[Read] The Devil You Know Review
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On a foggy night on March 10, 1990, in Westport, Indiana,twelve-year-old Brad Maddux strolled over to a pickup truck to chat with histwenty-eight-year-old cousin, Douglas Sims. Brad was never seen again.?It wasthe following night that Brad's family and friends noted his disappearance. Asthe small community searched frantically for Brad, officers questioned DouglasSims several times. It was not until Sims was interviewed, using tactics by aseasoned investigator, did they learn the horrific truth: Sims had murderedBrad in a horrifying way, and buried his body in a place of symbolism and fear.Worse, Douglas Sims spoke of his crime as if it were of no concern. It changedthe way an entire community behaved: people began to lock their doors and guardtheir children, even when the devil was locked away in prison.It was called "the worst crime Decatur County had ever seen"but this was not the end of the horror. Douglas Sims received a sentence thecommunity felt was "a joke," as one investigator believed. As the truth cameout, mild-mannered and friendly neighbor Douglas Sims, who never even raisedhis voice, was exposed as a predator, a pedophile that preyed on the communitychildren right before their parent's eyes. Years later, he derided the dead boyin a shocking display before the parole board that left hardened officersstunned. This is the brutal, heartbreaking true story of the crimeand punishment of a monster that preyed on the most vulnerable victims of all,a little boy who trusted, a community that refused to believe evil lurked amongthem, and of the law enforcement officers who brought a child killer tojustice.?A portion of proceeds of this book will be donated to anonprofit organization in the victim's name.
On a foggy night on March 10, 1990, in Westport, Indiana,twelve-year-old Brad Maddux strolled over to a pickup truck to chat with histwenty-eight-year-old cousin, Douglas Sims. Brad was never seen again.?It wasthe following night that Brad's family and friends noted his disappearance. Asthe small community searched frantically for Brad, officers questioned DouglasSims several times. It was not until Sims was interviewed, using tactics by aseasoned investigator, did they learn the horrific truth: Sims had murderedBrad in a horrifying way, and buried his body in a place of symbolism and fear.Worse, Douglas Sims spoke of his crime as if it were of no concern. It changedthe way an entire community behaved: people began to lock their doors and guardtheir children, even when the devil was locked away in prison.It was called "the worst crime Decatur County had ever seen"but this was not the end of the horror. Douglas Sims received a sentence thecommunity felt was "a joke," as one investigator believed. As the truth cameout, mild-mannered and friendly neighbor Douglas Sims, who never even raisedhis voice, was exposed as a predator, a pedophile that preyed on the communitychildren right before their parent's eyes. Years later, he derided the dead boyin a shocking display before the parole board that left hardened officersstunned. This is the brutal, heartbreaking true story of the crimeand punishment of a monster that preyed on the most vulnerable victims of all,a little boy who trusted, a community that refused to believe evil lurked amongthem, and of the law enforcement officers who brought a child killer tojustice.?A portion of proceeds of this book will be donated to anonprofit organization in the victim's name.