a true crime tragedy Renner, James 1978- creator author. text biography True crime stories. nyu 2023 monographic eng

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xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. 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. James Renner. Includes discussion questions (pages 319-320). n-us-oh Pruett, Lisa Young, Kevin 1972?-2017 Murder Ohio Shaker Heights Murder Investigation Criminal investigation Ohio Shaker Heights Case studies Trials (Murder) Ohio Shaker Heights Case studies Murder Ohio Shaker Heights Case studies Murder victims Ohio Shaker Heights Case studies 9780806542553 0806542551 2023933471 TOH 230327 20230725165346.0 1374487424 eng