By Susan D. Mustafa, Tony Clayton & Sue Israel
The story of Derrick Todd Lee, the south Louisiana serial killer, is scary and unnerving.
“I’ve been watching you” is a scary thing to hear. That’s the premise that authors Susan Mustafa and Tony Clayton present in their true-crime book so titled. Their story is about Louisiana’s most prolific serial killer, Derrick Todd Lee, whose crime spree escalated from peeping at and stalking women to murderous rage in the Baton Rouge area and parts of south Louisiana.
They knew he was out there
He took his time. He watched his victims and chose carefully. Then he struck–each attack more brutal than the last. By the time detectives arrived, all they had found were gruesome crime scenes of bloodied, brutalized bodies.
They knew he would strike again
For more than ten years in South Louisiana, the killings went on. Task forces were formed. The killer even spent time in jail. But that wouldn’t stop the bloodshed. One victim was stabbed with a screwdriver 83 times.
But they couldn’t stop him – until it was too late
He was a father. A husband. A co-worker. And a killer. Derrick Todd Lee was ultimately convicted of two savage murders and tied to at least seven more. From the slender trace of DNA that finally nabbed him to the courageous prosecutors who took him down in court, this is the shocking story of a homicidal maniac hiding in plain sight–and an evil that could never be washed away.
Paperback: 346 Pages
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation (2009)
ISBN-10: 0786021330
ISBN-13: 9780786021338