![]() ![]() īlurb for “Murder Most Foul” a detective/mystery “The Crime of the Century” this 1982 true case terrified small town residents and destroyed families. This story is a detailed account of finding justice for Babette and Shane, and of one man’s perseverance to gain his freedom from death row. This heinous crime shattered the sense of security for Rolling Hills, destroyed two families, and forever scarred the town. The three-week trial was based on police corruption and ineptitude, fairytale theories, and forensic mishandling. With an investigation smeared with contradicting statements, and a botched crime scene, investigators built a flimsy case against Richard Lloyd. Within fourteen days, their mutilated torsos and severed heads and limbs were unearthed, suggesting satanic cult activity. 18 year old Babette, a voluptuous beauty contestant and horsewoman, and her 19 year old boyfriend Shane Shoemaker, a jealous and possessive unemployed printer, were last seen crossing a trestle bridge. What began as an evening stroll turned into what found only in horror films, and dubbed ‘the crime of the century’. Multiply suspects surfaced, but only one was railroaded, Richard Allan Lloyd, a known nudist and hothead. The residents of Rolling Hills, a hamlet in southeastern Ohio, were horrified when the dismembered bodies of two missing teens were pulled from the local river. Blurb for The Crime of the Century-a shocking true story ![]()
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