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An American Story of Murder and Redemption
St. Martin's True Crime Library
St. Martin's Press True Crime
September 2005
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Featuring: Darrell Mease
216 pages
ISBN: 0312936753
EAN: 9780312936754
Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Biography
A GOOD BOY TURNED BAD...
Kind, well-liked, and a
good student, Darrell Mease was the pride of his tiny Ozarks
town of Reeds Spring, Missouri. His mother even thought
Darrell had a special calling and might be a preacher
someday. But when he returned from the Vietnam War, everyone
agreed something had changed in him. Darrell was no longer
the even-tempered, sweet kid they all remembered, but
instead a heavy drinker who soon became immersed in the drug
underworld.
A BRUTAL TRIPLE MURDER...
Drug
dealer Lloyd Lawrence was accustomed to getting his own way,
especially when someone double-crossed him. So when Darrell
Mease fled with a hefty stash of Lawrence's crank,
methamphetamine, he took a contract out on the Vietnam Vet.
But Lawrence had underestimated Darrell, who got tired of
running and decided to fix the problem once and for all. He
drove back to Missouri and gunned down Lawrence on his
property along with his wife and paraplegic grandson.
A LIFE SAVED...
It wasn't long before
authorities caught up with Darrell and his young girlfriend
on the run. Convicted of murder, he was sentenced to die by
lethal injection. In prison, Darrell found his faith again
and became convinced that "God was his lawyer" and would
save him from execution. Many thought he was living in a
fantasy world. But the miracle Darrell was waiting for
finally happened when in a bizarre twist of fate, he
received a death row intervention from none other than the
visiting Pope John Paul II...
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