Pure Murder

By Corey Mitchell

Book Overview

"A compelling read." --Suzy Spencer, New York Times bestselling author of Wasted "We gotta kill 'em. They know what we look like." ? On a hot summer night in Houston, two teenage girls--bright, beautiful, success-bound friends--took a shortcut home from a friend's apartment to make their curfew. They never reached their homes. The next morning, the families of the two girls began a frantic search, organizing friends and neighbors and posting thousands of fliers across the sprawling city. But not until an anonymous 911 call four days later were the bodies of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena finally recovered. Their killers were soon rounded up--a brutal, unrepentant gang of teenage boys whose convictions should have put them behind bars for life. But in the halls of justice, nothing is ever a sure bet . . . ? "Corey Mitchell empathized with crime victims in a way unique and personal way. That empathy is evident in every true crime book he wrote and is what makes his books heartfelt, compelling reads." --Suzy Spencer ? "No one faces evil head on like Corey Mitchell." --Gregg Olsen INCLUDES 16 PAGES OF HAUNTING PHOTOS

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786039906
• ISBN13: 9780786039906
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.1" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

I would call them animals, but then I would have to apiologies to animals

I've read A LOT of True Crime books over the years but this book bought out so much anger and revulsion that it took me two nights to finish it. After an evening outing two girls are waylaid by a group of monsters of such evil, you could weep for them and wonder how and why these people could have committed such depraved, vicious torture My heart broke for those girls and the torture they endured. Death must have come a blessed relief This book reminds the reader that evil is out there and can happen to anyone. This book must have been very difficult for the author to write but he does it so compassionately and sensitivity. If you have a strong stomach, I recommend this book.

Corey Mitchell was born to write

Once again Corey Mitchell provides. As with all of Mr Mitchells books he should be rated #1 True Crime author. I wish he could write a new book as fast as I can read. He brings out and gets you familiar with all the people in his writings both good and bad. I can never set one of his books down once I open the cover. Please never stop writing.

Sad

I read this book in one day. I am a fan of Corey Mitchell because he gives the reader the opportunity to get to know all those involved. He doesn't stay focused on the gore, and he gives the reader just enough information for us to realize how the poor victim(s) suffered at the hands of the killer(s). In "Pure", Elizabeth and Jennifer are young and beautiful teenagers who set out for a night of fun with some friends. When the girls realize their curfew is minutes away, they decide to take a shortcut home. That shortcut would prove to be fatal. The young teens meet up with a pack of monsters. What followed was truly disturbing. What was even more disturbing are the two young men who could have perhaps saved the girls from their deaths, yet did nothing. The rest of the book follows the families outrage, the arrest and the trials of these losers. This story is one you will not soon forget.

Excellent read!!

One of THE best true crime books I've ever read! Mr. Mitchell's detailed descriptions and graphic accounts of the crime and those involved, made me feel as though I had been transported back to 1993 and were watching the unfortunate events unfold. Events that ultimately resulted in the death and destruction of two innocent teenagers. I was "there" alongside the Ertman and Pena families, not only during their frantic and futile search for their daughters, but in their quest to seek justice for them as well. Unfortunately though, I also got a glimpse of the terror and agony that the girls encountered and endured that fateful night. This is truly a testament to the author's writing style. It is a book that I will read again and again, and one that I highly recommend!

Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (and Anger)

I have never read a book before that made me so furious. Not the quality of the writing, but rather the story itself. Corey Mitchell does an incredible job of pulling you right into the story as we find ourselves right alongside the father of Jennifer Ertman, a young girl, who was brutally murdered in 1993 in a park in Houston, Texas. We have no idea how she is killed or why or by who, but eventually we learn all that and so much more. It take nearly 200 pages before we even get to the crime and by the time we are there I was completely entranced and mortified. In addition to learning about Jennifer, we also learn about her best friend, Elizabeth pena. I enjoyed how the athor did not try to make both girls out to be the perfect angels like so many other true crime authors do with their subjects. We learn that Elizabeth is a flawed individual and not the perfect daughter. This only serves to make her even more human and more sympathetic. We also learn about the six main culprits behind this incredibly gruesome and horrifying crime. Instaed of creating sympathy for the killers, this also makes them more human as well. It is fascinating to know that they all came from relatively stable, happy home lives. Definitely breaking the mold of the typical killer, or at least how the media attempts to portray them. Getting to know the two girls, as well as all six of their killers, made reading the murder scene almost unbearable. I never have experienced sheer terror when reading a true crime book, until now. After it was finally over, I wanted to put down the book and take a shower. There was no way though that I could stop reading this story. I could not imagine this story getting any better (or worse as the case would be for the families) but it did. The insane ordeal that Jennifer and Elizabeth's families had to endure is completely maddening. Trials, delayed executions, Supreme Court rulings, and even meddling by the president of the United States are just a few of the obstacles they have to endure. This book is intense, very well-written, and truly terrifying. I was not familiar with the case and know I cannot believe I did not know about it before. A truly staggering book that I highly recommend to readers of true crime, but also to parents, as well as people tired of criminals receiving more rights than the victims. A genius work of literature.