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On February 2002, New York Times Magazine writer Michael Finkel received a startling piece of news: a young man named Christian Longo, wanted for killing his entire family, had been captured in Mexico, where he'd taken on a new identity: Michael Finkel of the New York Times The next day,... read more

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  • MaryJane Longo: A devout Jehovah's Witness who stuck with her struggling husband through thick and thin
  • Madison Longo: A "suprise package" pregnancy -- the Longos' youngest child
  • Zachery Longo: The Longos' only son
  • Sadie Ann Longo: The Longos' older daughter
  • Christian Longo: Also known, when living in mexico, as Mike Finkel. Born in Burlington, Iowa, his family moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan where he met and married MaryJane Baker
  • Mike Finkel: our narrator -- a journalist who had been with the "New York Times" magazine about a year when he was fired for falsifying information in an article
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THIS is A true story.

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This book is in True Crime: All In The Family. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Michael Finkel (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 006058047X
Page Count: 320

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Not kid-friendly.

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