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Bad Boy: The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff
Bad Boy The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff
Author: Gary M. Lavergne
A juvenile delinquent and bully as a child, Kenneth Allen McDuff was a notorious criminal by the age of 19. In August 1966, while on parole for burglary, he raped, tortured, and murdered three teenagers in an abandoned field far from his hometown of Rosebud, a peaceful Central Texas hamlet. He was tried, convicted, and condemned to death. Had hi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312981259
ISBN-10: 0312981252
Publication Date: 11/19/2001
Pages: 396
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4.2 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Sandiinmississippi avatar reviewed Bad Boy: The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff on + 265 more book reviews
One of the best true crime stories I've read. The author injects just enough of his own opinion on matters to show that he cares deeply about the victims and about the justice system. He is careful though not to mix fiction and fact and his research is documented through extensive footnotes which I found helpful in finding out more about some events surrounding that era in Texas. The type of liberal trash who allowed McDuff's parole - in fact made it unavoidable - should be held just as responsible as any other accomplices for his actions when he was released upon an unsuspecting public. But it is a relief to see that the tide turned, at least in that part of the country. A truly horrifying person who could never be trusted to leave others in peace, and a well-constructed story of his life and crimes.
reviewed Bad Boy: The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff on + 50 more book reviews
McDuff was a serial killer that was set free to do it all over again 16 years later. In Texas!


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