The snapshot killer : the shocking true story of predator and serial killer Christopher Wilder - from Sydney's beaches to America's most wanted / Duncan McNab.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: Sydney, N.S.W. : Hachette Australia, 2019Whakaahuatanga: ix, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780733641008
- 0733641008
- 364.15232092 23
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Nonfiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Nonfiction | 364.1523 (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2188046 |
Christopher Wilder was about as bad as they get. A serial killer and predator, he first came to the attention of police in Sydney when as a teenager in 1963 he was charged with rape. As a young adult he relocated to Florida, USA. Wilder plied his vile and deadly trade on two continents and did so undetected for more than twenty years. He was a chameleon and a predator with a modus operandi refined over the decades, luring young teenage girls with the promise of a career as a photographic model. His final flourish was a six-week spree of abduction, sexual assault and murder crisscrossing the USA and earning him the top spot on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. Wilder could have been stopped a few times in his evil career - but he wasn't. In addition to his many crimes in the US, he is now also a prime suspect for the infamous Wanda Beach murders - one of Australia's most notorious unsolved crimes. The Snapshot Killer explores how a monster was able to hide in plain sight and tells the tragic story of the many victims - at least twelve, but likely more - whose lives Wilder destroyed, with consequences that continue to resonate to this day.
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