Lambs to the slaughter : inside the depraved mind of child-killer Derek Ernest Percy

Inside the depraved mind of child killer, Derek Ernest Percy. Young. White. High IQ. Middle-class family. Naval rating. A portrait of a yuppie success story? No. A portrait of child killer, Derek Ernest Percy. In this definitive, graphically chilling account of Percy's life, a man dubbed by a prison officer as 'Australia's answer to Hannibal Lecter', award-winning true-crime author Debi Marshall applies her investigative journalism skills to a forensic examination of the crimes, the man and his modus operandi. Informed by exclusive material never before seen - poignant and insightful interviews with Percy's mother, victims? families, psychiatrists, police officers and former colleagues - Marshall also takes us on her personal journey as she seeks to unravel the truth about the monster whose lonely, idiosyncratic character has deceived the best psychiatric minds for 40 years. Is Derek Percy responsible for Australia's worst unsolved child abductions and murders? Is he mad... All Identifiers : isbn:9781864714746 Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB Number of Formats : 1 Has Cover : Yes Single Author : Debi Marshall Original Source : Mirc New Files 02 13 U A Sorted Author by LN, FN: Debi Marshall Title Length : 022 Title Parm D : Lambs to the Slaughter Title Parm F : Lambs to the Slaughter Title Parm A : Lambs to the Slaughter Title Parm B : ( Record ID : 5871 Uncomma Author : Debi Marshall Num of Aut : 1 July, 1969. Police discover the mutilated body of 12-year-old Yvonne Tuohy off a lonely bush track at Victoria's Westernport Bay. Within hours, they have charged Derek Ernest Percy, a highly intelligent 20-year-old Royal Australian Navy seaman, with the heinous crime. During the ensuing investigation, police link Percy's name to another eight unsolved child abductions and murders in different Australian states, including the three Beaumont children, the Wanda Beach murders and the abduction of Linda Stilwell. Is Percy, they ask, Australia's most prolific child serial killer? In this definitive, chilling and utterly compelling account of Derek Ernest Percy, a man dubbed by one prison officer as 'Australia's answer to Hannibal Lecter', award-winning true-crime author Debi Marshall applies her blowtorch investigative journalism skills to a forensic examination of the crimes, the man and his modus operandi. Informed by exclusive material never before seen - insightful and poignant interviews with Percy's mother, victims families, psychiatrists, police officers and former colleagues - Marshall also takes us on her own harrowing personal journey as she seeks to unravel the truth about the monster whose disturbing, idiosyncratic character has confounded the best psychiatric minds for 40 years. Inside the depraved mind of child killer, Derek Ernest Percy. Young. White. High IQ. Middle-class family. Naval rating. A portrait of a yuppie success story? No. A portrait of child killer, Derek Ernest Percy. In this definitive, graphically chilling account of Percy's life, a man dubbed by a prison officer as 'Australia's answer to Hannibal Lecter', award-winning true-crime author Debi Marshall applies her investigative journalism skills to a forensic examination of the crimes, the man and his modus operandi. Informed by exclusive material never before seen - poignant and insightful interviews with Percy's mother, victims' families, psychiatrists, police officers and former colleagues - Marshall also takes us on her personal journey as she seeks to unravel the truth about the monster whose lonely, idiosyncratic character has deceived the best psychiatric minds for 40 years. Is Derek Percy responsible for Australia's worst unsolved child abductions and murders? Is he mad - or just bad?