Contents
Map of Key Locations
Part 1. The Crime
Chapter 1. Found Frozen
Chapter 2. Wild Game
Chapter 3. A Pretty Good Beating
Chapter 4. The Task Force
Chapter 5. A Suspect
Chapter 6. A Witness?
Chapter 7. In Their Panic
Chapter 8. “Makes no sense at all.”
Chapter 9. People v. Laurie Moore
Chapter 10. A Thirsty Man
Chapter 11. The Pathologist and the Pumpkin
Chapter 12. The Case for the Prosecution
Chapter 13. The Case for the Defense
Chapter 14. The Missing Blood Test
Chapter 15. Closing Arguments
Chapter 16. Jury Deliberations
Chapter 17. A Verdict
Chapter 18. “I believed him.”
Chapter 19. “That was Debbie.”
Chapter 20. The Death Threat Letter
Chapter 21. An Eyewitness Account
Chapter 22. Terry Moore, Meet Debbie Parmentier
Chapter 23. The Others
Chapter 24. Attorney Ray MacNeil
Chapter 25. Sketchy, Vague, and Iffy
Chapter 26. Irony Piled on Irony
Part 2. The Trials
Chapter 27. Positive
Chapter 28. Welcome to Kinross
Chapter 29. Don Heistand
Chapter 30. That Handwriting Looks Familiar
Chapter 31. “You just can’t imagine that girl.”
Chapter 32. Debbie’s Courtroom Debut
Chapter 33. Doug Brinkman
Chapter 34. Driving with Debbie
Chapter 35. Sand Hill Manor
Chapter 36. People v. Terry Moore
Chapter 37. The Competency Question
Chapter 38. Debbie’s Past
Chapter 39. Terry’s Defense
Chapter 40. “And here I am.”
Chapter 41. Expert Maneuvering
Chapter 42. Closing Arguments
Chapter 43. Jury Deliberations
Chapter 44. Debbie Has a Plan
Chapter 45. Jury Deliberations Continue
Chapter 46. Another Verdict
Chapter 47. Esther Moore
Chapter 48. People v. Douglas Brinkman
Chapter 49. Roger Becker’s Mistake
Chapter 50. Missing Documents
Chapter 51. Moving Debbie Again
Chapter 52. Debbie Gets a Gun
Chapter 53. People v. Mark Canter
Chapter 54. The Prosecution, the Third Time Around
Chapter 55. Dr. Newhouse Stumbles
Chapter 56. An Earful
Chapter 57. Mark Canter
Chapter 58. Sherry Lynn Payton
Chapter 59. Sherry Turns Herself In
Chapter 60. A Whipped Dog
Chapter 61. Another Go at Payton
Chapter 62. “It’s all a lie.”
Chapter 63. MacNeil and Payton
Chapter 64. Terry Moore’s Prison Sentence
Chapter 65. Mark Canter’s Defense
Chapter 66. Closing Arguments. Again
Chapter 67. Heistand and Brinkman Sentenced
Part 3. The Unraveling
Chapter 68. MacNeil Gets a Phone Call
Chapter 69. Stuart Hubbell Gets a Phone Call
Chapter 70. Meet Stu Hubbell
Chapter 71. A Ballistics Match
Chapter 72. Sherry Payton Returns
Chapter 73. The Attorney General’s Investigation
Chapter 74. An Idea
Chapter 75. Investigation Expanded
Chapter 76. Back to Hayes
Chapter 77. Mark Canter Appeals
Chapter 78. Hayes Elected
Chapter 79. Laurie Moore Appeals
Chapter 80. Hubbell’s Resolve
Chapter 81. Hubbell Marches Forward
Chapter 82. Hayes is Cleared; Otsego County Pays
Chapter 83. Why Hasn’t Debbie Been Charged?
Chapter 84. Porter’s Power
Chapter 85. Mark Canter Appeals
Chapter 86. A Real Defense Team
Chapter 87. Canter’s Retrial Hearing Begins
Chapter 88. Debbie Returns
Chapter 89. The Banker’s Box
Chapter 90. Equal Justice for Lawyers
Chapter 91. Waiting
Chapter 92. Terry Moore’s Retrial Hearing
Chapter 93. Davis Out, and Porter In
Chapter 94. Debbie in the Hot Seat
Chapter 95. Combined Retrial Hearings
Chapter 96. Cut and Paste
Chapter 97. Debbie Goes to Jail
Chapter 98. Throwing Mud at the Michigan State Police
Chapter 99. The Banker’s Box. Again
Chapter 100. A Gentleman’s Agreement
Chapter 101. The Fate of Debbie’s Men
Chapter 102. MacNeil Gets a Phone Call. Again
Chapter 103. Waiting. Again
Chapter 104. Back to Court
Epilogue
Postscript
Cast of Characters
Sources and Resources