Shattered Justice — John Philpin

A family's horror -- one child murdered . . .another destroyed.

The Crowes' neighbors in the peaceful middle classcommunity in San Diego's North County were shockedby the savagery of the crime -- a young girl murdered,stabbed repeatedly, in her own bed in the dead of night.The lack of any evidence of forced entry led the Escondidopolice to their inevitable conclusion: someone in the familywas responsible for 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe's slaying.The investigation quickly zeroed in on the victim's olderbrother, Michael, and two teenage friends -- three lonerswho enjoyed inhabiting dark fantasy worlds of quests andviolence. Through efficient, by-the-book police work, theboys were broken down and ultimately confessed. The onlyproblem was the detectives had gotten everything wrong . . .

Shattered Justice is the riveting and disturbing trueaccount of a horrific tragedy and the terrible crimethat followed -- a nightmare of four innocent livesshattered, one by a killer's blade, three byobsession and twisted law.