A family's horror one child murdered . . .another destroyed.The Crowes neighbors in the peaceful middle classcommunity in San Diegos North County were shockedby the savagery of the crimea young girl murdered,stabbed repeatedly, in her own bed in the dead of night.The lack of any evidence of forced entry led the Escondidopolice to their inevitable conclusion: someone in the familywas responsible for 12-year-old Stephanie Crowes slaying.The investigation quickly zeroed in on the victims olderbrother, Michael, and two teenage friendsthree lonerswho enjoyed inhabiting dark fantasy worlds of quests andviolence. Through efficient, by-the-book police work, theboys were broken down and ultimately confessed. The onlyproblem was the detectives had gotten everything wrong . . .Shattered Justice is the riveting and disturbing trueaccount of a horrific tragedy and the terrible crimethat followeda nightmare of four innocent livesshattered, one by a killers blade, three byobsession and twisted law.