- Dorothea Fuller Smith
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About the Author
Dorothea Fuller Smith is a retired French and Spanish teacher who has written for the literary review of her college, St. Louis Community College (St. Louis MO).She also wrote a feature article, "Maid of Orleans" which was published in the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
The author specializes in short stories about contemporary life and poetry.
She became intensely involved in the events of this non-fiction title, Two Codes for Murder, based on a crime which was committed against her daughter in San Diego, California. As the terrified mother of the victim, the author writes with authority and conviction and all the events have touched her personally and deeply.
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- Two Codes For Murder
NON-FICTION | TRUE CRIME
A dating service brought Floyd and Charlene together. During their courtship Floyd charmed, romanced and lied his way into Charlene's heart, convincing her to become his "forever girl".Thus began the story of a woman whose dreams for a long and love-filled marriage became hellish nightmares of threats, violence, and eventually, her attempted murder.
Using code words was Floyd's way of life. Only Floyd and his best buddies knew what they meant. He even had a code for murder. When the hitmen completed their mission of murder in front of Lewis Junior High School where Charlene was waiting for one of her daughters, they paged him with that code as the contract demanded. But, they botched the job and Floyd got caught.
At the trial, snickers floated through the packed courtroom as the defense lawyers derisively repeated "Wahbee, Wahbee", what the prosecution claimed was Floyd's code for the hit. Only it wasn't funny to Charlene. She knew who had made it up and what it meant. The challenge was how to prove it.
- The students at Lewis Junior High School crowded around the exit door but were locked in. They clamored to see who had been shot. "Jericha, look! It's your mother! They got her!"
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