Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders

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Judgment Ridge

Mitchell Zuckoff
and
Dick Lehr

Judgment

THE TRUE STOR Y BEHIND THE DARTMOUTH MURDERS

Ridge

FOR

Suzanne

—M.Z.

Family—my sons, Nick and Christian,

and all the Lehrs and Rossis who are their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

—D.L.

Contents
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Part I

1. A Stranger at the Door
   3
   

2. Chelsea
   11
   

3. An American Dream
   22
   

4. Why Didn’t You Jump Him?
   37
   

5. Trescott Road
   45
   

6. “Susanne? Susanne?”
   59
   

7. Snow and Blood
   83
   

   Part II
   

8. The Crew
   93
   

9. The Sheaths
   118
   

10. Smarter Than Everybody
    129
    

11. Dead Ends and College Dumpsters
    152
    

12. You’re Just a German
    159
    

13. Vasque Boots
    180
    

14. Two SOG SEAL 2000 Knives
    198
    

15. On the Run
    227
    

16. A Chelsea Embrace
    246
    

17. Two Graduations
    272
    

    Part III
    

18. Jailhouse Snitch
    285
    

19. Something Wicked This Way Comes
    305
    

20. “Slit Her Throat!”
    341
    

21. Hope and Hopelessness
    357
    

Epilogue
379

Notes on
Sources
391

Selected
Bibliography
411

Acknowledgments
415

About
the Authors Praise

Other Books by Mitchell Zuckoff and Dick
Lehr Credits

Cover Copyright

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