Ali Was Here: A Promising Life. A Brutal Murder. Justice, and a Legacy of Hope.

By James Kirkpatrick Davis

Book Overview

From the inside flap: She was a popular college student working a summer job in the suburbs of middle America. He was a maintenance man with a police record and an alias. By grim chance, they crossed paths, and within minutes Ali Kemp lay dead - beaten and strangled in the pump room of a neighborhood swimming pool where she worked. On television, "America's Most Wanted" told her story to the country. Along highways, billboards implored motorists to call if they recognized her assailant. Thousands of tips flowed in. Detectives spent more than two years sorting through them all, chasing wrong leads and hitting dead ends. Finally, they assembled the clues that led them to a small house more than a thousand miles from the scene of the slaying. This is the true story of the brutal murder of Ali Kemp and the exhaustive search for her killer. It's also the story of a family's dedication to protecting other women from the same horrible fate by sponsoring women's safety awareness and self-defense courses coast to coast. More info: When Ali Kemp, a 19-year-old Kansas State University student, was brutally murdered by Benjamin Appleby, her death set off an extraordinary range of events still being felt today. Ali Was Here chronicles that impact. Royalties from this book will be donated to the Ali Kemp Education Foundation (T.A.K.E.).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935362445
• ISBN13: 9781935362449
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Kansas City Star Books
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.