Ann Rule is hard to compete with in terms of quality of writing and storytelling. The reader wants to see justice done and the truth come out.I’ve read better true crime novels. What keeps the reader engaged is perhaps one of the same motivators that kept Lesneski plowing away. The mystery didn’t really carry the story either because early on, the reader had a good idea of what happened and who had done it. And some of the testimonies were beyond belief.The writing however was sloppy, and the editors missed many an error. But the cast of characters is so unbelievable that one can’t help but laugh. And certainly nothing amusing about it either. The courtroom testimonies are the most fascinating and at many times rather amusing parts of this story. Perhaps the most amazing aspect of this case was that it was successfully prosecuted without a body, without a weapon, and without one iota of physical evidence. It’s a story straight out of Deliverance. Everybody seemed to have an opinion as to what had happened, but nearly all fingers and lines of questioning pointed back to the Duvall brothers. He spent many of his off hours tirelessly re-interviewing witnesses.
The break in the case came when one eyewitness to the brutal homicide was eventually persuaded to testify by state policeman Bronco Lesneski. This story was not so much a who-done-it as it was a how-to-prove-it. The disappearance of two hunters in the Michigan Woods in 1985 took 18 years to solve and prosecute. A Michigan jury soon had evidence of this brutally methodical execution-evidence that would lead a shocked courtroom through the heart of evil and beyond a shadow of a doubt. Raymond and Donald Duvall bragged to friends that they killed their victims, chopped up their bodies and fed them to pigs. Now, the truth behind an 18-year-old mystery is revealed against the backdrop of an unusual, electrifyingly dramatic trial. With no bodies ever found, the case hinged on the testimony of one terrified witness who saw a bloody scene unfold-and who was still nearly too frightened to talk. In 2003, this bizarre case hit the glare of the criminal justice system, as prosecutors charged two brothers, Raymond and Donald Duvall, with murder. Then, a relentless investigator got a witness to talk, and a horrifying story emerged.įOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, THEIR KILLERS WENT FREE. For 18 years, no one could prove a thing. When they did not return, their families and police suspected foul play. In 1985, two 27-year-old friends left their suburban Detroit homes for a hunting trip in rural Michigan. ON A COLD, SNOWY NIGHT IN 1985, TWO MEN BEGGED FOR THEIR LIVES.
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