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Title Fear came to town : the Santa Claus, Georgia, murders / Doug Crandell.
Author Crandell, Doug.
Publication Info. New York : Berkley Books, 2009.
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Location Call No. Status
 West Oaks  364.1523 HEIDLER    Check Shelves
Edition Berkley mass-market ed.
Description vii, 296 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Summary "In the town of Santa Claus, Georgia, the streets were named Candy Cane Road and December Drive, Christmas was the lifeblood of the people, and the holiday spirit lived all year round...until Jerry Scott Heidler came to town...One terrible night in December 1997, Heidler broke into the home of his former foster family and with methodical madness shot Danny and Kim, teenage Jessica, and eight-year-old Bryant. He then kidnapped and brutalized three surviving children, abandoning them on a remote dirt road in the dead of winter..."--Cover P.[4].
Subject Heidler, Jerry Scott.
Murder -- Georgia -- Case studies.
Foster parents -- Crimes against -- Georgia.
Trials (Murder) -- Georgia -- Case studies.
Homicide -- Georgia -- Case studies.
ISBN 9780425231494 (pbk.) : $7.99
0425231496 (pbk.) : $7.99