Book Report: The Jefferson County Egan Murders

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The Jefferson County Egan Murders are nothing of surprise to anyone. On the cold dark night of New Years in 1964 Gerald and Peter along with their sister Barbra Egan were found killed at the rest stop on Interstate 81 in Watertown NY. The murders were carried out very well leaving little evidence behind on the scene. The murder weapons were suspected to be a .38 and a .25 caliber handgun and possibly a semi-automatic rifle. The Egan’s were widely known in the area for robberies and burglaries that police couldn’t keep up with until after the deaths.

The book "The Jefferson County Egan Murders" is about the three Egan's who were murdered on New Year's Eve in 1964. Barbara (age 24), Peter (age 27), and Gerald (age 19, and younger brother of Peter) Egan were criminals. All of Jefferson County knew about them. The Egan's were burglars. They were well known to the police, especially in Watertown. At this time, they were under investigation for a string of burglaries. The police knew it was them, but knowing is not proving. Peter was wanted for 13 car theft investigations. His license was suspended when he and Barbara got into a high speed chase with police. Peter and Barbara switched spots, so she was driving, so Peter would not get charged with driving without a license. This was a well-known

In the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, the Clutter family is murdered with apparently no motive and the killers leave almost no evidence. In order to figure out who the killers are, the KBI, or Kansas Bureau of Investigations, follows an order of operations. First, they look for physical evidence at the scene of the crime; then they talk to people who knew the Clutters and/or lived near them at the time of the murders; next, they take tips called in by various citizens; and finally, they systematically track down and interview anyone who had ever been employed by the Clutter family. By doing all these things, the KBI tracked down the killers and apprehended them in the end.

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The night of January 12, 1962 will be a day I will never forget. Bitterness was in the air that night and people were just seeking revenge on the cold hearted man who was behind this despicable crime. It was an awful terror ever know to the bay of woodland heights. People still say the ghost of Thomas Green still haunted the bay, because his horrible death. But what was really sinister was who and how they death occurred.