I have recently just completed reading your fabulous book Garden of Graves, a biography on serial killer Joel Rifkin. It was an outstanding piece of writing and I really enjoyed reading it. This letter is to show you my appreciation towards you for making this book available to me.
             The way Rifkin killed those seventeen prostitutes out of cold blood was a major tragedy. I am glad that you brought the matter to the publics attention. The most important lesson I got out of reading the story is not to make fun of people. After a track meeting in Connecticut, Joel's ride home had purposely left with out him. No on else would offer him a ride. Stranded, Joel had to call his father to drive over three hours just to pick him up. This was very subtle and embarrassing to both Joel and his father. If Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were not made fun of in school, we may never have witnessed the tragic events that occurred in Denver, Colorado. If Luke Woodham wasn't made fun of in school, we may have never witnessed the tragic events that occurred in Pearl, Mississippi. If Joel Rifkin wasn't made fun of in school, we may never have witnessed the tragic events that occurred in Long Island, New York.
             I learned a lot of new things from your book. Not only did I gain knowledge on Rifkin, your book gave me a basic understanding of other serial killers such as Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Robert Sale, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Andrei Chikatilo. Another significant matter brought to my attention was the corruption of the police system. When prostitutes begin to go missing or be found dead in barrels, officers seem to care less. All of the victims had both family and friends who really cared for them. The police didn't even examine on of the body of Leah Evans properly to find out she was strangled. Instead they pronounced her dead due to a drug overdose which was probably not a true examination, instead a fal
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