The dark double life of Ellen Boehm, the mother who murdered her two sonsâand nearly killed her daughter.
Ellen Boehm, a single mom from St. Louis, Missouri, appeared devoted to her children. But in reality, she was unequipped for motherhood, financially strapped, and desperate. Within a year of each other, her sons, ages two and four, died mysteriously, and Boehmâs eight-year-old daughter then suffered a near-fatal mishap when a hair dryer fell into the girlâs bath. While neighbors wondered how Boehm remained so calm through it all, Det. Sgt. Joseph Burgoon of St. Louis Homicide had darker suspicions.
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Burgoon soon unraveled a labyrinth of deception, greed, and obsession that revealed a cold-blooded killer whose get-rich-quick scheme came at the cost of her childrenâs lives. Boehm had taken out insurance policies on her children with six different companies totaling nearly $100,000. Using police reports, case documents, and photos, journalist John Coston recreates the events that led to one motherâs unspeakable acts of filicideâand a copâs relentless pursuit of the truth.
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