Broken Roads

"This work represents a disturbing but accurate account of one of the most notorious serial killers to have ever traversed our national Interstate Highway System. The author, James Patrick, has done a masterful job in presenting the "5 W'S and 1H ", (Who, What, When, Where and How) for this case study. James' intent is to educate, inform, and instruct both law enforcement and the public about a very dark side of humanity that preys upon the vulnerable. He effectively examines investigative considerations to identify, pursue and apprehend these roaming predators, thereby preventing further victimization. Moreover, he identifies behaviors that elevate a potential victim's risk level to the "point of no return."

The details presented herein are unnerving and will leave an indelible mark on your psyche. As you travel alone, along a sparsely populated highway, you will never again completely enjoy the same level of serenity often associated with uninterrupted drives. If you are like me, you have enjoyed that quiet, undisturbed "floating time." Until now, it has allowed you to escape from your hectic life into uninterrupted random thoughts while enjoying a hypnotic state of relaxation. Not anymore. Now, when passing by an abandoned barn on a rural and isolated highway, an interstate hitchhiker, stranded motorist, or semi-truck gliding down the roadway, you will be jerked out of that "roadway nirvana" into a stark recollection of the case details of this book. You will be questioning and doubting, speculating, and even challenging certain situations and circumstances, or people. Heretofore, such casual observations may not have even caught your attention, much less occurred to you as strange, suspicious, or troubling. From now on you will be seeing life through a different pair of lenses. You are transformed and you are not the same person as you were before reading this book. In fact, armed with this new perspective, you may very well save your life, a stranger or someone you care about.

As a former FBI profiler, Supervisor of the FBI's Criminal Profiling, ViCAP and Arson/Bombing Programs, instructor for the FBI National Academy, Chief of Police, and now as the Executive Director of the Cold Case Foundation, I enthusiastically endorse this book and highly recommend it to you."

Gregory M. Cooper