Inquisition for blood : the making of a Black female serial killer in the Jim Crow South / Lauren Nicole Henley.
| Author/creator | Henley, Lauren Nicole author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Baton Rouge, LA : Louisiana State University Press, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The first crimes: interpersonal violence and serial murder -- Unlikable suspects: William McWilliams and Raymond Barnabet -- Arresting Clementine: tortured admission and a media maneuver -- Inevitable crimes: religious fanaticism and the axman -- Self-defense strategies: the axman strikes again -- Clementine's confession: a Black female serial killer is made -- Clementine's prediction: the axman's reign of terror in Texas -- Clementine's trial: mental illness versus moral perversion -- Clementine's incarceration: serving time at Angola. |
| Abstract | "For three years in the early 1990s, a serial killer zigzagged across the rice belt region of the United States, using an everyday ax to slaughter Black families living within a mile of the Southern Pacific Railroad's Sunset Route. The similarities among the murders were uncanny, yet lawmen in early twentieth-century America had neither the technology nor the vocabulary to identify the serial killer in their midst. Instead, regional authorities worked the cases as individual homicides."--inside flap. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index. |
| Genre/form | True crime stories. |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| Genre/form | Récits criminels. |
| Genre/form | Études de cas. |
| ISBN | 9780807186183 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 080718618X (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | New Books | HV6517 .H46 2026 | ✔ Available | Want This? |