Body Parts

Speaking as one who was intimately involved in this case from the time Wayne and his brother Rodney arrived at the doorstep of the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department until its court disposition (they are never officially concluded until the death of the perpetrator), I have complete knowledge of the investigation of this case and the outcome.I can therefore state publicly that Ms Rother has done an exemplary job of presenting the case in a way that puts the reader into the life history of Wayne Adam Ford and presents the information and the facts of the case in such a way that the reader can understand Wayne and his motivations, sexual deviency, attitudes and his defense to the extent that is possible. The author covered Wayne's evasive answers when asked the details of the killings, why he cut up two of the victims and so on. She also covered the defense's use of that information during the trial. Ms Rother's narrative switched back and forth to different periods in Wayne's, the victims, and Wayne's families lives, and back to the investigation of the initial murder in Humboldt and to the other murders.The details of what duties I and my fellow deputy sheriffs had to perform during this investigation are indeed lurid, horrible and way beyond what I thought I had signed on for in law enforcement. Of course by the time this case came up I had been a homicide and major crimes detective for some years and had been able to keep such things where they belong in my psyche.Ms Rother presents the life history of Wayne in a progressive and cohesive manner for the reader. It is very accurate as I can attest, as I did most of the early interviews with Wayne's ex wives, friends and family members. I won't repeat the psychological examination of the book by Ms Franklin but to say that I agree with most of her conclusions. In the book, the testimony by Drs Deitz and Meloy are shown by Ms Rother to be what they are; conflicting but equally compelling opinions. Ms Rother also examines the testimony of Dr Davis, the expert on coerced confessions. Ms Rother does a good job of presenting the facts of what happened during the investigation which did not, in the opinion of the court, deny Wayne his constitutional rights, including his right to an attorney if he so desired. (a criminal suspect has to be 1. in custody and 2.subject to an interrogation for Miranda to be in effect) Rother also correctly reported that Wayne invoked his rights early on, and they were honored by me and other members of our agency. Ms Rother also accurately reported that later on, Wayne changed his mind and decided to talk to me about his crimes.The book also examines the defense team's assertion that Wayne's depression was mitigating evidence and Ms Rother does a good job of covering the prosecution's and the defense's cases. The book also portrays the case in detail from both sides. Ms Rother does not take sides with anyone involved in the case and she has presented the case in amazing detail and accuracy. Ms Rother has honored the information, the story of Wayne's life, the crimes he committed, and the famililies of the victims, who are still and will be victims as are homicide or major crimes' victims, and their families left behind by the tragic deaths.The other point Ms Rother made is that Wayne Adam Ford seemed to be a normal 36 year old man. He had friends, socialized in kerioke bars, was personable, attractive looking, and seemed to be a nice guy to his friends, and yet he committed unspeakable crimes. I am glad I decided to trust Ms Rother with this case because it is an unusual story of serial killings that needed to be told, and because Ms Rother did such an outstanding job of pulling all of the information together in an informative yet entertaining way. This book was tough for me to read because I lived the case, but it was so well written I had to read it all.Was Wayne Adam Ford sorry for his crimes? He never said he was sorry to me. Did Ford really turn himself in? The true hero of this case is Rodney Ford who almost dragged Wayne into the Sheriff's Office after Wayne told Rodney he changed his mind. Rodney did not know what crimes Wayne had committed when they arrived at the Sheriff's Office, just that he "had hurt some people.". If Rodney had let Wayne have his way..............?

Book was in great condition . A fast read,A quick read. Would order from again

All I can say is that to read this book you must have a strong stomach and can't let things get to you, as it is graphic! But it is a great read and very informative and well written! I love this author and try and read all their books!But if you enjoy informative, engaging and well written books this is just for you! But you must be able to read about the worst of man kind because Wayne Adam Ford is the worst of the worst and what he does to his victims is beyond understanding!

I've been reading true crime stories for over 23-years and consider myself a "true crime" addict. This story is extremely well written. That being said, I must also mention that I don't recall ever reading a book that is so sexually gruesome or graphic. Perhaps my reaction was due to the fact that Wayne grew up in the same town that I did and dated one of my high school classmates. As disturbing as that is, the author has done an excellent job detailing the elements that contributed to the mental state of a very demented man. Despite knowing the final outcome before finishing the book, I could not help but wish that someone would have reacted to the serious warning signs presented in advance of Wayne Adam Ford's unmentionable crimes.

While the story was vey interesting, I found the book far too wordy. The author did a tremendous amount of research, because the crimes happened along time ago. she admits that she got most of her information from police interviews and court records. I found the book too repetitious. the same information over and over again. the culprit who committed the crimes obviously had a mental problem. I actually felt sorry for him in the end. But the only problem is when these people get off for reason of being mentally disturbed they often get out of mental hospitals, go off their drugs and end up killing someone else. This was very difficult for the jury hearing all of that graphic testimony. It affected them for years to come. this book wasn't exactly a page turner, but interesting enough for a read for somebody who has lots of time on their hands.

I like the way this author writes. Some are too technical and some not technical enough, but this was good. I work for a court & have seen lots of this type of information. The author presented it like a story, but a little more detailed. She did a good job. She seemed impartial & the book moved along really well. I'd recommend it & will buy more of her work.

As a reader of true crime I found this book a good read for the most part. I found it interesting that the brothers were raised by the same parents but their lives turned out to be dramatically different. How does one son grow up to be a fairly stable decent human being and the other brother turns into a murderer who chops up some of his victims? The psychology behind this is not always easy to understand. For those readers of true crime there are some parts of the book that drag but for the most part it is an interesting read.

A family friend's daughter was one of his victims.

I didn't really like this one by the author at all. I got totally bogged down with it and was not looking forward to switching my Kindle on to wade through a bit more. I got confused with it more than I have with others by her with timelines which jumped around a bit too much plus there were a LOT of people featured and you didn't know at first who was important and how they were going to feature later (or not).There were more mistakes in this one, too. Apostrophe mistakes and words like or/do missed out of sentences and hyphens being randomly added-like in disregu-lated and unregulat-able. Then injustice was used instead of in justice which makes a difference...I felt for Wayne quite a lot as his family was a pretty dysfunctional one although Rodney had the same upbringing and wasn't a killer !! Much was made of Rodney's bringing Wayne in but I didn't read it like that as at the time he'd no idea what his brother had done and he was only with him because Wayne had asked him to be. One sentence really made me think-"....but my parents never went and watched me" referring to his sporting activities. I thought that was horribly sad.I was shocked that it took 8 years before they even got to trial and now of course he'll probably be appealing and appealing for another 40 years !! A crazy system altogether.I got most bogged down with the courtcase, really. It seemed never-ending and by then for me all the victims had blurred into one because of the order it was put together. It just wasn't written as well as her other books and if I'd read this one first I'd not bother with another.

Just finished reading this book and it wasn't as good as I thought it might be. It didn't go into enough detail for me it was as my rating states okay!!!!

Very interesting, poor man all he did was love her. She deserved everything she got, Brilliantly written.

The book started off being interesting but once Wayne Ford was put in jail, the book started dragging with what I felt was too much uninteresting detail. The latter half of the book was bland and repetitive and I mostly scrolled through it. There are photos but they are at the end of the book meaning you don't get to see them until you've finished the book, unless you scroll or slide all the way to end if you even know they are there, which I didn't.

What a horrible written story. I gave up half way through. Would never recommend anyone to read this book.