Into the Water: An Astonishing True Story of Abduction, Murder, and the Nice Guy Next Door

Diane Fanning

Apr 2007 · Sold by St. Martin's Paperbacks

About this ebook

To authorities she spilled the shocking details of a night of horror. It was the lead they'd been desperate for in a multi-state manhunt for an elusive serial killer. Where the witness took them was to the last man anyone would have suspected.

Richard Marc Evonitz was beloved by friends and family. He was handsome, intelligent, and compassionate. Serving a spotless eight years in the U.S. Navy, he was a town hero who lived in harmony in an exclusive South Carolina neighborhood. The only ones who saw Evonitz's dark side were his victims. They were helpless teenage girls who, one by one, were subjected to his twisted sexual fantasies of kidnap, rape, and murder-until his double life came undone by the brave cunning of his last young victim. But as authorities and the media descended upon him, Evonitz had one more shocking surprise in store for everyone-a stunning final act of violence and reckoning that would turn a bright sunlit morning blood red.

Ratings and reviews

Not great reading material. I dont like reading paragraph after pragraph about leaves falling from tree's in Virginia. The story got confusing (example) jumping from a Mom's love life to the suspects Navy life and his marriage. BORING. I dont recommend this book.

So sad. Glad he got caught but I agree he should have suffered for the rest of life in prison. Well written and researched.

couldn't put it down. very good book.

About the author

Diane Fanning is the co-editor of Red Boots & Attitude and the author of The Windwalkers. Her stories and essays have been published in the Baltimore Sun and other periodicals. She is the Executive Director of Another Way Texas Shares, a non-profit federation. Fanning lives in New Braunfels, Texas with her husband, cat, and dog.