Reasonable Doubt: A True Story of Lust and Murder in the American Heartland

Steve Vogel. St. Martin's Press, $4.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-312-92313-6

Vogel, a radio news director in Bloomington, Ill., covered the case of David Hendricks, who was convicted of the 1983 ax/knife murders of his wife and three children. ``Vogel believes there is a reasonable doubt about Hendricks's guilt, and his forceful argument is convincing,'' concluded PW. Photos. (June)

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