Not just evil
Subtitle: murder, Hollywood, and California's first insanity plea
By: David Wilson
Edition: First Diversion Books edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781682303276
Subjects: Death and burial; Murder; Trials (Murder); Insanity (Law); Investigation; Murderers; Biography; Case studies
Other titles: Murder, Hollywood, and California's first insanity plea
Description: "Twelve-year-old Marion Parker was kidnapped from her Los Angeles school by an unknown assailant on December 15, 1927. Her body appeared days later, delivered to her father by the killer, who fled with the ransom money. When William Hickman was hunted down and charged with the killing, he admitted to all of it, in terrifying detail, but that was only the start. Hickman's insanity plea was the first of its kind in the history of California, and the nature of the crime led to a media frenzy unlike any the country had seen"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: "An in-depth look at a shocking crime and landmark case" -- Cover

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213).