Newly reissued, the chilling true story of Bradly Morris Cunningham, the handsome and successful entrepreneur adored by five beautiful and brilliant women who gave him everything he ever wanted—including their very lives.
When attorney Cheryl Keeton’s brutally bludgeoned body was found in her van in the fast lane of an Oregon freeway, her husband, Brad Cunningham, was the likely suspect. But there was no solid evidence linking him to the crime. He married again, for the fifth time, and his stunning new wife, a physician named Sara, adopted his three sons. They all settled down to family life on a luxurious estate. But gradually, their marriage became a nightmare....
In this gripping account of Cheryl’s murder, Ann Rule takes us from Brad’s troubled boyhood to one of the most bizarre trials in legal history, uncovering multiple marriages, financial manipulations, infidelities, and monstrous acts of harassment and revenge along the way. “A perceptive character analysis of a malignant, self-centered, charismatic con artist,” (Publishers Weekly) this is a fascinating and haunting tale.
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"Based on real events. I picked this book b/c I enjoy true crime novels. I remember seeing the movie some yrs ago. Brad Cunningham bludgeons his estranged wife Cheryl to death and then pushes van onto the Sunset Freeway in Oregon hoping cars will pile into the vehicle, making the murder look like a traffic accident. Cunningham is a classic psychopath - he is predatory and extremely dangerous and has no remorse or welfare for human life. He had married and re-married multiple times, had seven or so kids, made and lost millions, a complete control freak, charming, macho, handsome, athletic, a wife beater without a conscience who thought he would get away with it all"
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Christy (4 out of 5 stars)