The Misbegotten Son (1993) - Jack Olsen

Category: Adults, Autobiography & Biographies, True Crime
Language: English
Keywords: Rochester NY Serial Killer The Genesee River Killer

Written by Jack Olsen
Read by Kevin Pierce
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
Publisher: 2015 Evan Olsen, Su Olsen

An account of the crimes of Arthur Shawcross describes how the paroled child killer shot, stabbed, suffocated, and strangled 16 Rochester, New York, prostitutes and examines how the legal system failed his victims.

Arthur John Shawcross also known as The Genesee River Killer, was an American serial killer active in Rochester, New York from 1972 through 1989. Shawcross’s first known murders took place in his hometown of Watertown, New York, where he raped and killed a young boy, age 10 and a girl, age 8. Under the terms of a plea bargain, he was allowed to plead guilty to one charge of manslaughter, for which he served 14 years of a 25-year sentence.

Shawcross killed most of his victims in 1988 and 1989 after being granted an early parole, which later led to controversy. A food service worker, Shawcross trawled the streets of Rochester in his girlfriend’s car, looking for prostitutes to kill.

Shawcross died on 10 November 2008, while serving a prison sentence of 250 years for his crimes, at the age of 63.

I had hoped to include an ebook but none was available on any site except Open Library and Internet Archive. Both are read only digital copies.