{"product_id":"scrapped-justice-and-a-teen-informant","title":"Scrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eScrapped\u003c\/em\u003e captures the barren roads and fallow fields of Oswego County the way Capote captured Finney County, Kansas in \u003cem\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -Tom Barbash, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dakota Winters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCriminal defense lawyer Lisa Peebles was taken aback by a secretly recorded phone call and police interrogation video that surfaced in a 20-year-old kidnapping case. They held the stench of a cover-up. She recruited an investigative reporter to help unearth the truth and exonerate Gary Thibodeau, the man convicted in the 1994 kidnapping and murder of 18-year-old Heidi Allen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant \u003c\/em\u003eexposes the underbelly of a system built more for finality than justice. It's the true story of Peebles' pursuit of new evidence against three new suspects and her discovery that Heidi had lived a double life: convenience store cashier and undercover informant. The sheriff's office hid the truth after her death as the real killers roamed free. Peebles became a de facto prosecutor to prove their guilt and Gary's innocence. As Heidi's family stood by the sheriff, her remains were likely secreted right under their noses - probably inside a scrapped van and shipped to a car shredder in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Rose Writing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51937011630311,"sku":"9781684337538","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_da9f7358-224a-4bcb-a2ca-211d51e04ae5.jpg?v=1774996159","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/scrapped-justice-and-a-teen-informant","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}