Scream at the Sky: Five Texas Murders and One Man's Crusade for Justice | Carlton Stowers

Scream at the Sky: Five Texas Murders and One Man's Crusade for Justice | Carlton Stowers | Texas cold case murders solved.

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	Scream at the Sky: Five Texas Murders and One Man's Crusade for Justice Carlton Stowers, 2003 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 16 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Carlton Stowers, the two-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling master of true crime, is back. Scream at the Sky is his masterful chronicle of one man's murderous career, and another man's sworn promise to deliver justice and closure to the people of Texas.
Wichita Falls, Texas, was home to a hundred thousand people in the last months of 1984. That winter was harsh, as the normally arid Texas plains gave way to ominous dark clouds that delivered freezing sleet and rain. But a much darker force was looming, and soon the quiet town was besieged by a faceless evil--and its young women were dying because of it.
In the next seventeen months five women were found brutally beaten and murdered, their young lives cut short and their bodies left haphazardly where they fell. In the years that followed, grieving families fruitlessly sought answers. A haunted district attorney chased every lead only to meet one dead end after another. And the killer's identity remained unknown to the ravaged townspeople.

Then, fourteen years after the killing started, an investigator who had been assigned the cold case brought to it a renewed dedication, and came upon a chance discovery. Searching through the yellowed case files, he caught a minor detail that suggested one more suspect. Faryion Wardrip was an unhappily married family man who drowned his anger in substance abuse and violent fantasies. But for five unfortunate families, the drugs sometimes took over and the fantasies became realities.

Investigator John Little followed his instincts and tirelessly ruled out every possibility until he was left with but one conclusion: Faryion Wardrip was the serial killer who had eluded his office for so long. How he tracked down Wardrip and used the legal system to beat the killer at his own game of deception is a remarkable story of justice served.

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A KILLER STORY...

In 1980s rural Texas, over a span of seventeen months, five young women would have their lives cruelly snuffed out at the hands of a serial killer. Unfortunately, many years would pass before justice was served. This was due in part to tunnel vision on the part of the investigators and District Attorney involved. That tunnel vision caused them to focus on individuals that were actually innocent of the crimes.

It was not until fourteen years later that a new investigator, John Little, took a new look at some of the cases and with no preconceived notions, was able to review the evidence and discover just who the serial killer was. Of course, his investigation was greatly aided by the use of DNA. Still, he was able to discern quite quickly what former investigators had failed to see.

This is a very well-written true crime book. Various perspectives are explored, including the effect of the crimes on the victim's families and friends, as well as on those who were falsely accused or suspected of these crimes. The book is written in a clear, concise fashion and will keep the reader turning its pages. Aficionados of the true crime genre will greatly enjoy this book.

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Texas cold case murders solved.

"Scream at the Sky" is a well-written true crime tale about Faryion Wardrip and the murders of five young women in the Wichita Falls area of north Texas.
The story of how Carlton Stowers came to write this book is interesting in it's own right.

This is another baffling case of Texas justice where a man kills a victim and gets released after serving a small fraction of his sentence! I'm sure that Wardrip felt secure in his belief that he got away with the other murders that he committed. And he did for more than a decade.
Until determined D.A. Barry Macha joined up with a new Investigator named John Little, the cases were unsolved and the connection to Wardrip was unknown.

Carlton Stowers does an excellent job of detailing the brilliant investigative work involved and the sorrows and pain endured by the survivors. DNA technology and Roy Hazelwood's profile were also aids in the investigation.

Wardrip reverted back to his old deceitful, manipulative ways after getting the death sentence. He killed out of anger and he comes across as the unbalanced kid that hurts others when he doesn't get what he wants. His brother sets the record straight at the end of the book.

"Scream at the Sky" is a top-shelf true crime book that leads the reader through the twists and turns of the cases from start to finish.

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A fresh set of eyes

A set of cold cases is reexamined nearly a decade and a half after the murders took place, leading to the arrest and conviction of a serial murderer. This story shows just what a little bit of determination can do, especially when investigations stall.

I feel for the family members of the victims.

Mr. Stowers has done his job well.

Excellent Writing

This is the first book I have read by Carlton Stowers and now I intend to read each and every one of his books. He is an excellent writer.

This book is the true account of five brutal murders in Texas. We experience in great detail the savagery of these totally senseless crimes as well as their aftermath. We get to know each and every victim and their family members and what they went through trying to cope with these tragic murders. You can really feel the pain of what these poor people went through.

For me, the book moved a bit slower towards the end, but it was still a great book and worth reading.

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A Discarded Coffee Cup Leads to a Death Sentence

Author Carlton Stowers relates the story of Faryion Wardrip, who murdered a total of five women in a seventeen month time span. Unfortunately, at the time, only the murder of Tina Kimbrew was linked to Wardrip as he confessed to police in Galeveston, Texas; where supposedly he had gone to kill himself for what he had done to Kimbrew.

Fast forward fourteen years, when D.A. Investigator John Little enters the scene. And to make a long story short, he uses his savvy investigator skills to obtain a coffee cup recently used by Wardrip and take it to the forensics lab for DNA testing. The outcome, of course, confirms what Little already suspects: Wardrip is responsible for the murders of Terry Sims and Toni Gibbs.

The remainder of the story, especially how Wardrip is convicted of the murder of Ellen Blau (where no DNA evidence was left at the scene), is one you have to read for yourself. There is no real intensity, no major drama; yet the story is still one that keeps your attention and is interesting to read.

My only disappointment with this book was that there was no background information provided on Wardrip than refute by Wardrip's brother, Bryce, as to Wardrip's claims of poverty, ridicule, and an alcoholic, abusive father. Other than that, readers are told nothing of Wardrip's past.

Overall, an intersting book that I would recommend to lovers of the true crime genre.

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