Real Gone Girls

By Diane Pugh

AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRUE CRIME OF WOMEN BEHAVING BADLY This collection of True Crime centers around women who committed murder for money and went on the run, some remaining out of the clutches of the law for years, even decades. MICHELLE THEER At first glance, Michelle Theer looked like the stereotypical bored housewife. She married an Air Force captain who was deployed on assignment for long periods of time. Her days were spent alone and idle. And you know what they say about idle hands. Michelle felt unfulfilled in her marriage and didn't so much want out, she wanted something more. Attractive with long brown hair and a curvy figure, Michelle did not have any problems attracting members of the opposite sex. She needed something discreet but something that would titillate her fantasies and relieve the boredom that she would suffer during the long absences of her husband. She started slowly at first. She signed up for a few Internet dating sites. She wanted just enough flirtations to gratify her ego and make herself feel attractive again. Michelle was then hit with a flurry of messages from men eager to meet more than just here occasions. She answered a few, flirting back. Where was the harm? She was hiding behind a computer monitor. It isn't cheating if there is no face to face, Michelle thought. Then she came across the profile of John Diamond. His pictures showed him to be a tall and muscular man, a special forces soldier that made Michelle's heart skip a beat. Or maybe she saw him as the perfect foil. The perfect fall guy to get rid of her husband. Their flirtations started innocently enough. Then the messages got racier and racier until they both felt the need to satiate their fantasies for one another. Those fantasies led to sex. Then murder. LINDA MCELROY At first glance, Linda McElroy looked to be another ordinary house cleaner. Sixty-four years old, overweight and with glasses, she had settled into an anonymous life in Pulaski, Tennessee. "She blended into the community," forensic psychologist Paula Orange said. "Her employers all said the same thing about her. That she was a delight. Hard-working, friendly, and trustworthy." McElroy had remained in small, rural town of Pulaski for over thirty-five years. The reputation she had earned was hard-won. No one knew about her previous life. She was a convicted murderer. But now she was for all intents and purposes, a respected member of the community. A wife, mother and now grandmother to eight grandchildren. Unassuming and harmless. But the thirty-five years had to have been tortuous ones for McElroy. Any unexpected knock on the door must have sent her heart racing. Any police siren in the distance must have sent her on edge. Could this be the day? The day when the authorities finally catch up with her. In 2007, they finally did.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980489114
• ISBN13: 9781980489115
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"