Kill Grandma for Me

By Jim DeFelice

Book Overview

THEY WERE STAR-CROSSED TEENAGE LOVERS . . .In the morning of December 31, 1994, a little girl ran barefoot through the streets of quiet Saugerties, New York, clad only in her night clothes and crying out in fear and pain. The story she told would shock the town: of a vicious murder and a teen couple's obscene, three-day orgy of sex and junk food. When police investigated the girl's claims, they found the body of her grandmother stuffed into the trunk of a car and began their pursuit of a killer.THEN THEY TIED THE KNOT-IN BLOODAt first, suspicion fell on 15-year-old James Evans, a violently troubled teenager known to be a ticketing time bomb. But soon the terrible truth about his 13-year-old lover, Wendy, would come out. The angelic-looking honor student had convinced James to strangle her grandmother with a kite string. Then she took her own little sister prisoner, took her grandmother's money, and began an odyssey of sin.KILL GRANDMA FOR METhis is the graphic and shocking account of one of the most bizarre killings ever committed in the state of New York. From the heinous crime itself to the sensational trial, Jim Defelice tells the story of depraved teenage lovers who made a game out of killing an innocent elderly woman, and used vicious murder to prove their love.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078601282X
• ISBN13: 9780786012824
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Great true crime read...

I believe the author did an excellent job of blending all the different parts of the story, backgrounds, crime, and court case into a book that reads like a novel. He does paint the main characters, Wendy and James, in a sympathetic light. However, when the killers are 15 and 13 years old, you can't help but feel sad. However, he never goes so far as to say punishment isn't deserved. It is just a sad story of two kids who made a very bad decision. Very well written.

Great Book

***"This rag depicts Wendy as a cold-blooded, sex crazed monster who cared nothing for her Grandmother.**** I loved the book and I feel it was very well written. As for the quote from an earlier reviewer... cold blooded- Wendy planned the murder and placed the body in the trunk- that to me is cold blooded. Sex crazed- fact is that they did have sex right after the horrible crime. Who care nothing about her grandmother- well I can honestly say that I would not want someone to care for me that much as to want me dead so they could spend all my money for nonsense. Facts are evident.. horrible crime with unjust convictions. Many criminal minds are still rotting away in prison that did not kill but planned the murder, but some get away with murder. I too know this case well and will sign my name as Friend of James.

People really overlook certain things...

When people see this book people think that this girl and this guy must be cold and heartless but, that is not the case. Wendy's grandmother emotionally and physicly abused her. Wendy's grandmother emotionally killed her. The only thing her grandmother didn't do was physically kill her. Which, I'm not so sure she wouldn't of done anyways. And as for James... it is not known for sure if he actually killed her. But, as bad as it sounds, James was just a pawn.

Remarkable narrative

DeFelice's book provokes a desperate sadness for the two children whose lives seemed doomed from the start. He makes no apologies for these children, however, as they turn to murder. Indeed, Kill Grandma for Me is remarkable in its attempt to place us in the minds and emotions of two deeply disturbed young people as they, in effect, make their permanent exit from the world of civilized human beings.

This book was exellent!!

i think anyone who is interested by teenage love and what teenagers would do to be together no matter what should definately read this!! if anyone sees this and knows where info on the web is about this, e-mail me!