The Secrets They Kept: The True Story of a Mercy Killing that Shocked a Town and Shamed a Family

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Each family has its secrets. In 1937, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, an anguished father made the momentous decision to end his mentally ill daughter’s life reasonably than commit her to an insane asylum. After signing a joint suicide pact to die together, the father first killed the girl and then attempted to take his own life. Without end referred to as Cheyenne’s “mercy slayer,” the man survived to face the consequences of his inconceivable crime. Yet the question remains: What power on the earth would compel a father to murder his own child? Now, after more than seven decades of silence, events surrounding this long-ago tragedy are at last being told. Creator Suzanne Handler shares with readers the secrets of her family’s dark past. You are going to be moved by this odd story of murder, mental illness, and the have an effect on of secrets on families.

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