A Death in White Bear Lake: The True Chronicle of an All-American Town

by Barry Siegel

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A mother's search for the son she gave up uncovers terrifying secrets in a Minnesota town in this "masterfully depicted true-crime tale" (Publishers Weekly).

In 1962, Jerry Sherwood gave up her newborn son, Dennis, for adoption. Twenty years later, she set out to find him-only to discover he had died before his fourth birthday. The immediate cause was peritonitis, but the coroner had never decided the mode of death, writing "deferred" rather than indicate accident, natural causes, or homicide. This he did even though the autopsy photos showed Dennis covered from head to toe in ugly bruises, his...Read more
  • ISBN10 1504047567
  • ISBN13 9781504047562
  • Publish Date 26 September 2017 (first published 7 June 1990)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Open Road Media
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 530
  • Language English