Joseph K. Loughlin - Finding Amy. A True Story of Murder in Maine
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A fascinating, first-hand account of a murder investigation in a rural state.
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The tale is brimming with insights about police procedure, jurisdictional disputes, and politics. Over and over again, real life trumps fiction. The reader is never allowed to lose sight of the humanity of the victim, a young girl who accepted a ride from the wrong guy, then had the temerity to say no.
The Boston Globe
True crime at its most powerful. Compelling and ultimately tragic, it's written by the ultimate storytelling team: a mystery writer and a real-life detective. This is a book you won't be able to put down.
New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen
Few true crime books get behind the scenes and explain how homicide detectives do their jobs the way Finding Amy does. Even readers who followed the case as it unfolded won't be able to put the book down. [A]n intensely vivid portrait of the investigation. The authors don't just take readers into the investigation; they take them inside the heads of the investigators. An absorbing tale about how the police do what they do in the real world rather than on television crime shows.
Bangor Daily News
One of the best true crime stories to be published in recent years This book should reaffirm the public's faith in the police, prosecutors, and Maine's judicial system.
Brunswick Times Record
Loughlin's recorded entries about the casehis thoughts, emotions, and reactions to the investigationamplify Flora's straightforward but potent narrative a feast for proceduralists.
Publishers Weekly
[E]specially compelling because of the personal account of [Captain] Loughlin There are no CSI solutions that wrap up the case in a conveniently short time. There are no magic findings of DNA. What takes place in this true story is the passionate belief that they will find Amy, bring her killer to justice, and give closure to her family and to the people of Maine.
Foreword magazine
[A] highly compelling read from the opening page to the bittersweet final lines. This is true-crime reporting at its best.
Gary Braver, anthor of Flashback
A remarkable chronicle Loughlin and Flora give us a compelling and moving behind-the-scenes window on the investigation, trial, and, most of all, the impact of Amy's story on the lives and hearts of the investigators.
Margaret Press, author of A Scream on the Water
Published by University Press of New England,
One Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766
www.upne.com
2006 by Joseph K. Loughlin and Kate Clark Flora
Printed in the United States of America
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Loughlin, Joseph K.
Finding Amy : a true story of murder in Maine / Joseph K. Loughlin,
Kate Clark Flora.1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 9781584655336 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 158465533X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 9781584655633 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1584655631 (pbk. : alk. paper)
eISBN: 978-1-61168-228-1 (ebook)
1. MurderMainePortlandCase studies. 2. MurderInvestigation MainePortlandCase studies. I. Flora, Kate Clark. II. Title.
HV6534.P67L68 2006
2005035369 364.15230974191dc22
To Amy Elizabeth St. Laurent
And to all those officers out there who believe
When night darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
JOHN MILTON, Paradise Lost
F irst and foremost, our gratitude to Amy's family, for raising the special woman who inspired this book and for their courage in keeping her in the public's eye during such a painful time.
This book would not have been possible without the generous help of the many people who took time from their busy schedules to explain procedure and discuss their role in the investigation. Special thanks to Sgt. Daniel Young, Sgt. Thomas Joyce, and Sgt. Bruce Coffin of the Portland Police Department; Sgt. Matthew Stewart and Detective Scott Harakles of the Maine State Police; Lt. Patrick Dorian and Warden Kevin Adam of the Maine Warden Service; Assistant Attorney General Fernand LaRochelle, Deputy Attorney General William Stokes, and Assistant Attorney General Donald Macomber from the Office of the Attorney General; Detective Gerard Biff Brady from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department; and Landon Fake from the Mahoosic Mountain Search and Rescue organization.
To all our readers who gave us feedback and advice on our early drafts: Diane Woods Englund, Elizabeth Armstrong, Esq., Nancy McJennett, Brad Lovette, Andree Buckley, and the most erudite Thomas Yellen of Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
To our agent, Eve Bridburg, and our editor, John Landrigan, for believing in the book and helping us share Amy's story.
From Kate: Special thanks to my husband, Kenneth Cohen, who put up with my endless trips to Portlandit's not every man who is comfortable with a wife who hangs out at the police departmentand to my writing partner, Captain Joe, who kept the faith when I lost it, reminding me that Amy's story mattered. To Lt. Thomas LeMin, of the Newark, Delaware, Police Department, who briefed me on buried bodies; to Lt. Joe Brooks and the Waltham, Massachusetts, Police Department for letting me attend their Citizens Police Academy; and to Concord, Massachusetts, police chief Len Wetherbee for answering a million questions.
From Joe: Special thanks to Jennifer True Webber for her love and patience; to Chief Michael Chitwood for his energy and passion; and to Lucille Holt for her faith and friendship. Thanks to Detective Brian Keller and Richard VonVoight, Riverhead, NY, PD (retired) for starting it all by introducing me to the job; and to my neighbor Helene Albert for her insight into the first manuscript.
I can still recall clearly some of my first days and years on the street after I graduated from the academy. I remember physically shaking on my first call at a domestic disturbance. Training, films, instructor warnings, and danger signals raced through my mind as we made our way up the dark, cold, urine-stained stairwell. A man was screaming, a woman sobbing, and neighbors pointing as glass showered down on us from the third floor.
The senior officer I was assigned to, Cleo Kelly, made it all look so easy. He appeared more interested in talking about the Celtics than concentrating on our task. I was thinking we were about to be killed. We ended up arresting the man after a brief struggle and counseling the bruised woman as she begged us not to take him away.
The scene at the booking room was just as disturbing. One man was rocking back and forth crying; another spitting and cursing at everyone; tough guys stared ahead and right through me; shouts and curses echoed down the hall from the tanks where violent offenders were placed. A man smashed his head against the wall. Metal doors slammed shut; electric buzzers rang out amidst the shouting and screaming. I thought this was what hell must be like.
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