as opposed to reading it. He made it so easy to follow, even with all the relevant characters. 10/10, definitely recommend for anyone interested in true crime, justice, injustice or just a really good book

Great book - Adore James Renner

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Listened to this story on true crime garage very good story that dad seems not a nice guy but off course it was kevin who done it well if he didnt do it who killed lisa very enjoyable listen well read


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