Colton Pitonyak had it all. He was on a full academic
scholarship student attending the University of Texas. His
teachers knew he would be the next Wall Street tycoon. He
was brilliant and from good stock. His family never wanted
for anything -- the picture of a perfect family. Colton was
an altar boy and an almost saint when he was a boy, but
things under the surface were brewing. "Still waters run
deep", doesn't even begin to describe this very disturbed
individual. He was a perfectionist by nature, thus when
inundated into the drug culture, he excelled at that as
well. Wanting to change his persona, he became known as the
campus thug.
Laura Hall was obsessed with Colton. She was madly in love
with him and would do anything to keep his attention, even
if it meant leading him across the border to save him from
facing murder charges. Brilliant, misguided, and infatuated
she chose to lead a life on the dark side.
Jennifer Cave, also a promising University of Texas student,
gave way to the drug scene as well. She and Colton hooked up
to become friends, but she witnessed the frightening side of
him. Although red flags and sirens should have been going up
everywhere, her judgment was significantly impaired when it
came to Colton. Finally that lack in reasoning cost her her
life.
A DESCENT INTO HELL is a bone chilling accurate account of a
brutal murder much stranger than fiction. Kudos to Ms. Casey
for her ability to diligently research her subjects and then
to subsequently describe for the reader the ghastly scenes
in such a way that keeps him engrossed. Kathryn Casey is a
super true crime writer and A DESCENT INTO HELL is a
superior description of her research and time well spent.
Bright, attractive, and both from good families,
University of Texas college student Colton Pitonyak and
vibrant redhead Jennifer Cave had the world at their
beckoning. Cave, an ex-cheerleader, had just landed an
exciting new job, while a big-money scholarship to UT's
prestigious business school lured Pitonyak to Austin. Yet
the former altar boy had a dark, unpredictable streak, one
that ensnared him in the perilous underworld of drugs and
guns. When Jennifer failed to show up for work on August 18,
2005, her mother became frightened. Sharon Cave's search led
to Colton's West Campus apartment, where Jennifer's family
discovered a scene worthy of the grisliest horror movie.
Meanwhile, Colton Pitonyak was nowhere to be found.
A Descent Into Hell is the gripping true story of one
of the most brutal slayings in UT history—and the wild
"Bonnie and Clyde-like" flight from justice of a
cold-blooded young killer and his would-be girlfriend, who
claimed that her unquestioning allegiance to Pitonyak was
"just the way I roll."
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