Burned
A Story of Murder and the Crime That Wasn't
by Edward Humes
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appears in True Crime, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.
On an April night in 1989, three young children perished in a tragic Los Angeles house fire. Their mother, Joann Parks, couldn?t save them but did manage to escape with her own life. She was of course bereft. With emotions exploding her husband accused her of abandoning the children at the scene of the fire when he arrived. It was soon determined t...
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appears in True Crime, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.
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