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Couple found slain : after a family murder / Mikita Brottman.

Brottman, Mikita, 1966- (author.).

Summary:

"The story of Brian Bechtold, who killed his parents in 1992 at the age of twenty-two. Critically acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman offers literary true crime writing at its best, taking us into the life of a murderer after his conviction-when most stories end but the defendant's life goes on"-- Provided by publisher

Record details

ISBN: 9781250757449
ISBN: 1250757444
Physical Description: viii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Still life -- "Honor thy father and mother " -- Accident of birth -- Thicker than water -- Day of reckoning -- Focus on fiction -- Ward 8 -- Rehab and risperdal -- "Untying the straightjacket" -- "Hyper-religious" -- Breaking point -- Medicine man -- Shadow of a doubt -- Thought crimes -- Rage and restraint -- Purgatory -- Lady-killer -- "Everybody is afraid" -- Pro se -- Until sanity is restored.