Robert Scott Books in Order

Michelle Michaud and James Daveggio turn a minivan into a vehicle for abduction and violence. Robert Scott follows their California crime spree, examining the partnership that enabled their attacks and the suffering left behind.

Thomas Soria draws his son into a pattern of sexual abuse and escalating violence against girls. Scott examines their crimes, including a child's murder, and the case that brought father and son to face capital charges in Nevada.

Benjamin Pedro Gonzales travels across the United States under different names, leaving a series of violent murders behind him. Scott traces the nationwide search, the connections investigators make between victims, and the effort to bring the fugitive to trial.

Stockbroker Taylor Helzer comes to believe he has a divine mission and recruits his brother and a follower to finance it. Their extortion scheme leads to multiple murders, whose discovery exposes the group's ambitions and violence.

John Annibel's conviction for Debbie Sloan's murder raises questions about other women who vanished around him. Relatives of the missing investigate earlier failures, uncovering a troubling history of deception and possible protection from scrutiny.

Michael Blagg reports his wife and daughter missing from their Colorado home. The discovery of his wife's remains turns attention toward him, exposing a concealed life while investigators confront the unresolved question of what happened to his child.

A drug debt leads Jesse James Hollywood and his associates to kidnap a teenager's younger brother. After the boy is killed, Hollywood disappears, triggering an international search for the young dealer behind the crime.

Sebastian Shaw directs his rage toward strangers, committing attacks that leave investigators searching for a serial killer. Survivor testimony and forensic evidence help expose him, but his claims of additional murders leave further questions unresolved.

Lisa Kimmell disappears during a drive to visit her family and is later found murdered. Fifteen years pass before DNA evidence and the discovery of her buried car connect investigators with Dale Wayne Eaton.

In Yosemite Valley in 1875, young Jeffrey Talbot investigates a series of murders with help from John Muir and other local figures. Their search through the landscape uncovers a motive that puts the amateur investigators in danger.

Lake Tahoe businessman Joe Thiemann appears successful, but his violent temper lies beneath the surface. Scott recounts the events of February 1997, when Thiemann gathers weapons and sets out on a deadly mission.

Scott reconstructs Jaycee Lee Dugard's abduction and eighteen years of captivity through research and interviews. The account examines Phillip Garrido's criminal history, the failures that allowed him to evade scrutiny, and the events leading to Dugard's freedom.

Couples camping in remote parts of the western United States become the targets of apparently connected murders. Scott examines the cases, the similarities between the victims, and law enforcement's effort to identify and capture the person responsible.

Nineteen-year-old Brooke Wilberger vanishes while working at an Oregon apartment complex. Her family's long search leads investigators to serial predator Joel Courtney, while the experiences of other women help reveal what happened to her.

Debbie Hawk's children return home to discover blood and find their mother missing along with her van. Investigators examine her ex-husband's possible involvement, then confront a new complication when someone shoots Debbie's lawyer.

Miriam Giles seems to have found a fresh start in Colorado with wealthy husband Alan Helmick. His murder and a cryptic warning note prompt investigators to look beyond her account and examine the violent history she left behind.

Frankie Cochran survives a brutal attack by her boyfriend David Gerard. Her ordeal helps turn investigators toward other deaths, as forensic evidence and persistent detective work reveal a wider pattern of violence in the Pacific Northwest.

Cynthia Rogers Stanley flees her dangerous husband and seeks safety at her father's California resort. Her fatal shooting triggers a major manhunt, followed by claims that raise questions about other women missing in the surrounding hills.

Four people disappear from an Ohio community, and investigators eventually find thirteen-year-old Sarah Maynard captive inside a house filled with leaves. Scott recounts the search, the crimes behind the disappearances, and Sarah's struggle to reclaim her life.

Three modern crime accounts revisit the violence of the American West through a murderous drifter and two disputed shootings. Each case examines how ordinary relationships and encounters become questions of intent, self-defense, and criminal responsibility.

After a mother and her boyfriend are murdered in coastal Oregon, investigators pursue her son, former deputy Gabriel Morris. The multistate search follows him, his wife, and their young daughter while exposing a deeply troubled family history.

Darrell Rich attacks girls and young women in California, turning ordinary outings into deadly encounters. Scott examines the crimes of the predator known as the Hilltop Rapist and the lives disrupted by his escalating violence.

Kym Cano shoots her police-officer husband and says he had abused her for years. Scott follows two trials and conflicting witness accounts as the legal system attempts to determine the circumstances behind the fatal confrontation.

Katrina Montgomery's relationship with a drug-addicted skinhead draws her into a violent gang environment. After her murder, intimidation keeps witnesses silent for years before an unrelated police encounter helps investigators reopen the case against Justin Merriman.

Three members of the Posey family are found murdered on a New Mexico ranch owned by journalist Sam Donaldson. With fourteen-year-old Cody accused, the trial examines disputed allegations of abuse behind the family's outwardly ordinary life.

As Joe Nissensohn approaches release from a Washington prison, California investigators arrest him over three unsolved killings. This account follows the evidence and testimony from women who knew him as old cases return to court.

When Chris MacCallum’s body is discovered wrapped in a tent near the Applegate River, investigators examine a camping trip that ended in murder. The inquiry turns toward his marriage and the conflicting stories surrounding his disappearance.

Robert Scott recounts the murder of a pregnant California woman by men who believed they were joining a secret organization of assassins. The investigation exposes how their friend's invented conspiracy and demands for loyalty helped turn fantasy into fatal violence.

Robert Scott follows the crimes of Robert Spangler, who concealed the murders of his wife and children as a family tragedy. Later deaths and renewed investigation lead toward a confession that exposes years of calculated violence within his marriages.

A series of killings spreads fear around Shiprock, New Mexico, drawing detectives toward Robert Fry. Robert Scott traces the brutal crimes, the survivors and evidence that connect them, and the pursuit that brings investigators into the desert to find him.

Robert Scott examines the relationship between teenager Tylar Witt and her older boyfriend Steven Colver. When her mother tries to intervene, the couple's determination to remain together develops into a murder case that exposes the dangerous consequences of their shared fixation.