Slaughter on North Lasalle

On December 1, 1971, the bodies of Robert Gierse, James Barker, and Robert Hinson were found in their blood-spattered Indianapolis home. All three had reputations as prodigious womanizers, hard-drinking bar fighters, and unscrupulous businessmen—the kind of men with more enemies than friends.

When detectives searched the home and discovered an address book used as a sex contest scorecard, their new suspect list included jilted one-night stands, jealous boyfriends, and husbands—dozens upon dozens of names. Sensational reports and rumors soon overwhelmed the investigation , and real answers eluded the police and the media alike for three decades, until Roy West, a detective with a reputation for cracking "unsolvable" cases, re-opened the files...

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Robert L. Snow served for thirty-eight years at the Indianapolis Police Department, retiring in 2007 with the rank of captain. While at the police department, he served in such capacities as Police Department Executive Officer, Captain of Detectives, and Commander of the Homicide Branch. He is the author of thirteen books, and has had over 100 articles and short stories published in magazines including Playboy, Reader's Digest, and The National Enquirer.