Hunger to Kill

 

This was an interesting true crime book written by the lead detective who ended up catching a serial killer in Ohio. Shawn Grate killed five women (or more, he confessed to five). He kidnapped and abused a sixth woman, who was thankfully able to make a 911 call that led the police to the house. They rescued her, and Detective Mager interviewed Grate. 

What really struck me about this book is how people don't have a support network. For instance, one young woman he murdered had an ex-boyfriend and two young children with him. She left home one day and called several times a week until she just stopped in 2006. Her family and friends assumed she had just moved on, but she was actually dead. Her body wasn't discovered until 2015. That's so incredibly sad to me. Those poor kids, growing up, thinking their mom just abandoned them. No one calling the authorities to report her missing. Everyone just assuming she wrote off her old life. What a horrible tragedy all the way around, and then these sick people who prey on vulnerable people like her. At least he's behind bars where he can't hurt anyone else.