Fatal Jealousy: The True Story of a Doomed Romance, a Singular Obsession, and a Quadruple Murder

Name: Fatal Jealousy: The True Story of a Doomed Romance, a Singular Obsession, and a Quadruple Murder
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Author: Colin McEvoy

by Colin McEvoy

Biography Memoir

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4.0 stars from 448 reviews

288 pages~4.8 hr readPublished by St. Martin's PressPublished 2014-01-01

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You're drawn to true crime that examines systemic failures in the justice system, not just the crime itself.
You want the full investigative narrative with primary details and photographs, not a sensationalised account.
You're interested in the psychology of obsession and how prior convictions sometimes fail to prevent future violence.

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You prefer your true crime with emotional distance or memoir framing rather than detailed descriptions of multiple stabbings.
You're looking for books that centre the victims' lives and legacies rather than the perpetrator's history.
You avoid reading about crimes involving elderly victims or family members in intimate home settings.

About this book

On June 26, 2010, a Pennsylvania State Trooper witnessed a car crash into trees. The driver, Michael Ballard, was alive but covered in blood. When asked what happened, he stated: "I just killed everybody." Police discovered four stabbed bodies in the home of Michael's ex-girlfriend, Denise Mehri: Denise on the kitchen floor, her grandfather in his wheelchair, her neighbor who had attempted to help, and her father in a room with a blood-smeared obscenity on the wall. Michael had been convicted of murder at age eighteen. Despite multiple misconducts during his prison term, he was deemed suitable for parole after his minimum sentence ended. This time, his deadly rampage would result in a death sentence. This true story documents four innocent people who became victims of one man's fatal jealousy. Includes eight pages of photographs.

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