A Killer Is Set Loose To Kill Again When The Prosecution Fails To Stop Him On a clear, brisk night in September of 2000, 33-year-old Della Brown was found sexually assaulted and beaten to death inside a filthy, abandoned shed in seedy part of Anchorage, Alaska. She was one of six women, mostly Native Alaskan, slain that year, stoking fears a serial killer was on the loose. A tanned and thuggish 20-year-old would eventually implicate himself … [Read more...]
Listen to the F.B.I. Interview of the Serial Killer Featured in ICE AND BONE
Here is an audio clip I obtained from the F.B.I. of an interview with Joshua Wade shortly after his arrest in connection with Mindy Schloss’s disappearance. The interview appears in Chapter 40 of ICE AND BONE. What you obviously can’t see is Wade’s reaction when Agent Thoreson claims they “talked to Mindy.” Both Agent Thoreson and Detective Perrenoud, who were in the room, told me that a devious smirk came over Wade’s face: From Chapter … [Read more...]
True Murder Radio Hosts Three WildBlue Press Authors
Kevin Sullivan, Monte Francis, and Steve Jackson were featured on True Murder Radio with host Dan Zupansky to discuss their new true crime books. Kevin Sullivan's second book on the Ted Bundy Murders, THE TRAIL OF TED BUNDY, was released on March 22nd, 2016 and has been receiving excellent reviews. This second books gives readers never before published interviews and clues from the notorious Ted Bundy murders case. Kevin was on True Murder … [Read more...]
Monte Francis on the Cases Behind His New True Crime Book ICE AND BONE
I began reporting on crimes and murder trials as a TV reporter for the NBC affiliate in Fresno, California, KSEE in 1999. During the five years I spent in California’s Central Valley, I had the opportunity to cover a number of high-profile cases. Among them was the trial of Scott Peterson, who was ultimately convicted of murdering his pregnant wife Laci in 2004. Two years prior, I covered the trial of Cary Stayner, the hotel handyman responsible … [Read more...]
Monte Francis: Journalist, writer and award-winning television news reporter
Meet this talented new WildBlue Press true crime author Monte Francis is a journalist and writer based in San Francisco, California. A native of Mentor, Ohio, he has received four Emmy Awards for his television news reports and several awards, including Reporter of the Year, from the Associated Press Television and Radio Association. He has covered several high-profile murder cases and his first book, By Their Father's Hand: The True … [Read more...]
Monte Francis’s ICE AND BONE Cover Contest
Help Us Finalize A Cover For Monte Francis's True Crime Book ICE AND BONE Please vote on the cover for Monte Francis's ICE AND BONE, that you think works best for the synopsis below. The synopsis: On a clear, brisk night in September of 2000, 33-year-old Della Brown was found sexually assaulted and beaten to death inside a filthy, abandoned shed in seedy part of Anchorage, Alaska. She was one of six women, mostly Native Alaskan, slain … [Read more...]
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