Angels of death
by Gary C. King
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The accused: 13-year-old Derek King and his 12-year-old brother, Alex, Sunday school students with choirboy looks.
After midnight on November 26, 2001, someone bludgeoned Terry King to death while he slept, and set his Florida home afire. By the time the firefighters extinguished the blaze, King's sons, Alex and Derek, were at the home of their forty-year-old friend, Ricky Chavis, a convicted child molester. By the next afternoon, following confessions, both boys were charged as adults in their father's slaying. Chavis was tried separately for the same crime--incredibly by the same attorney who would prosecute Alex and Derek, and argue two contradictory theories.
The victim: their own father.
When Alex claimed a sexual relationship with Chavis, the trial took a sensational turn. So did Alex and Derek, who recanted their confession and blamed Chavis, to no avail. A jury convicted the boys of second-degree murder, but the judge threw the verdict out. Chavis was acquitted. But the case wasn't over. More disturbing revelations came to light, criminal motives became more complex, and as the line between guilt and innocence was crossed, a stunned nation watched in disbelief to learn the ultimate fate of the...ANGELS OF DEATH.
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Case studies, Trials (Murder), Murder, Trials, litigation, Murder, florida, Criminals, biography, Criminals, united statesPeople
Alex King, Derek King, Ricky Chavis, Terry KingPlaces
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Angels of Death: A True Story of Murder and Innocence Lost
2003, St. Martin's Press
in English
1429996854 9781429996853
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Angels of death
2003, St. Martin's Paperbacks
in English
- St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.
0312985231 9780312985233
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After midnight on November 26,2001,someone bludgeoned Terry King to death while he slept,and set his Florida home on fire.By the time the firefighter extinguished the blaze,King's sons,Alex and Derek,were at the home of their forty year old friend,Ricky Chavez, a convicted child-molester.By the next afternoon,following confessions,both boys were charged as adults in their father's slaying.Chavez was tried separately for the same crime-incredibly by the same attorney who would prosecute Alex and Derek,and argue contradictory theories....
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