Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders

Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders

The true account of the man who murdered his family in their New Jersey mansionâ€”and eluded a nationwide manhunt for eighteen years.

Until 1971, life was good for mild-mannered accountant John List. He was vice president of a Jersey City bank and had moved his mother, wife, and three teenage children into a nineteen-room home in Westfield, New Jersey. But all that changed when he lost his job. Raised by his Lutheran father to believe success meant being a good provider, List saw himself as an utter failure. Straining under financial burdens, the stress of hiding his unemployment, as well as the fear that the free-spirited 1970s would corrupt the souls of his children, List came to a shattering conclusion.
Â
â€œIt was my belief that if you kill yourself, you wonâ€™t go to heaven,â€ List told Connie Chung in a television interview. â€œSo eventually I got to the point where I felt that I could kill them. Hopefully they would go to heaven, and then maybe I would have a chance to later confess my sins to God and get forgiveness.â€
Â
List methodically shot his entire family in their home, managing to conceal the deaths for weeks with a carefully orchestrated plan of deception. Then he vanished and started over as Robert P. Clark. Chronicling Listâ€™s life before and after the grisly crime, Death Sentence exposes the truth about the accountant-turned-killer, including his revealing letter to his pastor, his years as a fugitive with a new nameâ€”and a new wifeâ€”his eventual arrest, and the details of his high-profile trial.
Â
Revised and updated, this ebook also includes photos.
Â
Country USA
Manufacturer Open Road Media
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-01-17
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Open Road Media
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-01-17
Format	Kindle eBook

Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders

You might also like...