The 1991 abduction and murder of thirteen-year-old Heather Dawn
Church baffled police for three agonizing years, and became one of
the most infamous murders the quiet and scenic city of Colorado
Springs had ever seen. It was legendary homicide detective Lou Smit
who finally broke the case, sending Robert Charles Browne, a
forty-three-year-old Louisiana drifter and career criminal, to
prison for life.
But the savage saga of Robert Browne did not end there. In 2000,
Smit, now retired, joined forces with Charlie Hess, an ex-FBI agent
and former CIA operative, to reexamine the cold-case murder files
of the local Sheriff's Department. With the addition of amateur
forensics buff Scott Fischer, the Apple Dumpling Gang was born.
As their volunteer work continued, Smit, Hess, and Fischer came
upon a taunting letter written by Browne, hinting that the death of
Heather Church was only the tip of the iceberg. What other law
enforcement officials had simply ignored, the Apple Dumpling Gang
took on with single-minded determination. Charlie Hess began a
correspondence with Browne in which, over the course of dozens of
letters, the killer teasingly spun out the details of a horrific
killing spree spread over thirty years and nine states. The tally,
according to Browne: forty-nine deaths, making him one of the most
prolific serial murderers in the annals of American crime.
Hess's unique insight into criminal psychology, honed over his
years developing informants and working as a polygraph operator,
made him uniquely suited to match wits with the cagey and canny
killer. But Browne was every bit the retired cop's equal:
quickwitted, mercurial, and charismatic, with a penchant for
riddles and a lifetime full of grisly secrets.
A riveting account of the complex and chilling cat-and-mouse
game Hess and Browne played over five years, "Hello Charlie"
details Browne's bloody swath of murder -- by strangulation,
poisoning, and dismemberment -- even as it explores the special
bond forged between the cop and the killer, allowing Hess
unprecedented access into the mind of a remorseless psychopath.
As compulsively readable as any crime novel, "Hello Charlie"
picks up where "The Silence of the Lambs" left off, with the
incredible true story of one man's search for justice with a
murderer as his guide.
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