Evidence of Murder: A Twisted Killer's Trail of Violence

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Summary: Xcellent Wrote Book On Facts Of The Larson Murder!!
Review: THIS BOOK IS WELL WROTE BY SAMUEL ROEN AND AS A PERSON CLOSE TO THE CRIME I FOUND THAT ITS VERY FACTUAL AND ROEN DID'NT MISS ANYTHING. THE POOR LARSONS HAVE ENDURED SO MUCH SINCE THE TRAUMA OF DANNY ROLLING AND HERE THEY ARE FACED WITH THE SAME CRIME ONLY 10 YEARS OR SO LATER WITH THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER IN LAW CARLA LARSON A BUILDING ENGINEER WORKING ON THE FAMED DISNEY PROPERTY WHEN SHE LEFT FOR A SHORT TIME FOR LUNCH, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WHERE SHE WAS WORKING TO THE PUBLIX GROCERY STORE IN KISSIMMEE WHERE AFTER PURCHASING HER LUNCH SHE WAS KIDNAPPED BY AN EVIL CRIMINAL LOOKING FOR A NICE SUV AND CARLA HAPPENED TO BE RIGHT THERE!ALREADY A CAREFUL PERSON BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS FAMILY MURDER SHE WAS DRIVEN IN THE WOODS OF DISNEY WORLD TO HER FAIT WHERE SHE WAS STRANGLED AND BEAT MERCELESSLY BY JOHN HUGGINS A "VERY WELL KNOWN KILLER" FROM HIS PAST PRIOR FELONY'S.HE WAS SEEN DRIVING HER TRUCK BY MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING HIS MOTHER IN LAW AND ESTRANGED WIFE AND ALL 3 OF HIS KIDS.. HE ALSO TAUNTED HIS AQUAINTENCES BY CALLING THEM ON THE PHONE WITH "YOUR SITTING RIGHT ON IT" STATEMENTS,MEANING THE FACT THAT HE HID THE EVIDENCE "CARLAS BELOVED PENDANT FROM HER EMPLOYER THAT SHE PROUDLY WORE EVERY DAY, AS WELL AS HER RINGS AND CLOTHES.HE HAD 2 TRIALS WHERE HE WAS SENTENCED TO THE DEATH PENALTY EACH TIME BUT REFUSES TO ACCEPT HIS FATE BESTOWED UPON HIM BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. AS OF NOW HE SITS ON DEATH ROW IN A PRISON IN STARKE FLORIDA WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING SUFFERING AND AWAITING HIS DEATH.. THIS BOOK IS EXTREMELY FACTUAL AND IT MOVES VERY FAST SAMUEL ROEN IS GREAT AT HIS INFORMATION AND TELLS IT LIKE IT IS .. I ALSO FEEL THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN FLORIDA WORKS EVEN IF IT MEANS YOU WILL SUFFER FROM DEATH FOR YOUR CRIMES AND JOHN HUGGINS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM THAT DESERVES WHAT HE GETS!!HE ALSO HAS A PERSONAL NOW ON A PRISON WEBSITE AND STILL REFUSES TO ACCEPT HIS GUILT BY HOPING THAT SOME OTHER LONELY GIRLS WILL WRITE TO HIM ON DEATH ROW! MY ADVICE WRITE ONLY HATE MAIL! HE DID THIS CRIME AND SHOULD SUFFER AS HIS VICTIM DID! HE HAD NO MERCY ON HER SO THEY SHOULD SHOW NO MERCY ON HIM!

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Summary: Good story but poorly told
Review: This is a story about a man, John Huggins, who kidnaped and murdered engineer and new mother Carla Larson when she went to a supermarket at lunch time. It is unlike most true crime books I have read in that it is difficult to tell which perspective is used by the author. There is not much said about the victim or her family, so although you feel horrible about the crime, there are no "bonds" created in the book. Most of the trial was covered with little attention paid to the important parts but way too much time spent on irrelevant things (i.e., "The following morning Jeff Ashton wore a conservative blue suit and his lightly gray streaked brown hair was carefully combed. As his bright brown eyes panned across the faces of the jurors, he began in a confident voice." The author then describes Ashton's "dramatic closing" argument without sharing any of that drama with the reader). The book is written like a screenplay, with way too much of it being quotations that are completely irrelevant and very boring (i.e., "Ashton smiled at his partner. 'Whew! This Tampa heat sure gets to me. We've walked two blocks and I'm wringing wet. My shirt is sticking to me.' 'Me too. It seems to me that Tampa is so much hotter than Orlando. Or is this just a heat wave or something? Either way I'll be glad to get inside and cool off.' When seated, Ashton reached for the menu. 'What looks good to you, Jim?' 'Something cold' he answered. 'Yeah, and a big glass of iced tea with lots of ice.'" This was the part of the book talking about the "dramatic" trial. Much of the book sounds like the author was an uninformed observer: "public defender Bob Wesley leaned his body toward Huggins and made some comment to his client, then turned to address the court and jury". What was the comment? If we don't know, why is that relevant? Repeatedly, people were described as "rising to his full six-foot-height", like they would otherwise slump to half their height? The irrelevant comments, the screenplay writing, and the lack of emotional bonding with the characters made this book less than a pleasure to read. I recommend "A Killer Among Us" by Charles Bosworth, Jr., as an example of how a writer can emotionally attach the reader to the story's characters and present the trials in an interesting and dramatic way.

Rating:
Summary: Good story but poorly told
Review: This is a story about a man, John Huggins, who kidnaped and murdered engineer and new mother Carla Larson when she went to a supermarket at lunch time. It is unlike most true crime books I have read in that it is difficult to tell which perspective is used by the author. There is not much said about the victim or her family, so although you feel horrible about the crime, there are no "bonds" created in the book. Most of the trial was covered with little attention paid to the important parts but way too much time spent on irrelevant things (i.e., "The following morning Jeff Ashton wore a conservative blue suit and his lightly gray streaked brown hair was carefully combed. As his bright brown eyes panned across the faces of the jurors, he began in a confident voice." The author then describes Ashton's "dramatic closing" argument without sharing any of that drama with the reader). The book is written like a screenplay, with way too much of it being quotations that are completely irrelevant and very boring (i.e., "Ashton smiled at his partner. 'Whew! This Tampa heat sure gets to me. We've walked two blocks and I'm wringing wet. My shirt is sticking to me.' 'Me too. It seems to me that Tampa is so much hotter than Orlando. Or is this just a heat wave or something? Either way I'll be glad to get inside and cool off.' When seated, Ashton reached for the menu. 'What looks good to you, Jim?' 'Something cold' he answered. 'Yeah, and a big glass of iced tea with lots of ice.'" This was the part of the book talking about the "dramatic" trial. Much of the book sounds like the author was an uninformed observer: "public defender Bob Wesley leaned his body toward Huggins and made some comment to his client, then turned to address the court and jury". What was the comment? If we don't know, why is that relevant? Repeatedly, people were described as "rising to his full six-foot-height", like they would otherwise slump to half their height? The irrelevant comments, the screenplay writing, and the lack of emotional bonding with the characters made this book less than a pleasure to read. I recommend "A Killer Among Us" by Charles Bosworth, Jr., as an example of how a writer can emotionally attach the reader to the story's characters and present the trials in an interesting and dramatic way.

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Summary: How much can one family endure?
Review: What makes this story even sadder is that the victim's husband lost his sister to a serial murderer years before. Now his beloved wife and the mother of his small child is kidnapped and brutally murdered. Carla Larson had alot to live for: A husband and child, a good job, and friends who cared for her. The pathetic killer who deserves the same death, tried his hardest to hide the crime, but good detective work got him behind bars.