In Public Record: A Journey To The Truth Of A Murder And Trial, (Hardcover)

<strong>Acquitted in court. Convicted in public opinion.</strong><p></p><p><strong>September 1990. In Shaker Heights, Ohio</strong>, teenage honors student Lisa Lee Pruett vanishes into the night. A boy calls 911 when she does not arrive for a secret late-night meet-up. Police soon find her nearby, stabbed to death and left exposed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Lisa had just passed an important test</strong> and earned her driver's license. She was a Girl Scout, athlete, musician, and lover of poetry. Then her life was cut short.</p><p></p><p><strong>Investigators quickly focused on a troubled young man</strong> who lived a few blocks away. His name leaked, the media swarmed, and the case became a spectacle. Two years later, he was indicted on controversial testimony, tried under national attention, and ultimately acquitted. His life never recovered.</p><p></p><p><strong>Decades later</strong>, the murder remains unsolved.</p><p></p><p><strong>Now a former police officer reopens</strong> the trail, determined to separate rumor from evidence and find the truth, if it is still there to be found.</p>

• In Public Record: A Journey To The Truth Of A Murder And Trial, (Hardcover)
• Author: Wildblue Press
• ISBN: 9781970361025
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-01-20
• Page Count: 128