- Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Kensington Publishing (23 May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0786017066
- ISBN-13: 978-0786017065
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 9.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,710,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Vicki Lyn Robinson, 49, wasn't the type of woman to go missing. The divorced mother of two teenage girls, she was a successful realtor and steady churchgoer. When her boyfriend reported her disappearance on June 27, 1998, friends and family feared the worst. Her house in a Tampa, Florida suburb was empty. Her younger daughter Valessa, 15, was also gone without a trace. Valessa was a troubled teen with a trouble-making boyfriend, Adam "Rattlesnake" Davis, 19, a drug dealer with a record for burglary and auto theft. She'd last been seen with him and his buddy Jon Whispel, also 19. Now all three were on the run. A multi-state dragnet for the fugitive teen trio ended in their capture in Texas after a high-speed car chase. They confessed that they'd been tripping on acid when Valessa suggested they kill her mum for trying to break up her romance with Davis. Davis then fatally stabbed Vicki Robinson. This is their story - a tale of the kind of real-life terror that can come out of nowhere and destroy a family forever.
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is one of those stories that defy belief. Yet again it is one that I saw on a documentary on Sky and was over the moon to find a book about the case as I was intrigued by it. The author tells this difficult tale well but I felt towards the end she defended Valessa's part in the crime a bit too much. Yes Valessa was only 15 but in my opinion 15 is more than old enough to not allow yourself to be manipulated into killing your own mother. The fact that they were on the run for a few days and Valessa didnt show any remorse about the murder or about her boyfriend and his friend spending her mothers cash like water...she was more interested in her phantom pregnancy. Not a very nice story (not that any of these books are!) and she did get off rather lightly with her sentence.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
This could have been a very interesting true crime story...
2 April 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
if it wasn't for the author's atrocious writing skills.
I honestly can't believe this book got published. I was so frustrated and lost that I couldn't even finish but 1/3 of the book.
Ms. Wellman, I'm very sorry to be so critical, but you're in the wrong line of work.
I honestly can't believe this book got published. I was so frustrated and lost that I couldn't even finish but 1/3 of the book.
Ms. Wellman, I'm very sorry to be so critical, but you're in the wrong line of work.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
The story is Great.......
21 Sep 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The story was great but the writer needs to spruce put on her writing skills my advice have someone read it before publishing it, other than that this book kept me on my toes and wanting more I have even gone on the internet for more info on this story I have to say it's a sad twisting crime you won't know if to feel sympathy or satisfaction. a must read!!!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Run Amok
5 Feb 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I agree with the other Amazon US posters who were disappointed in this author's writing style, which was replete with poor grammar and weak sentences. This was a case I found interesting and I learned more about it from reading articles about it and watching the Biography Channel Segment on Vicki Lyn Robinson and her daughter, Valessa, then 15.
On June 27, 1998 Vicki Lyn Robinson, a single mother was abducted. Over time, the trail ended at her daughter, Valessa's feet and those of her two friends, Adam "Rattlesnake" Davis, 19 and John Whispel, 19. The three youths were responsible for the woman's death and would later flee Florida only to be caught in Texas and brought to justice. They admitted to the murder as Vicki was trying to keep Valessa, then a minor from dating Adam. Adam was also a drug dealer and a car thief.
The murder was bad enough, but to make matters even worse, Vicki Lyn's body was found discarded in a dumpster. Valessa was sentenced to 20 years in prison and was tried as an adult. Her older sister Michelle, 19 in 2000 as well as other relatives spoke in Valessa's defense, but the vote was split. There were other relatives who wanted Valessa to get the maximum sentence for not only killing somebody they loved, but for the sheer brutality of the crime and the callous way the defendants tried to hide Vicki Lyn. Given their history, Valessa had absolutely NO excuse and no justifiable reason to commit matricide. No reason at all.
Another reviewer hit the nail on the head - the late Jack Olsen would have done an excellent job of covering this story and veteran true crime author Ann Rule would have as well. So would Gregg Olsen.
On June 27, 1998 Vicki Lyn Robinson, a single mother was abducted. Over time, the trail ended at her daughter, Valessa's feet and those of her two friends, Adam "Rattlesnake" Davis, 19 and John Whispel, 19. The three youths were responsible for the woman's death and would later flee Florida only to be caught in Texas and brought to justice. They admitted to the murder as Vicki was trying to keep Valessa, then a minor from dating Adam. Adam was also a drug dealer and a car thief.
The murder was bad enough, but to make matters even worse, Vicki Lyn's body was found discarded in a dumpster. Valessa was sentenced to 20 years in prison and was tried as an adult. Her older sister Michelle, 19 in 2000 as well as other relatives spoke in Valessa's defense, but the vote was split. There were other relatives who wanted Valessa to get the maximum sentence for not only killing somebody they loved, but for the sheer brutality of the crime and the callous way the defendants tried to hide Vicki Lyn. Given their history, Valessa had absolutely NO excuse and no justifiable reason to commit matricide. No reason at all.
Another reviewer hit the nail on the head - the late Jack Olsen would have done an excellent job of covering this story and veteran true crime author Ann Rule would have as well. So would Gregg Olsen.
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