
Description
As the soft-spoken, highly intelligent son of missionaries in Morganton, North Carolina, Luke Chang gave no indication of the killer he would become. But after hacking into a teacher's computer at his school, a stint in the Marines was his only option.
As a young recruit, Luke was taunted for being a virgin who didn't cuss, drink, or smoke pot. That all changed when Luke met Casey Byrams, a fun-loving musician and fellow Marine from Cullman, Alabama. Their friendship set off a series of events that would eventually lead Luke to Pendleton, Oregon, where he brutally murdered nineteen-year-old Amyjane Brandhagen in August 2012. When Luke attempted to kill another woman almost a year later, Pendleton Police knew they had a serial-killer wannabe on their hands.
Some forty years prior to Amyjane's murder, Luke's maternal grandfather, Gene Dale Lincoln, murdered a young Michigan woman and attempted to abduct a twelve-year-old girl. The similarities between the violent actions of grandfather and grandson compels the question: Is there such a thing as a murder gene?
Product Details
Publisher | Koehler Books |
Publish Date | May 10, 2022 |
Pages | 252 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781646636464 |
Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.6 inches | 0.8 pounds |
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Reviews
"The attention to detail and the resort to careful sourcing makes The Murder Gene a notable addition to the annals of crime reporting." -Les Zaitz, publisher and editor, Oregon's Malheur Enterprise; founder and editor, Salem Reporter
"Written with compassion and insight, The Murder Gene comes off as a cross between Forensic Files and In Cold Blood. I love this book." -George Singleton, author of You Want More: Selected Stories
"The Murder Gene is proof, yet again, that Zacharias has a strong passion for the truth. Her in-depth research, along with her humanity for the victims she is writing about, make this book a compulsive read." -Angela Pursel/ The Next Chapter Bookstore/Hermiston, Oregon
"Award winning author Karen Spears Zacharias has done it again with The Murder Gene. Using her expertise as a former investigative journalist and her writer's gift of prose, Zacharias effortlessly weaves the science behind DNA with the intrigue of true crime. The result is a page turning book that chronicles crimes of murder committed by members of the same family and addresses the age old question - are humans compelled by nature or nurture? The Murder Gene is bound to create robust discussions and will stay with the reader long after the last page has been read. -Michael Morris, author of Man in the Blue Moon
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