This post is to announce that the manuscript for I Will Ruin You is now in the hands of the publisher. I thought about publishing the book myself. I know how to do it. I know how to market it. And I have the connections to get it out into the world. Ultimately, though, I know the book will have a …
Who killed Calvin Phillips, Pam Phillips, and Ed Dansereau?
Things have been quiet on the Kit Martin front. That is about to change once the Kentucky Supreme Court rules on his appeal. I can't predict the outcome of their decision, but either way, it is going to become a newsworthy event. You will find plenty about this story on this site. You can go to the …
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A pattern of lies
Before Kit married Joan, there was a brief period where he helped Joan move into a rental property he had shared ownership of with his ex-wife Stacey. By this time, Kit and Joan had dated a few times, but Kit wasn't ready to start a relationship with her. He had agreed to help her move because she …
The Ruse
On November 2, 2015, a little more than two weeks before the murders, private investigators Michael Conzachi and Mary Martins secretly recorded Calvin Phillips and Joan Martin. The recordings were legal under Kentucky's one-party notification law, which allows the recording of a third party if at …
Tieing up loose ends
While the book has been undergoing several rounds of early readers, I've been busy tieing up loose ends. One loose end that I've been working on involves the robbery of the Mennonite couple that occurred just five months prior to the Pembroke murders. Amis Yoder and his wife were brutally attacked …
How it all started
Before there was a murder trial; before there was a court-martial trial; there was a court hearing that set in motion all that was to follow. The argument that led to Kit asking for a divorce occurred on September 5, 2012. Joan was granted an emergency protective (EPO) order against Kit the next …
