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A young, highly intelligent man named christian longo, on the fbis ten most wanted list for killing his entire family, has recently been captured in mexico. A young, highly intelligent man named christian longo, on the fbis ten most wanted list for killing his entire family, has recently been captured in mexico, where hed taken on a new identity. Jun 17, 2019 maybe so in the case of the new movie true story, based on the real case of christian longo, accused murderer of his wife and three children, and michael finkel, the disgraced journalist whose. True story weaves a spellbinding tale of murder, love, deceit, and redemption, following finkels relentless pursuit of the shocking truth. Michael finkel was a top new york times magazine journalist publicly fired and disgraced for making up a composite chara. Murder, memoir, mea culpa, by michael finkel, weaves a tale of murder, love, and deceit with a deeply personal inquiry into the slippery nature of truth. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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