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Book Review of Perfect Victim : The True Story of 'The Girl in the Box' by the D.A. that Prosecuted Her Captor

Perfect Victim : The True Story of 'The Girl in the Box' by the D.A. that Prosecuted Her Captor
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In 1977 20 year old Colleen Stan left home to hitchhike from Oregon to California. Seven years later she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and extraordinary crime.
This is Colleen's incredible true story, told by the determined young D.A. who prosecuted the man who had forced her to endure years of sexual perversion...and held her captive in a coffinlike box under his and his wife's bed. A story of riveting psychological intensity and gripping courtroom drama. Perfect Victim reveals the whole truth about Colleen's real-life nightmare...and the psychopath who enslaved her body and her mind.