Sorry, I'm just beginning to read it. Just finished "Small Sacrifices"

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	• The I-5 Killer: Revised Edition (Signet True Crime) Ann Rule Signet, 1984 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 35 reviews view larger image
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early Ann Rule work is competent but somewhat hollow...

'The I-5 Killer' is a decent but unremarkable effort by Ann Rule, the queen of true crime novels. While it does give accounts of horrible sexual crimes and murders by a completely unrepetent monster, the book lacks many elements of Ann Rule's better works: intricate courtroom drama, in-depth analysis of the criminal's background, and detailed chronology of the police/forensic work done in proving the criminal's guilt. I suppose all this is unsurprising since 'The I-5 Killer' is only about half the length of Ann Rule's best works (eg, 'The Stranger Beside Me').

Bottom line: certainly very readable and credible, but Ann Rule can and has done better.

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Sorry, I'm just beginning to read it. Just finished "Small Sacrifices"

I'm just beginning "The I-5 Killer". Just finished "Small Sacrifices", which I couldn't put down for nothing. I think "Small Sacrifices" may be the best true-crime account by Ms. Rule along with "Last Dance".
Thank you.

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Ann Rule is a Fabulous Writer!

This book, like many other Ann Rule books that I have read, was incredible. Through her descriptions you almost feel as though you are playing a part in the book. She is GREAT!

Chilling

While I find in some of Ann Rule's book she tends too drag, I found this one to be too the point without going over board with gorey details. While the subject matter is disturbing, it is true life crime. Once again Rule shows great compassion for the police and the victims while accurately portraying the rapist/killer without being bias. While this book in some areas, such as a seen with two small children, is graphic, the message is still clear. The victims in this book did not plan on being victims, but were just ordinary women who ran into the wrong man. I think the book, while very chilling shows of the dangers that women face in society and that often times they become innocent victims of crimes. While this is not one of Rule's best work, it is worth reading.

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A Tale of Terror

The I-5 Killer is the shocking story of a serial killer that nearly played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers. It is supposed that he may have been cut for his tendancy for exposing himself which he may have exercised in Green Bay. It was after Randall Woodfield was cut that his life began spiraling into a muderous cycle.

Randall Woodfield was a gifted athlete even at a young age. Even in his youth, he was a sexual deviant with a strong propensity for exposing himself in public. Unfortunately, his deviancy was never treated. He was arrested once, but it was overlooked as he initiated his football career. After the Packers cut him, he returned home and was arrested when he attempted a sexual assault on a plain clothed female officer. After two years in prison, he was on the street with a greater thirst for sexual assault. All of his murders were along the I-5 highway between Oregon and California which led to his nickname. It is believed that he was responsible for twenty-two crimes ranging from rape to murder.

While this book was a great work of true crime, it also highlights the flaws in the criminal justice system. Randall Woodfield was incarcerated too many times for predatory sexual crimes to be allowed future opportunities at freedom. It is sad to realize that his murder spree could have been avoided. At the very least, treatment for his sexual deviancies could have been attempted.

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